Forum:Total Drama Wiki Newsletter/January 2012

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Dear users of Total Drama Wiki,

This is the first issue of the Newsletter after its return. It's a great way to start off the year with a brand new, exciting concept. I am happy to have neko-naito and TDIFan13 helping me, because putting together Newsletter isn't as easy as it seems. Without them helping me with this new project, it probably wouldn't have gotten to the first issue yet. This issue includes all the topics each issue of Newsletter will include: Letter From The Editors, Comics, Wiki/Total Drama News, Art Contest, Advice Column, and Episode Reviews. The people working on each topic will change each issue. I will put up a blog after each issue is released so that you can apply for whichever position you'd like to contribute to.

All art judges who were chosen last month will send their reviews to me on the art contest pieces featured this month in the Art Contest section. They will rate it 1-5 stars, review why they rated it however many stars they rated it, and which entry they have chosen to win out of the entries. The next issue will feature their reviews, the winning piece, and the entries for this month's theme.

Unfortunately not all writers submitted their entries for this issue, but that's okay. I understand that it was a busy time of year that the entries were due. Although it's not the same without them, it's a really good issue. I can't believe how much talent is included in this first issue of Newsletter (after the return.) We have Aimers' artistic ability on Comics, AJ's outgoing personality with Total Drama News, both WM and Ale with their talent and Art Contest entries, and Fedora with his writing talent on the Episode Reviews. I can't wait for the next issue but for now I'd like to thank....

Neko and Ryan for helping me put this whole thing together.

Aimers for making an amazing comic - I can't wait to see more from his Crossover project.

AJ for making a great, informative update on TD:ROTI.

WM and Ale for submitting excellent entries for the Art Contest.

Fedora for contributing his well-known episode reviews to this issue.

-by misstditylerfan

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-By Aimers

Wiki News
Hi guys, it's Missy here with a Wiki News update! The wiki now asks users to avoid posting spoilers at all costs. This is because, as most of you know, TD:ROTI is being aired daily in France. In another report, the wiki has been nominated for the Wikia's Best Wiki of 2011! Vote for Total Drama Wiki here.

New proposals include:

Spoiler Page Proposal, proposed by Bigez620.

Advertising and Design Teams, proposed by Webkinz Mania.

New Saturday Morning Activity, proposed by Webkinz Mania.

More Awareness for Activities, proposed by Webkinz Mania.

New Proposal for TDR Talk Page, proposed by Fedora Kid.

New Wiki URL, proposed by Webkinz Mania.

Proposal Board, proposed by Webkinz Mania.

Electing Three More Chat Mods/Vote, proposed by CD-TDA.

Read this section in the next issue for another Wiki News update!

-by misstditylerfan

Total Drama News
AJ here with your first update of Total Drama News!

First, here is a timeline, showing how long we have waited for Total Drama: Revenge of the Island:  June 10, 2010- Total Drama World Tour Premiers in Canada

 June 21, 2010- Total Drama World Tour Premiers in the US

 July 28, 2010- Australia begins their month of airing TDWT one episode a day

 September 1, 2010- The Finale airs in Australia, with Heather winning the million

 November 15, 2010- The Finale airs in the U.S., with Heather winning the million

 March 25, 2011- The shapes of all 13 TD:ROTI contestants were revealed

 April 5, 2011- A Christian Potenza video is revealed, showing everyone the theme of the season

 April 24, 2011- The Total Drama World Tour Finale airs in Canada, with Alejandro winning causing controversy on the wiki over the official winner

 April 24, 2011- The first TD:ROTI trailer is revealed

 June 1, 2011- Christian reveals the season's logo, along with some final character designs

 June 3, 2011- Snapshots of a radioactive Camp Wawanakwa were revealed

 August 25, 2011- The TD:ROTI Cake Entertainment flipbook was released

 August 28, 2011- The first group shot was revealed (see below) via Facebook September 24, 2011- A third trailer was released, confirming team assignments and showing some new teams.

 September 27, 2011- Christian reveals that TD:ROTI was supposed to air in the summer, was pushed to September, and is now further pushed into 2012

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt;color:#00b050"> October 13, 2011- Christian revealed stuff about the intro of the season, and said promos were coming soon

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt;color:#00b050"> November 28, 2011- The Canadian airdate for the season was revealed, as January 5th

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt;color:#00b050"> December 14, 2011- Confirms the team name change of Radioactive Rats, to Toxic Rats

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt;color:#00b050"> December 18, 2011- The TD:ROTI website was launched in Canada, revealing contestant biographies and season descriptions

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt;color:#00b050"> December 21, 2011- France begins airing this season's episodes <p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">Blue: Total Drama World Tour

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">Green: Total Drama Revenge of the Island <p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">So finally, after a long wait, we're finally getting some Total Drama! With Total Drama: Revenge of the Island airing in Canada right around the corner, the talk pages are bustling with activity. <p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">Also, since France has jumped the gun and has already aired the entire fourth season of Total Drama, after airing two episodes a day, some users already know the whole season's turn out (not me though). Watch out for spoilers that are floating around the wiki, if you don't want to spoil yourself before January 5th rolls around.

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">That's all for now! Enjoy your new season premiering on January 5th in Canada! AJ signing out until next time! by bridgette_dj10

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Below are the entries that were submitted last month with the theme Winter Holidays. They will be reviewed by the judges in the next issue and the entries submitted this month with this month's theme will also be featured in the next issue, but to be reviewed in the month after. If anyone has anymore entries for the theme Winter Holidays, please leave them on my talk page and I will add them for judges review.


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ATTENTION: Next month's theme is Valentine's Day! Please leave all entries on my talk page to be included in next month's art contest.

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You probably did better without trying because you weren't stressing as much about trying to work harder and do better. Stress is a bad thing and can prevent us from doing things the way we'd like to. Try to have fun and don't work on studying all day. Only study at night - some studies show that our brains work better at night when trying to pick up information. Also, try listening to classic music when studying. It sounds silly but I've learned from personal experience that it can really calm you down and relieve stress when trying to concentrate. Don't look at the time while studying because that can make you focus too much on rushing things, rather than focusing on what's really important. A hot cup of tea with lemon or honey at night can also help to relieve stress.

-by misstditylerfan

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Season: Total Drama Island

Episode Number: 19

Episode Name: Hook, Line, and Screamer

Summary: While the contestants are watching a horror movie, Chris and Chef frantically leave the island in the Boat of Losers, dropping a newspaper that tells about a psycho killer who escaped from jail and was last seen around Muskoka. While Heather believes that it’s just another challenge, the others prepare for the worst while she heads off to take a shower. It is then revealed that Chris is, in fact, watching them from the control tent, and it is just a challenge, with Chef acting as the psycho killer with a chainsaw. Chef then proceeds to pick off all of the campers one at a time in true horror movie style, eliminating them in the following order: Izzy and Owen (who went off into the woods to make out), DJ (who ran right into the control tent by himself after seeing Heather, wearing only a towel, shaving her legs), Heather (who was about to take a shower), LeShawna (who tried to get some brownies from the main lodge), and Geoff (who heard an ice cream truck and ran off to investigate). Duncan went off to face the killer on the Dock of Shame, eventually hijacking his chainsaw and defeating him, revealing it to be Chef. However, Gwen, the only other person left, goes to the main lodge to eat a sandwich and is confronted by the REAL psycho killer. When the others arrive and warn her that he’s real, she attacks him and manages to scare him off, winning the challenge for herself. At the Bonfire, the elimination is specifically decided by Chris based on the contestants’ performances in the challenge, in which he declares DJ to be eliminated due to never even seeing the psycho killer before chickening out.

Review: To put it in a nutshell, this episode was absolutely amazing. It created a really nice style of an elimination within an elimination, picking off all of the campers one-by-one. This episode featured multiple references (some shameless and some clever) to other horror movies, including “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “Friday the 13th,” and “Psycho.” It also featured a rather unexpected and entertaining hookup; Izzy and Owen going into the woods to make out. While this sounds like a rather unusual couple, it was indeed very funny to watch the witty interaction between them both before and after their encounter with the psycho killer. This episode also brought out the best of Duncan and Gwen, who took on leadership roles in the episode while trying to keep the group together. And the finale with Gwen facing a real serial killer was absolutely hilarious and amazing, with the killer revealed as having a girly, high-pitched voice and being so weakened by a slight kick to his chin, instantly believing that he was “bleeding.” The elimination was somewhat shocking, but meaningful, as everyone (yes, even Heather) gave DJ a group hug before he left. This episode was as good as they get, and I’d give it a 10/10.

-By Fedora Kid
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