The Sticks Awards BotQ: 551-575

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Hi, and welcome to The Sticks Awards - The Best of the Quarter!

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 September 10th, 10:00 PM forum default time.


The Best of the Quarter 551-575

552 And Yet the Turtle Got Away on His Own (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0552.html)
560 Meanwhile, His Teammate Was in Rhodes (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0560.html)
565 The Test of the Memory (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0565.html)
568 A Sign That You Have a Problem (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0568.html)
572 The Resistance of Memory (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0572.html)

[The Blackbird]

565.

Always makes me laugh.

[Haven]

560. So many jokes, all executed perfectly, especially the last one.

[Roc Ness]

565

:smallbiggrin:

[Olorin Maia]

560obligatory 10 characters

[Acero]

552 for sure

[Gift Jeraff]

552. Orcs and half-orcs always seem to steal the show in OOTS. :smallbiggrin:

[Killer Angel]

568
Nothing beats the Village of Lickmyorangeballshalflin. :smallbiggrin:

[Liwen]

Ahhhhh they are all so great. I guess I'll take 560, on account of it being one of the top 5 funniest punchlines in all history of OOTS.

[The_Void]

568 - Lickmyorangeballshalfling!

[warmachine]

568 The bemused villagers standing around in Lickmyorangeballshalfling is a nice touch.

[Kurald Galain]

565! 565! We do want as much trouble as possible!

[Ghastly Epigram]

#568 was a classic moment.

[Joerg]

A good batch. My vote is for 568. Belkar totally had it coming.

[Assassin89]

565

Left path! Left path! We do want as much trouble as possible!

[shadzar]

565 ghdchgfdhgd hgfd

[hajo]

552 And Yet the Turtle Got Away on His Own (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0552.html)
560 Meanwhile, His Teammate Was in Rhodes (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0560.html)
565 The Test of the Memory (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0565.html)
568 A Sign That You Have a Problem (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0568.html)
572 The Resistance of Memory (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0572.html)

I vote 565 - Red and Green do remember :smallbiggrin:

[Janmorel]

552 -- Behold the power of grammar!

[Nights1stStar]

568 As fun as it is to tune in to see Belkar stab things, it's even more fun to see him get his commeupance.

[Zordrath]

568, no contest. A great moment of comedy :smallbiggrin: It's a pretty good batch, though, Elan's illusion of a second chasing horde was great.

[Silverraptor]

I'm going to vote for 565. It makes me laugh every time.

[Forbiddenwar]

they are all good, but I'll have to throw my vote away on 552.

[Arctic]

560! No debate!

[petersohn]

Many good in here. I vote for 565. Not as good as 562, but from the list, it's the best.

[TerrickTerran]

568 which happens to be one of my favorite comics ever.

[Foryn Gilnith]

They're all great, but...


568 The bemused villagers standing around in Lickmyorangeballshalfling is a nice touch.

568

[Red XIV]

A good selection to choose from, but it's gotta be 568.

[[TS] Shadow]

568. Lickmyorangeballshalfling still cracks me up.

[dps]

568, of course.

[Blackjackg]

Some pretty decent contenders there, but in the end it's 568. A hundred times 568.

[Illven]

Um the title listes the wrong comic range and 572

[Bibliomancer]

568

Due to plot and the setup for this. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0610.html)

[David Argall]

568. It has some decent competition, but that town just about killed me.

[Trobby]

#568, because if you had all-knowing future-seeing powers at YOUR disposal, you would do it too. (Minus the orange)

[Bakkan]

I liked 567 a lot more than 568, and would have voted for it if it had made it this far, so I must therefore vote for 552. I love the half-orc speech.

[Tundar]

552

Grammar orcs ftw!

[Lkctgo]

572, Roy's happy face at the end of it cracks me up for some reason.

[war_illithid]

552 captial letters intrigue mungu

Almost went for 560 though.

[Cleverdan22]

560. I just really enjoyed all of the references in this one.

[Aaron]

Since this thread is about to fall off the first page, I'm casting reserection on this thread (then quickly throw clothes on it):smallbiggrin:

O.K., now that that's over with, I vote for 568. Belkar had it coming, and the town was just too funny.:smallsmile:

[Somniloquist]

568, absolutely. Oracle, you magnificent bastard. I was waiting for somebody to do something like that.

[waterpenguin43]

565, it makes me smile, and in my opinion is he funniest.

[Silverraptor]

565, it makes me smile, and in my opinion is he funniest.

You lucky person. I forgot to close it last night.



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[sam79]

A lot of stuff made me smile there, but 568 absolutely nailed me, and still does! For me, its a clear winner.

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Official results, and we have another finalist.

552 - 7 (16.67%)
Acero; Gift Jeraff; Janmorel; Forbiddenwar; Bakkan; Tundar; war_illithid

560 - 5 (11.90%)
Haven; Olorin Maia; Liwen; Arctic; Cleverdan22

565 - 9 (21.42%)
The Blackbird; Roc Ness; Kurald Galain; Assassin89; shadzar; hajo; Silverraptor; petersohn; waterpenguin43

568 - 19 (45.23%)
Killer Angel; The_Void; warmachine; Ghastly Epigram; Joerg; Nights1stStar; Lord Zordrath; TerrickTerran; Foryn Gilnith; Red XIV; [TS] Shadow; dps; Blackjackg; Bibliomancer; David Argall; Introbulus; Aaron; Somniloquist; sam79

572 - 2 (4.76%)
Illven; Lkctgo

[Niesra]

568!! Lickmyorangeballshalfling :smallbiggrin:

[Trobby]

...Somebody really ought to close this topic. <.<; Now that the voting is over.

[sam79]

Official results, and we have another finalist.

552 - 7 (16.67%)
Acero; Gift Jeraff; Janmorel; Forbiddenwar; Bakkan; Tundar; war_illithid

560 - 5 (11.90%)
Haven; Olorin Maia; Liwen; Arctic; Cleverdan22

565 - 9 (21.42%)
The Blackbird; Roc Ness; Kurald Galain; Assassin89; shadzar; hajo; Silverraptor; petersohn; waterpenguin43

568 - 19 (45.23%)
Killer Angel; The_Void; warmachine; Ghastly Epigram; Joerg; Nights1stStar; Lord Zordrath; TerrickTerran; Foryn Gilnith; Red XIV; [TS] Shadow; dps; Blackjackg; Bibliomancer; David Argall; Introbulus; Aaron; Somniloquist; sam79

572 - 2 (4.76%)
Illven; Lkctgo

Thank-you for counting me in, even though I missed the deadline. Much appreciated!

[Morgan Wick]

Official results, and we have another finalist.

552 - 7 (16.67%)
Acero; Gift Jeraff; Janmorel; Forbiddenwar; Bakkan; Tundar; war_illithid

560 - 5 (11.90%)
Haven; Olorin Maia; Liwen; Arctic; Cleverdan22

565 - 9 (21.42%)
The Blackbird; Roc Ness; Kurald Galain; Assassin89; shadzar; hajo; Silverraptor; petersohn; waterpenguin43

568 - 19 (45.23%)
Killer Angel; The_Void; warmachine; Ghastly Epigram; Joerg; Nights1stStar; Lord Zordrath; TerrickTerran; Foryn Gilnith; Red XIV; [TS] Shadow; dps; Blackjackg; Bibliomancer; David Argall; Introbulus; Aaron; Somniloquist; sam79

572 - 2 (4.76%)
Illven; Lkctgo

I know I said I was going to go on a mega-archive-binge, but I haven't had time, and I'd like to get my BotH commentary in before voting starts there...

Well, I got the winner right, but almost nothing else. No one challenged 568, but the strip I thought was most likely to, 572, was the runt. 560 is WAY weaker than I think anyone expected, coming in second last and losing in its own section of the quarter to 552. I have to imagine too much of 560's potential base was lured to 568 by "Lickmyorangeballshalfling". I did say I felt 552 was more runty at this point than 565, but no way I saw 565 coming in second.

Epic BotQ round just completed, with perhaps 542's strongest competition at BotQ coming out of it, no matter who wins. 578 was always going to be a runt against this competition, and 584, though a potential dark horse, may run out of luck at this point. This is going to come down to three strips: pregger-badass-Kazumi, "Disintegrate. Gust of Wind", and the tribute to Therkla. The key, I think, is that the wins of the latter two surprised me, as they were the exact opposite rounds I expected Vaarsuvius and Therkla strips to prevail. (I expected Therkla's death scene, not tombstone, to win, and I expected V's departure to prevail for its greater plot importance and it only managed a single vote.) My favorite would be 587 but only because I actually predicted its win in the Group of Five, and at this point I think I'd take it in stride if either of the two following strips won.