I just got notified that I received my 6 year anniversary badge. I have seen a great many new players on the forum so thought maybe some of us old timers could give them some chuckles about the early days of the game.I can start. My first house farm was 6 brown houses. It took hours to save up enough to buy them, and they were a go to when needing to buy decorations. Tap on Simpsons house, Kwik E Mart, Krusty's and the 6 houses. A 4 min cycle. Repeat over and over until you could buy a tree. Then repeat. Not for hours but for days. We had months between levels so we could grind.

I still have my original 12 Brown Houses but they have been progressively moved further and further to the far eastern edge of town. That little neighborhood supported all the successive purchases for months and still pays off every day. Homer's house, Ned's and the Millhouse residence are in the same place where I started the game many years ago and will never be moved. My monorail is now four separate sections - each of which is something around an 8 minute ride and I have over 5000 rail sections in storage. And yes, I still dabble with TSTO several times a day. What else do I have to do at 74, eh? Thank you EA for the years of (sometimes) exciting game play.

Just got my 8th anniversary badge in October and was quite surprised that its been so long since this game has come out and still going. A lot more fun back in the old days then it is today.

My 8th anniversary badge is coming up in February :o :) My first Memory of the game was frantically trying to get Edna and her apartment building during the first Christmas event so I could get the X-mas lights for her building. Sadly I did not get her lights till the following Christmas. What did we have, like 10 characters back then? :D

Hey, old timers, remember the Harp of Doom glitch? That was fun...

I joined at the start of Whacking Day. That event is my favorite. I miss the interaction of visiting neighbors towns to either leave or search for items. The game used to be a lot more fun and more challenging. You really had to work hard to finish the challenges on time. I still play every day, but only visit a few neighbors, because I know where the buildings are that I can tap to graffiti. Haven't been able to leave handshakes for a long time now.

How things have changed in 6 years

34 Replies

surefirein93
5 years ago
I still have my original 12 Brown Houses but they have been progressively moved further and further to the far eastern edge of town. That little neighborhood supported all the successive purchases for months and still pays off every day. Homer's house, Ned's and the Millhouse residence are in the same place where I started the game many years ago and will never be moved. My monorail is now four separate sections - each of which is something around an 8 minute ride and I have over 5000 rail sections in storage. And yes, I still dabble with TSTO several times a day. What else do I have to do at 74, eh? Thank you EA for the years of (sometimes) exciting game play.
naswales925
New Adventurer
5 years ago
After reading the posts I went to check how long I had been on the forum. Was surprised to see I had my 7th anniversary badge in August. I remember the first event I played was Whacking Day. Searching my town for snakes. Was a lot easier than it would be now as my town was quite small.
Castiel_Touk
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Just got my 8th anniversary badge in October and was quite surprised that its been so long since this game has come out and still going. A lot more fun back in the old days then it is today.
johncolombo
Hero+
5 years ago
My 8th anniversary badge is coming up in February :o :)
My first Memory of the game was frantically trying to get Edna and her apartment building during the first Christmas event so I could get the X-mas lights for her building. Sadly I did not get her lights till the following Christmas. What did we have, like 10 characters back then? :D
Razor049
5 years ago
I started playing around July 4, 2014, but didn't join the forum until August 2015. So for me its a forum anniversary, not a game play anniversary.
stevieort
New Ace
5 years ago
Hey, old timers, remember the Harp of Doom glitch? That was fun...
devilhunt1449
5 years ago
"stevieort;c-2171691" wrote:
Hey, old timers, remember the Harp of Doom glitch? That was fun...

Yes I do along with a few other game breakers.
boldbhoy
5 years ago
I got my 6 year badge in August. Lots of farming and grafting has got me most of what I wanted. I still enjoy it enough to keep going for more. I was playing the game for a bit before I discovered this forum however as I think my first big event was Whacking Day which was longer ago.
Canuck959
5 years ago
I joined at the start of Whacking Day. That event is my favorite. I miss the interaction of visiting neighbors towns to either leave or search for items. The game used to be a lot more fun and more challenging. You really had to work hard to finish the challenges on time. I still play every day, but only visit a few neighbors, because I know where the buildings are that I can tap to graffiti. Haven't been able to leave handshakes for a long time now.
2077a85ab19e461
5 years ago
"Canuck959;c-2171742" wrote:
I joined at the start of Whacking Day. That event is my favorite. I miss the interaction of visiting neighbors towns to either leave or search for items. The game used to be a lot more fun and more challenging. You really had to work hard to finish the challenges on time. I still play every day, but only visit a few neighbors, because I know where the buildings are that I can tap to graffiti. Haven't been able to leave handshakes for a long time now.

+1
But Whacking Day was in April-May 2013, when I joined.