Forum:Total Drama Wiki Newsletter/September 2009

Advice Column
By Sorreltail18

''I need some advice. Apparently, I started a fanfiction and at least one-ten people viewed. I need some advice about making my fanfiction about Total Drama Action a bit popular with views. ''
 * Dear Sorrel,

Fan Fiction Dude Who Does Not Know What Total Drama Island or Total Drama Action Is ''
 * ''Thanks

Dear Fan Fiction Dude Who Does Not Know What Total Drama Island or Total Drama Action Is,

My advice is tell others about your fanfiction. Usually not many people read fanfiction the day you write but it takes time to grab viewers attention!

Don't let this fanfiction you wrote let you down! Just keep writing!

Sincerly,

Sorrel

Art Contest
Written By Nalyd Renrut

Hey, guys! It's Nalyd Renrut here! September's art contest is going to be... a kiss! Draw your favorite canon or fanon couples kissing! Put it on my talk page and I will put the best ones on the October newsletter! Well, what are you doing reading all the other stuff? Go make a picture!

Comics






Editor's Note
By Nalyd Renrut

As many of you know, new episodes are coming soon. We will be watching Ocean's Eight - or Nine will be hitting America in a few days, so everybody get your ear plugs; those "CxD" fan girls should be more than pleased.

But was it a good idea to have worldwide premiers? Canada still gets the episodes an hour and a half before Americans do, but is it fair to Canadians? I don't think so.

Because of American schedules for the show, Canadians have had to have six week hiatuses. I guess it's better because Americans don't have to wait, but the show is Canadian!

While it can be argued that the winner won't be floating around for a year for everybody to find out about, and for the first time I will be able to watch an episode of Total Drama and be surprised by the results! (Unless the Grips lose. No surprise there...)

So what do you think?

What do you think? The show should air in Canada, then America. The show should air in both countries at the same time. No opinion.

Episode Review
By Nalyd Renrut

This month I am reviewing one of my favorite episodes, Paintball Deer Hunter. Ah, yes, the nostalgia of the early days... I always love seeing Chris as Luke Skywalker. It's especially nice to see when most cultural references these days are so poorly and cheaply done on cartoons that only a small child could truly enjoy it. The next scene always makes me laugh with all the girls having to wait for Heather to leave the bathroom. Poor Beth, having to rub lotion on Heather's nasty alligator skin. And now, the extreme challenge begins! See, Total Drama Action has yet to pull off a challenge like this. As soon as you hear the challenge name you know this can't end well. The deer tails are enough to make one literally explode with laughter. DJ reveals that he is secretly part deer. Duncan's reaction to this is great. From the first time Cody is in the confessional as a living mummy you know something is up. I'm a little worried... I remember watching it for the first time and thinking he made Heather mad. Harold encouraging Bridgette is funny, but I think that was a better time for Geoff to step in and be a boyfriend to Bridgette. It's reasons like this I support the Bridgette-Harold relationship. Wow, Owen collected pee in a jar. Lindsay and Beth running away screaming is so funny. This is largely a Beth-Lindsay-Heather episode. I think that the fact that now Beth dislikes Heather would be better if in the previous episode they showed more Heather being mean to Beth and Lindsay. This episode has inspired me to find the Chip Bush. Oh dear. The beans kick in and Owen starts farting up a storm. This won't end well... And Beth finally realizes she doesn't actually like Heather! Owen runs smack into a rock... That'll leave a mark. And Cody jumps in to be Beth's knight in a shining pocket protector! I laughed at Cody stealing the chips from Heather and Beth. Aw, poor Owen. Chasing after a deer-man by the name of DJ. Owen being thrown off the cliff is always good for a cheap laugh. Uh-oh! Beth said the n-word! NO! So Heather is ticked off, but Beth refuses to apologize. LeShawna shoots Heather, so at this point it's clear the Gophers will lose. The Bass have had almost no screen-time this episode, so if they lose the elimination will make no sense. More fart gags from Owen put me on the floor with laughter. Really, who doesn't enjoy watching a fat kid fart? An epic fight between Cody and the bear is about to begin, until censors step in and cut to the next scene. And I was right! The Bass win. At the Bonfire Ceremony, the final marshmallow goes to... Cody. No, just kidding. However, a lot of people wish it went that way. Heather is safe and Beth wheels Cody down the Dock of Shame.Beth reveals to Cody that she has a bad luck tiki, and then she pushes him into the water with her lips. (I guess if you make Beth mad, she'll get even.)

Overall, this was a great episode, and worth watching. Especially for those of us who are disappointed with season two. Overall, this episode gets a 9/10 for humor, drama, and overall awesomeness.

Featured User Interview
With Bbhinton15 Interviewing Webkinz Mania

Today, we will be interviewing Webkinz Mania, Featured User of the Total Drama Wiki of August 2009. Thank you for joining us.

Question: When most people think of you, they see you as the Wiki's Leader, could you explain how that came to be?

Answer: I think it was because I was one of the earliest people to find this place. I came when it was in its roots and I made a lot of friends, causing a tie in the admin election. Maybe it was because people liked me, maybe it was because people thought I contributed a lot.

Question: What went through your mind when you found out that you were nominated as August's Featured User?

Answer: Only one thing: o.O! I was a bit surprised. I thought I would be nominated later...

Question: I've viewed your Edit Count. You seem to be very active on Other Wikis, as your Edit Count for Others is very high. What other wikis are you apart of?

Answer: Look around ANYWHERE! XD. Webkinz (kinda inactive, admin), FusionFall (on and off, regular user), Muppet (on and off, regular user), TDI Camps (active, admin) and others... me and Sorreltail18 started a TDI Camp called "Where in the World is Webkinz Mania?" So how did that happen? I go everywhere!

Question: What would you say is your greatest accomplishment concerning the Total Drama Wiki?

Answer: Hmmm... its hard. Maybe fixing up the rotted forum and/or getting a lot of edits. I have over 4000 at the moment (as the only one). I fell deeper into the series!

Question: Have you ever had a rare experience? We'd love to hear about anything about you that doesn't happen to everyone/doesn't happen everyday.

Answer: Maybe once if I can remember.

Question: Do you have any current goals/plans for the future (on this Wiki or even in real life, we'd love to hear them all)?

Answer: Just hope to have a happy life.

Thank you for taking the time for this interview, Webkinz Mania. We hope you will help to contribute even more in the future!

Future Episode Ideas
By Cards777

So far on Total Drama Action, we have had monster, alien, drama, beach, western, prison, hospital, horror, disaster, war, and bank heist movie genres. There are still a lot of genres left: spy, fairy/fantasy, space, mystery, and others so here are my ideas.

For the fairy/fantasy genre, the challenge could be the boys dress up like princes, while the girls are princesses, and the princes have to save the princesses from a dragon, Chef or the other team. If you save your princess, you win invincibility.

For the spy movie genre, one team will be the spies, and the other team are the villains. As for the challenge, the villains have to stop the spies from breaking in and stealing an item. If the villains stop the spies from getting the item, they win. But, if the spies get the item, they win invincibility.

The space genres challenge could be where one member of the team is tied to a fake rocket, and the other members of the team have to endure obstacles to get to the cast mate tied to the rocket, whichever team unties their teammate first wins.

The mystery genre’s challenge would be simple: solve a mystery. However, it won’t be very simple. There might be hard to see clues, phony clues, or just no evidence. To win the challenge you would have to solve the mystery.

Updates/What's New on Total Drama Wiki
By Webkinz Mania

This month has been awesome. There had been many things that had been going on:

'''JOIN US IN THE WIKIA IRC TO CELEBRATE THE UNOFFICIAL TRENT DAY. TO CELEBRATE NINE, STAY TUNED ON 9-9-09! THANK YOU TO FREEHUGS41 FOR THIS IDEA!'''

We have deleted non-Total Drama Island/Action (other cartoons) userboxes!!! It was decided from an admin vote. Since one of the admins didn't vote, the final score was 3-1 so the userboxes got deleted and are currently deleting the broken links.

While a chat, TDIFan13 made a speech about non-Total Drama series images and videos should be deleted. 75% of the videos are off topic. While the chat, admins and others talked about the wiki-leader election. Here's some updates about that: It has been decided that there will be an election for the Wiki's official leader. To sign up, you must have at least 400 main space edits.. You must add your name under the sign-ups section. On September fifth, we will close sign-ups. The admins who don't get elected will still have power, and the president will have to pass things by the other admins. Go here for more info.

We have been waiting for Episode 14. The title is: One Million Bucks B.C. It could have been the long-time rumored Welcome Too The Jungle. Thank you to TdiAlex for uploading the Best. Game. Ever. pictures and various others for finding out its "Studio 11", making the wait over for the challenge. Its presumingly, a wilderness/jungle theme. Since there's the words "Million Bucks" in the title, maybe the grass is the money and the campers have to go find it. Plus, I went to various websites and I found out Teletoon will resume premiering Total Drama Action on September 10 starting with One Million Bucks B.C. Apparently, that is the same day (Thursdays) that Cartoon Network premieres Total Drama Action. That means Teletoon's viewers can see it an hour and a half before Cartoon Network viewers! But if they have long waits for the next series, I will be very annoyed.

But it was good and bad. Epicness happened on Thursday, August 27! We found out titles for three future Total Drama Action episodes. Nalyd's editor note has more details but again, here are the episodes: One Million Bucks B.C., Million Dollar Babies and Dial M for Merger.

The Best. Game. Ever. is one of the most contributed articles in the wikia! Many users have been adding info, pictures and adding the new userbox to their user page. I also make a big improvement so people should follow the new, easy format!!! It took me a while and now its on semi-protections since many users were complaining about the IPs.

We made the new Best. Game. Ever. and The Big Picture forums. Both of them are games and you can talk about your score, what couples you shot and what amazing pictures or things you have taken for the Big Picture Forum!!! For the Best. Game. Ever. forum, we thought it was contributed a lot and wouldn't match 100% to the Total Drama Action forum so we made one. Talk about your alliances, your character, show pictures and talk about THE BEST GAME EVER!!! Don't forget to use the forumheader...

Now, nominated images for featured images have a two month span before being deleted so then we wouldn't be stuck to it for over a year!!! Many of the June nominees got deleted on August 26, 2009.

I am getting excited for September. I think we will have more users now that nobody will be spoiled for Total Drama Action! This will be exciting and I think we will have a bunch of exciting news here and DRAMA for the show.... Stay tuned!!!

Short Story
By Sunshineandravioli

(This month, I decided to do a series of journal entries by LeShawna while she was locked in the safe during "Ocean's Eight- Or Nine". Enjoy!)

9:30 AM

''I can’t believe it! I’ve been kidnapped and shoved in a safe! Chris says it’s part of a challenge, but still. I’m glad to be away from my no-good teammates, though. Just because I pulled out some fake tears to get a day at the spa, they’re all mad at me! Sure, Duncan, the delinquent, Harold, who rigged the votes against Courtney last season, and HEATHER think they have any right to be mad at me for lying?! They would’ve done the same thing if they were me.''

10:30 AM

''What’s taking my team so long to get me out?! I can hear them outside the safe, but they just seem to be arguing with each other. I’m so glad I don’t have to deal with them ‘till they get me out. I’m tired of dealing with Harold, still obsessed over me. I’ve told him over and over, we’re through! He just doesn’t get it! I’ve got some respect for Duncan, but he’s still a criminal. And Heather? Don’t get me started.''

''Wait- I just heard something. I guess Owen got out of the safe. He must’ve been kidnapped for the other team. Hold up. My team’s leaving. LEAVING? They’re just going to walk away and leave me locked in here?! Those jerks!!! I’ll show them… once I get out.''

1:00 PM

''Three and a half hours. I’ve been in here for three and a half hours, and no one’s come back to let me out! I can’t even hear my teammates anymore, they must’ve just gone on with the challenge. And they think they can be mad at me for getting that reward, when they’ve gone and left me here locked in a safe! I hope they lose and realize they can’t win without me.''

''I’m starting to get hungry. I haven’t had lunch (for obvious reasons), so the only thing I’ve eaten today is Chef’s slop, which barely qualifies as food.''

4:30 PM

''SEVEN HOURS!!! And there’s no sign of my team, Chris, or anyone who might let me!!! I wonder if the challenge is over yet. I wonder if the Gaffers won or not. I wonder if anyone remembers I’m in here. Judging by the complete silence outside, I’m guessing not. I’m REALLY getting hungry now. Maybe Harold will come soon, he cares for me slightly more than the rest of my team. Which I usually hate, but if he lets me out because of that, I’ll be cool with it.''

7:00 PM

''Are you kidding me?! I can hear the Gilded Chris Theme! Everyone HAS forgotten about me!!! I’ve been in this dang safe for nine and a half hours! This ain’t funny anymore!!! I can’t even tell who won the challenge! I hope it was the Grips, just to teach my team a lesson. Geez, I haven’t eaten since breakfast. A couple of times I thought I heard some animal, but it turned out it was my stomach growling. If someone doesn’t let me out soon, I’m gonna tear this safe open myself!!!''

9:30 PM

''Twelve hours in here. I tried using a hairpin to pick the lock from the inside and get out. It didn’t work. Slowly losing strength. Stomach so empty it hurts. Have plotted the murder of each member of my team, Chris, and Chef for leaving me in her. And the Grips because I got bored.''

12:00 AM

''Fourteen hours in the safe. Little strength left. So desperate for food I would wolf down a buffet of Chef’s cooking. Unable to form multiple coherent thoughts.''

3:00 AM

''FREEDOM! Finally! Chef came and let me out a few minutes ago, because he heard my stomach growling and thought a bear had gotten into the safe. Chris gave me some decent food and let me eat all I wanted, in exchange for me promising not to sue. I slept for about an hour, so I’m not that tired. My teammates, however, are probably extremely exhausted from the challenge. Unfortunately for them, I don’t feel like waiting until morning to yell at them for forgetting me…''

THE END