Total Drama Island: Killer Grips: Worst team EVER!!!!

nate4123
[1]Aug 20, 2009
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Ok in the whole entire Total Drama series and even in the world of teams in TV shows like that, I have never seen a team go this bad when it comes to a start of a new season. The Killer Grips are one of them. What is going on with them? They only won one challenge out of 9 challenges so far given this season. That is terrible! But What is there to blame? Bad leadership? Bad selection of contestants in one team (meaning that you have to Blame Trent for the team's big time mishaps)? And if the gaffers didn't do what they did to get their contestants off the show (Gwen's payback to the grips, DJ's decision to quit) The team would have just been gone a long time ago!
So how are they going to recover? First off the team really needs a boost and hopefully the new addition of Courtney to the grips would help the team win challenges, give the team their invincibility in a long time, and avoid the guilded Chris ceremony. But so far from people here, Courtney seems like it isn't enough for the team. Lindsay's leadership was fun and all, but it was crap! She still gave the team losses. How about the Grips as a team? It seems they aren't smart together and they can't even manage to work together. It like what they think of doing they do it and never think twice (the exception of Lindsay though).
Compared to the Gaffers, they are never as great as this team. Probably because it was Gwen that was the main captain of the team and she did manage to go to the final 2. She knows how to play the game. The grips had Trent as team captain who did manage to be alright in the final 10 last year, but I knew he would never be smart enough to lead a team to be dominant. Instead, he just got crazy and the team is suffering for that.
So how can the Grips recover here? New leadership? Steer straight the team to think of victory instead of elimination? So far as things go like this, the Grips will be gone. Gaffers to the finals!
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The_Cartoon
[2]Aug 20, 2009
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It's true, the Grips never fairly won an elimination challenge. If it weren't for Gwen cheating and DJ quitting, they would be 2 more players short. If Izzy hadn't come back, it would be 3. And that would leave 1, 0 if you don'y count Courtney. So yeah, they are the worst team ever.
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CrystalCoconut
[3]Aug 21, 2009
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Well we know that Heather and LeShawna are the next 2 to go.

So obviously they will win some challenges

Or the team merges

And I think the Killer Grips will lose the next challenge

Why cuz then then the Grips would have lost 9 times!
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Riankg
[4]Aug 21, 2009
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One of the reasons is choosing some very bad contestants. We all can agree with this. Well Beth (okay she helps a bit) and Owen (he won last season xD) are exceptions. Trent was one of the best in his team. Lindsay helps a bit..Izzy too, but her crazyness makes she lose sometimes (okay...always)and Justin..no coomments he doesnt help in nothing.

Courtney's coming back will help them, because they NEED to win ..at least once...because the episode that Gaffers lost is an exception...Gwen lost the challenges on purpose.
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HaydenAvery
[5]Aug 21, 2009
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what makes everyone think that courtney is the super special thing that will help the grips! the grips will either win because of courtneys lawsuit, duncan throwing challenges, or mostly the huge gaffer conflict about to erupt.
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CrystalCoconut

[6]Aug 21, 2009

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HaydenAvery wrote:

what makes everyone think that courtney is the super special thing that will help the grips! the grips will either win because of courtneys lawsuit, duncan throwing challenges, or mostly the huge gaffer conflict about to erupt.

Because she made the Grips almost win.

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HaydenAvery
[7]Aug 21, 2009
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lindsay did that too and better.
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CrystalCoconut
[8]Aug 21, 2009
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HaydenAvery wrote:

lindsay did that too and better.

How?

Btw courtney is better in challenges then harold
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HaydenAvery
[9]Aug 21, 2009
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yup courtney is better at challenges.

Lindsay took charge of her team and motivated them. if courtneys able to keep up the winning thing in the nw episodes ill believe that shes a better leader than lindsay.
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CrystalCoconut

[10]Aug 21, 2009

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HaydenAvery wrote:

yup courtney is better at challenges.

Lindsay took charge of her team and motivated them. if courtneys able to keep up the winning thing in the nw episodes ill believe that shes a better leader than lindsay.

she didnt motivate them she just yelled them 2 stop

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snkcole06
[11]Aug 21, 2009
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agreed, and maybe the grips will start winning challenges too
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alagaesian
[12]Aug 21, 2009
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Oh, GREAT. Now it's Courtney and Lindsay. What's next, Courtney and Noah?

Still, the Grips are doing REALLY bad. If CC's prediction is right, the Grips will lose another reward challenge before the merge. The team will have lost...nine times. Curse of Trent!

People to blame for the egregious challenge record of the Grips:

Trent: He threw challenges and picked a bunch of good-looking people instead of decent competitors. Yeah, I can see his reasoning, but it hasn't won the team anything thus far.

Justin: Lazy lump of cheese.

Izzy: Insanity can help the team win challenges, but so far, it hasn't.

Owen: Yeah, I know, a player who can eat a bunch of foam core, rubber, sawdust, and wax and still come out alive will help out in those really, really gross challenges. But, they really haven't had many of those. The one the did have (prison challenge) he wasn't supposed to eat anything. And, I believe that Owen was the direct cause of the Grips' loss in Ocean's Eight or Nine.

I believe that Lindsay actually helped her team in challenges. Sure, she was bossy, and she did yell at them a bit in The Sand Witch Project. But, if she hadn't done that bossing during the second part of the episode, they all would have been scared out of the tent by a soccer ball with a pillowcase over it. And, with Full Metal Drama, the team was doing HORRIBLY already. Justin refused to do any work, Owen was weak and torn down from the intestinal problems, and Izzy was having fun with Explosivo. Without her leadership, would they have even TRIED to capture the Trunk of Mind-Blowing Secrets? Probably no. Yes, I know she was bossy. Yes, I know that she didn't lead well enough to give her team a win. But, at least she DID something! *cough*Justin*cough*
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LordGrievous

[13]Aug 21, 2009

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CrystalCoconut wrote:

HaydenAvery wrote:

yup courtney is better at challenges. Lindsay took charge of her team and motivated them. if courtneys able to keep up the winning thing in the nw episodes ill believe that shes a better leader than lindsay.

she didnt motivate them she just yelled them 2 stop

I think HaydenAvery was referring to when Lindsay gave that motivational speech in "Full Metal Drama".

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snkcole06
[14]Aug 21, 2009
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i think the grips will start winning in episode 15 or 16, cause i too believe that they will lose the next challenge and if the next episode is a reward i wonder what it'll be or a prize that only one person can win sounds familiar? and if it is all four of the gaffers will be fighting about it
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CrystalCoconut

[15]Aug 21, 2009

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LordGrievous wrote:

CrystalCoconut wrote:

HaydenAvery wrote:

yup courtney is better at challenges. Lindsay took charge of her team and motivated them. if courtneys able to keep up the winning thing in the nw episodes ill believe that shes a better leader than lindsay.

she didnt motivate them she just yelled them 2 stop

I think HaydenAvery was referring to when Lindsay gave that motivational speech in "Full Metal Drama".

And how did that "motivating" help the team win?

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4EverGreen
[18]Aug 21, 2009
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I used to think that Beth and Harold had about the same level of intelligence, but I now think that Harold might be a little bit smarter (no offense to Beth fans, because I AM one,) but Harold HAS to be smart if he can manage to be on the same team as Heather and Ducan and STILL not get voted off! Harold is in the same position that Owen was in during season 1, only Harold actually wins with his brains instead of having to rely on dumb luck (which, if Owen's current position is any evidence) then Owen's dumb luck is just about to run out! And with Gwen's departure, Harold has become the only force that's barely managing to keep the Screaming Gaffer's together, first with his historical love relationship to LaShawna, his new friendship to Heather, and finally winning Duncan's respect by saving his life in "Master of Disasters" and beating back the Killer Grips in "Full Metal Drama." But seriously, the Killer Grips are WAY overdue! Someone from that team has GOT to make it to the Final Three to make up for all the times they've lost in this season! Enough said!
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alagaesian
[19]Aug 22, 2009
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^ The generally accepted prediction for the final four actually includes 3 Grips: Harold, Beth, Justin, and Courtney.

As for Harold not getting voted off, the Gaffers have only lost one invincibility challenge. That week, who were the targets? Heather and Gwen. He didn't really need to use any strategizing to stay in the game. Yes, he's probably the only thing that's keeping the team from murdering LeShawna in her sleep. However, he is one of the reasons why the Gaffers are so messed up in the first place. Duncan hates him. LeShawna, trying to protect him, hates Duncan. That's two of the four hate relationships that are going on in the team right now.
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HaydenAvery
[20]Aug 22, 2009
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(crystalcoconut must you turn EVERYTHING into a fight?)

Harold is actually tied with duncan for the most useful player on TDA. Hes trying to patch up the team before the drama happens. hes trying to befriend duncan and heather but they make it hard and in order to fit in with his team he wants to push leshawna aside. i am starting to think that leshawna will use harold to get revenge and get out heather. but leshawna has equal chances of going. btw cc lindsay gave them the speech that made them go into war with the gaffers. you cant deny the truth.
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