The Sticks Awards 556-560

[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 May 25th, 6:00 PM forum default time.


The Sticks Awards 556-560

556 Nuthin' But Net (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0556.html)
557 The Puppet Mistress (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0557.html)
558 Sort of Like a Reverse Psion (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0558.html)
559 An Introduction to Comparative Theology (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0559.html)
560 Meanwhile, His Teammate Was in Rhodes (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0560.html)

[Istari]

556 is probably the funniest

[Rakim Avishot]

560, without a doubt.:smallbiggrin:
Although my decision might be influenced by the fact that I recently read "The Odyssey" for English class.:smallwink:

[Haven]

560, so much. One of the funniest strips ever IMO--a bunch of really good individual gags, plus a great punchline that simultaneously comes out of left field and yet follows perfectly from the rest of the strip.

[TerrickTerran]

558 for me. Loved the sneaking in of a 4th ed. joke.

[Optimystik]

556.

"Fight, fight, fight the urge to say I told you so!"

[shadzar]

559 :elan: "My god's power to get us into trouble is stronger than your gods power to get us out of it!"
:durkon: (too funny to type, laughing too hard!)

[Aaron]

I pick 556. This is when being a bard comes in handy.

:elan: "Fight, fight, fight the urge to say I told you so!"

[Silverraptor]

556, by the power of plot!

[Ted The Bug]

559: because pants should be forsaken! Forsaken I say!

[Cestrian]

I feel the need to mention again how much I love this sub plot. 560 for me.

[The Blackbird]

560

A ninja! It's an omen I shall become a Ninja!:smallbiggrin:

556 is a close runner up though.

[aapje]

560 Cyclops

[dps]

558, I guess.

[Chronos]

None of these really stand out for me, but I'll go 559.

[Deepkicker]

I want to go for the net one...
But I said it then and I'll say it now- the fusion of OoTS and Lost is beyond epic. 560!

[dish]

I also enjoy this story arc, which makes the choice difficult, but I'm going to go for: 558
(...have you ever thought about how you might become closer to your god? Like, A LOT closer?)

[hajo]

556 Nuthin' But Net (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0556.html)
557 The Puppet Mistress (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0557.html)
558 Sort of Like a Reverse Psion (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0558.html)
559 An Introduction to Comparative Theology (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0559.html)
560 Meanwhile, His Teammate Was in Rhodes (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0560.html)

I vote 560 - "Ninja superhero"

[liooil2000]

556! Elan demonstrates his true intelligence!

[enarch3t]

560 Cyclops, ninja super heroes. What's not to love

[Superglucose]

559
Is it just me or are Giant's orcs adorable?

:thog:

[petersohn]

It's hard to chose, they're pretty much the same. I vote for 558, because:
"An epic level ranger couldn't track his thought process."
"He has 'Ignorance' as a class power source."

[kukn]

Funny stuff, but all a bit wordy for my tastes.

557.

[David Argall]

558, tho the ones on each side of are serious competition

[Joerg]

They are all quite good, but I like 556 best.

[warmachine]

559. "Crong not privy to rationale behind command decisions." I just love that.

[kenb215]

557, I guess.

hooray! sacrifice back on agenda!

[[TS] Shadow]

I think I'm going to go for 557. This part of the arc is kinda "meh" to me, but this strip was funny.

[Assassin89]

558 for the long monologue and spider-man reference

[Janmorel]

I giveth my vote (and a banjo) to 557.

[yilduz]

556. Quality stuff, there.

[dragon_bagon]

556. Because it is pure bard awesome.

[Darius1020]

560 for the lost reference, awesome

[The_Void]

557.

"I think the banjo-holding hand is the taketh-ing one. Otherwise he'd pretty much only be able to giveth banjos." :smallbiggrin:

[Killer Angel]

I love Elan as banjo prophet, and the pun on Cyclop in 560, but my vote is for 556.
"fight the urge to say I told you so"? priceless... :smallsmile:

[Zed the Sharp]

Hmm, I thought I was going to vote for Elan's Genre Savvy in 556, but upon reread, I'll reward the cleverness of the multiple pop culture references in 560 -- several for Lost (and the Greg Initiative), plus the superheroes and the Greek connections.

[Prock]

560 :smallbiggrin:

[Trebuchet]

556 is my favorite.

[war_illithid]

560 Not the best few strips, most have a good one or two lines, but this one kept my laughing the longest.

[Forealms]

556 for me.

(If the voting is still on, I'm too lazy to look up today's date.)

[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]

Bit of a clusterbleep here. Even 557, which took a while to get a single vote, may have tied 559 and come close to matching 558. I was actually worried about a five-way tie until a late burst for 556 and 560 to match their early popularity, but even there the race is close.

561 will get plenty of votes for the appearance of Giggles and the Elan-Orc method of resolving religious disputes, 562 for Therkla's lesson in politics and adoption of Elan's fantasies, 563 and 564 may prove to be runts, and 565 will attract votes for the callback to the Test of the Mind. I think the winner will be 561 or 565 with 562 as a dark horse, but whoever wins could end up the runt at BotQ.

[Killer Angel]

Attention.
The polls are now closed.
Please wait for the results to be calculated by Nazzo, the 102nd..

wow... it's been a week from the poll's closing.
Not a problem, but I hope there's nothing serious behind the "slowness" in calculating the results (imagine a worried smile).

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

wow... it's been a week from the poll's closing.
Not a problem, but I hope there's nothing serious behind the "slowness" in calculating the results (imagine a worried smile).

The slowness is in my life. Sorry about that. In fact, don't worry about these delays. They will happen here and there. I try my best to keep up-to-date, but I work in the IT area, and you can imagine how it is. :smallbiggrin:

Anyway, official results. I must say that, as I was counting the votes, I saw a beautiful race between all 5 comics, and in the very end 556 and 560 got a small lead. Haven't seen that for a long time. :smallwink:


556 - 11 (28.20%)
Istari; Optimystik; Aaron; Silverraptor; liooil2000; Joerg; yilduz; dragon_bagon; Killer Angel; Trebuchet; Forealms

557 - 5 (12.82%)
kukn; kenb215; [TS] Shadow; Janmorel; The_Void

558 - 6 (15.38%)
TerrickTerran; dps; dish; petersohn; David Argall; Assassin89

559 - 5 (12.82%)
shadzar; Ted The Bug; Chronos; Superglucose; warmachine

560 - 12 (30.77%)
Rakim Avishot; Haven; Cestrian; Blackbird97; aapje; Deepkicker; hajo; enarch3t; Darius1020; Zed the Sharp; Prock; war_illithid

[shadzar]

The slowness is in my life. Sorry about that. In fact, don't worry about these delays. They will happen here and there. I try my best to keep up-to-date, but I work in the IT area, and you can imagine how it is. :smallbiggrin:

As long as you don't work for TWC in the metered internet billing planning/integration department, we won't fear for your safety/life on the job. How about that? :smallwink:

Glad to see it wasn't anything drastic.

[Morgan Wick]

Anyway, official results. I must say that, as I was counting the votes, I saw a beautiful race between all 5 comics, and in the very end 556 and 560 got a small lead. Haven't seen that for a long time. :smallwink:

So one minute I'm your OFFICIAL Sticks Awards commentator, the next YOU'RE stealing my thunder? ;)

[Killer Angel]

The slowness is in my life. Sorry about that. In fact, don't worry about these delays. They will happen here and there. I try my best to keep up-to-date, but I work in the IT area, and you can imagine how it is. :smallbiggrin:


So, nothing serious... I'm glad to hear this. :smallsmile:
Don't worry for the delays neither you!