#tips and strategies

This has got to be one of the most frustrating bingo tasks yet!!  Because it REQUIRES YOU to do MATH IN YOUR HEAD WHILE YOU PLAY :D

I like doing math on PAPER but in my head, NO.  So this task was really killing me!!!  Because of this, I’ll just say this at the start: If you hate doing addition in your head AND while multitasking and playing the game you won’t be able to pass this bingo task (other than TOTAL 1 in a million luck of randomly clearing tsums til you happen to get 100, lol), your only option to beat this task is to find a friend who IS okay with doing addition in their head and can beat the task for you. :/ If anyone can think of a way to get around this without doing math, feel free to chime in! haha

It took me a ton of tries, but I finally got it, and here are the tips I can give you:

- Much like the exact coin task (I can’t remember which card that’s on) you want to AVOID having any bubbles or a full tsum skill meter at the end of the game because that’ll add to your total and ruin everything.

 - Try saying the amounts out loud, that could possibly help you keep track of the total and adding.

- EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TIP: If you hate math and want to avoid further complications, don’t clear chains larger than 6, because if you do a chain of 7 or more that’ll create a bubble and then you have to make sure you pay attention to how many tsums the bubble cleared because VERY VERY IMPORTANT: the quantity it shows after you pop the bubble INCLUDES the BUBBLE but for the purposes of this task the bubble does NOT COUNT as a tsum.  So, say it says the bubble cleared 10, that’s actually 9 tsums + 1 bubble, so you need to take that amount and minus 1 to your total towards 100.

- If you ARE OKAY with doing math in your head then it’s fine to clear a large chain if your total is under 60, if it’s over 60 I wouldn’t risk it because you risk going over 100 at that point.  Let’s say you have 60, you clear a chain of 25, that’s 85, then you pop the bubble and it adds 10 more tsums to your total (1 bubbles + 10 tsums) then you’re already at 95, and you just need to clear a single chain of 5 (make sure you ONLY do chain of 5, because no other combo will work since you must clear 3 tsums minimum). Now let’s say your total is 70, you clear a chain of 25, then pop a bubble that clears 10 additional tsums, that’s 105 total.  So, if you’re careful and you only clear a chain of 10, for a total of 80, pop the bubble that adds 10 tsums, then you have room to clear small chains to reach 100.

- On that note, just to give it its own bullet point: REMEMBER that you must clear a minimum of 3 tsums to make a chain, so keep that in mind when you’re down to 10 or less tsums to go to reach 100.  Like, if you clear three chains of 3, then you’re screwed because you can’t clear 1 single tsum (unless you have Holiday Donald’s skill activated).  Or you clear two chains of 4, and have 2 tsums to go, out of luck again.  So for your convenience/for people who hate math, here are the workable chain quantities you can do once you’re down to 10 tsums to go (i.e. you’ve cleared 90 tsums so far)

1. 5 chain + 5 chain
2. 6 chain + 4 chain (or vice versa)
3. 3 + 3 + 4 (in any order)
   

As you can see, there’s not much options for 10 left, so might be best to pay attention with even 15 left so you have some room to think about your totals.  Here are some (not ALL) potential chains you could do:

• Five 3 chains
• 3 + 4 + 4 + 4
• 3 + 6 + 6
• 5 + 5 + 5
• 6 + 4 + 5

- If you normally play with gyro on and hold your phone perpendicular to the floor, I would suggest turning off gyro and looking at your phone flat, because (for me at least) it was easier to do math without having to pay attention to properly angling my phone.

- I recommend transformation tsums and NOT burst tsums because burst tsums will always remove a lot of tsums which will create more bubbles, plus most will remove an unspecified amount of tsums so you’ll have to pay attention to how much it clears after (as opposed to seeing the amount prior to clearing, when making chains).  Transformation tsums, on the other hand, especially ones that transform in clusters next to each other, will make it easier for you to quickly clear chains to add to your total.

- I used Holiday Daisy, here are some other possible premium box tsums that MAY work for this task (I tested them, but the SKILL LEVEL your tsum is on will make a difference) in no particular order:

1. Holiday and Valentine Daisy
   
2. Pascal
3. Holiday, Valentine, Cat Hat Minnie
4. Pumpkin Chip
5. Ghost Dale
6. Aladdin
7. Clarice
8. Aurora
9. Nala
10. Elizabeth Swann
    
11. White Rabbit (MAY work depending on his skill level due to stopping time allowing you a few extra seconds to think)
12. Pumpkin Mickey (triggering fever with his skill won’t affect your tsum count AND it will buy you additional 5 seconds)
13. Holiday Donald (tapping single tsums MAY work but for me it was kind of more cumbersome. I did get very close though, so I think it is possible)
    

POSSIBLE but because they take so many tsums to power up (19+), may not be worth it:

1. Oswald
2. Alien
3. Sulley
4. Alice
5. Little Oyster
6. Angel
7. Cinderella
8. Gaston
9. Mrs. Potts
   

Not recommended because their skill removes additional tsums besides what’s in the chain thus complicating things:

1. Anna and Birthday Anna
   
2. Maleficent and Dragon Maleficent
3. Fairy Godmother
   
4. Baymax (he doesn’t remove extra but because he only makes giant tsums you’ll always get a bubble which also complicates things)

That’s all I can think of!  I hope this helps!  Feel free to send any messages if you need help!

I apologize if any of these tips are pretty “duh” to those of you who have been playing for awhile, hehe but posting for anyone who might not know!

- Points and coins are NOT calculated the same way. Coins are calculated solely by how much you clear at once (i.e. clearing chains or bursts with a tsum’s skill or using a bubble) and Fever has no bearing on coin accrual. So a tsum that gives great coins like Beast (skill 5-6) doesn’t necessarily return a great score, and vice versa a tsum with decent scoring doesn’t always give great coins (there ARE some that do both, especially at high skill level like Jedi Luke, unfortunately I can’t speak to that since I don'f have him beyond skill 1 )

- More points are given by clearing chains than bursts, and the combo count adds bonus points to however many points you earn during each Fever.

- Keep clearing!! (ABC: Always Be Clearing!! haha) While 3-chains are not optimal (for score or coins), as mentioned, having a high combo count is very helpful to get a higher score and you maintain/add to your combo count by clearing tsums without stopping. Fever allows you to take a break and not have to worry about having a lull in clearing, but any time outside of Fever you need to be clearing (whether it’s chains/bubbles/skill bursts) See my original post about Fever (sorry it’s kinda old so some stuff is dated but the basic info is still the same!) for more info. http://tsumoverflow.tumblr.com/post/104856964367/fever-info

- Long chains + Fever + High Combo # = Lots of Points!! That said, I know clearing long chains takes forever so you have to pay attention to your fever meter and either have a bubble ready to “fast forward”
(or “clear” as I’ve heard people call it) the chain, or you can just start the chain during fever and hope a good portion clears before fever runs out. When it comes to burst tsums, if you use their skill a lot/often in the game it can also be very effective, so in the case of the event, hopefully you have good results with Belle (original)! Beast (original), unfortunately is harder to get high scores with.

- Keep playing!! Your player level adds significant bonus points to your final score, so the more you play the higher your final level bonus will be (for example I’m on level 218 and my bonus is 26%)

- Unlocking certain tsums’ score level caps CAN help. See my post about that for more info! See the post I just reblogged earlier today!

Anyhow, sorry again for posting about this late! Let me know if you have any questions!!!

I just finished the event! (including the difficult card) Thankfully they didn’t make the tasks as insane as some past events (imo), so it wasn’t toooo bad.

Two tsums that I used/recommend:

- For a “ribbon tsum” who you have to clear x-amt (I can’t remember the number now) of My Tsum in 1 play, I used Scrump of all things. haha  She isn’t good for much, but because she has a bow, and has Eeyore and Sully’s skill she was just what I needed! (I’m not sure if everyone gets the same skills for her, but if you’ve noticed that yours has Eeyore and Sully’s skill, then she’s perfect!)

- For the white handed tsum that you have to clear x-amt of tasks (haha sorry I can’t remember specifics now) I used Jiminy Cricket, but I’m sure there’s others that would work, but I just recall for myself I tried others and he was the one that worked for me.

Feel free to share any tips you guys have here for those still playing the event! :)

Now to continue saving for the capsule event I’m so bummed I missed finishing the last capsule event by 3 tsums because I was busy the weekend it ended :(  Ohhh well.  This one I should be able to do I think!!