UConn James

I bit for the discounted boatload and just got a bunch of things. EA Bastards! Retooled my Howard's Flowers after seeing some during the event. The next update should be here soon, and features a seaside/boardwalk theme. Also, let it be noted that you can now click on individual characters in the Move option and put them in storage. Nice, because the Burns Monster was really creepy and there was no way to get rid of it before.

IIRC, it was a limited-time premium item.

I'll be getting enough tomorrow for the motel just by visiting my neighbors. So, mrags, you're free from the agreement and if anyone's close to something, we can give 'em all there.

If Cochran doesn't win this unanimously....

"Chinatown" ----> "The Two Jakes" How they could go from the first that won the Oscar to a complete POS....

Kevin Pollack's Chat Show is often good. I listen to the America's Test Kitchen one sometimes.

Yep, that was my littering @ ~3 a.m. I splurged for the Sprawl-Mart.

Unless you get stevestojan lucky on the scratch-offs, I don't think there's any way you could win 900(?) donuts that's equivalent to if you buy $52 worth from the store or preferably Gil whenever there's a discount (day-old donuts, Christmas donuts, etc.). As I said, I put some down from an iTunes gift card I got over the holidays. I mean... I don't really buy music on this (YouTube and actual CDs for me, mostly). I've gotten a few books and a couple of apps, but my iPad is basically a portable Internet/camera/music/old-school-gaming device. I don't mind plinking down from a gift card, but actual dollars that come from my pocket? Ehhh.....

I don't have many at the moment and still have 5 hours 'til I can visit my Springfield neighbors.... I really hope they extend this a bit as they've done sometimes so those of us who are really close can get these.

OK guys, this thing is still on. I'm reminded of the picture if the frog chking the duck as his head is being swallowed, with the caption, "Never give up!" If you've got eggs, keep 'em comin' please!! I'm at 10,850 / 12,500 for the motel.

Dropped a bunch for ya mrags.

I don't know what time exactly. It's been at 6 sometimes, midnight another, but sometimes it's been delayed by a day or a week.... When there's an update, there's an update. I plincked down $50 from an iTunes card I got for Christmas. I dunno, man. Is the arena worth $20 to you? There's going to be stuff in this game that you like but it costs $ and I dunno if I'm ever going to spend on this game again. If I get an iTunes card, sure, maybe. But you get quite a bit for free. And for the most part, that's fine. Also, you don't really know whether these things are going to be available after this event for less donuts than you'd be spending right now. I guess what I'm trying to say is, unless you REALLY like Drederick Tatum and HAVE to have him, I wouldn't pop for it. Actually, I've rethought for the motel too. I'll just save what I've got left for other stuff that might come up. I'm really leery about putting my cc on this iPad. I'd much rather just work it through the gift cards and subtract from the subtotal.

Just put a bunch on ya, since mrags said he's peaked with Willie. Hope we can get 'I'm for you too....

Got the arena. (That's what I was saving the empty spot for in the same baseball stadium land module, to share parking spaces.) Just delivered some mrags... will have more later after I can visit my neighbors. Meanwhile, I wanna try to see how many I can get toward the motel. The # of donuts for the Buy Now option decreases the closer you get to that 12500 snake goal. If I get it to under 100, I may be tempted.... Section, uhh... I'll take 'em!

Nope. I'm ~70 short.

Thanks! IIRC, in the Simpsons movie, that's how they had it configured. Once the containment dome came down, all the people in the church ran into Moe's and all the people in Moe's ran into the church.

This situation loses a lot of merit when the SCOTUS recently ruled that books bought overseas for pennies on the dollar can be resold here in the US, and that national 'exclusive rights' contracts mean bupkis in this regard. What does that mean for ebooks? What does it mean for DVDs or movie downloads? Inconsistent much?

Mrags, there's 241 at ya. Enjoy your eggs underneath the Pimento Grove this time. Hope the tastes don't clash. Jboyst, I'm like 150 away from the arena...! I dunno what time the update's gonna happen. I didn't get the neighborhood visits in until just now, so if it's @5-6 as has happened a few times, I may be screwed by just a few.

Hate to say it, but 3-13 sounds 'bout right given the givens.

Just dropped 231 on ya mrags. I'm at ~ 9,100. Gonna be close whether I get the arena or not, and may actually depend on what time they roll out the update on the 9th. This has been one of the worst designed contest they've done on this game. I'll just reiterate that. Many people on the EA forum have said that, basically, you had to take up a deal with someone to mutually swap eggs like me and Mrags. Coupled with the tedium of whacking snakes --- and there always being a straggler or two or three that's hiding under buildings or in house farms --- having to plant eggs just sucks. Going through the whole neighborhood literally takes 3 hours. Mrags, using donuts to get the WD prizes costs ~250 and reduces in a slow prorated fashion as you get closer to the goal.

~300 at ya, mrags. I would've done it last night, but my nieces wiped me out over the weekend and My hands were really shaky. Just went over 8,300 snakes. Really hoping I can get the arena and Tatum. He's got a tiger walking task. How sweet is that?

Heard about this project a while ago among several JB ones that are in the works. Thought it was in very limited release, but there you go.... And yeah, this music isn't for everybody. What's not on CD is pretty raw stuff at a time when recording was seriously not where it is today, and yet it's all that's left. My nuclear family is very much "not a fan." And not just due to audio quality. Admittedly, there are a number of tracks that even I skip over. He experimented a lot with different styles and some it don't work for my ear. But what Jeff did well, he did REALLY well. I don't recall offhand whether they've officially released "Forget Her" (Jeff was very adamant that he did not want to for personal reasons). I only recently came upon "She is Free" and have it in regular rotation in the iPod, and even those family members who dislike have asked, "Who is that? That's a good song!" Then there's "I Know It's Over" hits a chord for me at a current life station.... Sometimes it's hard for me to listen to his stuff because some of it is just... well... depressing. As he said himself, by the end of a concert his mind was literally chemically altered by where he had to go in some of the songs." And so I can't spend too much time on those myself. Nevertheless, he had such a great voice. If he had lived and matured past the angst and whatever other issues, no doubt he would be among the top artists. Yet scrounging YouTube for bootlegs is pretty much all that's left....

At ya, mrags!

It's a suit. There is also a limo available in the premium items for 40 donuts. The update also seems to have affected the ratio of eggs collected in neighbors' towns. Maybe EA tweaked it during the update due to some of the complaints. The difference was noticeable. jboyst, I believe the next update will be out on 9 May and the Whacking Day contest will be done. TSTO Facebook page had a pic of the Captain McAllister character and said we'll "be seeing him soon." This may be conjecture, as in the past deadlines like these have come and gone and events continued.... We'll find out. Oh, mrags, delivery was made and I've got ~90 more when I get some time.