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Nazzo, the 102nd
2011-02-28, 07:04 PM
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.

The poll will close on March 5th, 00:00 AM forum default time.


The Sticks Awards 611-615

611 None Left Standing (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0611.html)
612 Technically, the "Fish" Version is a Subset of This One (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0612.html)
613 I Need a Hero (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0613.html)
614 A Cut Above (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0614.html)
615 It's a Real Life-Saver (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0615.html)

MoonCat
2011-02-28, 07:22 PM
611, I love Belkar's comeback. That's when things start going up for the order.

Hear
2011-02-28, 07:33 PM
615 definitely. love the jokes. that fighter rogue is the best :)

Kurald Galain
2011-02-28, 07:37 PM
612 for me. Belkar continues to be awesome, plus we get the triple-shot jokes of "it wouldn't kill us to let you in", "let me massage your feet", and "brainy pete". A great mix!

OA_Chimera
2011-02-28, 07:38 PM
613: We're Headed into Overtime!

QDI
2011-02-28, 07:42 PM
611 for me too.

The suspens for the three first panels, the awesome big panel "Alive, In danger, Belkar" with the shadow of the ranger, the first act of Mr. Scruffy as an animal companion, the kiss...

Love it!

Gift Jeraff
2011-02-28, 08:14 PM
#613 is one of my all-time favorites. I always hear "Holding Out for a Hero" when I read it. :smallbiggrin:

KoboldRevenge
2011-02-28, 09:27 PM
612: I love Mr Scruffy owning the mooks.

Herald Alberich
2011-02-28, 09:29 PM
#613 is one of my all-time favorites. I always hear "Holding Out for a Hero" when I read it. :smallbiggrin:

That's not surprising; the actual title of the song is "I Need a Hero." So, you know, reference.

611, 612, and 613 all have some great lines from Belkar. I'll go with 613, where he's in maximum "I'm a badass" snark mode to both his foes and his teammate.

The Blackbird
2011-02-28, 09:33 PM
611 all the way

Gift Jeraff
2011-02-28, 09:36 PM
That's not surprising; the actual title of the song is "I Need a Hero." So, you know, reference.
Yes, that's why I hear it. :smalltongue:

martianmister
2011-02-28, 09:38 PM
611 for detailed guild members.

MoonCat
2011-02-28, 09:49 PM
I should say that it was close for me. But in the end I had to go with my choice. I totally see why the others are more cool to others though

NegativeFifteen
2011-02-28, 09:52 PM
A close one, but I'm going with 611. Its nice to watch Belkar in full on Kick-ass mode.

HappyBlanket
2011-02-28, 11:09 PM
#612

Liked seeing what Belkar did to the Cleric.

Barbin
2011-03-01, 12:14 AM
611 Return of The Sexy Shoeless God of War. That has to be my favorite page.

LuPuWei
2011-03-01, 01:31 AM
This was not a tough choice. 612 has Brainy Pete, the maxims of Belkar and, above all, the awesomeness of CoL. 613 is one of the funniest in the series (Pickles... trade secret... awesome). And 615 wins almost entirely for Hank & co. (Though Icy Burst does help).

However, once in a while I am compelled to reread OotS, not for the comic in general, but because one strip just draws me. 611 would be one of them. So it has my vote.

Vargtass
2011-03-01, 01:53 AM
612 for me, but a close call with the previous.

Bleak Ink
2011-03-01, 02:38 AM
As utterly awesome as 611 is, I'll say 615.

nj21
2011-03-01, 03:02 AM
611, with 615 a very close second.

Killer Angel
2011-03-01, 03:31 AM
Tough choice... I'm so torn, between the funny slaughter of 611, with all the jokes and the kiss, and 612, with the life-lesson on how to solve a man's problems.
But yeah, 611.

Raistlin82
2011-03-01, 03:32 AM
#611, #612 and #613 were all awesome. The other two.. meh.

I'll choose #611, but it's a hard choice.

hajo
2011-03-01, 06:35 AM
The Sticks Awards!

611 None Left Standing (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0611.html)
612 Technically, the "Fish" Version is a Subset of This One (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0612.html)
613 I Need a Hero (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0613.html)
614 A Cut Above (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0614.html)
615 It's a Real Life-Saver (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0615.html)

I vote 611 "I don't expect any trouble" :smallamused:

The only trouble is, all those comics are full of win :smallbiggrin:

butterbow
2011-03-01, 07:19 AM
611 because of the outstanding fighting choreography.

Joerg
2011-03-01, 12:03 PM
Tough choice between 613 and 615. I choose 615 because "My last breath is also my mintiest" is hilarious.

Lord Loss
2011-03-01, 12:07 PM
I love 612. It's a tough call, but I'll go with that one.

ThePhantasm
2011-03-01, 01:58 PM
Tough choice, but 611 has always been a personal favorite for some reason, and I'm partial to that one. The others are great too though.

someonenonotyou
2011-03-01, 02:11 PM
611 you just cant beat that much awesome

Morph Bark
2011-03-01, 02:14 PM
613 it oughta be.

Mystic Muse
2011-03-01, 02:23 PM
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0615.html for me.

dps
2011-03-01, 03:18 PM
Man, it's tough to choose between 611 and 612--and the others are good too.

OK, 611.

homersolo
2011-03-01, 03:27 PM
Man, it's tough to choose between 611 and 612--and the others are good too.

OK, 611.

I agree with that, including the vote.

Silverraptor
2011-03-01, 03:36 PM
611.

Because we had so many paricipants in the scientific experiment to increase the sum of halfling knowledge.:smallamused:

Melee
2011-03-01, 04:38 PM
I pick 611, but 613 was a close second.
Sexy shoeless god of war!

squiremarcus
2011-03-01, 05:24 PM
I really like 611

calar
2011-03-01, 05:38 PM
615, ONLY becasue it has one of my favorite lines in all of oots ("My last breath... is also my mintiest...).

Temassasin
2011-03-01, 05:46 PM
612,612,612,612,612

monomer
2011-03-01, 06:33 PM
My vote is for 611.

DBear
2011-03-01, 06:58 PM
612
:belkar: "Solve a man's problems with violence, help him for a day. Teach a man to solve his problems with violence, help him for a lifetime!"

Also, Brainy Pete :smallbiggrin:

Nerocite
2011-03-01, 11:01 PM
611, for science!

Dushara
2011-03-01, 11:29 PM
Some good ones in this set, but I definitely have to vote 611, for sheer awesomeness. No wonder we love bad boys like Belkar.

Anarion
2011-03-01, 11:52 PM
611 Aside from the general awesomeness, the little detail that the visible part of the sending spell in the large panel spells out "Alive, in danger in Greysky with Belkar" shows how much detail the giant puts into these comics (or possibly how much we overanalyze them:smalltongue:).

Silverraptor
2011-03-02, 12:20 AM
A close one, but I'm going with 611. Its nice to watch Belkar in full on Kick-ass mode.


611, with 615 a very close second.


611 because of the outstanding fighting choreography.

Sorry guys, but could I ask you to bold your decisions? Especially with multiple numbers in the same post. This makes it eaiser on Nazzo when he adds up the total.

JoseB
2011-03-02, 06:51 AM
611. By a wide margin.

Winged789
2011-03-02, 09:20 AM
The answer is 611.

Nimrod's Son
2011-03-02, 11:12 AM
While #611 is excellent, at the same time it's kinda expected after the previous strip's build-up. #612 is twistier, and has better dialogue (Belkar is on fire, especially "It's a whole thing", and the Cleric's not far behind him.

So, yeah. #612.

Manga Maniac
2011-03-02, 04:53 PM
It's just gotta be #611 for me. Belkar's comeback was definitely no letdown.

TimelordSimone
2011-03-02, 05:11 PM
#612
"Maybe we ought to start calling you... "Brainy Pete"."
Brilliant.

Ninja Dragon
2011-03-02, 08:01 PM
611 is just made of win.

Hardcore
2011-03-02, 11:03 PM
612 for the 'Ouch!' factor. But 611 is really nice.

612 speaks to us that say "if not violence solves your problem, then applying more will!

Fontaine
2011-03-03, 08:45 AM
612, I simply enjoyed the payback... *sniff* beautiful

Azuyomi244
2011-03-03, 03:39 PM
611 FTW :smallbiggrin:

blackjack217
2011-03-03, 04:05 PM
611 nuf said

Red XIV
2011-03-04, 05:18 AM
Tough call, a bunch of great strips clustered together.

Gotta go with 613, though.

Forealms
2011-03-04, 08:26 AM
Eh, let's say 611. It's good, but not too far above the others.

Kato
2011-03-04, 10:12 AM
All are nice but 611 takes the cake. It's Belkar's return, come on. :smallsmile:

Morgan Wick
2011-03-06, 11:47 PM
Belkar 6:11 says I just whooped your ass. (Hopefully that's the last time I use that joke with Belkar due to die soon. I just had to use it after the angle I kept pushing when it came out.)

Though it did pull away on the second page after hovering around 50% for much of the first, it seemed to do so rather reluctantly, with people continuing to mention that it was "close". Yes, there are other good strips here, strips that could win any other group of five, but are you really that jaded (or sick of Belkar) you're willing to go "eh, it's a good strip" for something once considered the epitome of awesomeness and Belkar's Crowning Moment of Awesome? I have a feeling that 611 will share 539's fate without necessarily deserving it, even if 610 is its only competition.

The real surprise may be where the challenge was coming from, as I had said that 612 wouldn't be able to compete with 613 or 615, and instead it gets more votes than the both of them combined. I figured the food puns and "Icy Burst" would beat "Brainy Pete", but I guess 612's quantity of jokes wins out. (Part of it, I think, was that I expected the strip to be most deprived of votes by the presence of 611 was 612, as I figured Belkar was more the star there than in the other strips. Of course, I failed to properly account for the cleric, so maybe it was 613 that was most robbed...) On the other hand, as expected, 614 might as well not have been here at all.

Throw out 617 for inflaming anti-Celia passions again; 619 and 620 also feature too much Celia, but the video game joke at the end might make 619 a dark horse. I figure it's likely to come down to 616 for humor, showcasing Belkar's new outlook, and Crystal demanding to be killed, and 618 for Haley's tactics, with 616 being the early favorite.

Nazzo, the 102nd
2011-03-09, 07:18 PM
Results are in! No surprises, though.

611 - 32 (61.54%)
MoonCat; QDI; The Blackbird; martianmister; NegativeFifteen; Barbin; LuPuWei; nj21; Killer Angel; Raistlin82; hajo; butterbow; ThePhantasm; someonenonotyou; dps; homersolo; Silverraptor; Melee; squiremarcus; monomer; Sir Prize; Dushara; Anarion; JoseB; Winged789; Manga Maniac; Ninja Dragon; Fontaine; azuyomi244; blackjack217; Forealms; Kato

612 - 10 (19.23%)
Kurald Galain; KoboldRevenge; HappyBlanket; Vargtass; Lord Loss; Temassasin; DBear; Nimrod's Son; TimelordSimone; Hardcore

613 - 5 (9.62%)
OA_Chimera; Gift Jeraff; Herald Alberich; Morph Bark; Red XIV

614 - 0


615 - 5 (9.62%)
Hear; Bleak Ink; Joerg; Kyuubi; calar