VP Training Run: Feedback

[Murky]

Please post your experiences here, comments, suggestions, and run reports.

[Captain Skippy Spacklemash]

I thought we did a great job! the person i was teaching(i think it was lady gigglesnout), she said she learned a lot from me and i just want to thank everyone for a fun run and a moe zart sos card!

[Little Fancy Pedalwhip]

Little Fancy Pedalwhip Reports that on:

Dec. 22, 2007 1700 CST
5/5 Danced for Flippy

john 97 HW14?? Laffboost, Congrats!
+Snappy Rockennoodle 66 MNG
+Miss Flip Flipperfoot 130 HW50
*Buster Thunderfoot 95 TF
+*Little Fancy Pedalwhip 131 HW50

+ Together in Cog Round
* Together in Skele Round

This run went pretty good, Snappy is going to be a fantastic stunner with more practice. Thank you john for coming to help when we were short. Thanks to all the helpers, we could not have done it without you!

To Princess Trixie, I am so sorry! I did not see you leave to go get a friend and we left without you. I am very, very sorry, I was so upset when you did not board.

Special thanks to Good Ol' Murky Paddlefink, we appreciate all you do so much! You are awesome!

[Iguanamama27]

Thank you to everyone that helped bunbun learn to stun. Finding the Cold Caller's Guild was the best thing to happen for us! He is thrilled every time we have fought and now he thinks he is the coolest because he knows how to get the pies in. Great teaching!

However, I apologize for not being a great healer. I started to get uptight and eventually handed the task over to my 10 year old, who did a better job than I could have. So much for buckling under pressure.

[Skrawneykid]

Originally Posted by Captain Skippy Spacklemash

I thought we did a great job! the person i was teaching(i think it was lady gigglesnout), she said she learned a lot from me and i just want to thank everyone for a fun run and a moe zart sos card!

It was an extremely fun and successful run.
You can tell that the people who went to learn are nearly pro!

[Sleepy Head]

Well... it appears I was not invited and needed to be but I did happen upon the group by a friend so I'll post my thoughts/concerns.

My side of the group could've done a little better on the cog round. After finishing off the lvl 12 we happened upon some lower level cogs. My side should've killed off the higher leveled cogs and kept the lower level one. Maybe it's me just being picky...

-Sleepy Head

P.S. Yeah, I teleported from the Moe Zart.

[Miss Flip Flipperfoot]

Originally Posted by Sleepy Head

Well... it appears I was not invited

You were invited. Murky posted a week ago the invite for all who wished to gain stunning practice to join in and sign up. In her post, she invited healers and teachers too.

[Sleepy Head]

I had thought that I also needed to sign up.

-Sleepy Head

[Dawggie]

Melody Reports that on:

Dec. 22, 2007 1700 CST
7/7 Danced for Nancy Gas

+*Melody 125 HW50
+Granny Spunky Twinklemuffin 126 HW50
+Colonel Fangs Frinkelsnooker 80 GH4
Loopy Cranky Peppersnout 74 HW11
Alvin Twinklestink 112 HW8
*Scottsman 110 HW18
*Sorcerer 116 GH


+ Together in Cog Round
* Together in Skele Round

We left a toon short for this TR. Thank you to Colonel Fangs for filling in on one of the open spots.

We quickly and efficiently disposed of the VP's minions and moved onto the real meat of the gathering. We moved the VP down to the middle platform and began assualting him....unfortunately, I was not able to communicate effectively using speedchat with Colonel and he almost single handedly drove the vp to the next ramp. We managed to get everyone to relax and heal for a lil bit and let the vp climb back to the middle for more practice time.

We left him on the middle platform for quite a while as we "tried" to rotate the trainees in for some practice. Not sure if everyone got to practice what they came for, hopefully they did.

After over an hour of practice, we decided to pack it in and finish the mission.

I think that it is imperative for all attendees to have read the PM that our Training Run Master (Good Ol Murky Paddlefink) sent out earlier this week explaining the format and structure of the training. Not only does it contain helpful hints, but it also attempts to dictate how we would like for the run to go. It is painfully obvious to ME that some of the attendees did NOT read the PM, or the runs would have gone much smoother. So please, in future Training Runs, please be prepared for the run by reading the PM and attempting to follow the structure. Our run for this TR went fairly smooth, but in order to maintain the integrity of the training session, we must ask that participants become familiar with the structure so all that attend can have an equal chance to learn.

[SnappyR]

Snappy had a great learning experience & wanted to thank everyone who helped him & Murky for arranging this training run. You all are the best Snappy was thankful for all the snowballs thrown at him & is super excited he's a Mr. Hollywood now.

[scottsman]

Originally Posted by Dawggie

Melody Reports that on:

I think that it is imperative for all attendees to have read the PM that our Training Run Master (Good Ol Murky Paddlefink) sent out earlier this week explaining the format and structure of the training. Not only does it contain helpful hints, but it also attempts to dictate how we would like for the run to go. It is painfully obvious to ME that some of the attendees did NOT read the PM, or the runs would have gone much smoother. So please, in future Training Runs, please be prepared for the run by reading the PM and attempting to follow the structure. Our run for this TR went fairly smooth, but in order to maintain the integrity of the training session, we must ask that participants become familiar with the structure so all that attend can have an equal chance to learn.

Dawggie,

I hope Coronel Fangs did cause too much trouble. He is a very loyal toon and someone who is great fun to run with. If he understood what was going on, I am sure he would have cooperated better. I do not have true friends with him, but I did my best to explain what was going on. Constant whispers of wait, and stop that seemed to do the trick and I think everyone got their shots in. It made for a very interesting problem. I also did not expect him to be that good a stunner. He certainly wasn't the last time we fought the VP and that was only a few days ago. This run gave him a chance to practice and boy did he get better! It was my stupid mistake in asking him to come. We could have easily handled the cogs with 6.

I would love to do future training runs, and if I do, in a situation like this, I will just leave and take the non-CCG with me if there is backup. I know I learned a ton just by watching and it was great fun to get some stunning practice. Please everyone, post your thoughts on this, good or bad.

BTW I was doing "off things" like going from the front and the right on purpose because that is what I wanted to practice. My normal spot is in the back on the left because you take so much less damage. Some day I hope to try to solo the VP, but I obviously am not there yet and I want to try to learn to hit from everywhere. Let me know if there is anything I could do to make the experience better. (I did read the guidelines.) Thanks so much for this great opportunity.

[Evil Kid John]

Originally Posted by Little Fancy Pedalwhip

Little Fancy Pedalwhip Reports that on:

Dec. 22, 2007 1700 CST
5/5 Danced for Flippy

john 97 HW14?? Laffboost, Congrats!
+Snappy Rockennoodle 66 MNG
+Miss Flip Flipperfoot 130 HW50
*Buster Thunderfoot 95 TF
+*Little Fancy Pedalwhip 131 HW50

+ Together in Cog Round
* Together in Skele Round

This run went pretty good, Snappy is going to be a fantastic stunner with more practice. Thank you john for coming to help when we were short. Thanks to all the helpers, we could not have done it without you!

To Princess Trixie, I am so sorry! I did not see you leave to go get a friend and we left without you. I am very, very sorry, I was so upset when you did not board.

Special thanks to Good Ol' Murky Paddlefink, we appreciate all you do so much! You are awesome!

yes now im a lvl 15 hw

[Dawn Ov Anudae]

Elle O Quent Reports that on:
Dec. 22, 2007 5:00PM CST
7/8 Danced for Moe Zart

*Captain Skippy Spacklemash 125 HW50
+Sheriff Popcorn Poodlepop 109 HW 15
+*Super Cuddles Pinkercorn 68 TF 10
*Lady Gigglesnout 127 HW50
Egor 128 HW50
+*Elle O Quent 127 HW50
Lady Daffodil Sparklenose 126 HW50
+Sleepy Head 34 (sorry didn't get suit)

+ together in cog round
* together in skele

I apologize if any of my notes are wrong, I'm no pro at run reporting. Sleepy Head happened upon on our training run. Not quite sure why he/she left. We breezed through the cog rounds,to get to the good stuff, beating each other up with pies (at least thats the good stuff for me anyway )I think we would have liked a little more time. Once you get him down to the middle pad its nice to leave him there for while. That way everyone can get enough time in for practicing. A couple of times we had to let him climb back up the ramp so we could continue. Given all that we still got some practice in. Lady Gigglesnout will be an awesome stunner in no time at all. I do feel one thing needs to be mentioned. A lot of time and planning goes into this run..(Thank You Murky) Please make sure that you can commit to the whole training run before signing up. I think we had a good training run. Thanks for fun and see you at the next one.

Elle O Quent

[Buster ThunderFoot]

Team Snowflake left without trixie... I'd ask what on earth was up with that, but...

I tried to take her on another run with my friends, but they didn't know that we were trying to train.

I'm sad right now.

On a lighter note, nice seeing you John.

[Little Fancy Pedalwhip]

Originally Posted by Buster ThunderFoot

Team Snowflake left without trixie... I'd ask what on earth was up with that, but...

I tried to take her on another run with my friends, but they didn't know that we were trying to train.

I'm sad right now.

On a lighter note, nice seeing you John.

That was totally my fault, I thought I had us all counted and I didn't. Apparently she had gone outside to get a friend. I'm bummed too, I wish she had made it on the elevator with us.