It's not bad to ask for help! :-)

[PrincessSnappyFiddlefoot]

Hello!

Just went on a CCG VP Run and it reminded me of something... it's not bad to ask for help!! :-)

We were in the pie fight and a 60ish (?) laffer got down to the low 20's but was still in gear throwing range. Never asked for help, never said anything about laff points. Luckily I remembered this time to keep an eye on folks since we had some good pie throwers. I just wonder how low would they have gone before saying anything if at all?

There's been times before when I've been in VP (mostly randoms tho) that toons have gone sad without saying anything. If only they'd given a shout they may have ended up dancing!

I'm just putting this in here because I'm sure if you're on a CCG run and you ask for help YOU WILL GET IT :-D I think we all want EVERYONE to dance and we'll all work together to make sure that happens!

[LadyDaffodilGiggleMonkey]

Very good point you have. I went on a run last night were only 4 of us danced. I was on my Stinky New pig and way to into the game to take notes. I could no kick myself. I know only two of the other names of the dancers. I know none of the toons we lost who fought so hard to get to the pie round. We were all tiny suits.

My point is. We all survived the cogs and skeles(expept one on my side that alted when the going looked too rough said Bye and pop gone) But we made it. Then the VP..... Three brave little toons just didn't know to shout out anything to get a pie in the kisser. I was doing everything I could to get that nasty VP down the ramp. Thinking that was the ticket.... Watching my screen. But sadly fast wasn't fast enough. Too many stun jumps, ghost jumps for those brave lil toons. I heard three sounds of saddness without one word from one of these toons.

If they happen to read this.... Next time Lets use toon up! I need a toon up! I think you should choose toon up. Help! Can you help me! almost anything will get my attention..

[Dizzy]

On the other side of the coin, if you go to toon someone up and they run away saying, "No, thank you" then please leave them alone. There are those of us, however few, that will get distracted with pies thrown and this distraction will cause us to lose more laff than we gain. Especially when you see someone that is obviously an experienced stunner, please ask if they would like some help rather than pie-ing without asking. An experienced stunner will know to get away from gears when they are below their laff comfort, but someone hovering over them at the door could cause them to lose more laff. I know it's difficult to understand, but please have faith in your teammates enough to leave them alone, no matter their suit, if they ask you to.

Several months ago, we did an informal poll about what people's laff comfort levels were in the pie round. It was interesting to see that high laff toons with no ubers were somewhere in the 60s for comfort level and those of us that have ubers are comfortable down to at least 11 laff (able to survive at least one missed jump).

Personally, I have no laff comfort level. I've danced on an uber at 4 laff back when the vp spun gears out the backside too (remember that, old timers?) and during a Thug Thursday run where the point was to get as low as possible without going sad, I danced that dance at exactly 1 laff. I'd rather lose all of my level 7s than have someone toon me up. The higher the challenge, the sweeter the reward.

[LadyDaffodilGiggleMonkey]

Yes Dizzy I know I will never ever ever ever toon you up! Promise! Cross my little toony heart!

[miss_sadie]

Princess Snappy - Not sure if I was that laffer but it could have been me! Normally I watch my laugh meter and try to say something whenever I get lower than 30 and I try to watch others as well.....

Unfortunately last I had our cats trying to get inside due to a torrential downpour while they were wet, muddy, and kinda angry and my fiance was playing my toon while I tried to get everything under control before they tracked mud all over the carpet....he probably did not realize he was low and since I told him to just try to throw pies and listen for the VP jumping, that is all he did....i did not get to see us dance either cause I ended up cleaning the kitchen from dinner at kitties....

so if it was me, thanks for the toon-ups.......

good run otherwise!

PS - I did see your victory post in response to mine...glad to hear all danced with us! Guess I just missed a few who were behind the VP!!

[Lady Flappy McPhooey]

I am one of those stubborn toons who has never asked for a toon up. I have a fairly good comfort level. Of course, I understand that going sad isn't beneficial for the team but I am usually confident that with everyone focused we can get through it. Whether it is continuing to hit the VP and driving him down the ramp or in the CJ stunning those cogs for the +10 bonuses. Now because of my low laff comfort level, I do watch others laffs but might not run over to toon them as quickly as they would like. So if you are in battle with me, do not hesitate to ask for a toon up. Then I can get an idea of what your comfort level is. There are many ways to convey that you need a toon up.....sad face, asking to use a toon up, help.....etc. Whenever, I see that, I will try my best to help you.

[Monkey Man 2]

Originally Posted by Lady Flappy McPhooey

I am one of those stubborn toons who has never asked for a toon up. I have a fairly good comfort level. Of course, I understand that going sad isn't beneficial for the team but I am usually confident that with everyone focused we can get through it. Whether it is continuing to hit the VP and driving him down the ramp or in the CJ stunning those cogs for the +10 bonuses. Now because of my low laff comfort level, I do watch others laffs but might not run over to toon them as quickly as they would like. So if you are in battle with me, do not hesitate to ask for a toon up. Then I can get an idea of what your comfort level is. There are many ways to convey that you need a toon up.....sad face, asking to use a toon up, help.....etc. Whenever, I see that, I will try my best to help you.

Or just stand in front of Lady Flappy. Works everytime for Knuckles Bananamonkey Hee Hee. Thanks for helping the little misguided monkey survive!

[PrincessSnappyFiddlefoot]

Originally Posted by miss_sadie

Princess Snappy - Not sure if I was that laffer but it could have been me! Normally I watch my laugh meter and try to say something whenever I get lower than 30 and I try to watch others as well.....

Unfortunately last I had our cats trying to get inside due to a torrential downpour while they were wet, muddy, and kinda angry and my fiance was playing my toon while I tried to get everything under control before they tracked mud all over the carpet....he probably did not realize he was low and since I told him to just try to throw pies and listen for the VP jumping, that is all he did....i did not get to see us dance either cause I ended up cleaning the kitchen from dinner at kitties....

so if it was me, thanks for the toon-ups.......

good run otherwise!

PS - I did see your victory post in response to mine...glad to hear all danced with us! Guess I just missed a few who were behind the VP!!

First of all...awesome for you gettin a pinch hitter in your spot!! Hope the kitties were OK! lol I think it may have been you that I chased around a bit, but no worries and you're totally welcome! I realize that I usually won't know who's on the other side of the comp and I never remember suit levels and have to go back to screenshots if I'm doing a battle report. So by the time pie fighting comes around I don't know if you're 5 years old or 99 years old, a cold caller or a holly, etc. So I'm playing it better safe than sorry :-)

And I totally agree with what was said above that if someone says no thank you to respect that. I know on some angles it can really mess with your screen getting the pie toon-up, but I never really thought about the challenge of going low. Good point. :-)

[miss_sadie]

Originally Posted by PrincessSnappyFiddlefoot

First of all...awesome for you gettin a pinch hitter in your spot!! Hope the kitties were OK! lol I think it may have been you that I chased around a bit, but no worries and you're totally welcome! I realize that I usually won't know who's on the other side of the comp and I never remember suit levels and have to go back to screenshots if I'm doing a battle report. So by the time pie fighting comes around I don't know if you're 5 years old or 99 years old, a cold caller or a holly, etc. So I'm playing it better safe than sorry :-)

And I totally agree with what was said above that if someone says no thank you to respect that. I know on some angles it can really mess with your screen getting the pie toon-up, but I never really thought about the challenge of going low. Good point. :-)

Yeah, he was worried that he would not know what to do but basically I was just press delete and try to aim and jump.....i forgot to tell him to watch for my laff meter.....he would have looked at me funny anyways and ask me what a laff meter was......he does not understand my fascination with this game...lol

Kitties are well.....a bit cranky now since they would rather be outside but the mud is off them.....they did not like the bath though......

Thanks again!

[Hucklegoose]

Originally Posted by Lady Flappy McPhooey

I am one of those stubborn toons who has never asked for a toon up. I have a fairly good comfort level. Of course, I understand that going sad isn't beneficial for the team but I am usually confident that with everyone focused we can get through it. Whether it is continuing to hit the VP and driving him down the ramp or in the CJ stunning those cogs for the +10 bonuses. Now because of my low laff comfort level, I do watch others laffs but might not run over to toon them as quickly as they would like. So if you are in battle with me, do not hesitate to ask for a toon up. Then I can get an idea of what your comfort level is. There are many ways to convey that you need a toon up.....sad face, asking to use a toon up, help.....etc. Whenever, I see that, I will try my best to help you.

i'm exactly the same way. i'll pay attention to other's laff, but i don't really care about mine unless it starts to get in the 10-20-30.

[Dizzy]

Originally Posted by PrincessSnappyFiddlefoot

And I totally agree with what was said above that if someone says no thank you to respect that. I know on some angles it can really mess with your screen getting the pie toon-up, but I never really thought about the challenge of going low. Good point. :-)

I had to post this screenshot, taken today, because it seems so apropos. At the 5pm VP, I boarded on Miss T. Fied and had the pleasure of joining 2 wonderful ubers, both 25 laff. Unfortunately, the VP was extremely jumpy today. Right Turn Clyde missed a sudden jump at the very beginning taking him down to 15 laff. Before I even had a chance to ask him if he would like some help, another very sudden jump by the VP brought him down to 5 laff. Since the pie round was just starting, I took a chance and tooned Clyde without asking (if he had run away I would have left him alone but he did not). While I was tooning him, the pies distracted me (I get distracted if they are thrown at me or even if I'm throwing at someone else) and I missed the next 2 sudden jumps by the VP. Luckily, Clyde was able to make those jumps and I got him all tooned up. Since Miss T. Fied starts out at 39 laff, and lost 20 laff from jumps at the very beginning, I spent a good deal of the pie round at 19 laff. When I wasn't busy stunning, I made sure to say over and over again, "Don't worry. No problem. :-)" so my teammates would know my laff was quite comfortable. A ghost jump toward the end took me down another 10, leaving me at 6 laff. At that point, the VP was almost over the edge so I moved around front away from the gears.

I am unsure when we lost our other uber (I don't hear sad sounds from the back). It is actually not usual for the VP to jump as much as he did in this particular VP, and I'm only glad we didn't lose more toons because of it. The screenshot below is a display of excellent teamwork... tooning someone up when they have reached their comfort level and leaving someone alone that requests it. I love to dance below 10 laff... it even made it worth dancing for Sofie Squirt!