User talk:Toadgamer80

Welcome
Hi, welcome to Total Drama Island Fanfiction wikia! Thanks for your edit to the Total Drama School (Toadgamer80) page.

Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- Kenzen11 (Talk) 16:20, September 19, 2010

Hi, Toad, "Old Man of the Wiki" here. Thanks for your support of TDI-G&amp;S on the Featured Story ballot. "Amazing" is probably the one word I hear more than any other.

A note on the Featured Quote voting: I can certainly understand why you think featured quotes should be funny, but the rules don't make that a requirement (i.e. the rules state that "It's not funny" isn't a valid reason for Opposing). The admins are content to feature quotes that are serious or even dark. If you think the Legacy quote is TOO dark, that's a perfectly good reason to Oppose, but you should probably have left your comment at that. It bears mention, though, that some of the wiki's best-loved stories are pretty dark. Legacy, Life After Lies, Violet Hill and Total Drama Infinity have all won Featured Story votes, but three of these kill off a canon character--indeed, two are mainly about the death of said character--and the fourth has multiple torture scenes.

Lest there be any confusion, please understand that your opposition to the Legacy quote does NOT offend me in any way. I nominated it mainly in an attempt to stimulate voting, because none of the other nominees had any votes at all, either for or against. In any case, the admins don't actually count Oppose votes, even as a tiebreaker, because they don't want to encourage "strategic" voting. The Oppose option is only there at all so people who don't want to Support a nominee can give feedback, and maybe blow off a little steam in the process. (Nominees that are seen as truly unworthy sometimes draw flocks of Oppose votes.)

In any case, it's nice to see that you're starting to come out of your shell. Posting your own stories is all very well, but people will be more inclined to read those stories if they know you, so getting your name out there will help drive traffic to your stories. Voting in the Feature elections is a good way to do this. Joining in blog discussions is another. Leaving constructive comments on the discussion pages of stories you've read is a surefire way to become popular.

You can also introduce yourself to people on their User talk pages, as I have done with you (although most people won't be as long-winded as I) and converse with them. A word to the wise, though: when you introduce yourself to someone, don't just ask them to read your stories, because that type of advertising is against wiki rules. Enforcement seems to be on a complaint basis, so you're not likely to get in trouble for bringing a story to the attention of someone you know well.

Acceptable methods of advertising a story include linking to it from your User page (which I see you have done), making a blog post about it (which I see you have also done), nominating a passage from it for Featured Quote, nominating a character from it for Featured Character (if it's a competition story and you have a character that fits the theme of the month), and nominating the story itself for Featured Story (even if it has no real chance of winning).

You can also call attention to your stories by running for Featured User, although that's probably a litte premature in your case. A socially active user generally needs 500 edits or so to be taken seriously as a Featured User candidate, although there is no rule against even a raw newbie running.

One more thing: if you wish to respond to a message that someone leaves on your User talk page (as opposed to a story's talk page) you should respond on his or her talk page, not on your own. Responses that you post on your own page are likely to go unseen, because most users don't routinely monitor other people's talk pages. (They can if they want, but most choose not to.) Gideoncrawle  I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 17:31, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

All right, thanks for the notice. Yeah, I'm not going to run for Featured User for a while, but I might consider having one of my characters running for Featured Character... that is, after my story gets more popular. Call me Toad or Toady just not Toadgamer80! 20:28, November 30, 2010 (UTC)

Actually, nominating a character on the Featured Character ballot might help your story get popular by drawing attention to it. Even if it doesn't get any votes, the name will be out there. The only restriction is that, in most months, nominated characters have to fit a certain theme (antagonists, flirts, etc.) And remember, reply to talk page posts on the poster's talk page, not on your own, because most people won't be monitoring your talk page. Gideoncrawle I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I-- 21:42, November 30, 2010 (UTC)

I apologize for not properly welcoming you to the site. Thanks for being so supportive of my stories. :) Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 17:48, December 11, 2010 (UTC)

Sure. That's fine by me. Sprinklemist Cyan is the new green. 15:38, December 12, 2010 (UTC)

Wow, thanks :) My first comment! It means a lot. --Pinball1106 cannot think of anything interesting right now... 16:29, December 16, 2010 (UTC)

I've converted... half of one to novel form, but... For me, a novel is a novel. So the first 8 pages of my first chapter is... 24 pages in novel form (and novel form doesn't skip all of those lines). I don't think people would be interested in reading all of that, lol. --Pinball1106 cannot think of anything interesting right now... 03:20, December 23, 2010 (UTC)

Toad, I love Total Drama School! I wanted Gary to win, but I am now rooting for Carson. I am glad there is a second season!Alejandrofan3000 15:28, December 26, 2010 (UTC)

I like them both, because they are a lot like me in real life! I remember back in 2001? when I heard "It's over 9000!" on the real show. It will always be funny!Alejandrofan3000 15:40, December 26, 2010 (UTC)

Julia and Nic. Violent girls are funny, and I like people who cannot antagonize!(Justin) I love Sharissa's return! Jst like her rolemodel/cousin Izzy!Alejandrofan3000 15:50, December 26, 2010 (UTC)

I love how Izzy returns a lot! In my first fanfic, one of my characters is going to return 3 times in the same season! Ever time he returns, everyone looks at Chris and says"Really!? Again?!" It will be so funny!Alejandrofan3000 15:57, December 26, 2010 (UTC)

I love this wiki already! On the camps wiki, I have 2,530 edits in the last month! I edit fast! Plus, I add to my characters's profiles after every chapter, even to their backstories. I already have a sequel planned.Alejandrofan3000 16:11, December 26, 2010 (UTC)

I took your advice and nominated a quote I really enjoyed writing!Alejandrofan3000 16:32, December 26, 2010 (UTC)

Read it. Have a feeling Amanda is next.Alejandrofan3000 16:35, December 26, 2010 (UTC)

If you have the time, read the quote I nominated. It is funny because it happened in real life!Alejandrofan3000 16:39, December 26, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, thanks a lot for the compliment. I appreciate it so much! I put that specifically for Gary, since I know you have looked at my story :). I actually didn't realize the story was so long until I was reading something on Gideoncrawle's TDI's talk page that said that a chapter could be really one of the longest ever and could easily cross 7,000 words. I always thought stories like Sprink's had been longer than mine, but I guess not, lol. Again, thanks so much for the support, and I just hope you or someone has the patience to read through all of it (If you include the character pages and the team category pages and everything it's already taken SO much work, but I enjoy it). --Pinball1106 cannot think of anything interesting right now... 01:27, December 30, 2010 (UTC)

I made a second stoey, no correlation to the first.If you read it, I hope you comment!

Total Drama Revelations Got it memorized? Got what memorized?  I have no idea.  12:00, December 30, 2010 (UTC)

Go Carson!Got it memorized? Got what memorized?  I have no idea.  18:37, December 31, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, there. The conversion project has begun, if you care. The first part of the first episode is up (just so people can analyze my writing. Check it out, please, if you're interested. Granted, you may already know what happens, but the conversations are quite different. Pinball1106 cannot think of anything interesting right now... 07:46, January 4, 2011 (UTC)

Hey, can I make an elimination chart for TDSchool? I have a good idea for it. 22:40, January 8, 2011 (UTC)