I completely agree 100% with everything.
I'm sick of investing ALL of my spare time despite being a serious fan of the show/game. I've been playing for SO LONG and haven't been able to craft ONE item in this time. On top of this, after spending so much money on land to fit in Monsarno buildings and a Minimum Security Prison I have to also spend a ton of money to upgrade some money pile for Mr Burns. At the beginning of this event I had almost 9 million, I was so close to an aspirational building of my choosing and now I barely have 3.2mil.
I hate parodies too. Gimmie the classic things from season 1 - 10. The things every fan likes especially since those are the seasons everyone raves about. There's a million things they could make into the game including a whole event based on those "hideous" jell-o's that everyone brought to Mr Burn's picnic. I'm not saying that should be an event but even that would've been funnier than the awful Clash of Clones.
I'm sorry I have a life EA. I also don't care being berated by people whose parents either spoil them in gift cards or people who make $100,000 a year and can afford to blow $100 from their paycheck every week to plow through these events. Every time someone mentions it's a struggle the brown-nosing committee makes sure they come in and chime how special they are cause they're not having an issues and are really enjoying the game and they love EA. Gimmie a break.