Parents who play ToonTown....Can you help me?

[Princess_Rox]

Hi all!
I'm trying to figure out a way to get my mom to play ToonTown with me. If mom played, I think she could get pretty into it. And there might be a possibility I could eventually SF with other kids my age.
The only problem is, she's the kind of person who you have to beg to play "Shutes & Ladders" with you.
One night (about a year ago) mom came into my room to say goodnight to me, while I was playing ToonTown. I was on the 'Make-A-Toon' deciding between bear or dog. Needless to say, she got interested and I ended up making a small pink mouse.
However by the time we reached Tutorial Tom, she said it was getting late and she had other things to do.
I thought I was sooooo close that time. -_-
But, I guess my purpose for all this is to ask other parents out there for some suggestions and tips about how to go about this.
Parents:
Were you interested at first? Or did TT have to grow on you?
How did your kids get you playing?
And should I let her play my account? Or give her a test account so we can play together???

Thanks guys!!!
Any other stuff you guys have to say about this would be helpful too!

Update!

I got her to play!!! I set her up on a emtpy make-a-toon space on my sisters account. (Sis' was okay with it)
My mom made a small pink rabbit, named Miss Candy Pinkertoon
And I made a small purple monkey named Lady Bubbles Bananaberry, to accompany her.
My mom is getting the hang of it fairly quickly, but if she doesn't know what to do next she'll stand around till I tell her to do something! Poor mom. lol
She isn't used to using the arrow keys yet, so she runs around and makes MANY frequent side stops & gets stuck alot.
But I have confidence she'll get better.
So if you ever see a small, meandering pink rabbit with a purple monkey in the lead, say 'Hello!' to us!
Thanks again to everyone for the advice!!!

[mildew102]

I tried out TT before I introduced my kids. I wanted to be sure it was worth the subscription. Then, I had to show my kids how it worked. We played side-by-side on the same account. My kids hardly play anymore.

What got me hooked was my kids would need jellybeans and the trolly games take so long. So, they would ask me to fish for them. Then, it was ... I just need another 3 Telemarketers, can you help me find them?

You could try that with your mom -- maybe ask her to go to a beanfest so you can get the next fishing rod.

Also, you could introduce her to TTC. If your goal is an OK for SF, show her the forums like KTTA and ATTA. Suggest that she play one of the account's toons and make SF with some ATTA members to see what its like and how safe it is.

[Wildpop]

Well, I'm not a parent (And from what I'm hearing from other parents on Toontown, I just may never become one now), but it appears your on the right track! Already, she seems intrested in the game.

There was a tip. Call your parent in while your playing toontown, and ask them what gag you should use, or what gag track you should choose, or even what task.

And when they start to get intrested, ask if they would like to give it a try. And voila! You've got them hooked. (Hopefully)

Good luck!

[ambear]

make it personal to her have her create her own toon theres some kind of attachment we ppl get when we have our own toon..

[Frostimom]

I replied to another thread similar to this: But here goes again..

I don't play computer games..or any type electronics...many older people don't.

My son got me to play Club Penguin because it was easy and my grandson and mom played too. It was fun and we could play and chat.

Then he found Toontown and tried and tried to get me to play. I kept brushing him off.

One night after I just said "no!" he went away and came back REAL excited...."oh mom, I made you a toon--come look!"

Okay, so his excitement and the fact that he was thinking about someone other than himself...cause me to get up and go sit at the computer. Only I couldn't get the toon to walk...much less do anything else. He tried, bless his little heart, to help me...but it seemed hopeless. Oh My ... he was SO disappointed! (He is such a great little actor..and so knows what gets to me) ...that when he went to bed for the next few nights I did get on and just try to do a little with that toon.

I kinda liked the fishing (and since he had run through the toontorial for me) I just played around with running up and down the streets...then I did a few tasks...

After a week or so I had finished TTC and found I couldn't go on.

Oh my son had the answer...its only like $10/month! Let's try it for a month...no commitment! Sounded easy enough. LOL!

Only before long we realized we couldn't play at the same time since they were both on the same account, and since my toon had more laff...I didn't want to give MINE up...so I bargained with him to pay 3 months if HE started a new toon! LOL!

Now 5 accounts later...guess who plays Toontown the most! Me...

So some suggestions?
1. Be considerate of your mom
2. Ask her to help you finish a task that is "just to hard" for you!
3. Oh mom I need merits to run the VP tonight...would you run the factory on my toon for me while I finish this homework?
4. Make her a toon and help her (I suggest you do the Tootorial cause its a mom-downer!)
5. Tell her about the awesome adult groups here at TTC that are having lots of fun playing together on TT!
6. Tell her you WANT to play together!

Good luck!

[Midnite Purr]

My son begged me for days to make a toon. I didn't want to and I made one just to get him to stop asking. He asked me to play with him, which was basically me sitting there watching him play. He wanted me to play my toon, so I did and he had to tell me how to do everything... I'm not kidding. After a couple days, I thought it was fun to play with him and we bought a second account so we could play together. It took about a month of me playing a tiny bit almost every day before I was really interested in it.

Warning: The majority of my adult TT friends and I eventually started playing TT much more than our kids. Be careful what you are setting yourself up for. Do you have two computers?

[Princess_Rox]

Originally Posted by Midnite Purr

Be careful what you are setting yourself up for. Do you have two computers?

Yes! We actually have two desktops with internet and mom has a laptop that runs ToonTown rather nicely!

[Tromos]

We're giving away our secrets here ladies. Do we really want to give a kid yet more advice on how to successfully manipulate us adults?

Oh, well. Why not?

The advice I've seen so far from the adults has been pretty good. I refused to get involved for months because I know myself and I know how addiction-prone I can be, especially when it comes to computer games. Eventually, though, i realized it was the only way I was going to get to spend any time with my 5-year-old son.

Like everyone else, I'm the real addict in my house now. My son is too, though. But now he's always begging to play my character because he doesn't have the patience to finish his tasks.

The key, as you might have gathered by now, is to not make it a favor to her, but a favor to you. Parents will make all sorts of sacrifices for their kids that they would never make for themselves. If you are willing to put your pride and apparent intelligence aside for a bit and ask for mom's brainpower to help you achieve something, I think you might have better results. In the end, a little flattery (especially with moms ) will still get you somewhere. Just don't be too obvious about it. Parents can be manipulated but they are never stupid.

If you can turn a one time thing into a two-time thing. Then a two-time thing into a three or four time thing. Then maybe a twice a week thing. it won't be long before it's an every day thing without you asking.

But as someone warned, be very careful. Before you start on this journey, be very aware that you will likely soon be doing all your own laundry and cooking all your own meals if you go through with this. Manipulation has consequences and you might want to decide where your priorities lie.

[Big Tom Supernugget]

Try asking her for help when you're inside a tough cog building with other toons. I helped my son choose his gags in buildings because I didn't want his poor strategy to cause the group to fail, and I didn't want him to get yelled at by the other players. I ended up coming to this website to learn some strategy, and I got hooked from there.

[Princess_Rox]

LOL! Thanks for the help everyone! The only thing is, I don't know how I'll rope her into helping a teenager. ROFL!
Oh, well. I'll figure out a way.
My only problem is deciding between letting her play my account or getting her a free account. (trial)
If I set her up on a trial she & she likes it, she may be more inclined to purchase a subscription. However, after already paying for two (yes, 2) yearly subscriptions (one for me and another for my sister) she may not like being put off of our accounts. She may get addicted and snatch our accounts! O_O
And in answer to what some of you are saying....I would cook my own food if it meant getting to play with mom (and not being rushed to get off during the 'back nine' ) LOL!
Thanks again everyone!

[Orangy]

Once you get her to try tt, be patient with her while she is trying to learn it and let her do it her way and not the way you KNOW is best (fighting cogs, making friends, fishing, buying from the cattlelog). buy her a few things from the cattlelog to make it fun for her ( i just love when i get mail), and while you are playing with her open up a normal conversation and have a good time with her... she will appreciate and want more quality time with you and if she sees this is a way to get it she will be even that much more willing.

good luck...

[Dee Dee Mizzenbounce]

Originally Posted by Princess_Rox

LOL! Thanks for the help everyone! The only thing is, I don't know how I'll rope her into helping a teenager. ROFL!
Oh, well. I'll figure out a way.
My only problem is deciding between letting her play my account or getting her a free account. (trial)
If I set her up on a trial she & she likes it, she may be more inclined to purchase a subscription. However, after already paying for two (yes, 2) yearly subscriptions (one for me and another for my sister) she may not like being put off of our accounts. She may get addicted and snatch our accounts! O_O
And in answer to what some of you are saying....I would cook my own food if it meant getting to play with mom (and not being rushed to get off during the 'back nine' ) LOL!
Thanks again everyone!

I have children and grandchildren that started playing toontown before many of the things that are part of toontown were there (different playgrounds, bosses, etc.).

I often heard my daughter and her son (age 6) laughing hysterically and wondered what could be so funny about a computer game. I finally asked my daughter what was so funny about "this" game and she said "let's make you a toon". Well, that was two toons ago. At the beginning of my toon-education, my daughter and I laughed so much our stomachs would hurt because I couldn't get the timing right on navigating the mint obstacles and constantly fell into the lava, fell off the obstacle course, and could never get across the dreaded "blocks". We (my adult daughter) and I play constantly now. The grandchildren have reached the age where they are more involved in outside activities, but we love our toontown or as my husband calls it "loonytoons".

The laughter drew me into the web and now I'm stuck.

[Yume_eiei]

Originally Posted by Princess_Rox

ay get addicted and snatch our accounts! O_O
And in answer to what some of you are saying....I would cook my own food if it meant getting to play with mom
Thanks again everyone!

Hehe thats so sweet

Being a teen myself; I think I'll get my mum to play today. It would be funny since she hardly knows how to use the computer :P

[fatewineroses]

You've received a lot of good advice, but on the question of whether or not you should let her play your toons or get her a trial account...

Make the trial account. Then go ahead and make a toon and start on tasks. When you get to a point when you could really use two toons to finish a task...ask her to jump on your account, while you are on the trial account to help you with..a building, a factory, etc.

I figure it would be an easy way to get her to help you, without sacrificing one of your toons! LoL

Oh..and once you get her addicted, let her know there are more adults out there that are in the same predicament.

[Me Me Me Me]

i FINALLY convinced my dad to at least TRY toontown DX and now I AHVE TO W8 TILL NEXT WEEKEND DX