RUUUUUN!!! THE END OF THE WORLD IS COMING!!! … To Quahog. 😉
It looks like we have been transported back in time to 1999, or is it now? With all the times I hear on the radio or see on the TV “THE END IS NEAR”, I just never know when the world is actually gonna end. Guess I will just have to keep on waiting to kidnap “friends” for my underground shelter. Wait to take out a bunch of Zombies with my real life Maze in the back yard. Wait to see if Twinkies and Cockroaches really do survive anything (well Twinkies almost didn’t survive a company going under”.
BOOMSDAY IS HERE!!
EVENT WILL END THURSDAY MAY 5TH, 2016 @ 3PM 10AM PACIFIC (New End Time)
First up, the Basics
- Players will need to be on App Version 1.21.0 so ensure you go to your App Market and download the latest update when it hits. Available for iOS and Android users now! Facebook and Amazon soon to follow (usually Amazon and Facebook take the longest to release from their Markets, so be patient and watch for it.)
- Players will need to have at LEAST District 3 Unlocked and Al’s completed
- Players will only see this on the Mobile App Version (iOS, Google, Amazon, Facebook). NOT Windows Stand Alone
- PLAY THE GAME! Items unlock in stages and as you progress, so if you do not see an item it is most likely you have not progressed far enough in the Main Questline to unlock it. Check details below for more specifics on unlock points
- Don’t have a TON of Tasks open in your Task Menu. If you have too many open, no new ones can arrive. If you do not see new Tasks popping up, clear out some incompleted Tasks already on your List to make room for more
Back with more in a bit.
The First thing you will notice once you updated and reloaded the game is the cools new splash screen, then the game floor (more a desert), and just an overall apocalyptic look to it.
CHARACTERS
Clevemire
Requires
8 Custom Shirts (Common): Jerome Invent Apocalypse Drinking Games OR Bruce Be a Leatherworker OR Center for Disease Control OR Abandoned Train Station (Stockpile Tanker)
4 Bone Saws (Rare): Quagmire Giggity Strut OR Peter Play Peacemaker OR Bonnie Flirt with Mutants OR Stop ‘N’ Shop
14 Irradiated Bath Salts (Always): Train Rubble (Stockpile Tanker)
12 Two for One Meal (Common): Lois Shoplift OR Diner at the End of the Apocalypse (Stockpile Tanker)
Neil Goldman: In order to get him, you first have to place Goldman & Son Trading Post (Stockpile Tanker). Once placed, he will appear in front of it with his Bubbles of Materials to collect.
Requires
Task~ Have Clevemire Binge & Purge 2 Times:
21 Prescription Lenses (Common): Plane Wreckage (Stockpile Tanker)
16 Pocket Knives (Uncommon ): Peter Eat Other People’s Rations OR Bonnie Wear a Lot of Leather Or Center for Disease Control
19 Frizz Shampoos (Rare): Moonshine Distillery (Stockpile Tanker)
12 Acne Creams (Extra Rare): Joe Write Up Vagrants OR Herbert Get Nostalgic about Rations OR Quahog Mini Mart
Cleveland: $1000. For those of you that did not yet have Cleveland, he is being offered for coins. More due to he is REQUIRED for this Event. So if you do not have him, go to your Shopping Cart to get him and his home placed into the game so you can use him for the Event.
BUILDINGS
Endless Water Tower: 250 Clams, +100CP on placement, Earns $45 & 2CP every 8hrs, Always drops 12 Water Bottles
Unstable Reactor Core: 250 Clams, +100CP on placement, Earns 6 CLAMS & 25xp every 12hrs. CLAM DROP EXPIRES 5/5/16 (End of Event)
Center for Disease Control: 100 Clams, +100CP on placement, Earns $40 & 1CP every 6hrs, ALWAYS drops 1 Custom Shirt (Clevemire) AND/OR 1 Pocket Knives (Neil)
Quahog Bait & Tackle: 120 Clams, +50CP on placement, Earns $30 & 2CP every 4hrs, Always drops 1 Fishing Net
One Man’s Junkyard: $1000, 30sec Build Time, +4CP on completion, Earns $90 & 1CP every 24hrs
DECORATIONS
Trash Can Fire: 7 Toilet Paper, +5CP on placement
Dead Trees: 2 Toilet Paper, +2CP on placement
RADIATION SICKNESS
During the Event, Characters can get Radiation Sickness (Chris will by Peterpocolypse Part 4). If your Character gets it while they are on a Task, the Task will keep timing down to completion, however you will not be able to collect or complete the Task until the sickness is cured.
You will need Clevemire unlocked to cure Characters of Radiation Sickness, so work on getting them as soon as you can. Tap on “SAVE” to start the process of helping Chris.
Payout: Varies, but my game seemed to pay me about 20 Water Bottles.
CRISIS LEVEL
This will be essentially the Event “XP”. Points that you will earn throughout the Event to hit a specific Level to unlock New Content as it is released each Phase of the month long Event.
Crisis Points can be earned all over the Event. From Questlines, Tasks, Buying items, and collecting rent from Event Buildings.
NEUTRALIZATION STATION
You will find this on the Left Side of the Event Area. It looks like a wrecked airplane. Much like previous Events, here will be where you create an item to help you out in the Event. Each item will require specific Materials and time to create it. Once created, you can use it once.
There will be a CAPACITY (how many TOTAL you can have in Queue and complete in your game). My Game Capacity started with 8.
There will be a QUEUE (the MAX amount of items you can craft at a time). My Game Queue was 6 items total can be crafted at a time, up to Capacity.
Net Launcher: Takes 1 hr to Craft, Requires 1 Net
Nets (Always): Peter Go Fish OR Quagmire Get Fussed OR More Hoard Tchotchkes OR Lois Fight for Survival OR Jerome Salvage Sport Memorabilia OR Quahog Bait & Tackle Shop.
MUTANT GOLDFISH
These will begin to appear after Peterpocalypse Part 2. I started with two flopping around my streets. You will need to create items in the Neutralization Station to clear them (Net Launcher).
Also like in the past, you will place the Net Launcher in FRONT of the Target (aka Mutant Fish) and wait for the Mutant Fish to turn PURPLE. Once it is purple, tap the Check Mark to Launch the Net and take out the Mutant Fish.
Payout: Chance of 12 
Water Bottles
POWERPLANT GATE
Tapping on the Gates will tell you how often your “bad guy” will spawn, like the Mutant Fish. It will also tell you when the next Upgrade for the Event (Phase 2) will hit along with how many Crisis Level Points you will need to access the content.
Phase 2 right now will require you to hit Crisis Level 4
TWINKLY TRADING POST
You will find this on the Left Side of the Event Area. It looks like a thrown together Building with lots of “Twinklies” outside. Here is where you can Trade Event Materials collected for the Event Currency Twinkles. Twinkles will be used to purchase items at the Stockpile Tanker. This will be your main source of Twinklies.
My Game showed the trade options of (they randomly appeared in no particular order):
35 Water Bottles for 5 
Twinklies
36 Water Bottles for 5 Twinklies
39 Water Bottles for 5 Twinklies
42 Water Bottles for 5 Twinklies
45 Water Bottles for 5 Twinklies
48 Water Bottles for 5 Twinklies
49 Water Bottles for 5 Twinklies
Water Bottles (Always): Clear Mutant Goldfish OR Help Chris Recover from Radiation Sickeness (requires Clevemire) OR Endless Water Tower
STOCKPILE TANKER
You will find this on the Right Side of the Event Area. Here is where Buildings/Decorations for the Event can be purchased with Twinkles. Prizes here will have to be unlocked in order. In other words to get to the LAST item, all the items in front of it have to be purchased first. There are 8 items total for Phase 1.
FYI- Per TinyCo, the “CHANCE” drops mean they can drop 0 OR 1 OR 2 of that item. Just keep that in mind. They are NOT guaranteed drops.
The Diner at the End of the Apocalypse: +16CP on unlocking, Earns $45 & 2CP every 8hrs, Chance drop x2 2 for 1 Meals.
Cost~
5 Twinklies
Train Rubble: +48CP on unlocking, Earns $30 & 1CP every 4hrs, Chance drop x2 Irradiated Bath Salts
Cost~
11 Twinklies
Abandoned Train Station: +40CP on unlocking, Earns $40 & 2CP every 6hrs, Chance Drop x2 Custom Shirts
Cost~
15 Twinklies
Goldman & Son Trading Post w/Neil: +96CP on unlocking, Earns $20 & 1CP every 2hrs, Chance x2 Bone Saw
Cost~
24 Twinklies
Plane Wreckage: +80CP on unlocking, Earns $45 & 1CP every 8hrs, Chance x2 Prescription Lenses
Cost~
21 Twinklies
Apocalyptic Griffin House (Building Skin): +16CP on unlocking, Earns $4 & 1CP every 30mins once enabled on Griffin House.
Cost~
17 Twinklies
Moonshine Distillery: +104CP on unlocking, Earns $20 & 1CP every 2hrs, Chance x2 Frizz Shampoo
Cost~
12 Twinklies
TIMER WARNING!!! Once you unlock the Prize in front of Sidewalk Joe (Moonshine Distillery), ANYTHING that brings you back to the Stockpile Tanker (Quest, Tasks, ANYTHING) will start Sidewalk Joe’s ONE DAY TIMER! Proceed with caution and take your time getting the items you need before triggering his timer if you want him. Remember, these timed items are optional. It is your choice to try for them, or you can opt to skip them if you would like.
Sidewalk Joe: Finish creating him in Al’s for 1 sec, Comes with a Questline
~Cost
115 Twinklies
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SPHERE
You will find this Sphere right by the Entrance to the Event Area by Apocalyptic Brian Statue. It is just an Event location you may find many of your Characters using during the Event. It also pays out Crisis Points.
Potentially Hazardous Sphere: Earns 6 Crisis Points every 24hrs, Chance drop of 6 Toilet Paper.
TOILET PAPER
There are a few places you can earn this silly Material, here are the ones I am seeing so far. I found that I had to place One Man’s Junkyard first for them to appear and send Peter on his 1 minute task there. Peterpocalypse Pt. 3
Toilet Paper: Potentially Hazardous Sphere OR Questlines OR
(4hrs) Tricia Hunt for Supplies OR Hayley Smith Hunt for Supplies OR Mayor West Hunt for Supplies OR Steve Smith Hunt for Supplies OR Francine Smith Hunt for Supplies OR Peter Hunt for Supplies OR Mutant Stewie Hunt for Supplies
(8hrs) Meg Sneak into Danger Zone
(24hrs) Robocop Sympathize with Mutants OR Alien Sympathize with Mutants OR Chucky Sympathize with Mutants OR God Sympathize with Mutants OR Superdevil Sympathize with Mutants T-600 Sympathize with Mutants OR Worf Sympathize with Mutants OR Human Rupert Sympathize with Mutants
There you have it, still more details I am adding as I play along and verify it all. Should be enough to get you started though.
Thoughts so far? Like the Apocalyptic look to it all? Character or item you are most interested in so far? Tips for fellow Players? Let us know.
~Bunny
Family Guy Addicts 
How many here think they are likely to get Sidewalk Joe in the 24 hours?
Even having a full capacity of goldfish traps being made, the water plant, and cleansing Chris every hour, I have 30 Twinlies out of the 115 needed and 5 hours to go.
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It’s a “premium” option to me. All “freaking hard” unlocks are. That means you may have to use Clams to get them. That or pass up on something else. They’re a challenge for sure, but your choice to get them or pass 🙂
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I’m curious as to why sometimes you need 30 something water bottles to get Twinkles, and other times it’s more? Is this decided by the number of times you’ve cashed in water bottles, or the time of day or something?
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It’s how that area works. Same as past events. As it progresses more options and mix and match items will be added to the process to get twinklies
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Soooo, I just noticed Chris has a task called “Scare Chris” and it requires Evil Monkey. who i also noticed isnt in the character section of the shop as comin soon anymore. So maybe we gettin him soon?
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He’s here… sorta.
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Would just like to amend my last statement, but I can’t see an edit button. Decontaminating Chris was not an hourly occurrence, but for me it did happen several times a day.
I have a technical theory as to why different people have different experiences with random elements in the game, Drops etc, but I think it would be better to discuss it privately with someone before deciding whether to post it on here.
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The game from day one has been random. Lol. That is a known factor to many of us that have been playing since BETA. There are hundreds of variables in game play that will impact what you see.
For instance, it seems the higher Crisis Level I gained, the more Mutant Goldfish I got to spawn. There are also “trigger points” throughout the game that may cause an increase or decrease in spawns depending on the “need” of the items themselves. Or the fact they added a “fail safe”, in a way, to drops not long after the game launched to help players not getting items. The “chance” increases after x amount of times of a failed drop. Making it so the Player will eventually get the item if they keep sending the Character on the Task.
Lots of differences throughout the game and mechanics making it so it is rare to see two games play and function exactly the same. Makes for an interesting game for sure. 😉
Anything else you are welcome to email us. familyguyaddicts@gmail.com 😉
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What’s the secret challege?
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My game is having issues and it’s not triggering in mine. It’s clearing 30 Mutant Goldfish in 3 days. So keep on getting nets and making launchers to clear the challenge. 🙂
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This event is shaping up much better than other recent ones, so far. Actually, the only real problem I have with it is needing 12 Extra Rare items for Neil. To me, that implies that it will take at least two weeks to unlock him. Aside from that, it’s going much more smoothly than any other new events in the past few months. I hope they continue the trend for the upcoming weeks. (And I hope they give us some downtime between events. I mean, I still haven’t finished Peter’s Maxi-whatever questline.)
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Is there a point in using the toilet paper to buy the demolished houses? It doesn’t say it earns anything in the info. Don’t want to waste the toilet paper if I it get me something better later.
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Month long event so if you want to Stockpile them and wait, feel free to do so. 😉
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So to get Neil, you need 21 prescription glasses and that is tied to one building with an 8-hour timer? SMH
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Give it a try and see where you are by Thursday. 🙂
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Sorry if I missed this earlier, but do we actually send Chris on a task to get radiation sickness? Just trying to figure out how to use him to get water bottles. Thanks!
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Nope. He just randomly gets sick and turns green starting around part 4 of questline.
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For me he did not get sick until I had been stuck on part 8 for 2 days!
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So I guess we won’t know until at least Thursday if it’s worth saving up twinklies for Sidewalk Joe, or whether it’s better to just trigger the timer and miss out on the skin, but get closer to earning Neil.
Can’t remember how useful optional timed characters have been. I don’t think Lyle was that useful in Xmas, can’t remember if Slasher Cat was for Halloween (maybe there was 1 resource or material drop??) and I seem to have skipped a lot of other such characters. Decisions, decisions!
Great event so far, love the early FG references and that finishing the main quest line for the week was easy – hoping that carries over. I know how frustrated everyone gets when one hard step in a quest line delays access to the next week’s content.
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what is the timer count for Sidewalk Joe?
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This? (From post above)
TIMER WARNING!!! Once you unlock the Prize in front of Sidewalk Joe (Moonshine Distillery), ANYTHING that brings you back to the Stockpile Tanker (Quest, Tasks, ANYTHING) will start Sidewalk Joe’s ONE DAY TIMER! Proceed with caution and take your time getting the items you need before triggering his timer if you want him. Remember, these timed items are optional. It is your choice to try for them, or you can opt to skip them if you would like.
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oh how could I missed it, sorry
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No worries. 🙂
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Hi bunny hope your feeling good today. Just wondering does anyone know how often radiation sickness will happen? Ive only had it with chris once so just wondering if its supposed to affect someone again? I hope, cause i love the 20 waterbottles.😃
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At least once a day. Asking on a spawn time
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It seems really silly to have that many characters drop toilet paper for trees and trashcans. I’m hoping they’ll be more useful in future weeks, otherwise I’m wasting time running these characters.
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It’s a month long. LOTS more coming. Like the 3 building skins just added 🙂
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I bought the unstable reactor core and since I bought it it never gave me cams or coins…every time I check it its at 11 hrs 59m and counts down….its been this way since the start of the event
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Let me ask you this…. do you use Consuela vacuum to collect? If so, it may be collecting without you even noticing. Next time you see the icon for her vacuum… don’t tap it wait. Locate the building and tap the building. You should see the payout.
Otherwise just keep letting her collect it for you. 🙂
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Ive cured Chris once. Is there any way to trigger his sickness again or is there anything I should not do that prevents him from getting sick again? like sending him on quests. Those extra bottles really help.
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It seems it’s about once a day he gets it and randomly. I’m asking if there’s a spawn, but depends on if they’ll release those stats
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Are we going to get the option to get the Smith family? I joined the game late last year and I really want the Smiths.
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Hope so. 🙂
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Didn’t see it in the article but the smith family also has actions that drop toilet paper.
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They’re listed there. Bottom of post. Under toilet paper. 😉
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Why i don’t have any mutant fishgold? I had some a few days ago but from about 2 days I haven’t got any 😦
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Odd. I have an abundance of them. Tap in your gates and see if they show a spawn coming up soon. Should be roughly every 2hrs
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I’ve seen Twinklie exchange rate at 50 water bottles for 5
I was also just awarded 4 Twinklies instead of 5.
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Report anything like that right away from your game.
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Forgive me if this question has been answered, but I can’t find any info on the “trading with twinkly now” questline. Is it worth it? I’m on part 2 and it requires me to send Jerome and Lois on tasks, but I’d rather have them doing other things right now. Should I ignore the Twinkly questline?
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It’s really up to you. The main Questline will be priority anything else is optional 🙂
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What are all the **** toilet paper for? And how are you guys so far I have nothing yet and you guys are almost done with the whole quest lol
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First, please be mindful of Addicts Guidelines and censor yourself so I don’t have to. 😉
Secondly, keep in mind that the Addicts Site is here to help. We use or time and our dime to give you game stats. Don’t worry about keeping up with those that spend Clams if you choose not to. Regular play takes about a week to unlock all that weeks items. Just go at a pace that suits you. Earn what you can as you go along. Focus on main Questline. You’ll get there eventually. 🙂
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Curious how often people are seeing Chris with radiation sickness. So far just once for me.
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About once a day I’d say.
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Question what is the toilet paper for?
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Decorations and building skins for now
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Hi Bunny, just FYI, my game says event ends 5/5 at 10 am. Not sure if this is right. It normally is 3 pacific time…
Hope you and all the addicts out there are well. 😀
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They are adjusting events end time now. 10am is new goal time for them. Will be updating post to reflect such.
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So, I purchased the unstable tractor core with clams, and upon loading the next time, was offered another. If I purchase another, will I receive 12 clams/12 hours, or will I be wasting 250 clams on a useless decoration?
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I only got one… so not sure what a 2nd would do. I don’t know if I’d risk it.
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Just a quick question, are the items needed to unlock Neil supposed to be as you’ve put in this post? I only ask as I’ve just claimed him from the Stockpile Tanker and they are listed completely differently, in my game when I tap on the bubbles to see how many I needed of each item they are listed as,
Prescription Glasses – Common
Pocket Knifes – Uncommon
Frizz Shampoo – Rare
Acne Cream – Extra Rare
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It transposed some. Should be fixed to correct info now. 🙂
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Greatest event ever!
And maybe a chance for apocalypse stan,
Im soooo happy!
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Hi Bunny any idea what the island is going to be?
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Yup 🙂
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In my game, the requirements for Neil Goldman are the same as you mention in this post, but the noted drop rates are different. (Prescription Lenses: common, Pocket Knives: uncommon, Frizz Shampoos: rare, Acne Creams: extra rare).
Thanks for your help as always!
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It transposed some. Should be fixed to correct info now. 🙂
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I’m really liking this event so far as it’s based off one of my faveourite FG episodes ‘Da Boom’, and I’m really looking forward to getting the new skin for Stan too, ‘Raptures Delight’ is probably my faveourite Anerican Dad episodes.
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I can’t enter my game, tried clearing cache and force closing, tried opening on my other device, but I simply can’t get in. A friend of mine is affected too. Are there more people affected by this? Any suggestions?
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Anybody else have an issue getting into the game today. Mine is saying that it can’t connect. And yesterday the whole game was glitch where you couldn’t even see the fish to use your nets.
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Is anyone else having trouble loading their game? I cannot get past the loading screen it’s 10:50 pacific time right now. Just wondering if it’s me?
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Anyone else having issues loading their game? Mine keeps getting stuck on the load screen all morning
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Is sidewalk Joe a skin?
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Yes
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So water bottles are the week one currency exchange, but it looks like it will change each week like Halloween… So after week 1 the water tower would be of limited usefulness, any suggestion yet on a single best premium item to help with the event?
Thanks Bunny
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Actually in the past you still used the material, but maybe less. It still came in handy. Lots of water bottles drop from fish and Chris Radiation too though
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Has anyone noticed that when clicking on the twinklies in the store the Christmas bells sound chimes? Looks like they used the same coding as for the christmas presents bazaar 😉
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Does anyone know what the toilet paper is for
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Decorations. Look up in the post
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What’s the purpose of the toilet paper?
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Phase 1, decorations (look up in this post)
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When the event firsy started i was able to get zit cream with Joe (i have not unlockedunlocked Clevemire yet) , now i am not able to.
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It shouldn’t have been in the game til you got Neil placed.
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Grrr…I just bought Cleveland last month when he was on sale for 200 clams. I should have waited.
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I did the same thing. I just happened to have enough clams saved and wanted him but didnt need him. But who could have known? =/
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Does Anyone know what the first secret challenge is?
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No one will til they release it Monday evening.
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Tinyco pushed a fix for the stockpile issue so I have the diner now ☺
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When I try to get the “train rubble” the game just locks up!
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Fixed now?
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Is anyone else having a problem with their game holding up while trying to cash in the twinklies? I try to get a building from the prize track and it just stops. Three times in a row now. It isn’t freezing because I can still things moving in the streets and the toxic waste spilling into the water. Any help would be nice.
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Fixed now?
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I don’t know if anyone else is having this issue but I can’t get the diner from the stockpile. I tap to claim it and the game gets stuck in the cutscene. I have reset the game three times but still can’t get it. I have messaged tinyco in-game.
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Is anyone else having issues using the stockpile tank? Every time I trade 5 twinkies to get the diner it looks like it’s going to work, but it freezes in the letterbox format until I close the app.
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Fixed now?
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Anyone have this problem. I have the twinkle necessary to make the first purchase of the game but when I click get the game doesn’t give me the store. It doesn’t freeze because I see movement of the trailer but after 5 minx had to force stop and still does the same thing. Any ideas
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Fixed now?
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Trying to get the Diner at the End of the Apocalypse. I have enough Twinklies, tap on the “get” button to get the Diner, the screen letterboxes around the storage tanker vehicle, then…..nothing. Just stays on that screen. I’ve tried shutting down my device, tried to get the Diner 7 times now and same thing happens. Any advice??? (I have contacted TinyCo for help).
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Fixed now?
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Attempting to purchase the first prize, the diner, but each time it zooms in as it always does when awarding a prize then nada… Just sits frozen. Hard close, go to purchase again… Freezes 😦
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Fixed now?
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Sure is!
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So far this event appears to be well balanced. Of course TinyCo could get bored and screw us over in a moments notice but I am cautiously optimistic this won’t be a cluster.
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I didn’t see it when I scanned the posts quick but did anyone else have an issue with the stockpile tanker? I’m still trying to buy the dinner but my game locks up when I click the “get” button. It happens on my mobile and my desktop. I did message support I just didn’t know if anyone else had the same problem.
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Fixed now?
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