Sorry to the bunny, but come ON...

[Silly Rhubarb Wondersocks]

Okay, for those of you who know Silly Rhubarb Wondersocks, you know I make it an unofficial policy to help little toons.

Well, I actually ditched two toons on purpose in the DA office last night... and let me tell you why. It's not something I generally do, but I had simply had enough nonsense.

Last night in River lots and lots of little toons were trying to load onto elevator D. So, as I will when I have time, I ran down to A and said "we can do this" and "let's go" and took 3 small toons in for a tour of A. When I do this, I don't check gags - I'm taking a risk, but I'm trying to be helpful both to the small toons who want to DA and the larger toons who just wanna run and sound thru D to get their notices.

Anyway, we ended up in A with a 20 something laffer and a 64 and a 66. That's okay - I've done office A with groups like that and it works if we all work together. This group, however, just played stupidly and would NOT cooperate no matter what.

The 20 something went sad quickly when he or she pulled out a whistle on lured cogs. They even had it picked first and I repeatedly said "NO, Don't use sound of lured cogs"... but, they would not pick a different gag. Frankly, my sound alone with that whistle isn't gonna kill the cogs. Finally I said "Feeling lucky? Have fun. Bye."

So then there we are with 3 toons - 2 in their 60s. And, yes, we can still do this and I'm still willing to run. However - the rabbit keeps saying "let's use sound" which is a poor strategy with 3 toons in the DA unless they're a heck of a lot bigger than 64 with an aaogah. So I kept saying "no, let's use lure, let's work together." I even used up my unite phrases to keep that bear stocked with lure so that we could do it.

I asked repeatedly for us to "Let's all go for the same cog" but NO, they would individually cake each of the lured cogs so we got hit by them all. When I asked for lure, they would sound. The bear tripped the holographic cogs ON PURPOSE... come on dude, if you walk directly onto the skull and crossbones then you KNOW better. And yes, I had asked if they had been there before and they said yes..... so.... please act like it.

Finally, I figured heck with it - they want sound, let's sound. I said "Let's use sound" and pulled out my opera singer on the holographic cogs (from a puzzle I could have won for them) and the bear (grrrrrrrr) pulls out a magnet. I am out of trap by this time so I ask again for sound. They don't. The bear lures, my sound is still up and the rabbit picks a pie. Every stinking cog hits me, of course.

So... hate to admit it... but I gave them a talking to:
"Good teamwork. No"
"Let's work together. No"
"Let's all go for the same cog. No"
"This isn't what I'm looking for."
"Have fun."
"Feeling lucky?"
"Bye"

And, with that, I pulled out my book and went back to the playground.
Maybe they made it through, maybe they didn't.
And I may read stories on here about what a "Mean big laffer" I am.

But here's a wake up call for smaller and inexperienced toons.
If you are lucky enough to find a big laffer who will take you where you want to go, and keep your gags full by using their hard won unite phrases, then please have the courtesy to take a little advice and cooperate. We didn't get this big by being foolish - and we really DO know what we're talking about.

'Nuff said.

[cputnal]

Now, may I also add - to a certain red mouse, with a double name, who is a 123 (or 125)

when you ditch a DA D after two floors with me (116), a 106, and a 120, that makes you a jerk. I take that back - it merely confirms it. Particularly since I got you in the back of the elevator in the first place.

Didja hear me - a jerk.

When I found him in the playground two minutes later his response was "Welcome to Toontown" "Ha ha."

Then he went off an I watched him pull the same trick again on 3 other toons in the DA five minutes later..

What was the purpose? Why are you such a loser? Everyone in that group needed a minimum of 3000 JNs.

So its not just low laffers who can be stupid and jerks.

Now someone will say "oh, but his friend called him and he wanted to go with him, or something like that." Fine, finish the run and take off. But to do that in the middle is patently untoon-like.

Craig
aka Candy Sparkleface (116), Twiddlespeed (109), Super Dad (uber 25), and Obsidian, a toon-legend in the making.

[pixanator]

To the Op;

You should not be getting any replies for being a mean toon.
You went out of your way to help others and did your best to keep them alive in the hopes of good teamwork.

The other day, being on pixanator and working my 14,400 notices... a 100+, and maybe another, plus me and someone working Brrrgh tasks went into Office B.

The 100+ seemed to want to keep the Brrrgh toon alive, until he continuously did the HaHa! when the Brrrgh toon got hit by the cogs.
Needless to say, this angered me a bit.
I had a few unites from all those darn CFO's I did so I used a few to keep the poor guy alive.

Now, I'm like you. I have no problem helping ppl and will go out of my way, if their task isn't quite what I need or don't need at all, but if poor teamwork or the unwillingness to listen puts the team in jeopardy... I struggle to keep myself patient and yes, sometimes I put down the black hole because I just can't do it anymore.

People like you should get recognition for not only helping out smaller toons, but helping out the bigger toons at the same time.

[dakotakiddd]

If you are unwilling to be a TEAM player then practice working on your tasks alone because soon you wont have a choice. Good job Silly Rhubarb Wondersocks you did the right thing.

[Black Widow Kitty]

I have to tell you, for Silly to have bailed on those toons, they had to be sooooo horrible. She is so amazingly patient with the little toons, spends countless hours on her maxed toon taking little ones through the factories because she can't resist their pleas for help. All she asks is cooperation and she's EXTREMELY forgiving of mistakes.
I've been with her on a few of her help runs and it's all I can do to keep from pulling my fur out as she continues to encourage them every step of the way mistake after mistake after mistake. "Good teamwork! We can do this!"

[Silly Rhubarb Wondersocks]

Thanks BWK... what a nice post!

[Skinny Wacko Picklepocket]

I know how you feel Silly Rhubarb. At 122 myself ,and at times I find it FUN to help out smaller toons even if it has nothing to do with what I need. ( I usually keep an open JB defeat xxx cogs anywhere task open). Unfortunatly we have to run into groups that just can't get the team work thing to click all the time. Yes I get very ANGRY.....grrrrrrr at times to, but I calm down and always find myself going back and helping small toons again
Takes away from the mundane running DA door D over and over again...especially those 14400 notice runs!
Good luck to you...maybe well run into each other at DA sometime and help a couple small toons

[ErDoc4444]

I want to commend all of you that have said you help smaller toons. I am only a 109, and it sometimes gets extremely mundane running those factories for 5500 merits and just sounding through them all the time. When I am on and none of my friends are on, I spend as much time as I can helping toons. I admit that I am normally out for my interests and my SFS interests in the game, as we just started a new family of toons (when black cats came out). When I do get the occassion to play my big toon (a 109 yellow duck named Sheriff Tricky) I will try and help toons through the factory but not a DA office yet.

I will admit though that when teamwork is not used, I do sometimes yell at a toon. Like this morning, there were only three of us in the factory in River and we were heading to the 2nd silo and two of us headed towards pushing the button in order to catch the invasion. Well, as we were running to the door, I look to my right and there is the 3rd toon taking a birthday cake to The Mingler, which cost both of us some merits. I undertand one cog is not a lot but that one cog could have been the difference between having to do a long or short factory.

[isoupkid]

You did the right thing, Silly Rhubarb Wondersocks. Ditching newbies for fun is one thing. Ditching newbies because for poor teamwork, is another thing. They should have listened to you, who has more expierence with DA's. But instead, they didn't listen to you and made you use your unites so... You did the right thing

[Be Fly]

how.. non convenient.
did you consider the fact that they were doing it on purpose? =/

[Silly Rhubarb Wondersocks]

Originally Posted by Be Fly

how.. non convenient.
did you consider the fact that they were doing it on purpose? =/

I think the bear might have been. The rabbit really seemed to want to help - that's why I started with apologies to the bunny. I think they were an inexperienced player - or at least it seemed it. The bear was something else again....

Thanks to all you bigger toons who weighed in on helping. I think it is important to help the new toons along - I remember how grateful I was to the two who helped me get going - J.C. Trickyfish (who I never managed to sf) and who appears to have stopped playing that toon so I finally and sadly x'ed him off) and Mister Loopy Snifflegloop (still a sf in a big big way)

[Squiddy22]

I once invited this low laffer in the Office A to play the puzzles with me. I tell him to wait there and not help me. But he does. He runs over, and triggers the holo cogs, when I tell him not to. So I just leave him there.