CCG: Thursday Run Reports

[cuckoo electrohopper]

Originally Posted by cooney59

Wasnt such a good day for me today witht he ccg doing VPS
Won 1/3 attempts today :/
although 8/8 danced on my one win and i believe 3/8 danced on both my Losses.

Just saw a couple of people in there"training" their new piano gag and got upset and started bike horning the cogs when lured, while depriving me of no tune up( i survived 2 straight rounds of cogs attacking me too :P)

how do you tell someone is "training" a gag, rather than just using a gag. especially when it is, although much less powerful than it will get, a very powerful gag.

are we only "allowed" to use gags that are maxxed?? i shouldn't have been using my birthday cakes until they were able to do 100 laff damage? 75 or even 95 not enough??

seriously, one toon can only carry 3 grand pianos. how could you possibly say they were "training" the gag and not just using it. would it have been better if they used their safe?

I realize that throw and squirt are meant to be the main gags used to attack cogs during CCG runs, but what you did was plan ol' greifing, sorry.

[Wit L. Feline]

Wit L. Feline (Hissy Fit) Reports that on:

Jan. 17, 2008 1800 CST
8/8 Danced for Sid Sonata

+*Hissy Fit 109 HW50
+beary 78 ND6
+Bacon Bitz 105 ND6
+Wit 113 HW50
*Princess Nutty Hulamonkey 102 CC4
*Flappy 81 TM6
*Simba 95 HW9
Comet 108 MS9

+ Together in Cog Round
* Together in Skele Round

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Wit L. Feline (Hissy Fit) Reports that on:

Jan. 17, 2008 1845 CST
8/8 Danced for TOW Beans - 350

+Hissy Fit 91 MB6
+Cat O'Piller 109 SC3
+Tammy Jr. 107 TW3
+Lady Violet Poodlespeed 111 PP5
Princess Bonnie Poodlespeed ? RB50
Coconut ? RB11
Miss Sally Twinklesnooker ? RB50
Fluffy Thundersticks ? RB50

+ Together in Cog Round

[Miss Flip Flipperfoot]

Miss Flip Flipperfoot Reports that on:


Jan. 17, 2008 2145 CST
8/8 Danced for TOW Gag-Up Throw


Mister Snappy 122 RB50
+Jasmine 129 RB50
+jumpy 128 RB50
Rainbow Gigglemuffin 78 RB16
+Loopy Jellyroll Crumblephooey 117 BC4
Captain Knuckles Fumbleknees 120 RB28
Pinky Freckleface 100 NC5
+Miss Flip Flipperfoot 130 RB50

+ Together in Cog Round

[Slippy Fiddlepop]

Originally Posted by cuckoo electrohopper

how do you tell someone is "training" a gag, rather than just using a gag. especially when it is, although much less powerful than it will get, a very powerful gag.

are we only "allowed" to use gags that are maxxed?? i shouldn't have been using my birthday cakes until they were able to do 100 laff damage? 75 or even 95 not enough??

seriously, one toon can only carry 3 grand pianos. how could you possibly say they were "training" the gag and not just using it. would it have been better if they used their safe?

I realize that throw and squirt are meant to be the main gags used to attack cogs during CCG runs, but what you did was plan ol' greifing, sorry.

When you are using a gag, most expect that it is maxed. It is up to you to let people know that it isn't (usually done with "I haven't found it yet). An unmaxed piano can have very bad results, if it leaves a cog alive that a maxed piano would have killed. And since pianos are usually used on 12s, an unmaxed piano can leave a 12 alive...which is practically instant death to most two-track ubers. Other instances of working gags that are frowned upon is weak sound against high level cogs, especially when others want you to do otherwise. Also trapping with weak trap gags such as banana peels, rakes, or marbles.

Note: In CFO and CJ, LLKR is almost always ignored. At least in my experience. People prefer to sound the cogs away. Sometimes weak traps are aimed at low level cogs when cogs have to be lured (usually due to 12s in the lineup, or cogs bigger than 8 when nobody has foghorns left).

[Captain Butch Bumpenbrains]

Jan. 17, 2008 at 8pm MST (9pm CST)

First, don't know who all was there for first time, because I didn't plan on reporting (friend said CCG, I said "now?" She said "Yes", and I went!). Well, me and my 2 friends, Mocha Lisa and Mountain Cat, went in and all 3 (ubers) went sad. Don't really know about the rest Cog round, me and Mocha Lisa were paired together with 2 high toons, and by our lead we sounded the first ones. After a couple rounds Mocha signaled for a Lure and then it happened. That dreadful missed Lure. Apparently between rounds someone bailed (according to my friend still in there)... and she was sided with three. Since she has organic cake, she targeted the 12, the big toon lured, and the mid-laffer targeted the 8... sending our 19-laffer back to the garden to be greeted by her friends. Then we waited around a little until we saw a familiar face or two (always looking for Granny Spunky when I need some big guns... hehe j/k always love going with Granny though). Granny showed up and was quickly enlisted, Mountain Cat got on her big toon, and the revenge was on its way! And here it is:

7/7 Danced Revenge Run
Clerk Clara

+*Fly Swatter TM5 25
+King Buster Wackynugget ND3 53
+Miss Crazy Superzapper HW50 111?
+*Mocha Lisa M&S6 34

*Deputy Snuffy Kookymuddle HW50 123
*Granny Spunky Twinklemuffin HW50 127
Big Coconut HW50 122

Man... what a fun revenge. Something to note were the 3 Cogs missed used on my side of Skelecogs! lol... I decided it was a good time to use mine, Granny used hers, and Mocha lured. Lure missed and we taunted the cogs endlessly. Then Snuffy lured with presentation and Mocha used his cogs miss. After that, it was cake with Lure Left Kill Left (LLKL)... until the last 3 cogs where Mocha and Snuffy both felt it would be best to wedding cake the remaining cogs. Boy that was fun! Tried not to get run over during pie round when the VP was getting hammered back so fast we couldn't move out of the way! All for Clerk Clara! w00t!

[Flipperthud]

Flipperthud Reports that on:

Jan. 17, 2008 2145 CST
8/8 Danced for TOW Toon-up 10 LP

+Freckles MacGoober 117 RB20
Poppy Wonderdorf 119 RB15
+Flipperthud 110 TW
Princess Raven 107
+Sir Fuzzybumper 112 NC
Mister Nuttysocks 105 SC
Max Beansocks 121 RB30
+Silly Candy Lemonpop 108 BC

+ Together in Cog Round
* Together in Skele Round

[Miss Flip Flipperfoot]

Miss Flip Flipperfoot Reports that on:


Jan. 17, 2008 2230 CST
8/8 Danced for Summon Unknown


Smoky 110 BF2
oinkinator 116 LE7
Voodoo 112 LE8
Duke Zany Wrinklenose 115 DT7
Cranky Sourburger 111 DT3
Granny Spunky Twinklemuffin 127 BW50
Bubba Baboon 122 SD9
Miss Flip Flipperfoot 130 BW50

[Dawggie]

Melody Reports that on:

Jan. 17, 2008 2230 CST
8/8 Danced for Summon Invasion

+Melody 126 BW40
+Lady Violet Twinklepretzel 128 BW50
+Princess Ginger Wonderbrains 123 BW50
+Skinny Biscuit 129 BW50
Irky Mae 131 BW50
Queen Thunderthud 124 LE7
Legendary Black Kitten 132 BW50
Mister Snappy 122 AC8 =>> Promo to Back Stabber

+ Together in Cog Round

We sat 9 toons on the jury, 24 POE, all the gavels and 9 cog lawyers.

[-SkinnyBiscuit-]

Originally Posted by Dawggie

Melody Reports that on:

Jan. 17, 2008 2230 CST
8/8 Danced for Summon Invasion

+Melody 126 BW40
+Lady Violet Twinklepretzel 128 BW50
+Princess Ginger Wonderbrains 123 BW50
+Skinny Biscuit 129 BW50
Irky Mae 131 BW50
Queen Thunderthud 124 LE7
Legendary Black Kitten 132 BW50
Mister Snappy 122 AC8 =>> Promo to Back Stabber

+ Together in Cog Round

We sat 9 toons on the jury, 24 POE, all the gavels and 9 cog lawyers.

I felt a sort of weird vibe during that run. Maybe it was just me noticing it, there certainly were enough strong toons around. I am sorry I wasn't helping very much, I have just started getting use to being on my laptop and can't really jump that well on it.

[Big Coconut]

Big Coconut reports than on Thursday, January 17th at 11:30 PM EST

8/8 danced for their own summons (mine was a micro invasion)

*Big Coconut BW9
Good ol' Zigzag Jabbertooth, Jr. BW21
Noisy Furball Megascreech BW50
Miss Winky Bananabubble BF2
Metal Man SD8
Princess Lefty Wonderwoof BW50
Grace Anna Bunnyrabbit BS3
Fancy Fuzzyface BF3

Seated 8, 30 evidence max. A little tip about the evidence round- toons do not have to be tooned up for every small injury. My confort zone ends when I lose 4 teeth, others might be different but that is about when you should throw evidence at them. After they were tooned up, the stun bonus would come up and they would have healed anyway, losing stunning time. It didn't affect the battle too much, we still went through, although I noticed the stunners of this run ended with half their laff. Phew!

[Dawggie]

I didnt wanna put a negative spin on it since we all danced, but it did seem to be a heck of a lot more difficult than it shoulda been. Just my observation.

Originally Posted by -SkinnyBiscuit-

I felt a sort of weird vibe during that run. Maybe it was just me noticing it, there certainly were enough strong toons around. I am sorry I wasn't helping very much, I have just started getting use to being on my laptop and can't really jump that well on it.

[Jefe]

Jefe Reports that on:

Jan. 17, 2008 2100 CST
8/8 Danced for Soggy Bottom

+*Princess Raven 114 HW19 - Laff point
+*Doctor Boo Boo 64 GH
+Princess Bubbles 53 TM
+*Little One 106 HW20
*Felix 66 TM
Mr. Mistoffelees 103 HW20
Indigo 101 TM
Doctor Rhubarb 81 GH

+ Together in Cog Round
* Together in Skele Round

Wonderful Team work, despite the VP fighting us all the way.

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Originally Posted by Flipperthud

Flipperthud Reports that on:

Jan. 17, 2008 2145 CST
8/8 Danced for TOW Toon-up 10 LP

+Freckles MacGoober 117 RB25
Poppy Wonderdorf 119 RB13
+Flipperthud 110 TW7 - Suit Promotion
Princess Raven 107 PP6 - Suit Promotion
+Sir Fuzzybumper 112 NC5
Mister Nuttysocks 105 SC5 - Suit Promotion
Max Beansocks 121 RB31
+Silly Candy Lemonpop 108 BC

+ Together in Cog Round
* Together in Skele Round

I enjoyed this run. Even thoug we were without any maxed RB's we managed to get through just fine. As there were 4 that said they'd rather stomp goons I grabbed a crane (not my usual thing) and was finally getting the hang of it when someone stole it from me. . . and finished the CFO off.

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Jefe Reports that on:

Jan. 17, 2008 2230 CST
8/8 Danced for Summon Cog

+Princess Brandy 116 DT
+jumpy 128 BW50
Deputy Rusty Rockenspeed BW
+Mini Max 113 DT
Skinny Wildchomp BS
Angel Bs
Rhubarb Hulascooter BW10
+Sir Stubby Electroteeth 106 Bs

+ Together in Cog Round
* Together in Skele Round

We had 12 seated at one point during the cannon round, but ended up with 6. Got quite a few very necessary stuns in after the CJ stopped jumping. I know I ran over to Mini Max to toon him up from 35.

[Wit L. Feline]

Wit L. Feline (Hissy Fit) Reports that on:

Jan. 17, 2008 2230 CST
8/8 Danced for Summon Unknown

Hissy Fit 109 BS6 <-- Suit promo!
Bingo Dizzyzilla 124 BW17
Anita Carrot 131 BW50
Midnite Dlite 123 BW44
Loopy Jellyroll Crumblephooey ? AC4
Preciousknees ? BS4
King Supernerd ? AC5
Crazy Freckles Loopengloop ? DT7 <-- Suit promo!

Whoever said they couldn't hit the broadside of a barn ... haha! That's funny . We sat 10 on the jury, and flew through the evidence round. Great teamwork!

[Flippers]

Originally Posted by Slippy Fiddlepop

Sometimes weak traps are aimed at low level cogs when cogs have to be lured (usually due to 12s in the lineup, or cogs bigger than 8 when nobody has foghorns left).

Right - that's not working gags. That's ensuring the lure doesnt miss. It's a basic practice.

Working gags is when someone keeps using a gag regardless of everyone else and whether it's in anyone's best interest. Marbles on a 12 without someone to piano on it is working a gag. A gag worker wont even consider maybe no one has heavy drop. A trap worker will often use a weak trap under a big cog, which actually contributes toward a missed lure. Someone luring with blue magnet regardless of whether someone has goggles out or they're needed to supplement a hit to a big cog. TU workers will pull a single sound gag on lured cogs. This happens a LOT in the VP on the last short set. It no longer has to be for unmaxed gags as some might be determined to zero out their gag. Why in a boss run? I dont know.

TU Lure Sound and Trap workers are extremely easy to catch, and most can tell the difference between someone using a gag for fun or the novelty of it versus working.

[sem52]

Originally Posted by BlueSky

Elliemay Reports that on:

Jan. 17, 2007 1100 CST
7/8 Danced for Professor Guffaw

+*Elliemay 82 HW50
+TwoKool Kitty 15 TM5 Sad In Skelecog round
Anita Catnap CC3
Violet 56 TM5
+*Doctor Salty Bananamonkey 76 CC2
+*Charisma Sparklefidget 107 TF8
*Max Relexed 109 GH
Crazy C.J Crinkledoodle HW

Good teamwork!

Twokool Kitty made it past the cog round but not sure what
happened on the other side. (possible missed lure?)


+ Together in Cog Round
* Together in Skele Round

Yep- it was missed lure, again. So much fun. Part of it was my own fault. I had a cogs miss and was debating on whether to use it then ( a level 12 and a 8) or on the next full set. I figured we could take out the 12 and possibly survive a hit from the eight ( I guess I figured wrong ). I opted for holding off till next set to use it ( this way I can use the sos for holding my back over so I can check my shoelaces. I had fun anyway. I do expect to go sad on any run or I wouldn't play a 15lper.