The Sticks Awards 596-600

[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 August 23rd, 10:00 AM forum default time.


The Sticks Awards 596-600

596 Convenience Story (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0596.html)
597 Threat Assessment (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0597.html)
598 To Say a Few Words (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0598.html)
599 Separate Ways (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0599.html)
600 Headed Down (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0600.html)

[xelliea]

596. (Just made me laugh.) :smallbiggrin:

[The Blackbird]

596 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0596.html)

"What is a Kubota?"

[Sanguine]

598 because of the kickass headstone.

[Optimystik]

600 by a landslide. Drama-free, and Horace makes a great straight man.

Plus, mom-balaya!

[DBear]

598. 593 aka "Alas Poor Therkla" got blitzed by 595, so this is a makeup call.

[MrPig]

Toss up between 600 and 598 ... But I'd have to say 598

[Meg]

598. It makes me a little teary, even now.

[warmachine]

596. Love that sarcasm.

[dps]

596, for the illusory Belkar.

[Kurald Galain]

597 is a distraction! Remove the 597, which is you! Remove 597 with haste!

[Prowl]

600, for the big ol' middle finger it gave to those who were rabidly anticipating a dramatic climax just because it was a number with two zeros at the end.

[Acero]

600, with 596 in a close second

mom-balaya!

[Gift Jeraff]

598.

She would have made a pretty cool girlfriend, too.

[Thrax]

596, although I was thinking about 597 or 598. Eventually, "what is a kubota" won.

[Blackjackg]

598, without doubt.

[Joerg]

I'd like to vote for both 596 and 597, they are very similar :smallwink:

OK, 597.

[David Argall]

I'll go with 596

[Tannhaeuser]

I'll go with 596 as well.

[MoonBeam]

598, because Therkla would have made a pretty cool girlfriend, too.

[hajo]

596 Convenience Story (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0596.html)
597 Threat Assessment (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0597.html)
598 To Say a Few Words (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0598.html)
599 Separate Ways (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0599.html)
600 Headed Down (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0600.html)

I vote 598 - "kickass headstone"

[mr.fizzypop]

I vote 600 because it ended with an awkward silence.

[Optimystik]

I vote 600 because it ended with an awkward silence.

...
munch munch

[TerrickTerran]

598 for me as well.

[petersohn]

We have a number of great moments here. There is "What is a kubota", "XP for defeating Therkla", "kickass headstone" and "dire half-dragon bone-eating saltwater werepiranhhas". I laughed the biggest at 599, but by overall 596 is the best.

[Pip]

598 because of the kickass headstone.

This. .

[Assassin89]

600. Disrupting the spellcasting ability of a dummy. Not to mention the lampshade of a joke being done already.

[Pronounceable]

98. Not for Therkla (whom I didn't like all that much) or the awesome tombstone (it's indeed awesome), but for I'm not a hero, I just play one in a comic strip.

[Puns de León]

600

"Enforced by honor system." :smallbiggrin:

Too much drama in the other ones. Elan really laid it on thick in this sequence, didn't he?

[rainbowjo]

597 lalalalalalala

[T-O-E]

598. Why vote for anything else?

[Watcher]

597 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0597.html)wordage for word count

[Silverraptor]

I'm going with 596.

When I first read it when it came out, I was kind of fearful for V at the time. But now that I know what happened in the end, I just can't stop laughing.:smallbiggrin:

[Janmorel]

Another vote for 596.

[Mythestopheles]

Voting for 596

[Xesirin]

599. Great plot expostion and the comment about "Who knew you had a hidden talent ornamenting lawns?" cracked me up.

[Needle]

600, really, everyone expected whatever but this one at that moment :P

[Kaytara]

597, because of the dialogue. And the way it showcased both how emotionally distraught Elan was over Therkla and just how bad V's mental state was becoming.

[sam79]

598 for reasons obvious and already mentioned; though the line "that moustache did not do him any favour either" had me wavering for a second.

[someonenonotyou]

598 for the win cause its best

[Killer Angel]

It appears that I'm back from my holidays just in time to submit my vote... :smallsmile:
I vote for 598; the kickass headstone is totally worth it, and beats even the sarcastic Elan in 596... great strips for our favourite bard!

[BatRobin]

597.

The whole Haste thing just cracks me up.

[DwarvenExodus]

598, because it's so sweet.

[waterpenguin43]

596, though it was close with 600 for me.

[TheBigChulupa]

597. Awesome dialogue and character devolpment al in one!

[Forealms]

I vote 596. 598 just wasn't that interesting to me.

[El Eriko]

I vote for 596.

[The_Void]

598. Awww.

[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.

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Official results below, regular season is over.

On to the quarter-finals. :smallwink:


596 - 14 (30.43%)
xelliea; The Blackbird; warmachine; dps; Thrax; David Argall; Tannhaeuser; petersohn; Silverraptor; Janmorel; ShadowWolf98; waterpenguin43; Forealms; El Eriko

597 - 7 (15.21%)
Kurald Galain; Joerg; rainbowjo; OdinsWatcher; Needle; BatRobin; TheBigChulupa

598 - 17 (36.95%)
Sanguine; DBear; MrPig; CheeseMuncher; Gift Jeraff; Blackjackg; MoonBeam; hajo; TerrickTerran; Pip; cnsvnc; T-O-E; sam79; someonenonotyou; Killer Angel; roger123275; The_Void

599 - 1 (2.17%)
Xesirin

600 - 7 (15.21%)
Optimystik; Prowl; allonon; mr.fizzypop; Assassin89; Puns de León; Needle

[Morgan Wick]

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ONE VOTE for 599???

What would have been my prediction for the first BotQ round will be posted at that thread. I'm not even going to bother saying more about this round.

[Cleverdan22]

598

I really enjoyed Elan's monologue. I found it very well-written and interesting for his character.