How do you handle Sideshow Bob?

During events, when it would affect the number of paying taps in neighbor towns, I leave him.

Other times, and in my own town... if I see him, I tap him, but I don't go out of my way for it.

Well, if I see him I tap him - but sometimes searching is required - that's when it gets iffy... I don't know why you are sent to him sometimes, and other times you just get a notice on the screen that he is in the town. The latter is where I am lax in the largest towns. (Obviously I don't expect my neighbors to spend too many minutes looking for him in my town either.)

patzmcm wrote:
Well, if I see him I tap him - but sometimes searching is required - that's when it gets iffy... I don't know why you are sent to him sometimes, and other times you just get a notice on the screen that he is in the town. The latter is where I am lax in the largest towns. (Obviously I don't expect my neighbors to spend too many minutes looking for him in my town either.)

Yep, if the view goes right to him, I'll tap him if I can. A lot of times, he's right on the edge of the town and disappears behind a building. And I'm left waiting with my tapping finger all ready to go, and no Sideshow Bob! "Which way did he go George? Which way did he go?!"

But if I have to scour a level 49 town, I usually don't bother looking at all.

If I see him, I tap him. Otherwise I try to visit a town, tapX3, might scan around but if I dont see him in 5 seconds max then I will bail.
I like when he's walking away from you and u tap his back haha, he'll do a fall and flip thing on to his face. :-)

I just tap him if I see him. Kinda like a roach.

Tazzy452 wrote:

patzmcm wrote:
Waiting for the Valentine's update... While I'm killing time I'm wondering how everyone handles Sideshow Bob?

In my own town I tap him if I see him - although he does walk with purpose and sometimes I allow him to stay. In neighbors' towns, it depends. If it is a younger, smaller town I always look for him. In the largest towns - not always. (Do I get a time-out for that?)

Does anyone have strong feelings about this?

If I see him in my town or any of my neighbours towns he is gone :twisted: :lol:

EDIT To catch him in Neighbours towns I usually go back to get him. This is because he is always on the screen when I go back and don't have to go looking for him. :)

^^ Oh that's good information!

I leave him to roam forever...

I noticed that if I let him run around my town, it stopped the irritating popup about him being spotted, so generally I do that. I ended up tapping him during xmas because his speed kept triggering my "Fed!" reflex even when there were no feds in my town, but I'm back to letting him roam. I have so many training walls it doesn't matter.
If I see him on visits I'll tap him, but I don't go out of my way to do it. I'm not sure there's any benefit to my neighbors if I do or not.

neuroheart wrote:
I noticed that if I let him run around my town, it stopped the irritating popup about him being spotted, so generally I do that. I ended up tapping him during xmas because his speed kept triggering my "Fed!" reflex even when there were no feds in my town, but I'm back to letting him roam. I have so many training walls it doesn't matter.
If I see him on visits I'll tap him, but I don't go out of my way to do it. I'm not sure there's any benefit to my neighbors if I do or not.

This ^