# The Simpsons: Tapped Out **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [December 6, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231 "2012-12-06T21:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 198
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3944 "2014-12-19T03:53:50Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Nuke button does not delete anything. As you suspect, it puts everything in storage (except Simpsons house, I believe). [QUOTE=asterion] The current final prize (the one that ends on Christmas Eve) takes 14,000 presents. [/QUOTE] Thanks guys! ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3945 "2014-12-19T20:18:30Z")
Just how many donuts do you get for continuing to grind after the Nativity? ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3946 "2014-12-20T02:43:36Z")
I think you get the mystery box deal every 2000 presents. Not the burns-every-five-days box, but the “you’ve leveled up! pick a box” mystery box. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3947 "2014-12-22T14:56:44Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Nuke button does not delete anything. As you suspect, it puts everything in storage (except Simpsons house, I believe). Be careful though… I did it, and rebuilding is a bit more pain in the assy than you might expect. I thought “Oh, here’s my chance to line everything up so the houses and businesses are laid out a little cleaner”… Well, I forgot that some houses and businesses are 4 squares wide, some 5, some 6… ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3948 "2014-12-22T20:39:15Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Gotta say that when I saw yesterday’s award was “Christmas Sanjay house” I was confused, but when I earned it and turned them on I giggled. Okay, I’ll ask; what happened when you turned on Christmas Sanjay’s House? Apparently, you don’t get it unless you already had the Christmas Totem (from 2013, presumably). There are a lot of Christmas skins that aren’t available unless you already have another skin/item: Christmas Burns House (need the Christmas Brown House) Christmas Fat Tony’s Compound (Present Depot) Elf Home (Christmas Willie’s Shack) Christmas Ranier Wolfcastle’s Mansion (Christmas Simpsons House) Holiday Tree (Christmas Purple House) Nutcracker (Christmas Van Houten House) Destroyed Holiday Wheel (Christmas Blue House) Candy Cane (Christmas Pink House) Lawn Angel (Christmas White House) Christmas Crazy Cat Lady House (Christmas Flanders House) Christmas Skinner House (Plow King’s Plow) Hot Drink Stand (Christmas Skinner House and Plow King’s Plow) Christmas Wiggum House (Christmas Cletus’s Farm) Christmas Sanjay’s House (Snow-Covered Totem) Christmas Apu’s Apartment (Christmas Orange House) Christmas Houseboat (Ice God) ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3949 "2014-12-24T10:28:36Z")
Just a reminder - the second half of the Xmas event starts at noon EST today. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3950 "2014-12-24T14:14:35Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Just a reminder - the second half of the Xmas event starts at noon EST today. Got my nativity scene just in time! ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3951 "2014-12-24T17:08:59Z")
And, of course, it starts just after I assign pretty much everybody to an 8-hour task. Then again, there aren’t any more presents to collect (right after I visit all of my neighbors to collect presents, of course), and the tunnel button is no longer there. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3952 "2014-12-24T17:28:09Z")
Stupid Sexy Flanders is now available. Event Starts with an hour task for Lisa and an 8 hour for Homer ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3953 "2014-12-25T00:41:30Z")
Instead of “Better Them Than Me!”, I just got Homer saying, “Push Notification”. Is that new? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3954 "2014-12-25T10:15:52Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Instead of “Better Them Than Me!”, I just got Homer saying, “Push Notification”. Is that new? I heard it a couple times before I turned off notifications. So, does anyone know how these “cogwheels” are collected? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3955 "2014-12-25T10:32:41Z")
Only the Simpsons would give you a game where you shoot bottled elves out of a rapid-fire cannon. No idea on the cogwheels yet, but I think what we mostly need for the new prizes is bells. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3956 "2014-12-25T14:20:42Z")
Apparently you have to get the cannon control building to start the cogwheel upgrades to the cannon. Second prize in the new phase Anyone else having login problems? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3957 "2014-12-25T20:58:27Z")
The app has been glitchy for me for the last 18 hours or so. Sometimes I can get in, but usually it just crashes. I’ve never had a problem before so I’ll chalk it up as a minor annoyance that will resolve soon. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3958 "2014-12-25T21:17:22Z")
Haven’t been able to login at all. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3959 "2014-12-26T03:23:24Z")
I can occasionally get on. There were probably long periods where I couldn’t get on but didn’t even notice because I wasn’t trying to. I’m doing ok so far. I spent donuts for the first time to rush a task last night. I didn’t want to stay up until midnight for Homer to finish and for me to start collecting elves and bells for real and I knew I wouldn’t have a chance until tonight, so I rushed it for 2 donuts towards the end. I just now got the thing that makes you collect the cogs. I hope we have a nice long break before Valentine’s. I am so close to being tapped out. Oh, also? Does it sound like the elves are making sex noises to anyone else when you tap on them? I feel like they’re jingling their bells and I’m eavesdropping. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3960 "2014-12-26T03:47:18Z")
I can log on now, but I also switched devices so I don’t know if that helped or not. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3961 "2014-12-26T04:33:51Z")
Mine downloaded a couple of small updates, and all seems fine now. Some dev was working today, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3962 "2014-12-26T16:42:06Z")
Is anyone else’s Sideshow You broken? If I click it, it just blinks instead of taking me to its screen. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3963 "2014-12-26T22:38:23Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Is anyone else’s Sideshow You broken? If I click it, it just blinks instead of taking me to its screen. You are not alone. Mine just makes the balloon-popping sound - not even the “time until it’s ready again” screen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=197) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=199)