CCG offers CFO Training Run

[Murky]

Saturday, Jan 12, 8:30 pm central
9:30 pm eastern
6:30 pm pacific

How's it go?
*We race through the cogs (stinkers take their time and goof around with gag selections) We hope to extend our practice as much as possible on the crane part.
* Happy hoppin goonie stompers will protect craners and fill the room with treasures. These can be people who usually crane and want to learn to stomp better or experts who want to help other people get a chance at learning to crane. (Let me know if you are just learning to stomp so I ballance the team for success and place you with experienced experts.)
* Craners can be people who have never craned before or people who would like more practice. This is an opportunity to get the wildly swinging crane under better control. We'll take as long as possible to destroy the CFO so craners get time to practice moving safes to other players, throwing goons, removing helmets with great safe tosses, and gaining confidence.
* Teams are usually made up on Friday night and I try to ballance the elevator load. You'll meet your leader at a designated place inside the CFO loading lobby, and follow the leader on the elevator. You can exchange codes if you want with the leader or one of the stompers, who can give you tips. There's not much time for typing, but sometimes it's been helpful. The team lists will be posted so check here in the forums, in this thread for your team assignments and the location for meeting your leader.
* It's been helpful to read all the tips before the run, if it's your first time, or you've never been successful on the crane before. There are videos and tips for getting the swing under control that can be very helpful.

On Saturday, the team leaders will pm the secret district and any tips they have or sf codes (if they choose) to their team members. (I can't choose a district early, since I don't know which district Disney will fill with randoms and turn green. We want an EMPTY distrcit.) We'll gather in corners of the CFO lobby surrounding each assigned team leader. We come early, and meet inside (wow! that's different!) and when the leader says, "let's go" the team goes up and on the elevator. We don't intermingle the teams, we load one at a time, so we keep the ballance of stompers and craners intact. The first team to have all signed up members circling their leader gets to load first. Yes, they've been known to board before the designated time, because everybody was present (Wow! another unusual non CCG difference!) If the teammates forget to come for the run, the back ups fill in for them, so the team won't have difficulty with the cogs or goons.

Here's a helpful video:

http://www.youshare.com/view.php?file=Solo%20CFO.wmv

Best way to control the wild swing is to pull the crane back over your head and redirect it at the goon. Move forward straight at the goon with the magnet (control key) down, and then when you have it, pull straight back again and move forward toward the cfo's head.

If it releases with a soft "pfft" noise and bounces off his chest without hitting his head for points it means you released too soon. Just regrab it and pull all the way back again, and get a run at it. Next time release later...maybe even imagining that you'll hit him in the eyebrows or hair line. If he sits, it might sail over his head, but that's ok. Maybe they need more goons on the other side. There will be another out of the box soon.

Many grab their safes and put them in easy reach for when he gets dizzy. It's nice to practice passing them too, because the most dangerous CFO battles are lost when the safes accumulate around a craner and he gets a helmet that nobody on a crane is able to remove (since they can't reach any safes to remove it with.)

Please don't let a safe sit in front of the door because goons selfexplode when they come out. It means the craners on that side have nothing to do to help, and the stompers on the other side are gonna get mobbed with goon swarms as twice the goons start exiting on them. It's a neat trick when you solo, and only want goons swarming out of one side, but you can save it for advanced training instead of this beginner training run.

Please keep an eye on your laff so our stompers don't feel the need to use a unite. There ought to be plenty of treasures laying about the floor since the stompers who signed up are incredibly tallented. Step off the crane and refill once in awhile. Don't worry, you can have your crane place back; nobody will take it.

Anybody have any further tips to add?

Ok, now that you understand what the training run will be, it's time to sign up here: (Please clear your schedule you you can keep this important appointment and not let your team down.)

1. Good ol Murky Paddlefink
2. Scout Mama
3. Brrlgrrl bringing Familiar (stinky team)
4. Kitty Mama bringing Rascal Katts
5. Slippy Fiddlpop (same team as Loopy Bumblequack)
6. Little Fancy Pedalwhip
7. Dawggie...left handed craner, big booted stomper
8. Crazy Jake Jabbermouth practicing stomping
9. Lady Gigglesnout
10. Lady Violet Twinklepretzel
11. SIMBACAT practicing stomping
12. chocoholic1415
13. Thundercat500 bringing Miss Daphne Dandydorf
14. Dream Dancer (try to put with Buster Thunderfoot if possible)
15. QueenFluffyGiggletoes (stinky team)
16. chiller2 bringing Chilly (kinda stinks according to Queen Fluffy Giggletoes)
17. Miss Flip Flipperfoot (stinky team)
18. Lady von Zippenberry bringing Baroness
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1. Buster Thunderfoot
2. Princess Lily Twinkletoes
3. Frostimom bringing Miss Petunia Flippernoodle
4. Ultima Manticore bringing King Fangs Superslam
5. Jefe bringing Princess Bonnie
6. Loopy Bumblequack (put with Slippy Fiddlepop)
7. mistiwillows bringing Lady Fireball Pinkerphooey
8. Granny Spunky Twinklemuffin (stinkers)
9. Loopy Cranky Peppersnout
10. crazy corky
11. Spazzatack
12. alc127 bringing Sir Wilbur Octofoot
13. peanutbutterandjelly bringing Dippy Wonderzap
14. aidinslevel bringing Little Petalsnooker
15. Electrogargle bringing Captain C.W. Electrogargle
16. SPDB bringing Granny Peanut Dizzybubble
17. Brownie
18. Violet Twinkletoes

1.Lady Freckles wearing those famous styling stomping boots
2. Miss Fluffy Snifflepoof
3. cputnal bringing Obsidian
4. littlespike bringing Queen Frecklezilla

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Here's the teams. Stompers are still needed to finish filling the teams.

Team 1 Meet right far corner, near stairs to elevator
Leader: Scout Mama
Stomper: Dawggie, Melody
Stomper: Crazy Jake Jabbermouth
Stomper: Lady G
Craner: Frostimom,Miss Petunia Flippernoodle
Craner: Loopy Cranky Peppersnout
Craner: Ultima Manticore, King Fangs Superslam
Craner: PeanutbutterandJelly, Dippy Wonderzap

Team 2 Meet close right corner
Leader: Kitty Mama, Rascal Katts
Stomper: Slippy Fiddlepop
Stomper: Lady Violet Twinklepretzel
Stomper: chocoholic1415, Ricky
Craner: Loopy Bumblequack
Craner: Crazy Corky
Craner: aidinslevel, Little Petalsnooker
Craner: Violet Twinkletoes

Team 3 Meet close left corner
Leader: Murky, Egor
Stomper: Thundercat500, Miss Daphne Dandydorf
Stomper: Lady von Zippenberry, Baroness
Stomper: Jefe
Craner: Princess Lily Twinkletoes
Craner: Spazzatack
Craner: Alc127, Sir Wilbur Octofoot
Craner: SPDB, Granny Peanut Dizzybubble

Team 4 Meet far left, by stairs to elevator
Leader: Little Fancy Pedalwhip
Stomper: Lady Gigglesnout
Stomper: SIMBACAT
Stomper: Dream Dancer
Craner: Buster Thunderfoot
Craner: Mistiwillows, Lady Fireball Pinkerphooey
Craner: Electrogargle, Captain C. W. Electrogargle
Craner: Lady Candy

Team 5 Smells a bit Stinky Meet in center
Leader: Brrlgrrl
Stomper: QueenFluffyGiggletoes
Stomper: Miss Flip Flipperfoot, Flipflop Gal
Stomper: chiller2, Chilly
Craner: Granny Spunky Twinklemuffin
Craner: Brownie
Craner: Gordie
Craner: Oinkster


Back Ups on Standby Meet by the entrance
Lady Freckles
Miss Fluffy Snifflepoof
cputnal, Obsidian
littlespike, Queen Frecklezilla
SnappyR
Princess Lily Twinkletoes

Special Notes for everybody:



Please make space for your district pm, arrive early, meet inside.


Let's work on safes first, practice removing & passing. Try not to destroy goons while practicing safes so the game does not progress in difficulty.


Although normally we hit a dizzy stunned boss with safes, it causes high points, so let's not safe him when dizzy, just goon him so the game progresses slowly for maximum practice time.


If red goons start swarming, it's a great time to ask one of the stompers to take the crane and end the run before anybody takes too much damage. The room should be loaded with treasures, and if it is not, and it's becoming dangerous, it's time to trade places and let the stompers on the cranes for a final hit. I suggest that the stompers each protect one craner, work their quadrant and not run around, but keep a close eye on the laff of their craner, and give tips when they seem appropriate.


I'll check for empty districts mid afternoon and pm the district to the team leaders who will pm them to their team members.


Please do not invite friends to this run. Each team is carefully put together and there will not be a place on the elevator for a friend to come along who hasn't signed up and been placed on the team. They can join us for the next training run or any of the regular CCG runs. It complicates the smooth boarding process if they follow toons to cash HQ during our training run. Please stand with your leader and keep alert to watch for them saying, "Let's go" so that you move with your team up the stairs on onto the elevator.

[Buster ThunderFoot]

... Crane posistion please!

[Lady Freckles]

I'll be happy to bring one of my toons as a helper - better do the usual and put me as back up for now as I can't guarantee anything till closer to the day.

Will be LadyF or Miss Sqweaky coming out to play...

[Brrlgrrl]

Happy to help, anywhere you need me.

[Miss Flip Flipperfoot]

Stomper at your service Murky

Side note: I'm a beginner.

[Princess Lily Twinkletoes]

Me! Me! I wanna learn the crane!!! Hope everyone brings lots of patiences!! Heehee!

After watching that solo video I am speechless. Anyone that can do that is brilliant. Bravo to all you soloists out there! OK...he made the craning look a little less overwhelming. I THINK I get the idea. Thanks soooo much for the video! I am going to watch it faithfully everyday until the training run. LOL!!!

[Frostimom]

Some pick this up very quickly while others are a tad slow...I seem to fall into the second catagory...so please...can I come again to practice under the super protection of your awesome stompers????

I promise when I grow up I will come back and stomp for others. Hehe!

Sign up Miss Petunia Flippernoodle (stats below)

Thank you!

[UltimaManticore]

Crane please, I need the practice.

[Jefe]

I'm a decent stomper, but would not mind some more practice on the crane. I'm not awful, but I'm not that good either. But I don't mind just helping others through either if thats where you need people.

[Murky]

Originally Posted by Jefe

I'm a decent stomper, but would not mind some more practice on the crane. I'm not awful, but I'm not that good either. But I don't mind just helping others through either if thats where you need people.

Thanks for your willingness to help anyplace.

I've listed you with the craners, since practicing that skill is so important to enjoying the CFO and helping the team win.

It can't be done without good stompers, so I'll keep in mind that you are ok with being moved to stomper if we don't get enough helpers signing up to stomp for the team.

The post is just out so there's still a long way to go and lots of chances to sign up, so it's to early to tell where our greatest need is. I'm guessing your need is to work without stress and pressure on the crane so I hope to keep you there.

Let me know if I guessed the wrong toon for you, since you didn't say which you were bringing.

[KittyMama]

Have paws, will stomp.

Might bring Rascal Katts.

[Slippy Fiddlepop]

Slippy Fiddlepop will come a stompin, along with Loopy Bumblequack who wants to learn how to crane. Same elevator requested.

Granted, this will require me to get off my rear and get Slippy's bux, but I'm not bringing Rainbow to stomp , especially after I got down to 5 and then 7 laff during a CFO last night.

[Scout]

Hey Murky,

You know you can always count on me for any training so put ya where ya need me. I think for simplicity in the friends list area I shall take my stinky duck, Holly Molly. Thanks in advance for your efforts in arranging this run (I don't know how you manage to make dealing with all these stinkers look so easy! Love ya!

*LF or Brrlgrrl, Who is in charge of new boots?

[littlespike]

Sign me up:
Bringing Queen Frecklezilla
Will help wherever needed

Thx - LST

[Lady Freckles]

Originally Posted by Scout Mama

*LF or Brrlgrrl, Who is in charge of new boots?

Well, I'm thinking it might just be your turn to provide some new boots...although I may see what I can find in Winter Stomping Fashions.