The Sticks Awards 536-540

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Hi, and welcome to The Sticks Awards!

The Sticks Awards are given to the best strips of all times, chosen by the polls here in the Playground. Read the The Sticks Awards Results Compilation (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34791) thread for more details and previous results.

To vote, simply post your favorite strip of the current 5 on the thread. You have 5 days to do it (changed by popular claim).

The poll will close on April 19th, 2:00 PM forum default time.


The Sticks Awards 536-540

536 A Brief Tribute (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0536.html)
537 What Do You Think Comes in a Disguise Kit, Anyway? (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0537.html)
538 Fiend or Foe? (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0538.html)
539 Well There is That "Saint" Prestige Class (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0539.html)
540 Melts in Your Mouth, Not on Your Alignment (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0540.html)

[Deepkicker]

"Damn it! With my luck, the next gnome that I kill won't HAVE any candy!"

My vote's for 340, mainly for this line.

[David Argall]

539. I'd like to vote for 537-9 as about the best 3 of the last 15 or so, but rules are rules, and 539 gets the edge over 537

[Silverraptor]

Uggggg... Another hard choice. What with the memorium of E. Gary Gygax, the arguing with Celia, Belkar stabbing the Hobgoblin, arguing with Celia, Belkar stabbing the gnome, arguing with Celia, Haley throwing Belkar's chocolate bar over the cliff, and then one last bit of arguing with Celia.

I guueeesssss...538 for Belkar's solving of problems. "Anyone ELSE wanna discuss me creature type withe me?:smallbiggrin:

[Assassin89]

539 for Haley's line in response to the death of a gnome. "I wonder if the gods would be offended if I just prayed directly to Roy for the strength to not strangle them both." :smallbiggrin:

[Aaron]

Ouch...hard choice. I pick:smallconfused:...538 for Belkar's problem solving method. "Shthunk. Anyone ELSE wanna discuss me creature type withe me?":smallbiggrin:

Belkar was very lucky that he was outside the city border.

I would also like to say thank you Mr. Gygax for creating a fun adventuring world! (or I should say, worlds):smallbiggrin:

[Chronos]

538, for clever problem-solving on the part of both Celia and Belkar. And seriously, "Darkblood Gloomgloom"?

[Logalmier]

"Damn it! With my luck, the next gnome that I kill won't HAVE any candy!"

My vote's for 340, mainly for this line.

I'm for 340, for the exact same reason.

[someonenonotyou]

538 539 was close thought

[The Blackbird]

Wow, there all good. The Gygax tribute is my pick though. 536, 537 and 540 are SO good though. But I owe so much to Mr. Gygax, he died only a year after I started playing and I owe him more thought than that I gave him when he did pass...

[kenb215]

540
The first time I've had a preference since deciding to vote in this.

[SandyCaesar]

#538. Problem solving skills can come in handy.

[xyzzy]

Oh, definitely 536. All the way.

[Master Wang]

539 by far.
"Was it? Oh well, I suppose that's what I get for getting all my information from Fox news"
gets me everytime.

[Niesra]

Mmm, I say 539. However, I would've liked that this round would unanimously go to the tribute to Mr. Gygax (though it is entirely disconnected from the story so...)

[Silverraptor]

Wow, there all good. The Gygax tribute is my pick though. 536, 537 and 540 are SO good though. But I owe so much to Mr. Gygax, he died only a year after I started playing and I owe him more thought than that I gave him when he did pass...

Can you please bold the number your voting for as you have multiple comic numbers in your post. This makes things easier.

[Illven]

I vote for 536 Gary changed my life for the better with D&D

[dps]

I'll go with 538.

[Haven]

538, though it's quite a tough call. "Okay, well, you're a little cliched..."

"I said, ARISE dead halfling corpse that is right in front of me, and take on a semblance of life!"

And "says the man who set fire to the bandit camp." :P

[Kurald Galain]

539, because there's now one less gnome for the resistance to fight. Belkar logic remains awesome.

[Mr. Mud]

539... Just because :smallamused:.

[petersohn]

I vote for 536. It's the one that worth remembering most.

[Killer Angel]

Well, a vote for Gygax it's a little unfair, so IMO it's out of contest.
the others four are all made of win... pure epic humor. But i choose 538: it has a great crescendo.

[Joerg]

I vote for 539.

[The_Void]

540.

10 characters.

[Forealms]

539, I thought it was excellent.

[The Blackbird]

Can you please bold the number your voting for as you have multiple comic numbers in your post. This makes things easier.

Sorry, fixed:smalltongue:

[Lupy]

540

The last panel is just awesome. :smallbiggrin:

[ericgrau]

538 hands down. For last panel, the disguises, acting, everything.

[TerrickTerran]

Have to go with 536 for the tribute.

[Supergwindor]

538. Belkar is awesome at times like these.

[Janmorel]

538, and thanks for the promotion.

[Istari]

537 .

[Aaron]

Since their hasn't been a post here for the past two days, I'm casting Raise Dead on this thread.:smallsmile:

[Lira]

My vote is for 538.

[Zed the Sharp]

I vote for 536. It's the one that worth remembering most.

Seconded. That one gets my vote too.

[Silverraptor]

Since their hasn't been a post here for the past two days, I'm casting Raise Dead on this thread.:smallsmile:

Thank you for doing so.

[Moogleking]

Gonna have to be 540, honorable mention to 536 though

[Silverraptor]

Attention.
The polls are now closed.

Please wait for the results to be calculated by Nazzo, the 102nd.

Any votes after this will not count.

[Morgan Wick]

If only Gygax had died sooner so the tribute would have fallen in 526-530... (not serious) Anyway, we have a pack of 536, 539, and 540 with 538 running away with it and 537 the runt. I expected a 536-538 battle and instead 539 came closest to challenging 538, but I did call 537 being one of the runts with 540. That the latter managed to tie 536 says a lot, I'm not sure what.

Paradoxically, despite lasting longer this round produced the same number of votes as last round, suggesting vote length wasn't necessarily the problem. The longer vote time only secured three additional votes that didn't change the outcome. Still, though multiple other rounds have matched it since, this represents the most votes for a voting round since 501-505.

For context, this round produced 33 votes, 501-505 produced 35, Bot5H produced 49, and from first to last, the BotQs produced 37, 40, 49, and 41; the last group of five in the Fifth Hundred produced 27, the one before that didn't get into the second page, so this is kind of normal for a group of five. The last group of five in the Fifth Hundred to produce at least 33 votes was 486-490, and the last group of five to get more than that was 481-485, which produced 38. But three of the more epic groups of five in the Fifth Hundred (436-440, 441-445, and 461-465, which produced the eventual BotH winner) produced, respectively, 56 (admittedly after a late closure), 54, and... 32. People will vote when they'll vote, and that's driven by the quality of the candidates and the closeness of the race more than anything else. This hundred got off to a slow start but it's about to pick up...

...because we now hit the Chuck O-Chul Norris section of the Sticks Awards. 542, the first hint of O-Chul's awesomeness, is bound to be a heavy favorite. 545 is next strongest for Redcloak's plan and O-Chul's bluff (though 543 and 544 could also be dark horses), and 541 is probably the runt. If these next two voting rounds don't combine for at least sixty votes, then we can start getting concerned (unless they're both blowouts).

It's official: the Sticks Awards now has its Three Amigos. Nazzo's Batman, I'm Robin, and Silverraptor is Batgirl (you know, the one who came last, rarely pops up and often gets left out). :D

[Silverraptor]

It's official: the Sticks Awards now has its Three Amigos. Nazzo's Batman, I'm Robin, and Silverraptor is Batgirl (you know, the one who came last, rarely pops up and often gets left out). :D

You couldn't have made it nightwing?:smallannoyed::smallbiggrin:

[Morgan Wick]

You couldn't have made it nightwing?:smallannoyed::smallbiggrin:

Nightwing would be if I started a version of the Sticks Awards for another webcomic, and stopped doing commentary for this one. Then someone else would come along and do commentary for a while, be unpopular, and then everyone would decide he had to stop, then people who haven't been involved in the Sticks Awards for a while would think it was me who'd been asked to stop and yell NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Then someone else would come along and do commentary for a while after that. By which point you're crippled and in a wheelchair and covertly communicates with all of us while a near-mute is Nazzo's assistant and poll-closer and an ever-larger cast of characters has grown up as Nazzo's assistants and we all wonder whether or not Nazzo's really a loner if he has all these assistants. And then Nazzo appeared to die in the latest "big event" and there's chaos as people run around trying to conduct the Sticks Awards in his place but we all know he's going to come back within a year. :smallbiggrin:

[Foryn Gilnith]

539... Just because :smallamused:.

I pick 540. Just because.

Hey, the fact that my vote isn't official doesn't mean I don't think it's worth hearing. :P

[Silverraptor]

Thank you all for your patience. Nazzo, the 102nd will post the results at his earliest convenience.

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Official results.

Sorry for the delay. What did you guys thought of the new timespan of 5 days?


536 - 6 (17.68%)
Blackbird97; xyzzy; Illven; petersohn; TerrickTerran; Zed the Sharp

537 - 1 (2.94%)
Istari

538 - 12 (35.29%)
Silverraptor; Aaron; Chronos; someonenonotyou; SandyCaesar; dps; Haven; Killer Angel; ericgrau; Supergwindor; Janmorel; Lira

539 - 8 (23.52%)
David Argall; Assassin89; Master Wang; Niesra; Kurald Galain; Mrmud; Joerg; Forealms

540 - 7 (20.59%)
Deepkicker; Logalmier; kenb215; The_Void; Lupy; Moogleking; Foryn Gilnith

[foahra]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what 5 days thing? hehehe


Official results.

Sorry for the delay. What did you guys thought of the new timespan of 5 days?


536 - 6 (17.68%)
Blackbird97; xyzzy; Illven; petersohn; TerrickTerran; Zed the Sharp

537 - 1 (2.94%)
Istari

538 - 12 (35.29%)
Silverraptor; Aaron; Chronos; someonenonotyou; SandyCaesar; dps; Haven; Killer Angel; ericgrau; Supergwindor; Janmorel; Lira

539 - 8 (23.52%)
David Argall; Assassin89; Master Wang; Niesra; Kurald Galain; Mrmud; Joerg; Forealms

540 - 7 (20.59%)
Deepkicker; Logalmier; kenb215; The_Void; Lupy; Moogleking; Foryn Gilnith