# 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:** 95
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1884 "2013-12-10T21:30:49Z")
Quick comment on the update. Since this is my first holiday update (or update of any kind) I have to say I’m impressed. The snowy Springfield is great to look at, and I am sure that the kids will have snow angels as one of their activities. (Well, I’m guessing, but i think it would make sense). The one thing i wish they would have done is add winter clothes to all the characters. It looks odd with everyone in their regular attire, and Homer would be great with his Mr. plow jacket on. ---
**Author:** ![sideshowkar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@sideshowkar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sideshowkar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1885 "2013-12-10T22:00:02Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Thanks for this list. However, just for the record, I am Stink Fish Pot, not Stinky. Sure, that might sound like a small difference to you, but Stinky is a name that can stick with a guy. :mad: 😃 > > Question. Why do you have 4 different Springfields? I understand it from a friend POV, and being able to help out yourself when needed, but how much time does it take you to update all 4 towns? > > I only sent you one friend request when I originally went through the SDMB list, but I’ll send you other invites for the other three userid’s you have. If you want, sending me the invite is probably easier, because I still haven’t been able to send one out for over a week, but I’ll give it a shot. Sorry about the Stink part. Yes, I have four Springfields. One is built up to a point where there’s not much to do anymore. Two of the others are built up, but I’m keeping them smaller so I don’t have to deal with so much space. I’m at the point on one of those and the really built up one where I don’t usually set any characters on tasks unless it’s part of a quest. I just tap for money on those. Then I have one newer town I’ve been working on for the last 2 months or so. I started playing because I wanted to design a town, and having four lets me play with things. I can also mine tiles and, XP, and Channel 6 money. I think I just sent a request to you on a couple of the missing towns. ---
**Author:** ![sideshowkar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@sideshowkar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sideshowkar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1886 "2013-12-10T22:01:10Z")
I messed up on a name, so I’m making it right… Toejam \> RooshJam MOIDALIZE \> moidalize Loach \> Loach232 Fiendish Astronaut \> benyacobi X HairyCactus friend\> beverbeaver Sterling Archer \> madillma NAF1138 \> NAF1138 djoelie \> djoelie84693 X Trion’s friend \> gritngile181 X Trion’s friend \> reneefraatz LateComer \> donspadeoa Fenris \> Fenris9999 Mahaloth \> Mahaloth Labtrash \> Labtrash Antigen \> antijenic TimeWinder \> TimeWinder Reloy3 \> akareloy237 Wombat99 \> Wombatninetynine Trion \> Atrion66 Intergalactic Gladiator \> jsteck13 notipping (banned) \> resting666 pulykamell \> pulykamell even sven \> kejiaflowers bauble \> baublera Bike Rider \> bikeriderflorida X LateComer’s friend \> Psychout3000 Hokey Monkey \> pimaspi EristicKallistic \> mrdiskord Blisters \> MistyMeow X Blisters’ husband \> redfivestand Steener122 \> Z94WZE60X8 Poysyn \> DDRigs X Poysyn’s husband \> DarbyRigs X Poysyn’s daughter \> Megadarby Tamarin \> JubbleJubble Raza \> razabradley Just1lurk \> just1lurk iftheresaway \> iftheresaway Yearsofstatic \> Yearsofs pancakes3 \> ericcshen jackdavinci \> jonjackturtl Just1Lurk \> sarusim USCDiver \> USCDiver heater2000ca \> heater2000ca jackdavinci \> jackdavinci Happycamper\*5 \> happycamper5 luvrbcs \> Luvrbcs2 Blisters \> thehentzel (I can’t find this name to add it) BulwerLytton \> BulwerLytton D\_Odds \> CSetti haleynlenysmommy\> haleynlenysmommy Taber \> tabereins Hamlet \> JohnnyQuad asterion \> jmshirley554 Joey P \> JoeyJoeyPP X \> KAZES1LOVE HongKongFooey\>HKF3000 blainer \> donhomer64 minionkat \> minionkat Wile E \> WileESongdog enalzi \> BelowZilch malaka \> dsynadinos ekweizn \> ekweizn sideshowkar \> kaargh sideshowkar \> sideshowkar sideshowkar \> karmutt sideshowkar \> thistleor EnderW24 \> Enderboy1126 Folly \> Folly312 Hentor the Barbarian \> swat\_yukon795 Stink Fish Pot \> 68XR7G Fair Rarity \> xamovo ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1887 "2013-12-10T22:04:51Z")
> [@sideshowkar](#): > > Sorry about the Stink part. No worries. I was just kidding about being mad. That’s why i put the smile face after the frown. :mad: 😃 Maybe that didn’t translate like I meant it to. ---
**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 10, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1888 "2013-12-10T22:25:21Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > :mad: 😃 Hmmm, you seem to be sad about crazy people. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lurker\_Above](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Lurker\_Above](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lurker_Above)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1889 "2013-12-10T22:30:14Z")
> [@sideshowkar](#): > > All mine are gone too. Grr. > > Best thing about the update, for me anyway - there is a new box on the top left corner that shows a character who isn’t working on a task. Tap it and their tasks come up so you can send them off to do something. I was hoping for the ability to be able to send everyone off to do tasks lasting the same amount of time, but this is at least a little better than having to search for characters who aren’t doing anything. I did notice that if I scrolled down to a 12 hour task for one character, the next time I hit the button that character’s job list would already be scrolled down to their 12 hour task. It’s not a ‘set all characters on an X hour job’ button but it’s pretty close. And is everyone else getting 10cards per tap in their friends town? One pass through and I already have the 2nd individual prize. ---
**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 10, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1890 "2013-12-10T22:57:40Z")
Do the gifts get dropped by the steel tree? It seems like it, but I had one appear elsewhere. I hear the present-dropping slide whistle but I’m not seeing more presents. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1891 "2013-12-10T23:04:55Z")
> [@The\_Lurker\_Above](#): > > And is everyone else getting 10cards per tap in their friends town? One pass through and I already have the 2nd individual prize. Yes, I am. I already passed 2700 or so. Easy peasy. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1892 "2013-12-10T23:44:30Z")
A couple of questions: Do bigger boxes (presents) have more gift cards in them compared to a smaller present? Where do gift bags come from? Apparently, i had three, but when I went into my first friend’s Springfield, i tried dropping as many as i could, up to 5. The little icon in the upper right hand corner counted down from 5 to 4 to 3 to 2 and then I got an error saying I was out of gift bags and i needed to get more. I could buy them or get them some other way. I assume they would come down out of the sky like packages, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. The other strange thing is when I went to my next friend’s Springfield, the number in the right hand corner icon was 5 again. I thought I only needed to drop 5 gift bags during my entire day in visiting friends. Now it seems that if I didn’t have enough to begin with, I have to start over? This is very confusing. Also, is there a way to read what a character is saying in those word balloons if you tap the screen by mistake and miss a balloon’s contents? I’d like to go back and read a few things i missed, and perhaps my confusion wouldn’t be so high here. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1893 "2013-12-10T23:58:27Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Where do gift bags come from? Apparently, i had three, but when I went into my first friend’s Springfield, i tried dropping as many as i could, up to 5. The little icon in the upper right hand corner counted down from 5 to 4 to 3 to 2 and then I got an error saying I was out of gift bags and i needed to get more. I could buy them or get them some other way. I assume they would come down out of the sky like packages, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. > > The other strange thing is when I went to my next friend’s Springfield, the number in the right hand corner icon was 5 again. I thought I only needed to drop 5 gift bags during my entire day in visiting friends. Now it seems that if I didn’t have enough to begin with, I have to start over? The gift bags come from the boxes, just like the cards do. (you’ll see a little bag pop up instead of a card). You’ll see a count of bags next to the count of cards in the lower right corner. You can put **up to** 5 bags in \*\*each \*\*town. Obviously, if you only have 3 you can only put three. ---
**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 11, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1894 "2013-12-11T00:05:54Z")
It’s tasking me to decorate houses now but I don’t seem to have the decorations. Hmmm. ---
**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 11, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1895 "2013-12-11T00:44:45Z")
I really like the arrows where you can go directly to the next town when visiting ! At the lower left corner… No more tapping, back to the list, tapping the next town, waiting, tapping, repeat until comatose. 😃 ---
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1896 "2013-12-11T01:04:21Z")
I just read this on Reddit and if it is true, we should consider it. > [@](#): > > When you place your Present Depot that becomes the new landing zone for your town. When your neighbors visit they can only get Gift Cards from buildings that have revenue to collect. To make things easier for everybody we should all make sure there are several Brown Houses or Kwik-E-Marts near the Depot so that there are always plenty of tappable buildings that are easy to find. That way we can all get through our neighbors’ towns and rack up those Gift Cards as quickly and efficiently as possible. I am moving mine over to my houses. ---
**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 11, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1897 "2013-12-11T01:35:12Z")
Looks like my Squidport is done. No more floaty tile. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1898 "2013-12-11T01:43:28Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Hrmmm, I went to one town when I had 175, tapped a few buildings, went to the next town and I still had 175. If you leave without tapping the total doesn’t change in the display but you do get them. When you go back to your town all of them will be there. ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1899 "2013-12-11T02:09:56Z")
I think the gift bags that you can deliver to others appear at random, like sometimes how you’d collect a gremlin instead of goo unhaunting a Halloween house. The group goals (and I got my info from the EA forums yesterday. There is a user who cracks the files open and I haven’t seen him be wrong yet) are based on how many gift bags get given, not gift cards collected. I’ve been playing since about 5 minutes after the update dropped (had a feeling it would be around 9am PST) and I’ve gotten less than 10 bags to give out. You can buy them with donuts, but I’m not interested enough in group goals to buy donuts to buy gift bags to then give them to other people. I sold all but one of my brown houses last night to make room for new stuff. I was tired of having to tap them and I had such a problem just leaving them. Oops on my bad timing. To make up for it, I am not tapping any of my dollar signs/lemons/menu bills/registers. I’m flush enough with cash that ignoring my stuff isn’t the end of the world. I’m also not spending money, so I’d rather be a good neighbor. I freaking hit the longshot at SD TWICE this week. Man, how come I couldn’t get that back when I was broke broke broke? The coins, from what I can tell, can be spent on spinning a wheel of chance that you unlock at some point. The first personal goal unlocks a building that generates one coin a day. You can buy more coins. My tile is gone now too and I’m maxed out and can’t build more. The glitch may still be working, though. But who’s going to tap CH6/Open Air Stage/Cleus/tile for those who aren’t maxed when you can get gift cards instead? I left my skeleton out in a corner and I noticed s/he’s wearing mittens and a scarf. I love little touches like that. I’m really disappointed that house lights aren’t for sale. I guess some will be prizes later and some are premium now, but I kind of expected them as standard. I had to do my first “report user” last night when I visited a now-former friend and they had a swastika made out of bushes. I adore the find character feature. Especially with all the snow and trying to avoid tapping my buildings. I wish there were more Christmas tasks for characters. Maybe they’ll unlock as things progress. My taskbook now has even more Simpson family 24 hour tasks. Yeah, I know I could have started them and then tried to stop them, but I’d rather wait until after Christmas. It’ll give me something to do, as I unlocked Milhouse’s father last night. I have a lot of pending tasks, but after I finish them, I’ll be all caught up. ---
**Author:** ![ekweizn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@ekweizn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekweizn)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1900 "2013-12-11T02:41:43Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > The coins, from what I can tell, can be spent on spinning a wheel of chance that you unlock at some point. The first personal goal unlocks a building that generates one coin a day. You can buy more coins. > … > I’m really disappointed that house lights aren’t for sale. I guess some will be prizes later and some are premium now, but I kind of expected them as standard. House lights are apparently one of the prizes on the wheel. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1901 "2013-12-11T03:22:53Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Looks like my Squidport is done. No more floaty tile. I believe it still works with Channel 6 news, though. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1902 "2013-12-11T07:18:57Z")
I am still not clear on the gift bags. So i collected about 8 of them today, and I decided to see what would happen if I gave 5 to one person. Nothing. So, unless someone wants to make an arrangement with me, to give me all of their bags, and I’ll do the same, i think spreading the wealth would be better, i hope people that get a bag from me remember to toss me one when they visit, but giving 5 to one person I thought would do something like give you extra gift cards or something. I have no idea what people are talking about when they say “goo”. But one thing. I am curious about are the presents… How fast do they accumulate, and do you need to be playing the program to get them? Because I have gone back into my town and not had any near the tree until after a few minutes, then one would fall… But I thought they would generate while I was away from the game. ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/1903 "2013-12-11T15:57:51Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > I have no idea what people are talking about when they say “goo”. But one thing. I am curious about are the presents… How fast do they accumulate, and do you need to be playing the program to get them? Because I have gone back into my town and not had any near the tree until after a few minutes, then one would fall… But I thought they would generate while I was away from the game. Goo is from the Halloween quest, which was fairly similar to this Christmas one. We collected ghosts and goo for neat prizes and then dropped off goo in neighboring Springfields kind of like what we’re doing with the presents now. It looks like getting the elf house is very helpful. Once a day they can run around Springfield and collect the presents. I’ve seen someone with 2 elf houses – is two better than one? And I’m up to the Springfield Mall and I’m in the middle of building that – 24 hour build. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=96)