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LPNintendoITA · October 10, 2014 12:15AM

Hiya neighbor!

It is exactly the last Halloween's event that brought me to the forum. And I just checked...I'm at my one year anniversary! Maybe I should celebrate and buy some doughnuts?

mbaron312775 · October 10, 2014 12:28AM

Dude you are right. Haven't been back here in so long....but I had to come back for Halloween! Hey-oooo. Check this out.

mwdalton · October 10, 2014 12:35AM

It's the most, wonderful time, of the year :-o

Igcognita · October 10, 2014 1:14AM

Last year after a terrible summer that resulted in the loss of a large amount of members, the people who stayed behind were dictated to building back up the forum again. And tried to get more people involved with the forum. One of the things that got me to rejoin, was someone saying lurkers need to become members. But eventually most of those people ended up leaving the forum as well. I spent a lot of time defending the forum, because I believed it could be great again, but we hit another low, I've never seen the forums this bad during an event. But on the positive side I've noticed a lot of new people joining lately, so maybe that means we're on the up swing again. I like when new people join the forums, that's when they are at their most fun IMO. Before they form cliques and ruin the place. I may not care for the politics around here, because they always seem to swing to one side and only seem to benefit the few, which has caused a lot of people to leave out of frustration, but this place can be fun, informative and interesting when it wants to be. Most of the best people have left, I see them pop back in from time to time, but they never stay for good. Sigh!!!

420blue47 · October 10, 2014 1:22AM

I got 3 donuts from a present bag

Mopurglar · October 10, 2014 1:38AM

LPNintendoITA wrote:

One thing i loved last year about halloween
more then any other event is:
how active this forum became.
Two years ago i wasnt aware of the forum... but last year
it become superactive during the Halloween again. more then any other.
not complains or nothing.
full of stuff, questions, active
I LOVE IT.
Halloween's the best event of the year.
BRING IT ON EA.
Make us love it even more
last year they had donuts in the event too. People got loads of them. this year too. 30 donuts by destroying ufos. GENIUS. GJ EA

Good post, bud. Agreed all around 8)

I didn't start coming here until around Halloween last year. It might have been the pre-event dialogue that mentioned checking out the EA forums that got me lurking. I finally came out of the shadows when the tile-tapping thread popped up--mostly because I needed more neighbors who were in the know.

One year later, it's good to see that a lot of us are still here. :thumbup:

barryriddl474 · October 10, 2014 1:45AM

Very active indeed. It's great seeing so much useful information broadcasting live, from real players. It's a fantastic event that looks to get even better. It's refreshing to feel all of the positive energy as opposed to a week ago, when people were eager to end CofC and begin the best and most anticipated event of the year.
I'm looking forward to the prizes more than I had initially thought I would. When I first saw the Grand Pumpkin in the prize menu, I overlooked it as just some pumpkin, until I saw it in someone's town. Very cool animation! 8)
I'm greatly looking forward to what other surprises EA has in store. My main wants were Kodos and Booberella, which I hastily grabbed when I had the chance again, and the drive in was an unexpected pleasure. This event also pushed me over the fence for Sherri and Terri finally, so that was a win-win, since there are 4 visual tasks + The Shining twins trick or treating.
It's a great time to be a Tapped Out fan!

Not to mention, it's also nice to build my bankroll back up.

adidas4fun68 · October 10, 2014 2:47AM

Igcognita wrote:

Last year after a terrible summer that resulted in the loss of a large amount of members, the people who stayed behind were dictated to building back up the forum again. And tried to get more people involved with the forum. One of the things that got me to rejoin, was someone saying lurkers need to become members. But eventually most of those people ended up leaving the forum as well. I spent a lot of time defending the forum, because I believed it could be great again, but we hit another low, I've never seen the forums this bad during an event. But on the positive side I've noticed a lot of new people joining lately, so maybe that means we're on the up swing again. I like when new people join the forums, that's when they are at their most fun IMO. Before they form cliques and ruin the place. I may not care for the politics around here, because they always seem to swing to one side and only seem to benefit the few, which has caused a lot of people to leave out of frustration, but this place can be fun, informative and interesting when it wants to be. Most of the best people have left, I see them pop back in from time to time, but they never stay for good. Sigh!!!

politics...

Dictators...

Members missing in action, never heard from again...

Cliques...

All to the ruin of ... ????

kingmob31838 · October 10, 2014 2:52AM

I'm guessing the 30 donuts for shooting UFOs is random?

barryriddl474 · October 10, 2014 3:03AM

kingmob31838 wrote:

I'm guessing the 30 donuts for shooting UFOs is random?

Yes.

kingmob31838 · October 10, 2014 3:07AM

Cheers. Haven't been very lucky with rewards from UFOs yet.

barryriddl474 · October 10, 2014 3:15AM

kingmob31838 wrote:

Cheers. Haven't been very lucky with rewards from UFOs yet.

I haven't either. I have gotten a few bags and a candy corn so far. Still waiting for some donuts. I seem to get very few rockets per day, but I'm still shooting down everything I see

doh1886 · October 10, 2014 3:44AM

It was pretty dead during ****. This active period between now and Christmas will be buzzing.

Sleeping_Sun05 · October 10, 2014 3:47AM

I hvpave been a long time lurker but only a short time poster and I have to say I have always been impressed by how cohesive (I think that's the word!) the community is here. Yes, there will always be people that don't get on but for the most part this forum always has a nice vibe to it. Even when people are complaining

Igcognita · October 10, 2014 6:10AM

Well if you were here when the forum was actually actve, with most threads having more than 10 people replying on them, especially during an event. When there were so many different types of people offering up different types of threads, that you were sure to find something to enjoy. Now there are pages and pages of threads with barely any replies. It's like a ghost town around here. I know everyone decided to go to the other forum and why they left, so yeah it would be nice if the forum could get back to at least where we were last year.

I will not personally respond to anyone because apparently people can respond to you, but if you respond back it becomes an issue.

Mopurglar · October 10, 2014 9:56AM

Igcognita wrote:

Well if you were here when the forum was actually actve, with most threads having more than 10 people replying on them, especially during an event. When there were so many different types of people offering up different types of threads, that you were sure to find something to enjoy. Now there are pages and pages of threads with barely any replies. It's like a ghost town around here. I know everyone decided to go to the other forum and why they left, so yeah it would be nice if the forum could get back to at least where we were last year.

It's not really that something is going on with this forum. What you're describing, IMO, reflects a downturn in the popularity of this game. The other forum, which is smaller than this one, has gotten hit a lot harder by this.

I'd like to see this game make it back to the top of the charts, but honestly, I'm not optimistic. Particularly now that FG has capitalized on EA's neglect by swooping in and taking many of us away (#5 on both app stores now).

Neglecterino · October 10, 2014 10:07AM

barryriddl474 wrote:

kingmob31838 wrote:

Cheers. Haven't been very lucky with rewards from UFOs yet.

I haven't either. I have gotten a few bags and a candy corn so far. Still waiting for some donuts. I seem to get very few rockets per day, but I'm still shooting down everything I see

UFOs are said to be 25% chance, but they dried up for me for awhile. Before they dried up, I got really lucky and hit that supposed 1% chance of getting 30 donuts! That was great. I also got 50 gummie bears. Then today the UFOs are back. I had 4 missiles. Got 50 probes three times and a bronze bag.

Freemium player and no donuts spent yet for this event, so only have 1800 ish probes at the moment in my A-Town. My B-Town is a little higher. On track to reach the DTM.

Loving the event. My first Halloween event.

empathy77 · October 10, 2014 10:10AM

Mopurglar wrote:

Igcognita wrote:

Well if you were here when the forum was actually actve, with most threads having more than 10 people replying on them, especially during an event. When there were so many different types of people offering up different types of threads, that you were sure to find something to enjoy. Now there are pages and pages of threads with barely any replies. It's like a ghost town around here. I know everyone decided to go to the other forum and why they left, so yeah it would be nice if the forum could get back to at least where we were last year.

It's not really that something is going on with this forum. What you're describing, IMO, reflects a downturn in the popularity of this game. The other forum, which is smaller than this one, has gotten hit a lot harder by this.

I'd like to see this game make it back to the top of the charts, but honestly, I'm not optimistic. Particularly now that FG has capitalized on EA's neglect by swooping in and taking many of us away (#5 on both app stores now).

The other forum for the past few months was very inactive, there would be hours in between post, I'm sad to say that I only venture over there once a week now at best.

I just checked a website for "top 200 grossing Games for Iphone" and Simpsons is number 5 behind Clash of clans, Candy Crush, FG and something called Game of War. I hope the report is accurate...

NeoSEC28 · October 10, 2014 10:13AM

Halloween is always a good time of year and the updates really do well with everything :thumbup:

sony1319 · October 10, 2014 10:34AM

Igcognita wrote:

Last year after a terrible summer that resulted in the loss of a large amount of members, the people who stayed behind were dictated to building back up the forum again. And tried to get more people involved with the forum. One of the things that got me to rejoin, was someone saying lurkers need to become members. But eventually most of those people ended up leaving the forum as well. I spent a lot of time defending the forum, because I believed it could be great again, but we hit another low, I've never seen the forums this bad during an event. But on the positive side I've noticed a lot of new people joining lately, so maybe that means we're on the up swing again. I like when new people join the forums, that's when they are at their most fun IMO. Before they form cliques and ruin the place. I may not care for the politics around here, because they always seem to swing to one side and only seem to benefit the few, which has caused a lot of people to leave out of frustration, but this place can be fun, informative and interesting when it wants to be. Most of the best people have left, I see them pop back in from time to time, but they never stay for good. Sigh!!!

Really? Do you even know what you are talking about? I dont remember you from last year. Do you at least know what happened? I hate when people talk about things they dont know.

Annathewicked · October 10, 2014 10:35AM

mwdalton wrote:

It's the most, wonderful time, of the year :-o

hears the music and singing.........

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