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Old 29-01-2014, 11:51
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For actual money or in game currency? id rather not spend £65 on 1000 imaginary donuts.

Mmmmmmm imaginary donuts *drools*
Real money.
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Old 29-01-2014, 15:12
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Real money and luck seem to be the only way to get donuts.

I don't blame them as it is the only income they get from this pretty huge free game, so it seems fair that people who want to progress faster or build more than the standard linear offerings should have the option to spend money.

I don't want to spend real money on something if I don't have to so I have nothing premium other than what I've won in mystery boxes. A feature allowing you to gift friends donuts, money or buildings would be good I think.
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Old 29-01-2014, 15:58
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A gifting feature would probably result in millions of feeder accounts and put more pressure on their servers for less income.

I don't like the freemium model, it'll probably be the thing that kills the game for me. They say there are no paywalls in this game, well not being able to get long term recurring show characters without paying money comes pretty damn close imo.

I appreciate they've put quite a bit of effort into the game, but let's be honest, it's a pretty shallow game, a simple levelling system combined with the Simpsons universe to create a shllow front end designed to get people to spend money on microtransactions.
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Old 29-01-2014, 17:45
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Super Bowl update today, meaning Valentine's presumably won't be till next week.
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Old 29-01-2014, 20:51
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How far away is it from your landing zone?
sorry being silly what do you mean landing zone? its near enough to the squidport entrance liek the arch so it seems that people tap the arch cos it has the handshake sign but i guess i have shops etc all over the entrance and boards due to lack of space. do i need to leave more space?

on the donuts thing i have only ever paid for one scratchcard and won 6 on it. that being said i have 180 atm from levelling up, halloween gave me lots from tapping ghosts and got some in mystery boxes during that even too. i turn into a bit of a donut fiend though - i love finding them
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Old 29-01-2014, 21:58
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Is anybody else's game down ?
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Old 29-01-2014, 22:11
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Yep not been able to log on since 4pm and still down. It did update but nothing after that
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Old 29-01-2014, 22:56
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Its back up
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Old 30-01-2014, 10:29
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sorry being silly what do you mean landing zone? its near enough to the squidport entrance liek the arch so it seems that people tap the arch cos it has the handshake sign but i guess i have shops etc all over the entrance and boards due to lack of space. do i need to leave more space?
The landing zone is the part of Springfield you or your friends go to when they open the game I.e. The Simpsons house.

Yep not been able to log on since 4pm and still down. It did update but nothing after that
Give the game a hard reset/turn your device on and off again.
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Old 31-01-2014, 08:49
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Hmmm, that's interesting, I've never heard of that trick before.

Well I could definitely do with a bunch of tiles so if anyone wants to help (sliced-bread-no2 for those that don't have me added), feel free. I don't really have the money to focus on the Squidport right now, so this could be handy
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I've had quite a few tiles with the glitch just remember to leave at least one handshake up. Also works with the farm and the Channel 6 building.
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Old 02-02-2014, 08:21
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Play today and get a pretty cool decoration for free.
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Old 02-02-2014, 15:13
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Play today and get a pretty cool decoration for free.
How do you get it?

I've been playing a few times today and nothing has come up.
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Old 02-02-2014, 15:41
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How do you get it?

I've been playing a few times today and nothing has come up.
It's the Superbowl update that came up a couple of days ago. You could do the first 3 parts of the quest but the next part was locked until today. Homer needs to be free to start the task which basically involves Homer inviting Springfield residents to a Superbowl Party. It's a 4 hour task and you only need 5 residents to complete. At the completion you get what I agree is a "pretty cool decoration".


......... Ohhh and donuts
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Old 02-02-2014, 20:21
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was surprised to see the donuts - lovely little bonus
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Old 02-02-2014, 23:10
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I have now got over 90 donuts. Just another 100 to go before I can get the Springfield Coliseum...
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Old 04-02-2014, 15:35
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I just got the blue haired lawyer for 90 donuts. I like that character
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Old 05-02-2014, 14:48
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What you reckon they might skip Valentine and do Easter as they didn't do that last year
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Old 05-02-2014, 15:56
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Valentines should be coming later today via app store/google play store update.

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Old 05-02-2014, 15:59
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So you can effectively buy Mindy for £2500? That doesn't sound right, but if it is, great!

Won 30 donuts in the Mystery Box today. I was so happy
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Old 05-02-2014, 16:03
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good to know. thanks. HJ.
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Old 05-02-2014, 16:04
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Wheel of Friendship

http://i.imgur.com/Vv2Fjwh.png

Edit: It also looks like they added an unfriend feature as well as playing status either currently playing or last played time. There is also a new facebook linking feature.
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Old 05-02-2014, 17:31
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Update available on Apple app store. Android shouldn't be too long.
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Old 05-02-2014, 19:00
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Update available on Apple app store. Android shouldn't be too long.
The update is on Android too. Upgrading it on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 now.
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Old 05-02-2014, 19:06
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Me too. In the middle of a huge download.
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Old 05-02-2014, 19:34
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I've had the update but just can't get on to play!!
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