# 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:** 44
**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:** [May 11, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/861 "2013-05-11T13:38:53Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > :raises hand: > > I’m trying to use the extension to get to the top prize. I can use any and all eggs anyone can dump in my town. I have tried to open up some land just now. > > I give my eggs to USCdiver, though, since we have a 1:1 deal. I’m just looking for anyone willing to dump some of their eggs on me if you can. > > Thanks! I just dumped 30 in your town by the fort. I just got the second prize box as well - I got $750. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/862 "2013-05-11T13:50:28Z")
Are the prize boxes worth it? ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/863 "2013-05-11T13:54:14Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I really wish there were more tasks that took more then 45 seconds but less then an hour. Growing ‘perfection’ (which seems to be hit or miss) or having Ned condemn science is nice, but by the time I’ve gone through and collected all the money my houses have made, they’re already done. It makes it really hard to put the tablet down for a few minutes. OTOH, I hate to have them tied up for an hour (or 4/6/12 hours) when they can’t make as much money/XP that way. But then 10 minute or 30 minute tasks are a nice middle ground. > > Again, in case anyone wants to add me. I’m **JoeyJoeyPP**. Someone already had my SD/GB username. > > Also, if anyone wants to do an egg exchange, I’m up for that. i added you and Kevin8270 [donspadeoa]. You’re right about the short tasks, but I’d like more 16 hour tasks. Tose allow me to send Lenny and Carl on tasks when I go to bed and have them finish when I get home from work. 12 hour tasks work but then they sit untapped for 5 hours. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/864 "2013-05-11T13:57:18Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Are the prize boxes worth it? i got the first pRize box (13500) and got 1000 dollars! I’ll keep whacking so I can leave eggs for those still looking for prizes and if I get another prize box that’s great-but I’m not too excited. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/865 "2013-05-11T14:14:46Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Are the prize boxes worth it? They’re better than nothing. It is a bit anticlimactic, but the whole event is filled with prizes. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/866 "2013-05-11T14:15:33Z")
I just got my first prize box this morning and I had 2 donuts! Woo-hoo! That brings me up to 61 donuts. I’m thinking of getting Moleman. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/867 "2013-05-11T15:54:34Z")
I am working towards the Motel, I will take any spare eggs laying around. I have a few to distribute. I added fenris and Hamlet (I don’t know why I didn’t have them before) and am willing to help out some doper friends with whatever eggs I have. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/868 "2013-05-11T16:26:16Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > On my way with around 30 or so. > [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I just dumped 30 in your town by the fort. > > I just got the second prize box as well - I got $750. Thanks to both of you. I can use any help anyone can give. I don’t think 3000 is possible for me in the next 6 days or so, but I can definitely give it a shot. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/869 "2013-05-11T18:05:46Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Thanks to both of you. I can use any help anyone can give. I don’t think 3000 is possible for me in the next 6 days or so, but I can definitely give it a shot. I just filled the green spaces by the falls/fort and behind Channel 6 with eggs for you. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/870 "2013-05-11T19:50:23Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > I just filled the green spaces by the falls/fort and behind Channel 6 with eggs for you. Thanks! And I am noticing a higher snake percentage than before when I open eggs. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/871 "2013-05-12T01:34:55Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Thanks! > > And I am noticing a higher snake percentage than before when I open eggs. Dropped about seventy near the plant / Nelson’s house ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/872 "2013-05-12T01:40:27Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Dropped about seventy near the plant / Nelson’s house Again, thanks a ton. I’m willing to use donuts for the motel if I can just get close! ---
**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:** [May 12, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/873 "2013-05-12T01:49:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Again, thanks a ton. I’m willing to use donuts for the motel if I can just get close! Crap, I’m so sorry, I meant to quote **minionkat** for that post.:smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![Galwegian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galwegian/32/3426_2.png) [@Galwegian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galwegian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/874 "2013-05-12T07:23:24Z")
Thank you to whoever has been leaving me eggs! They are much appreciated. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2013, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/875 "2013-05-12T11:04:27Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Again, thanks a ton. I’m willing to use donuts for the motel if I can just get close! For reals this time, left some by the plant. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/876 "2013-05-12T14:26:19Z")
I got me a Bare Chested Willie, and I’m not even going to shoot for the Stadium, so I’m all good on eggs (:Nick Riviera voice: thanks everybody). Give them to someone more desperate than I. Like minionkat or Fenris. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/877 "2013-05-12T15:10:29Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Crap, I’m so sorry, I meant to quote **minionkat** for that post.:smack::smack: Thank you! The streets were paved with eggs when I got home last night. Fenris, I dropped 100 in one of the open spaces in your town just now. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/878 "2013-05-12T15:32:47Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > Thank you! The streets were paved with eggs when I got home last night. > > Fenris, I dropped 100 in one of the open spaces in your town just now. Thanks! I just got them (and yours Hamlet! I like your egg-sig. 😉 ) I dumped some on each of you before I saw Hamlet’s note–minionkat, I’ll be dropping another 45-50 in a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/879 "2013-05-12T17:57:22Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > For reals this time, left some by the plant. Ah, I had noticed none appeared, but I just got your “X” marked set. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/880 "2013-05-12T21:05:43Z")
First off all, thanks to who ever the two people are that dumped a bunch of eggs in my Springfield. Also, thanks for putting them out in the open. I think that needs to be an unwritten rule. That is, try to leave them out in a field or in an otherwise open area so they don’t end up behind a house. Second. On some of the items it mentions that you’ll get, say, +.25% XP and cash. Is that basically what it sounds like? Any time you get money or XP, it just adds a quarter of a percent to it? I assume everything you have accumulates as well, right? So if you had four of those things, you’d have an extra 1%, right? On top of that, do they add your conformity bonus to that as well? For example, if I have 4 .25% bonus things and a 4% conformity bonus, and I get 100XP for something, I’d get 105, right? I ask because I was just looking at a Tapped Out wiki and realized that I’m going to need about 40,000 dollars over the next few days to build the power plant so I’m going to have to start hoarding or making a lot of cash and it dawned on me that I should add some decorations that will bump those numbers up and I want to make sure I understand it correctly. Next, I noticed that most items give you a .25% bonus, but the Snake Speakers have a 2.5% bonus. Seems awfully generous. Am I reading that correctly. I read somewhere that it’s a limited time offer and it’ll be gone when whatever promo we’re in is over. Does that just mean you won’t be able to get it anymore or that they’ll take it away if you already have it and if they that, will they give you the donuts back? It’s relatively cheap at only 90 donuts, but not if they’re going to take it away. Last question, for now. As I look at everyone else’s cities, I noticed a lot of people have the windsock. Why? I know it improves your vanity rating, but so do a lot of other things, and they don’t cost $19,000. Oh, wait, one more question. I’ve got 300+ donuts if anyone wants to do a 1:1 (or close to it) swap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=45)