Do you remember your first...

Neighbor: "Other Springfield." Other than that, I posted in an "Add Me" thread, so I couldn't begin to remember who was first.

Donut spend: I sped something up by accident, pretty much like everyone else. Other than that, I think I bought a Jet Bike.

Event: Easter 2014. I had no idea what I was doing. Didn't get anything but 3 easter fences.

Donut Purchase: I got a $10 Google Play card for half off right around the same time. Bought the Gil sale of 132 donuts + $10k. The other $2 I spent on scratchers. Got Otto and the news van with the donuts I got.

Neighbor: My first neighborino was in November 2012. I had been playing for two months resisting getting neighbors, but finally succumbed once I realized I was becomming a seriously addicted completionist. He was a random who had a great town, he's still on my list, rarely plays any more, never visits, and I'll likely keep him on my list for the nostalgia.
Non-tutorial purchase with donuts: Halloween 2012 event items. First was the cemetary if I recall correctly. Bought my first (and only) truckload, been boatloads ever since.
Event: Halloween 2012, still the best event IMHO, what with the zombies, toilet paper, eggs, and the klaven...
Donut purchase, thus moving you out of freemium status: Halloween 2012

Great topic!

Do you remember your first:
Neighbor

Either my wife or my daughter. They were both on iOS and got neighbors right away. I was on Android and had to wait.

Non-tutorial purchase with donuts

Early on I kept rushing stuff with spare donuts, before I realized that wasn't really a good idea and started saving. Then I accidentally bought a Homer Buddha, receiving an Orange Tree. That was disappointing.

My first deliberate premium item was Lincoln & his cabin during the July 4 2013 mini-event.

Event

Whacking Day.

Donut purchase, thus moving you out of freemium status

First Golden Scratch-R was in June 2013. One a week every week since, with one exception - see below.
First fixed amount of donuts bought was last Christmas, when the Gil deal meant Scratch-Rs weren't available, so I bought a dozen instead.

Neighbor: My real life friend, Ike, picked up my I phone, asked me for my I tunes username and password so he could install a free game, and started me from there. We were hanging out that day getting ready to watch the WVU vs Oklahoma college football game in November 2012 that evening. Ike had played the Halloween 2012 event, and then he turned on 5 of us at this football party and we have all played since then.

Donut purchase: I stayed freemium for quite awhile, until July 2013, when I finally bought my first 300 donuts. I then purchased Abe Lincoln and the cabin for my first purchase. Several purchases later, I definitely enjoy the premium side of things. Funny, my friend, Ike, who started us all on this, has remained freemium the entire time, still plays daily, but has never spent real life cash on the game. Several of the items he has earned by completing every single event since Halloween 2012 have now turned into premium items. So Ike has a nice town in that regards, and a pretty decent multiplier, for never having spent his own money on donuts.

My first neighbor was my boyfriend because we started playing at the same time. My first (and favorite) event was Halloween 2012. I think that might have also been my first donut purchase though it was nothing major since I was still freemium at that time. Came out of freemium status in 2013 after my boyfriend & I agreed to give each other iTunes gift cards in our Christmas stockings to buy donuts with.

emikab wrote:

Do you remember your first:
Neighbor
Non-tutorial purchase with donuts
Event
Donut purchase, thus moving you out of freemium status

Neighbor - yes my brother and sister who I introduced to the game (they started after me)

Non-tutorial purchase with donuts - yes, fooled by Homer's Buddha thinking it would be a fancy statue.

Event - Halloween 2012, finished on the final day of the event - had to farm Bart/Kang for treats to get the last prize

Donut purchase - sure do, $50 down for Halloween 2012, wanted Kang, Witch Marge along with a few others (but eventually bought all the limited premiums - and started to work my way through already in the game premiums).

Neighbor: My first neighbor was my fianc?. He downloaded the game on my ipad and we had a joint town, then he got tired of that and created his own.

Non-tutorial purchase with donuts: Squeaky Voice Teen.

Event: Whacking Day.

Donut purchase, thus moving you out of freemium status: It was a truck of donuts.

Neighbor: the IRL friend who brought me here.
Donut spend: Duff brewery
Event: Valentine 2014
$$$: never spent my own money, just free amazon promos and ingame earned donuts.

Neighbour
My first neighbour was that 'Other Springfield' guy. He never visited me, though.

I went on a real neighbour binge, from zero real neighbours to 100 in matter of a few days right before my first event began. I think I still have a bunch of them.

Non-tutorial purchase with donuts
It must have been one of those low-priced stand-alone characters. Probably SVT.

Event
Halloween 2013. It remained my favorite event until Stonecutters hit.

Donut purchase
Don't remember it, but it must have been a Golden Scratcher. They really can send you on a fast track to become a premium player...

bradyc79 wrote:
Neighbor: My real life friend, Ike, picked up my I phone, asked me for my I tunes username and password so he could install a free game...

Stories that start like this usually don't end quite so well as yours did! ;)