Sideshow Bob

If they told you to post here, then the customer service agent lied to you. Nobody here can help you, nobody here works for EA, nobody here is obligated to help you. This is just a discussion forum among other players like you.

As for your Sideshow Bob question, most of us got him as part of an event. For newer players, multiple people have reported getting Bob at various levels. So far, nobody has been able to figure out why or when you will get Bob. If you want a reason why you are at level 939 and still don't have Bob, contact EA again, maybe you will have better luck with another agent.

"chadstraus97;d-194444" wrote:
Has anyone ever gotten real help from EA with starting his questline? They keep just telling me to post here to push me off and then close my ticket. I'm Level 939, have tried all of the usual troubleshooting tricks, and have had no success. I even "won" a Captain Bob skin for 65 donuts. I feel like I've been more than patient. Any help is appreciated!

I know how you feel. I have the captain bob skin too but no bob.

"chadstraus97;c-1877894" wrote:

"frosted1414;c-1877887" wrote:
I, personally, have never heard of a solution for Sideshow Bob. Some claim he will show up one day by random chance. My second town is now level 939 and no sign of Bob. My first town he did show but it took 6 or 8 weeks to get through the Flaw and Order quests as he woud disappear for a week or 2 at a time.
#whereisbob

Out of curiosity, how far along were you in the first town when the questline appeared?

Not sure :blush: but I was about level 103 or so when I finally finished F&O and got Bob as playable.

man i was lucky. I got him very early in my game when i started playing. less than level 50 for sure. might have been 20-30's.

whenever we got the rakes is when i got him. not having him in my game would drive me nuts too

That was the outcome. The event ended and I never persued it any further. But they never got back to me like they said they would.

BTW, Welcome to the fourms! Any help please let us know. PM me if I can do anything for you!

I found this on EA answers:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Simpsons-Tapped-Out/Sideshow-Bob-Flaw-and-Order/td-p/6086460
This would be the next best solution (second to actually fixing the bug) so that the player gets to play through the quest line.
Players can use the info in the tips thread to find SSB once the flaw and order quest line is open.

Sideshow Bob questlines triggers automatically when you catch him a number of times. After some quests parts, you win SSB as a playable char.

Sometimes is just a Wiggum joke about him break out of jail again.
And you have to catch him again sometimes.

It’s not related to you level, since you can level up without SSB.

If your town gets too big, you just can’t catch him in time. He vanish before you can spot him.

The solution is catch him at Other Springfield.
Enter and leave other Springfield some times, always looking for SSB. When you spot him, tap him and go back to your town.
Tip: he always appears on the same spot.

Repeat until SBB main questline starts.

"aabcampos2;c-1878632" wrote:
@chadstraus97 did you like for SSB at Other Springfield a few times ? Did not found him anytime?

I found him there many, many times. Tapping him there has never been the issue. I just wish he'd show up in my town!

"aabcampos2;c-1878632" wrote:
@chadstraus97 did you like for SSB at Other Springfield a few times ? Did not found him anytime?

Finding SSB in OS has no impact at all for triggering the flaw and order quest line, that only helps when you have the quest line active in your task book.
@chadstraus97 Please let us know how things go with EA, it would be very helpful to know what they do to help. Good luck.