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The level 29 walkthrough (part 5)

By TSTO Tips
May 21, 2013 //
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This is a case of “be careful what you wish for”. Within days of a new level being released, there are constant cries on Facebook of “I’ve finished everything”, “I’m bored”, and “when’s the next level – there’s nothing to do”. This time, it’s “will this level never end!”. Well finally, for me, it seems to have done. And the result is the final part of the level 29 walkthrough starring Agnes and Seymour Skinner (and if you missed the last part, you can find it here).

When we left them, Seymour was crashing anywhere anyone would have him, Agnes was missing him, and Carl needed to be free for the next stage of the quest:

1. Couch Surfin’ USA Part 4 True to all the precepts of Buddhism, Carl is there to help Seymour out (although he was hiding behind the Tire Fire in my game in plain sight of Agnes when he made his offer):

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Principal Skinner: It’s more that I want to avoid her. Not upset her.
Carl: Dame diff. Take any mat you like. Morning prayers start at 3am and never end.
Principal Skinner: Thanks. Wow, these mats are comfy. POW camp comfy!
Carl: Yeah. We got them used.
Skinner spends the next 12 hours, give or take all-day prayers, crashing at the Springfield Buddhist Temple. Keep Chief Wiggum free as he finishes.

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2. Couch Surfin’ USA Part 5 Chief Wiggum has an offer for Seymour:

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Principal Skinner: Oh, thank you, thank you. Finally an actual house.
Chief Wiggum: That is, if you promise to guarantee that little Raplhie gets A’s in every class from here on out.
Principal Skinner: In all honesty, Chief, no one would ever believe that. It would turn our laughing-stock school into a veritable guffaw-cooperative.
Chief Wiggum: It’s called quid pro quo – and old Latin phrase meaning “gimme what I want”.
Principal Skinner: So, you want me to trade all that’s left of my integrity for a roof and a bed? You have a deal.
Ralph: Yay! I now have a Princey Pal!
So, having traded away just about the last remnants of his integrity, Skinner spends the next 12 hours crashing at the Wiggum House. But obviously there’s a remnant or two left as Ralph and his learning challenges mean that, for Seymour, this is hardly a long-term proposition. Keep Agnes free as he finishes.

3. The Prodigal Skinner Part 1 Agnes, in her own way, is happy to see her son again (it’s handy for the family reunion that my Skinner House is right across the street from the Wiggum House!):

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Principal Skinner: Ugh, I’m going to break into a Brown House and crash there. Everyone else is doing it.
Agnes: No Seymour, wait! I just can’t stand it anymore. All this time you’ve spent crashing has been the most irritating time of my life. Can you promise me, if I be good, that you’ll never crash again?
Principal Skinner: Okay, I promise there’ll be no crashing… *game crashes* (Note: Not a joke I appreciated when my game chose this particular point to decide that it couldn’t connect to the server!)
And to cement this touching reunion, Agnes and Seymour spend another 12 hours doing Silhouette Night.

4. The Prodigal Skinner Part 2 Seymour surprises himself by being glad to be home:

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Agnes: I enjoyed it too, Seymour. I know it seems like I’m never not mad at you. But that’s only because you constantly make me angry.
Principal Skinner: Maybe there is another target in town that you can mock and humiliate?
Agnes: Hmmm. I could go razz those bags with skin tags at the Retirement Castle. Bunch of pathetic nitwits with no house or child to live with. Because their children locked them up in there.
Principal Skinner: Wait, children can put their parents there and just leave them?
Agnes: You don’t have the short and curlies, Seymour! (Note: Not something I’ve heard before in this context.)
Principal Skinner: No mother, I don’t.
With that, off Agnes goes to the Retirement Castle to spend the next 24 hours taunting old people.

And that’s where the quest seems to end – with Seymour and Agnes living dysfunctionly ever after.

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Categories Agnes Skinner, Carl, Chief Wiggum, Couch Surfin' USA, Level 29, Principal Skinner, Retirement Castle, Skinner House, Springfield Buddhist Temple, The Prodigal Skinner, Walkthrough, Wiggum House

What have you done with the Springfield Buddhist Temple (part 2)?

By TSTO Tips
March 28, 2013 //
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A couple of days ago, I asked “What have you done with the Springfield Buddhist Temple?”. Some screenshots came in through the comments on the original post, and also through Twitter. So, here are a few of the Twitter submissions:

From @whereisjeannie:

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From ‏@MigaczGeraldine:

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From @Barritt1983:

Natalie
From @Camo7O2

Justin
From @gavinmcc

Gavin
And from @Hard_HitterUS (inspired by the Hangover 2):

Grant
If you’ve done something special that you’d like to share, add a link to your screenshot in the comments or send it through Twitter. I’m also looking for inventive Springfield Downs designs for an upcoming post.

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Categories Springfield Buddhist Temple

What have you done with the Springfield Buddhist Temple?

By TSTO Tips
March 26, 2013 //
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I know that Android players and people planning ahead for their towns are enjoying this series of posts, so let’s do another one…

For the past few days, people have been displaying screenshots of what they’ve done with Mount Carlmore. But Buddhist Temples should, ideally, be peaceful places where you can retreat from everyday pressures and meditate on the meaning of life. So what have you done with your Temple that makes it easy for Lenny, Carl and Lisa to do just that?

Here’s a screenshot from Sarah:

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And here’s one from Shane:

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If you’d like to share what you’ve done with your Springfield Buddhist Temple, leave a link to your picture in the comments section below, or send your screenshot through to me on Twitter to @TSTOTips and I’ll add it here for you.

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Categories Carl, Lenny, Level 27, Lisa, Springfield Buddhist Temple, Update

I’m at level 27 but I can’t unlock the Springfield Buddhist Temple!

By TSTO Tips
March 26, 2013 //
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Longer-term players will need to bear with me for a moment, because you’ve seen a variant of this question many times before (and you’ve probably even asked it yourself at one point!). If you’ve been asking this question, though, you’re in good company. It’s probably the most commonly asked question by newer players of the game.

There are really two games going on in your Springfield. One is the XP bar game where you level up every time you fill up your XP bar and other is the regular game where you need to unlock all the buildings and characters and complete their quests in order. With the exception of the Post Office and Pimento Grove, it’s not your XP bar level that unlocks buildings. Your gameplay level does that.

If you play the game several times a day and visit lots of friends frequently, you’ll find that your XP bar moves you through the levels much faster than you can unlock buildings and characters. And the higher you go, the greater the difference may be between your XP bar level and your real game level. I can remember being at level 25 (the maximum at the time) and still unlocking Krabappel’s Apartment.

So, while your XP bar level may say 27, your game level may actually be much lower. Take a look at your building menu and see the next building you need to unlock. That will tell you your real level.

Why does this happen? I think it’s because there’s something in the game programming that decides what an average level of play would be – and for many of us, we enjoy the game so much that we spend an above average amount of time playing it. That means our XP bars move much faster than the gameplay can keep up.

The bottom line is – don’t worry, you’ll unlock the Temple once you’ve completed the quests and unlocked all the building that come before it in your build menu. In the meantime, enjoy the game.

Homer-Facepalm

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Categories Gameplay, Level 27, Springfield Buddhist Temple, XP

What are the quests that make up level 27?

By TSTO Tips
March 24, 2013 //
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With four different quests, level 27 is designed to keep you playing for at least a week – provided you don’t waste your donuts on speeding it up (for a post on when level 28 can be expected, see here).

The quests that make up level 27 are:
1. Buddha’s Got Back
2. Lenny’s Downfall
3. Carl’s Rise up the Ladder
4. True Bromance

I’ve already done a walkthrough for Buddha’s Got Back, as this is the quest that unlocks the Springfield Buddhist Temple and the Adult Education Annex (and you can find both parts on the Walkthroughs page here). Walkthroughs for the other quests are coming soon. The slight delay is because, despite writing this blog, I want to make the quests last as long as possible for my own enjoyment of the game, so I’m really only trying to keep slightly ahead of normal game progress!

Just a reminder again – resist the temptation to use donuts to speed up your progress. It’s a long time between new levels – and who knows what may be coming in the next couple of weeks that might put your precious donuts to far better use!

LC

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Categories Adult Education Annex, Buddha's Got Back, Carl, Carl's Rise to the Top, Gameplay, Lenny, Lenny's Downfall, Level 27, Quests, Springfield Buddhist Temple, Update

How do I unlock the Springfield Buddhist Temple?

By TSTO Tips
March 23, 2013 //
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There are three quests that are part of the new level 27 update. The first of these is Buddha’s Got Back, and the first part of this unlocks the Springfield Buddhist Temple. Remember, though, that you won’t be able to begin this quest until you’re at game level 27 (not just XP bar level 27) and you’ve unlocked all the buildings and characters that come before the Springfield Buddhist Temple in your build menu.

At the end of This Little Wiggy (the level 26 quest), you’ll need to have Reverend Lovejoy free (and Lisa as well, to be safe) as he’ll be getting level 27 started. And this is how it goes:

1. Buddha’s Got Back Part 1 The quest begins by the Reverend Lovejoy responding to a request from Lisa:

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Lisa: Actually, I’m trying to find meaning in this world of daily drudgery.
Reverend Lovejoy: All you need to do is trust in the wisdom of the Almighty Finger. I mean, God.
Lisa: Actually, Springfield exploded and then returned. I’ve been thinking this might be proof of the Buddhist concept of Samsara -
Reverend Lovejoy: Oh Lord. Is this another conversation where you convince me Buddha was just a chubby Jesus?
And then you’re prompted to build the Springfield Buddhist Temple ($225,000 and 24 hours, unlocking Lenny and adding to your set of Plant Workers – keep Lisa free as it finishes)

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2. Little Miss Mantra At the same time as Lenny and Carl’s quest begins, there’s one more thing for Lisa to do (Marge and Homer are part of the conversation, but don’t need to be free):

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Marge: Oh, honey, can’t you just go to normal church with the rest of us? I don’t want us all to end up in different heavens.
Homer: Eh, let her go, Marge. The boy’s not going to be there anyway – it’ll be nice for you and me to have some alone time.
Lisa: Thanks, Dad…I guess.
Lisa goes to the temple to meditate (30 minutes – and you’ll be sending Lenny and Carl on the next stage of their quest at exactly the same time).

More of level 27 to come. And if you want to find out more about the Buddhist concept of samsara while you’re waiting for the Temple to build, why not take a look here.

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Categories Buddha's Got Back, Carl, Gameplay, Homer, Lenny, Level 27, Lisa, Marge, Reverend Lovejoy, Springfield Buddhist Temple, Walkthrough

Did the level 27 update bring new tasks for any other characters?

By TSTO Tips
March 22, 2013 //
30

The level 27 update has brought a few new-ish tasks for a number of characters.

Lisa finally has her 30-minute meditation task (this appeared for a week as a locked task then disappeared, and was the first real signal that the Springfield Buddhist Temple was on the way). You get to send her there as soon as the Temple is built, and it’s independent of Lenny and Carl’s quest:

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Apu’s 7-day Kwik-E-Mart task, last seen just after Christmas (at that time it was a 168-hour task) has reappeared. I was wondering if this a sign of things to come for Easter, but I’ve had reports that many players have had this for a while, so now I’m wondering if there was something wrong with my game! (It definitely wasn’t there for me a couple of days ago when I sent Apu on a 24-hour task, the longest he had available.) Anyway, here it is – it may or may not be new for you:

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And Tom O’Flanagan now gets to spend 24 hours at the track. This used to be a 3-hour task for him – but as he no longer has any customers, I guess he has a lot more time on his hands!:

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Update: I think we might have established that the missing Apu task was a glitch in my game, though. Oh well – Lisa’s and Tom’s are definitely new-ish!

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Categories Apu, Level 27, Lisa, Springfield Buddhist Temple, Tasks, Tom O'Flanagan, Update

The App Store and Google Play descriptions now reflect level 27!

By TSTO Tips
March 22, 2013 //
8

Running a little behind the update, the App Store and the Google Play descriptions have finally been updated to reflect the release of level 27. Here’s what you should be seeing now:

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Categories Adult Education Annex, App Store, Carl, Google Play, Lenny, Level 27, Moe's Tavern, Mount Carlmore, Springfield Buddhist Temple, Update

What do the new level 27 buildings look like once they’re built?

By TSTO Tips
March 22, 2013 //
69

To help you plan where you’d like them to go in your town, here’s a couple of pictures of the Springfield Buddhist Temple and Mount Carlmore (none for the Adult Education Annex yet – it’s a long time between levels, so I’m not in that much of a hurry!).

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I really like the Temple – not sure about Mount Carlmore. I’ve moved it a couple of times since I took that screenshot – I just can’t seem to find the right place for it…

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Categories Level 27, Mount Carlmore, Springfield Buddhist Temple, Update

Level 27 is here!

By TSTO Tips
March 21, 2013 //
119

It has just arrived!

Just as promised – Lenny and Carl (both of them) with the Springfield Buddhist Temple and the Adult Education Annex are available as part of the level 27 quest. Mount Carlmore is there, too, in the premium store for 120 donuts. Sadly, there are no new game dollars decorations (I really wanted a Zen garden for the Buddhist Temple).

And the rivers are blue again!

More later today (or tomorrow for those in Asia). Just a hint, though – the Reverend Lovejoy needs to be free to kick off the quest. Keep Lisa free, as well, to be safe…

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Categories Adult Education Annex, Carl, Donuts, Gameplay, Lenny, Level 27, Mount Carlmore, Premium decorations, Springfield Buddhist Temple, Update

What should level 26 players do with their money right now?

By TSTO Tips
March 18, 2013 //
18

A very good question came in from Michael today:

Today, I have 2 million dollars and now I’m not sure what’s the right way to go:
1.) Buy the Popsicle Stick Skyscraper and then have nearly 0 dollars
2.) Wait until I collect 3 million dollars and buy the 50-foot Magnifying Glass or
3.) Don’t spend my money on these big buildings and save money for upcoming events?

Whats your opinion?

My advice for the moment would be to hold on to your cash. If level 27 is on the way, there’ll be at least one new building and it’s likely to be more expensive than Burns Manor. Each of the recent updates has also had a second, quite expensive new building. (For level 27, the Springfield Buddhist Temple and the Adult Education Annex are predicted.) You may also need to buy new land to make room for these, depending on their size.

The bottom line for players currently on level 26 is that you may need up to half a million dollars spare for any level 27 buildings. So my advice for level 26 players who are saving for the really expensive items would be to make sure you have around $500,000 free – and wait and see what may be on the way over the next few days.

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Categories 50-foot Magnifying Glass, Adult Education Annex, Cash, Land expansion, Level 26, Level 27, Popsicle Stick Skyscraper, Springfield Buddhist Temple, Update

Will we get level 27 or a new event on Monday?

By TSTO Tips
March 17, 2013 //
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“Simpsons tapped out level 27” is currently one of the most popular search terms hitting this blog. And with St. Patrick’s Day soon to be a memory and episode promotions traditionally only lasting a few days, it’s a very good question.

You can see some of the speculation about what the next update might contain here and here, supported by Lisa’s locked meditation task. But will we see these on Monday? Or will there be a new event – perhaps for Easter. They’re both possibilities – but it’s also possible that we’ll have to wait a few days and we won’t see anything until later in the week.

It’s been just over a month since level 26, so it’s likely that level 27 is due. It’s also possible that there’ll be an Easter event – but at this stage it’s anyone’s guess. And in recent times, updates have come through on Thursday afternoons US time (usually when I’m busy with other things), so it may be that there will be a few days of “business as usual” before something new happens, as was the case after the Gorgeous Grampa promotion.

If nothing new comes through on Monday, my advice would be to keep checking into your game at around mid-afternoon US Central time throughout the coming week. Something is on its way – but exactly what and exactly when will probably remain a secret until we see it in the game.

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Categories Adult Education Annex, Carl, Easter, Episode promotions, Lenny, Level 27, Mount Carlmore, Springfield Buddhist Temple, St Patrick's Day, Themes, Update

What’s the deal with Lisa’s new locked task? Did I miss something?

By TSTO Tips
March 8, 2013 //
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Many of you will have noticed that included with the update was a new 30-minute task for Lisa that has nothing at all to do with St. Patrick’s Day – and that’s to meditate at the Buddhist Temple. You’ll also have noticed that, for the moment, it remains resolutely locked. And that’s because there’s no Buddhist Temple in Springfield, right?

Right. And don’t worry that there’s something missing from your update because, right now, there’s definitely no place for Buddhists to congregate in Springfield.

But this image was sent to me a short time ago by a friend who is far better than I am at digging deep into the files for these things:

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It’s apparently an image of the Springfield Buddhist Temple, which is sitting in the files on your device, waiting to be unlocked at the right time (it’s in black and white because the color comes from lines of code elsewhere in the files). And that means that sometime very soon, Lisa will have a place to meditate in peace – and hopefully long before Vesak Day in May.

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Categories Lisa, Springfield Buddhist Temple, St Patrick's Day, Tasks, Themes, Update
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