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"rosesgirlnz;c-1765853" wrote:
"daved7637397;c-1765515" wrote:
"beastlymm;c-1764552" wrote:
Ooooooooookay, I understand now. Stuff like this would be a perfect fit in the Tips thread.
As a side note wife and I call you the Tap Out Gang.
It is in the tips thread:
https://forums.ea.com/en/the-simpsons-tapped-out/discussion/90074/tips-for-new-players/p1
About halfway down the page. Right after the 8th spoiler.
He's right, it's there, easily found.
So much good advice and helpful tips in that thread.
Is this what you’re referring to?
“You can 'skip' one challenge per day by tapping the X in the top corner.”
Im not being critical of the tips section when I explain why this wouldn’t help me. Well, for one thing everyone says “swap” not “skip” so when I searched for the keyword swap I never found it.
For someone with an understanding of the game I can see how this would be helpful, but to a fresh noob (such as myself) it’s so brief it’s meaning is lost.
It doesn’t explain when to skip; before or after the challenge is complete. Or why someone would want to skip the challenge. What happens if someone does skip? Are they guaranteed a better reward, the same reward, or is there a risk of a penalty?
Tapping which X? The top, right corner of what? Yes there’s an X in the border around the potential reward, but is that the X I’m looking for, because all the other X’s have actually been in the very top right corner of the store menus.
As you can see, newcomers would struggle with this, but the positive side of this is I get to meet more friends on the forum.- The key to successful communication is to be understood. There's nothing wrong with something being a longer read when it's useful information.
As for me being the only one not understanding the tip, that would be incorrect. Yesterday I saw someone else equally confused about swapping the daily challenge.
The only reason I brought it up was to offer suggestions how the Tips can be improved, but it sounds like nobody's interested in doing that. No big deal. - Sorry... it must be some UK English V American English thing, I have been using the word 'swap' as that's what seems natural to me, as to me, to skip something means to miss it out altogether whereas in this scenario, it feels like you're swapping one daily task for another... so apologies for any confusion caused on my part...
"Dougie_Powers_17;c-1766177" wrote:
Sorry... it must be some UK English V American English thing, I have been using the word 'swap' as that's what seems natural to me, as to me, to skip something means to miss it out altogether whereas in this scenario, it feels like you're swapping one daily task for another... so apologies for any confusion caused on my part...
Ha! Your feeble pleas for mercy only fuel my mocking laughter!
LOL! Sorry Dougie, I couldn't resist a moment of evil drama.
It's very kind of you to offer an explanation and apologize, but honestly, it's fine. My wife is imported from the UK, but we haven't encountered a communication gap regarding swap and skip yet.
I've had the genuine pleasure to visit the UK and love it there."beastlymm;c-1766187" wrote:
"Dougie_Powers_17;c-1766177" wrote:
Sorry... it must be some UK English V American English thing, I have been using the word 'swap' as that's what seems natural to me, as to me, to skip something means to miss it out alto.. gether whereas in this scenario, it feels like you're swapping one daily task for another... so apologies for any confusion caused on my part...
Ha! Your feeble pleas for mercy only fuel my mocking laughter!
LOL! Sorry Dougie, I couldn't resist a moment of evil drama.
It's very kind of you to offer an explanation and apologize, but honestly, it's fine. My wife is imported from the UK, but we haven't encountered a communication gap regarding swap and skip yet.
I've had the genuine pleasure to visit the UK and love it there.
I never said it was, I only said it might,(Edit, I was supposed to have said might but have typed must.. oh....) :wink: but nevertheless still decided I would take the opportunity to explain myself anyway... mind you, the UK version of 'swap' is 'swop' so maybe that's why it's not been issue between you and your wife... :lol:- Hi Daved, and thanks for the statistics. Nice to know I'm unique. ;)
I'm certainly not 'calling out the author, in a negative sense, and I'd think that if someone cares enough about the quality and success of the Tips thread to offers suggestions that potentially could improve it, those suggestions wouldn't be viewed as a negative, or a criticism.
Would you? "WindsongBard;c-1764617" wrote:
3. By pushing the x in the upper right corner of a task you can exchange it for a new random task once every 24 hours. This is 24 hours from the last time you exchanged a task.
It's actually less than 24 hours.- And I quote... "Im not being critical of the tips section when I explain..."
Daved, I clearly stated my meaning, and if someone chooses to ignore what's been stated in black and white and decides they're going to be upset, it's not my problem. it's theirs.
I'm a firm believer in treating everyone with common respect, but that doesn't mean walking on eggshells because someone is looking to be offended and defensive.
It's a tips page, right? It should be looked upon as a growing document, not a bible of holy writ.
The only reason that Tips thread was created was to help people. So, what's wrong with making improvements to further help people? Absolutely nothing.
Simply because someone doesn't heap glowing praise on it, does not mean they are insulting the author, right? "daved7637397;c-1766231" wrote:
Yes thats exactly how quite a few people took your first post,
Just so I understand, what do you mean by 'quite a few'? I only see a couple of people on this thread that could be consider to take issue with my post. Are you saying that others have communicated with you privately about this?- Ok clearly you either dont get what Im saying, or have no interest in what I am saying, so Im done trying to explain it to you. Have a nice day!
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