I went into the Bullion mint yesterday w/3 randoms. I am always w/randoms because I have no SF Of course first there is the elevator shuffle, which alway annoys me. Everyone there had over 100 laff pts. I know that this doesn't ensure good players, but they usually have decent gags. I know I still make stupid mistakes sometimes. So the one that keeps hopping on and off tells us he is helping a friend and heying us. So I go ahead and hop off to be nice. Then he tells me shall we go. So I hop on. He keeps saying that he needs more cogbucks. So to get to the point when we get to the end of the mint, he stands back and won't come up to the cogs. By this time I figured it out, but the littlest toon had already engaged the cogs. Well, I'm not going to let them go sad, just because this guy is waiting for an invasion. So I keep passing or luring or tooning up while this other toon keeps throwing gags. The toon who is waiting for the invasion is just speed chatting non stop stinkies to the other toon. Why in the world when you go in w/randoms would you think everyone is going to wait for you?!? What is the protocol in that situation?

It makes me mad too but I would also join the toon that engaged and tell them they should pass...sometimes they abide...sometimes not...the worst thing about NOT joining that toon that engaged is,if he should be able to clear that last set without you (Pulls out a 7) and you aren't with him...you get NOTHING. I'll join in...NOT help defeat the cogs but I'll be there luring and doodling.

Don't you hate when that happens? You did the right thing

There are many people that seem to think that everyone reads the forums and are aware of the constant invasions in River (the invasions are a result of forum members calling them in that district, not Disney). There are many toons out there that don't know you get double merits/bucks/jn/options during invasions. And of course, there are some that do know but only need a few themselves and don't care that you're working on a million.

In any case, it's no cause for stinking or trying to turn someone green. Join in, wait until the last second, call your doodle and stall. It's a good time to dump an unwanted SOS card (such as restock trap) that takes a bit of time. Post over here "Need invasion NOW, please" or find a friend that you have on IM to call one. If all else fails, realize that getting the normal number of bucks is better than getting none and "Let's play again".

Those of us who've been around for a few years should remember that our first toons maxed out without the luxury of invasions. Be thankful for the ones we get now and don't sweat the ones we miss.

Owoooo! That is sooo right. Miss PoutyFace maxed sell AFTER the cog levels were reduced, BEFORE the merit credit was doubled and BEFORE the invasions started coming regularly in River. So, what did that mean? It meant for the 5500 merit run, you had to do something like 29 FULL factories (and they were uphill both ways!).

I'm with you Lady Coconut - you have to take it on the chin sometimes. Doodling is always a good time waster

Yup took it in a 9 yesterday. That toon knew about invasions though since right at the end they were saying "Sorry" "I need to go" etc. Of course THEY got what they needed. The rest of us were all working big numbers. That's a pet peeve I've ran into before in not only mints, DA's and now cog golf courses. If you don't have time...don't go in! This toon could have easily done a 3 (with invasion) or a 6 (w/o invasion) but chose to do a 9. To make it worse there was a rare 5th toon waiting to do a 9 when we went in.

But yup....you suck it up and just do another one. Later....way later. Maybe next week Poor little Nanner maxed Sell and Cash w/o invasions too but now just wants all her keys so I can work on my babies!

Of course there's always the option of actually calling your own invasion.

I'm a Robber Baron, level 12, and I need 8900 bucks.
I'm exhuasted and tired of going into mints.

So I kind of understand people wanting to wait for an invasion. But I wouldn't let someone
else go sad because I'm not ready to fight the cogs.

Anyone running in Nuttyboro expecting an invasion (without being willing or able to call their own) kinda gets whatever happens. Even Summit I don't expect an invasion and just plan to use one of my own. Problem is I have used all mine up and must plan a CJ marathon to stock back up. River? Forgettaboutit! I never (ok rarely) get in there and the lag and toons are usually so bad it's not worth it......

Umm waiting a half hour for double points when you could have run another in that amount of time makes sense....why????

That was my thought process, but you know, some people don't think like us.

I don't like to wait longer than a few minutes. It defeats the purpose of the invasion if you wait too long, when you could just go back in I wait longer in a D, and don't plan to do any 9s so that won't apply ). Then again I well remember the days before invasions doubled anything besides gag credit, and I'm never in a hurry to max anything anyway so it just doesn't matter that much to me. In fact, I don't worry about them at all if I am running my own toons alone; I just go do what I need to do and then do it again

We ran with a random recently who needed enough to want an invasion, but clearly didn't know, and triggered the cogs. I had suspected he would so we made sure one of us could call one. If we hadn't had any available I'm sure we would have just killed the cogs and moved on.

I would never let a toon go sad because of it. If someone chooses not to join in that's their issue to deal with.

On the subject of double tooning, I would love to do 2 at once, but don't think that I could afford $160 per year. Granted, I do have more money than most my age, but I'm very frugal and don't spend more than I have to. I also think that sometimes toons go overboard on the whole invasion bit in factroies and such. If you don't get your double merits, bucks, or whatever GET OVER IT.