Happy Weekend Clammers!
Well we’ve all made it through another week and the weekend is here!
All week we field your comments about your frustrations in the game and we wanted to give you (and us) a fun way for you to voice your frustrations and get it all off of your chest.
So welcome to WHAT THE DEUCE?!
Here’s your place to vent about anything and everything, Family Guy or not. Consider this your weekly bitch fest and get it all out with a good…WHAT THE DEUCE?! And start your weekend fresh! 🙂
Just be respectful of others & be mindful of the language.
Here’s mine for this week:
–WHAT THE DEUCE….Totally random but I recently got a new phone. And when I tried to get into TQFS, I was completely locked out of my game! Just wouldn’t work on my new phone…although my old phone still would. (PS it works now…very random)
–WHAT THE DEUCE….is next weekend seriously Memorial Day already?! Before we know it it’ll be Christmas!
Now it’s YOUR turn…give us your WHAT THE DEUCE?! moments from the past week! Go on, get it off your chest…you’ll feel a lot better! 🙂
Family Guy Addicts 
Im feeling a lil disappointed with this event bcuz I wasted 185 clams trying to speed up firefighters so I could get the last prize in the mystery box, & I didn’t make it in time before the event ended. Even though I purchased Fire Dog Brian and I check the game every 1 to 2 hours, I was unable to get all the prizes, and I really feel like Brian’s task being 12 hrs was too long. That took 3 days just to get one prize. I really wish I had purchased the 4th training pole in the firehouse bcuz I think that would have helped. I sent 2 in game msgs trying to get either my clams back, or the prize I wanted (quahog fireboat). Does it seem like I’m asking for too much to ask for my clams to be reimbursed? =/
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WTD tiny co.
Even though I’ve been playing for a year, I may be done with this game for all the reasons repeatedly mentioned. The land space is woefully inadequate, premium charters rarely give an added boost outside the event used for. But most egregious I think is that in many events you spend a lot of effort to build and earn things that then simply go away. Even dated as it is TSTO seems to understand these basics of game play. I continue to play and enjoy TSTO… And even give them money for their efforts… But I think unless tiny co solves the fundamental issues so many others have brought forth, I’ll just ignore all events and wait for real game play to be added.
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My game quit working last week before I got firefighter Chris. I cleaned out my phone memory twice. Deleted and reinstalled the game twice and it kept saying json error. I emailed tinyco and got a reply there is no fix nor eta on a fix.
I wasted $200 on skins and characters only to be literally be burned out on this event. Now my collection is short three skins and I cannot even play.
I am done with this game
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The need for more land in this game is insane. Last district opened was one tiny square. I need a whole right or left fully open. As a player for over a year without land my game will continue to look like cluttered chaos, and who has room for decos at all.
These characters from quests you work so hard to gain after the quest become irrelevant. How bout rewarding longtime loyal players with earned characters by having those characters actually help with future quests and events. Instead of being one more character to chuck on a pointless 24 hour task.
Every time i contact tiny co with my input/concerns i get a generic reply showing they didn’t even read so instead ill gripe about it here.
have a good day 🙂
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WTD!!!!! Fireman!!!! Fireman Chris!! Premium character(HA!) Fireman Brian!!!! F@$&ing Fireman Seamus!!!!!! Worst event ever!!!!! STAR WARS Tiny co!!!!!STAR WARS ALREADY!!!!!
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WTD!!!
unless Seamus requires an insane amount of stuff to gather like axes jaws of death etc. to spend 150 clams on a firepole makes absolutely no sense. I already messaged tinyco about all the problems with this event. They said they decided last minute to make Brian premium and said they will make certain in the future to not lead us on. To want so many clams for an event with such promise but so Lil follow thru is annoying. At this point unless they add an enormous amount unlocking firepoles really makes no sense. I don’t mind spending clams on this game but in game things like firepoles should be no more than a dollar. A new character I really don’t mind spending up to 250 10 bucks. But a skin to cost more than a few dollars. Unless its amazing or extremely helpful in a long event. Is rather mind blowing. There’s not enough in this event for me to have any desire to unlock a firepole or fire chief for 5 bucks…thanks for letting us rant.
P.s.Seriously tinyco think these events thru.
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Stupid me i left off a word. Suppose to say 250 clams which is about 10 dollars.
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I’m really getting ticked off and I know that I can get a sympathetic ear here. As I’ve stated previously, I am having a problem with the brush fires. Since 7AM, I have had only 8 brushfires. My extinguisher total is down to 25. I have contacted TinyCo about this. Reading their Facebook page, I see that other players are complaining about the same thing. I’ve also seen other players asking what can they do with their 850 extinguishers or 1,000 extinguishers. Maybe the next time you speak with the guys at TinyCo, you can find out if they plan a patch for this, because, it looks like I’m not alone. Thanks for listening and for helping out.
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Already sent the concerns of players to them on this. 😉
My suggestion is contact them from within your game. That way they can see the games impacted by this first hand.
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Thanks, Bunny. Already did that. If it’s still the same tomorrow, I’ll contact them again.
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I just figured that I can train more than one of the same type of fireman at a time, for some reason I got it into my head that it was a pole for each type and I was unlocking the Fire Chief.
It’s a big WTD?! at myself for doing things the hard way.
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A new event with several buildings and no new land. Soon I will have to remove the roadracing to fit my buildings.
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Ok, I’ve never done a WTD before so time to start rant! I play a few app games this one, COC, and TSTO. This is the only one I have issues with time after time. Why is that tiny co.? These events feel poorly planned and rushed lately. Drops rates and task times are ridiculous. I don’t mind grinding away on a task. In fact I appreciate the challenge, but make it worth my while in the end! Land, why is there no land in this app as opposed to others? Player levels..what’s the point? Do we get anything for leveling up? No. Character levels, again…what’s the point? Mine are all pretty much maxed out except the Star Trek ones and for what..why? Does it make their tasks go quicker? Drop rates more likely? Earn more money or clams? No, so why bother? I’ve spent a small fortune in this game because I enjoyed playing it, when it was fun. Now it’s changed its game play to feel more forced and more towards a clam purchase game. With the amount of complaints and glitches and errors this game has they really need to work on customer appreciation before they lose what loyalty they have. You can’t keep asking more from us and not giving anything in return is all I’m saying 😜 WTD! Ok rant over ☺️ I feel better now.
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Hey I just want to see how many gas cans and other stuff I get in a separate icon like we did with all events ,,, I got Chris ,, not buying fire dog Brian just waiting for semus,,,,,,,oh. And it would be cool we can get more land and extra land ,,,,I want to build separate sections from what I got in inventory,,,does any one feel me ,,,
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TinyCo….. I thought I was a completionist. Then Star Trek I took a hit with a few characters *cough Meg*, a large price tag for Kool-Aid man, and event after event of character skins that may add varied hours to perform tasks but ultimately add little replay value. I want Brian but in an off week for payday I have reached my breaking point of wanting everything. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not quitting…..yet. But WTD? This is a game that can be played over a looong time. Focus on less mini-quests and incorporate more really long quests into the actual storyline (district storylines) that allow everyone to get said items at their pace. Not everything should feel timed or rushed. Not all players are going to want all events. I still know majority of events are optional but Latching my buildings and forcing pop-up screens on players that play numerous times daily can feel a bit overkill. Please TinyCo read this message and work some better algorithms to find a balance between Premium and Freemium. I’m seeing a major player Exodus. Give me a reason not to join them.
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I unloocked chris’ costume this morning, but now every time i send a fire chief after the fire monster (not the premium ones) it shows that i earned a jaw of life but then when i go to the mystery box it says i have ZERO jaws of life!! I already messaged tinyco and they still havent replied. Pointless for me to keep playing this event until they bring in seamus. And no way am I spending over 200 clams for another brian skin. That’s not enough to make me stop playing but it is dumb marketing since they would sell more at a lower price.
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Trying to figure out what you are referring to with the issue you referenced. Are you going after the Orangey Ones or the Purple Ones?
I ask due to the Orange ones need only One Fire Captain to get them and pay out Fire Axe. The Purple Ones need TWO Captains both ready to battle and pay out Jaws of Life.
The Fire Chief battles the Icey Blue Ones and those pay out Fire Chief Hats.
Just trying to help out with the issue you are running into.
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Oh thanks Bunny! I thought the orange ones dropped jaws of life. I didn’t even realize the purple ones needed two captains. I’ll see if I’m just doing it wrong.
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This event leaves me feeling burnt out… worst event so far. Both theme and execution.
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Actually, I think their charging for Brian helped me to re-focus on what it is that I enjoy about the game, and what i don’t enjoy. I enjoy the crafting of items, and I enjoy reorganizing and decorating my town. I find that relaxing and fun, as well as a nice little creative outlet.
I do not enjoy the forced sense of urgency to get things done, and I do not like that part of myself that feels the need to get everything available. I have only been playing since late January, and I already am running out of land to put things. I totalled how much money I have spent since I started, and have decided I am done. I have some money on account in the two games I am playing, one premium, and one mostly freemium, and when they are gone, I am going total freemium. I have given a significant amount of money to the developers, and that should be sufficient. I am still going to play, because there are parts of the game I still enjoy, but I am going to use it as the diversion it was meant to be when I first downloaded it, not a part time job! *chuckle*
Bunny and Alissa, thank you so much for all the work you put into this site, as without it, I would have been so confused! Thank you again for the delightfully yummy pies from Pi day!
Bunny, I hope things work out to the highest and best for your mother!
Alissa, congratulations again on the new life that you will be bringing into the world!
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Thank you Robyn 🙂
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I like to consider not paying a realspace penny as part of my game…. 🙂 In games like Candy Crush and Cookie Jam and Jungle Cubes, I also avoid playing with various boosters (which can be earned but they also sell them) whenever possible.
Make sure to turn off in-app purchases on your device. That has helped me a lot to avoid accidentally buying something with real money. When I really need to buy something in an app, I just temporarily turn it on again. I still have to beware of the tricks developers use to get you to accidentally spend game currency that they parcel off in a miserly fashion as earnings but also will happily sell. I keep reminding myself, “Think before you tap”.
Another way to support good developers is to mention the game online in various forums when you get a chance, if it comes up in conversation. If you have a Facebook page or website, you can keep a list of favorite games with a little about why you like them. This helps them maximize the number of non-cheapskate players who will actually pay to get stuff or advance, even if only small amounts. It all adds up. But only a small percentage will pay, so numbers matter. Even just rating the game at your app store will help, with or without a review.
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WTD, I just need 1 more suspender to unlock Chris and none of the 4 characters dropped. Now I have to wait another 8 damn hours. Argh!
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I have no clue where to even start… I enjoy this game, I truly do. That being said, I’m developing a friggin’ aneurysm over some aspects. First, this is a SHAMELESS cash grab. Being a “freemium” player can only take you so far, and you must have a stockpile of patience. The random zooming in, and moving of characters when trying to navigate becomes extremely irritating. FOR GOD’S SAKE, GIVE US MORE LAND!!! This! This is my big problem. My inventory is stocked with things that I can do nothing with because of gigantic structures, like the Match Factory. Thanks for letting me keep everything from the Star Trek thing, they look really great as I swipe and swipe and swipe through my inventory, but I’ve got nowhere to place them. Let me stick some stuff in the ocean, I don’t care. When you accidentally click on an action underway, and they ask if you want to use your clams to bypass waiting time… Yeah, it’d be super-great if they asked us twice. I’ve blown a lot of clams on speeding things up that I had no intention on doing. It’s frustrating because in certain cases, that’s real world money I’m wasting. Speaking of wasting money, I sincerely despise the fact that some items are only able to be unlocked by purchasing. THERE SHOULD BE WAYS TO EARN CLAMS DOING THOSE RIDICULOUSLY LONG TASKS. These events… *sigh*… are killing me. Yay, firefighters, and log cabin, and who cares?! Where is the actual storyline?! There WAS one, I remember from the beginning. Now it seems we’re waiting on TinyCo to perform their next abortion and deliver “Fast Food Week”, or “Quahog Gets Bedbugs”. This “Limited time” stuff is really starting to piss me off. Again, I loved this game initially. I’ve already decided they won’t get any more of my money, but I may not stick around long enough to even see if it gets better.
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Thousand times yes. It is incredibly frustrating having to intentionally NOT buy new buildings with clams because there’s no place to put them. I am so short of land that I had to remove almost all decorations. I place buildings on whatever default position the game suggests. I wrote TinyCo via built in contact us feature many times and I doubt we will ever get enough space.
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My biggest gripe is the premium characters you buy. You’re LUCKY if one of them will help you with a future event. What’s the point of buying them if after the event you buy them in, they’re useless? I’m considering either never spending another dollar (and I feel crappy for spending so much on it already) or just quitting.
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What the deuce… Is firedog Brian a premium character?
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So Firedog Brian just became available. In the cart, it says to “Create” the skin but in Al Harrington’s there are no items to collect, just to buy him for 260 clams. Normally it would show the 260 clams in the cart menu, not send you to Al Harrington’s. Is this a glitch or is Fire Dog Brian premium only? It would suck if he was. There was enough premium stuff in the Star Trek event.
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I haven’t unlocked Firefighter Chris yet so I’m hoping I just need to get that done to move on to collecting items for Brian.
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It is Premium
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WTD? I’m getting errors every time I try to login.
I tried removing the app and installing it again.
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What the Deuce?? Why have I killed myself to open more fire poles, and worked so hard to get Fireman Chris, only for him to have one single task for one single quest, and then to be told to get “Fire Dog Brian” for $210 Clams?!? Fire dog Brian was the main reason I decided to play this mini-event at all, and now I see he is a clam only skin. So no go for me, I spent a small fortune in the star trek event and never even got to the end of the questlines nor did I get half of the characters I really wanted, because they were ALL clam characters! No way to earn Fire dog Brian? I am guessing no Fireman Seamus either? What is the point of paying $135 clams to potentially earn Jaws of Life for a box of decos we have no room for? This game seriously isn’t fun for me anymore. I think I am calling it quits. There is no point in working to open more fire poles, nor any point to fighting fire monsters in your town once Chris is gotten, because the axes and other items no longer drop, and they won’t help you to earn Brian’s costume. Waste of my weekend Tiny-Co! Not cool at all!
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Am I the only one whose game is so unstable it crashes every time I load it? It started around the Star Trek event. I could go to the enterprise and play there or stay to the left of my town, but when I ventured to the southeast…crash! Every single time. Since the Star Trek event, I have put about 60% of my building and all of my decorations into storage. Now, I can make the rounds of most of my town before it’ll crash, but I have to restart afterwards just to make sure everything I did was saved (it frequently isn’t).
I’m on a samsung galaxy s5 with tons of free space and memory. I’ve gone so far as to delete the app and all associated files to see if a fresh download would help, but it didn’t. I could get over the crappy execution of parts of events or the clam-grabs, but I would like my game to be stable. Is that too much to ask from TinyCo?
(For the record, it’s my opinion that what I described above is a big reason why they don’t release more space.)
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I’ve got an s5 and my game works perfect. Very rare do I have an issue. I had some trouble a couple days ago, couldn’t access my game for about 6 hrs. They said it would be fixed on the forum and it was. So I’m not sure why you have problems but they are doing some testing, something about a t.v. in front of griffins house. I don’t know if it’s related but it only being tested on some players. So MA ye a glitch?
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I too play the game on an S5 and mine has been crashing constantly for at least 5 months!!! I did the re-install thing as well and nothing. I even e-mailed TinyCo complaining about this problem and the only answer they gave me was to re-start my phone immediately before I want to play the game. So essentially if I am trying to do 1 hour tasks like train firemen I would have to turn my phone off and on once an hour or deal with my game crashing upwards of 6 times just trying to collect stuff (and re-collect because the game didn’t save)…yeah right!
It’s absolutely ridiculous that they have done nothing to address a crashing issue on Android that has been going on for almost half the darn year!
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I’m having similar “crash-every-20-seconds” issues, and am never sure if anything I did actually saved. Glad to know it’s not just me, but sucks regardless!
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WTD? Fire Dog Brian is a buy only? Just got sexy Fireman Chris and was looking forward to gathering items for unlocking the next character, but it’s no fun if the only way to get him is to use clams.
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I like this firemen thing, its amusing and the buildings are really cool. That said did you see the price tag for fireman Brian?? Ouch! No thanks.
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Why is Fire Dog Brian listed in Al’s when he is a clam only purchase?
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WTD!! Fire Fighter Brian is a premium purchase they dressed up as a winnable one. As much as I would love the skin, there is no way I am going to spend 10 bucks for it! As far as I am concerned, this particular event is over for me as soon as I get the cat in the tree, since I never cared about firefighter seamus enough to grind in any way for it.
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WTD, 210 clams for firefighter Brian? TinyCo, your clam grab every event is just getting ridiculous now. It makes loyal people like myself decide not to even bother buying clams anymore. I refuse to pay $12.99 for a character skin that will never be of any use to me again.
Fellow addicts, I emplore you to strike against TinyCo and not buy any clams, or premiums for this ridiculous event.
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Wtd…just got the quest line to unlock Fire Dog Brian and he’s a premium character???? There’s a buy only option for 210 clams…nothing to collect. WTD????
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WTD Action Movie Set – why do you keep tricking me into thinking you are a clickable fire?????
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Glad I’m not the only one. 😉
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Same goes for me, plus the Toasty Campfire also throws me off. Also Quahog 5 News and Quahog Cable 26 antennas looks like smoke plumes when zoomed way out.
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I had to temporarily put my campfire in storage for the same reason….
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We went from a truly great Star Trek event to this abysmal pile of no fun event. I just cannot wrap my head around the fact that TinyCo simply wants players to have crowded, crappy looking towns and/or giant inventories of stuff we worked so hard for (or paid so much for through clams) and can’t display. Ends 27 May? Maybe I’ll come back 28 May. See you in Springfield in the meantime.
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It isn’t called “The Quest For Stuff” for nothing. I too have run out of space for some things, but if you take the name of the game for what it is, you probably should be getting more stuff than you have room for.
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WTD?? .. I’m officially Sick of limited time stuff and events.. where is the main storyline, the regular game??.. the one we can play without being expelled from our family or friends for playing every 10 minutes. There is not interesting stuff around the regular game any more, only events.. events… events!!
And WE NEED LAND!! I hate the size of buildings like the Matchstick factory, the CIA, and other ridiculous huge structures that are needed so other characters seem less useless than they are and at least could be sent to one day long tasks.. (the Smith family needs the Clam stage, the exhibition hall and CIA building)
Also… It is terribly sad how they are releasing more and more structures that are only decorations. At least from the Star Trek event, the rooms that cost clams could have been paying structures, not now useless space-grabbing things.
Any way… Looking forward for that Firefighter Brian; I hope is not a clam priced skin like his new year’s outfit.
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well, unfortunately I spoke too soon… and it costs 210 clams. WTD!!! really?!?!?!
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My main grip currently is the lack of use for a LOT of the characters in general. Brian, for an example, has done nothing but slow motion PBJ time for months now. The Smith family, Peter’s Father, the news crew (well besides Tricia) Pawtucket Pete….all completely useless just to name a few.
I am a freemium player first and foremost. The fact that we have all these characters we worked hard to get and they all essentially become useless isn’t cool. Was curious if anyone else feels like I do?
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Hate this Brush Fire > 8 Extinguisher -> Fireman (8h total) -> House Fire -> 2 Gas -> Fire Captain (8h total) -> Fire Creature -> 1 Axe waterfall-style grinding. This is just tiresome.
This constant zoom level resetting, accidental picking up idle characters when trying to scroll and tapping everything else but Brush Fires is so massively getting on my nerves, too.
Don’t know how much longer I’ll bother playing this game.
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Hmmm… wtd…..
Normally i’m raging against the Tiny machine; however, i’ve gotten over my anger against them by just saying three little letters…. ‘meh’. Over-priced fluff event… check; botched major special event for the year…check; follow-up to said events with rushed limited time offers event… check. We’ve seen it before and we’ll see it again… meh! This is what happens when an VC firm is at the helm. It’s all about the ROI. While true that the staff may care about their little football headed kid and the players interactions with said character, quality enjoyable games come at a high premium in the mobile world. When was the last time you logged onto your favorite MMO or Xbox Live or PS network? Were you aware both MS and Sony are giving away free games? Not just run of the mill cheapies mind you; but, big name titles. MMO’s are giving more up as well. The mobile business model of IAP is dying. The VC’s will milk it til the end…meh. I actually stepped outside out on my back patio and looked at the beautiful sunset yesterday. Today I put my phone down and ignored all games for a shopping trip to Lowes. I’m going to make the zen garden with the time i’ve chosen to not waste on trivial games designed to sepaprate this fool from his hard earned cash. The ST event was the wakeup call, nature week drove it home (first time i’ve not gotten a character with 7of9 and first time i’ve paid for a skin and have completed story content). In short i didn’t make a useless purchase only to turn around and make a useless purchase. Not angry at TinyCo for my foolishness. The corporate model will not change as long as people feed it. Sure i’ll give it some food so it doesn’t starve to death, I’m not cruel after…just evil….lol! But, now I don’t care so much. Completists have a breaking point and I found mine. Wonder what else i’ll do with my time and money? Another cruise perhaps? Yes, when you live in Florida and can drive to the ship (Port Canaveral and Tampa are both like 45 minutes from here), then yes cruises are much cheaper. So meh works. This is a casual game and I’m cured of complaints from it. After all, not my game company now is it? No longer my money on the line cause ultimately I choose to define what I want in my collection of digital stuff and i’m done paying to not have content. Yes, I paid for BB Peter and yes that content went away before quest completion. Meh! To be expected…..as intended….and all that gravy. You hear me Bunny? Mark your calendar sweetie, this is my last ‘complaint’ dealing with TinyCo. Off to build a Zen Garden in my back yard! Will still post tips, tricks and walkthroughs as I play, just better things to do with my time so they may not be as frequent. Thanks for all your help B&A. Keep doing what you do!
Evil out.
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I just wish that if you accidentally tapped something that required clams they would ask if you are sure because I just tapped on training building twice and I open one the fireman poles
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These drop rates are killing me. Four hours for a fire captain and eight hours for stethoscopes?
Also I love a lot of these great new buildings and decorations but more land is needed please. I’m putting a lot of the generic office buildings in inventory but come on.
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Surely it is a good thing to only have to log-in once every four hours to collect your _three_ fire captains (not just ‘a’ fire captain) and gives you a break from playing every hour to maximise petrol cans?
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WTD! I tapped when I should have tipped and now I triggered the Brewery, so my characters are trying to build chumba wumba stewie, as well as chris! aaarrrggghh! I meant to leave that alone until after the firefighter event, so I did not run into the same issues others ran into during star trek. Oh well! At least I have enough fire extinguishers to take care of all the wildfires in California this year!
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What the Duece!!!!!!! Jesus hasn’t dropped any clams in almost 2 weeks!
Seems like after the star trek event the drop rate took a nose dive 😦
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His drops are varying massively. I’ve seen two drops last week but before that basically weeks without.
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Wtd brushfires! What am I gonna do with 400+ fire extinguishers?
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I’m up to over 1,000 extinguishers and over 100 cans. I wish they would open Seamus.
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Well I asked for more squares lol but when I tuck my coin farm away I have tons of room so far. When i started I built my coin farm, collected a bunch of coins, then nuked it and rebuilt my town. I have lots of room, even trees and “meadows” in cottage country. When i go broke, I put some stuff away and bust out some of the office buildings. I just let them go where they land. Then when i have enough coins, back to the inventory they go, without messing with the orientation of my other more important buildings. Other than trees and such for the most part if it dosnt make money it’s in the inventory. Part of the fun for me is reorganizing and maintaining the town.
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