Favourite PC Tournament

[oppyu]

Well, I've done Favourite NPC Tournament (Redcloak) and Favourite Character Tournament (Vaarsuvius), so when people started posting lists in the main thread this seemed like the natural response. Quick and easy this time, just rank your favourite PCs from 1-6, and when the votes stop coming in I'll tally them. 1st gets 5 points, 2nd gets 4 points, 3rd gets 3 points and so on. :smallcool:

Example
1: Haley
2: Roy
3: Elan
4: Vaarsuvius
5: Durkon
6: Belkar

RESULTS (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=16534457#post16534457)

[137beth]

1. V
2. Haley
3. Roy
4. Belkar
5. Durkon
6. Elan

[Bird]

This is hard. Roy and Durkon used to be my least favorites, but over the last 50 strips or so I've come to appreciate both characters much more. Durkon's death scene was great, and so is the Durkula development. Meanwhile, it's been refreshing to see Roy treating his team properly. So, beyond V being my favorite, my list is fairly arbitrary. I like them all.

1. V
2. Elan
3. Haley
4. Durkon
5. Roy
6. Belkar

[Tiiba]

I have an Asus, it's pretty good.

[Sylian]

1. Vaarsuvius
2. Belkar
3. Haley
4. Elan
5. Roy
6. Durkon

The only one I'm sure about is the #1 spot, though. Belkar used to be lower, but I quite like his recent character development, and Vampire Durkon is interesting. Also, I'm not sure if I'd really rate Elan over Roy... But yeah, I'll stick with this, I think.

[Cizak]

I have an Asus, it's pretty good.

Ha!

Anyway, making a list like this is hard for me, because my mind-set tells me that what's on the bottom of the list is something that's disliked, even though that's not the case. I like all the main characters fairly equally, but if I have to make a list it would probably be:

1. Elan
2. Roy Greenhilt
3. Vaarsuvius
4. Durkon Thundershield
5. Belkar Bitterleaf
6. Haley Starshine

[StLordeth]

1) V
2) Belkar
3) Roy
4) Haley
5) Durkon
6) Elan

[Kish]

1) Durkon
2) Elan
3) Roy
4) Haley
10) Belkar
1,000,000,000) Vaarsuvius

[bguy]

1. Elan
2. Roy Greenhilt
3. Vaarsuvius
4. Durkon Thundershield
5. Belkar Bitterleaf
6. Haley Starshine

[Cizak]

1. Elan
2. Roy Greenhilt
3. Vaarsuvius
4. Durkon Thundershield
5. Belkar Bitterleaf
6. Haley Starshine

I like your taste. :smallwink:

[zimmerwald1915]

1. Haley
2. Elan
3. Roy
4. Vaarsuvius
5. Belkar
6. Durkon

[Muenster Man]

I'm saddened that Blackwing isn't a viable option (totally #3 for me), but this is the Favourite PC tournament, so that's fair.

1. Roy
2. Durkon
3. Haley
4. Elan
5. Belkar
6. V

EDIT: I just realized that unless this voting process involves multiple tiers, it's less of a tournament and more of a (hopefully) friendly all-out brawl

[Gift Jeraff]

1. :elan:
2. :durkon:
3. :roy:
4. :haley:
5. :belkar:

Until very recently, I'd have ranked Durkon above Elan, but Elan's been great these past ~20 strips, whereas Durkon has mostly been a creepy vampire that stands around. Yeah, standing around is what Durkon has mostly done for the entire strip, but at least he was a lovable dwarf back then.

I don't like V for several reasons. There's the genocide, for one. Another reason is that I think his/her punchlines are among the weakest in the comic. (V punchlines I do like: "Apparently." (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0397.html) and "And that would be wrong." (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0696.html)) But the biggest reason is this (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0597.html). What a prick.

[2.5 cats]

1) Belkar
2) Roy
3) Elan
4) Haley
5) Durkon
6) Varsuvius

[A_Man]

1) Roy
2) Élan
3) V
4) Durkon
5) Belkar
6) Haley.

[kxm]

1. V
2. Elan
3. Haley
4. Roy
5. Durkon
6. Belkar

[facw]

1: Elan
2: Vaarsuvius
3: Belkar
4: Durkon
5: Haley
6: Roy

[Mike Havran]

1. Elan :elan:

2. Roy :roy:

3. Durkon :durkon:

4. Haley :haley:

5. Belkar :belkar:

Was pretty much like this from the beginning, only during this arc, Belkar got on the list and Elan and Roy swapped places.

[Rakoa]

Elan
Roy
Haley
Durkon
Belkar
V

[Domino Quartz]

4. Vaarsuvius
5. Belkar
6. Durkon

:smalleek: What did Durkon do?!

EDIT:
1. Roy
2. Durkon
3. Vaarsuvius
4. Haley
5. Elan
6. Belkar

EDIT 2:
0. O-Chul

[Vaylon]

1. Belkar
2. V
3. Roy
4. Durkon
5. Elan
6. Haley

[Temotei]

Man, that's hard past spot 1.

1. Elan
2. Vaarsuvius
3. Haley
4. Roy
5. Belkar
6. Durkon

Durkon and Belkar may rise soon, but for now, they're below Roy by a bit. Looking forward to seeing more development.

[137beth]

So...are you going to have eliminations and runoffs after this initial round? Note that runoffs would not require a second voting period, since the first voting period includes people's complete rankings, so you can simply recount with the eliminated characters removed from each list.
'cause otherwise the results will be a lot less accurate unless you switch to a different tallying system (e.g., use the votes to generate an all-vs-all tournament and take the eigenvector centralities of each node...)
and having a perfectly accurate representation of the forum's favorite PC is very important.

Actually, come to think of it, the fact that people are listing their complete ranking of choices means that almost any voting system can be tallied with just one ballet round, so if you don't want to, I'll probably reevaluate which PC wins under several different scoring systems, using the same votes:smalltongue:

[Torrasque]

1. Elan
2. Belkar
3. V
4. Durkon
5. Roy
6. Haley

[Souhiro]

1: Belkar Bitterleaf: Why? Because he's FUN.
2: Elan: Altough I don't get all his puns, he's also fun to see
3: Durkula: The Dwarfen Bearded Vampiric Bat Holding a Staff rocks
4: Vaarsuvius: I like him/her, because the giant needs a ton of plot points to stop him/her to resolve the situation casting the right spell
5: Haley Starshine: An interesting character, but low in the jokes department. She worked well while in charge of Belkar, but from now...
6. Roy Greenhilt: He's somewhat bland. Only managed to put a smile in my face when the girdle of masculinity/feminity made him a bald woman and he complained... and when the "Soft Sand" part.

So far...

:elan: 98
:roy: 86
:vaarsuvius: 77
:haley: 68
:durkon: 66
:belkar: 65

[Niknokitueu]

1: :elan:
2: :roy:
3: :vaarsuvius:
4: :haley:
5: :belkar:
6: :durkon:
Really hard to commit to an order, as I really like them all. Still, a choice is a choice, after all.

Have Fun!
Niknokitueu

[Macros]

1 : Elan
2 : Roy
3 : Vaarsuvius
4 : Durkon
5 : Belkar
6 : Haley

I admit, 2, 3 and 4 could be reshuffled in pretty much any order.

[Quartz]

This isn't really possible as they all play off each other. Each has had their turn in the spotlight. Durkon's been in the background until now, but now it's his turn.

[Chobarth]

1) Durkon
2) Elan
3) Roy
4) Haley
10) Belkar
1,000,000,000) Vaarsuvius

1) Vaarsuvius
__________________
:roach: :roach: Pop a cork and raise a toast to Saint Vaarsuvius, Slayer of the Ebon Quartile! “Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, the destruction of one-quarter of the most vile-tempered and cruel of all chromatic dragons!” :roach: :roach:

Black dragons are bloody great acid-breathing monsters that are hideously powerful and usually maliciously destructive. The less of them around the better...

Celebrate March 20th as the date of the Saint Vaarsuvius Day Massacre - After lighting a candle for the innocent departed that V indiscriminately slaughtered, salute the most accomplished dragon-slayer known!

2) Belkar Bitterleaf
Rarely boring, comedy gold, anti-'gnome menace'

3) Roy Greenhilt
Often boring, but great snark & sarcasm.

4) Durkon Thundershield
I just like dwarves and clerics - always have.

10) Haley Starshine
Well done, but cliche.

6.66 x 10^9) Elan
To Burlew's credit, I don't despise Elan any longer - since he became a dashing swordsman - I just have an aversion to him now.

[ComposerSuzuran]

Ooh, toughie. I like them all a lot, but if I had to rank them...
1. Elan
2. Roy
3. Haley
4. V
5. Belkar
6. Durkon

[Dissection]

1. Belkar
2. Vaarsuvius
3. Haley
4. Durkon
5. Elan
6. Roy

[ImperatorV]

1: Vaarsuvius
2: Roy
3: Belkar
4: Elan
5: Durkon
6: Haley

As of the current arc. It was different in the past, and will likely change again.

[Killer Angel]

I would say so:

1: Roy
2: Belkar
3: Vaarsuvius
4: Elan
5: Durkon
6: Haley

[Angel Bob]

1. Vaarsuvius
2. Roy
3. Elan
4. Durkon
5. Haley
6. Belkar

[ooOoo]

1. Belkar
2. Vaarsuvius
3. Elan
4. Roy
5. Durkon
6. Haley

considering how many tournaments we've had, I'm surprised no one has started a "favorite tournament tournament" yet :smallbiggrin:

[Cerussite]

1 - V-Girl
2 - Roy
3 - Belkar
4 - Durkon
5 - Elan
6 - Haley

[Muenster Man]

So, my math could be completely off, but...

Here are the scores for each character as of Cerussite's vote (they haven't been reversed scored yet, so lower score is better):

:elan: 89
:roy: 94
:vaarsuvius: 95
:belkar: 123
:haley: 136
:durkon: 136

Number of Top Votes:
:elan: 11
:vaarsuvius: 9
:belkar: 5
:roy: 4
:haley: 2
:durkon: 1

Number of Least Favorite Votes:
:haley: 10
:vaarsuvius: 6
:durkon: 5
:belkar: 5
:roy: 3
:elan: 3

[Kish]

I'm the only one who voted Durkon first? That...that can't be...

Cracklord! Get over here!

[Ezekiel]

1) Belkar
2) Vaarsuvius
3) Durkon
4) Elan
5) Roy
6) Haley

[sirveaux]

Making this list was really the first time I thought about who my favorite would be. I tend to think of OOTS as an ensemble. Some of my answers surprised me.

1) :haley:
2) :durkon: (Durkula has given him a MASSIVE boost)
3) :belkar:
4) :vaarsuvius:
5) :roy:
6) :elan: (Has his moments, but I have never liked "too stupid to live" characters)

[Rasputin]

Straight up party rating - that's harder than the favorite character tournament. I like the ensemble effect. Fine.

1. Belkar
2. Roy (surprising - I voted against him for Malack so often...)
3. Vaarsuvius
4. Haley
5. Durkon (could easily surpass Haley, but body of work to date, Haley wins)
6. Elan

[ChristianSt]

So probably the "smartest" vote for me would be simple:

1: :belkar:

He is just simple my favourite PC by a far far margin, but since I'm not a fan of "vote-manipulating" I'm not doing the smart thing (and Belkar would certainly not do the smart thing. He probably would just go after oppyu for making such a tournament and not just saying he is the favourite PC :smalltongue:)
So a second try would be:

1: :belkar:
2: :elan:
3: :haley:

It is much harder to find a second place, and if you ask me again in a few weeks (or a few weeks before this :smallwink:), I might probably just switch Elan and Haley. But currently Elan wins - maybe just because he is the reason that Julio is in the comic, who is really awesome, too?
Hm, wait,... that still isn't the complete Order :smallfrown:. Now comes the really tricky part. While all characters are great, compared to the top 3, I don't really care about the rest. So my final standings would be:

1: :belkar:
2: :elan:
3: :haley:
4: :vaarsuvius:
5: :durkon:
6: :roy:

But the latter could probably switch daily, so assigning different numbers to them feels a bit weird.

:belkar: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :elan: . . :haley: . . . . . . . . . . . . :vaarsuvius::durkon::roy:



Edit: After finishing my post I came to an idea what would be the really the best vote :smallbiggrin::

1: :belkar:
2: :belkar:
3: :belkar:
4: :belkar:
5: :belkar:
6: :belkar:

[ImperatorV]

Belkar IS the order of the stick.

Edit:

Proof here: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0605.html

[Bird]

So probably the "smartest" vote for me would be simple:

1: :belkar:

He is just simple my favourite PC by a far far margin, but since I'm not a fan of "vote-manipulating" I'm not doing the smart thing (and Belkar would certainly not do the smart thing. He probably would just go after oppyu for making such a tournament and not just saying he is the favourite PC :smalltongue:)
Hrrm. oppyu, is voting for fewer than all 6 characters in fact against the rules?

[Sylian]

Hrrm. oppyu, is voting for fewer than all 6 characters in fact against the rules?It should be, since else people could just vote for their top 3 characters and skip the rest.

[Kish]

My suggestion, were oppyu to ask for it which of course oppyu has not, would be to average the number of the uncast votes and give it to everyone not-voted-for.

So that, for example, if someone voted for Durkon and Elan and no one else, Roy, Vaarsuvius, Belkar, and Haley would all be counted as having come in place 4.5.

[Cuthalion]

1.V
2.Elan
3.Belkar
4.Haley
5.Roy
6.Durkon

[Bird]

My suggestion, were oppyu to ask for it which of course oppyu has not, would be to average the number of the uncast votes and give it to everyone not-voted-for.

So that, for example, if someone voted for Durkon and Elan and no one else, Roy, Vaarsuvius, Belkar, and Haley would all be counted as having come in place 4.5.
Though it would add a bit of time to the tabulation, that is an elegant solution. (And in this instance I might change my vote to Vaarsuvius and no one else, because my level of attachment to the rest of the Order is fairly uniform.)

Though forcing everyone to pick all 6 is just as reasonable, and is in fact what oppyu did request in the OP.

[Mike Havran]

I think five-member-votes should be OK since it's pretty clear who's on first (or last).

[JBiddles]

1.):vaarsuvius:Vaarsuvius.
Amongst the Order, only Haley even comes close to the androgynous purple-haired wonder-elf.
2.):haley:Haley Starshine.
Sneaky, rational, sensible and funny.
3 :durkon: Durkon Thundershield.
I don't take Durkula into account when considering this. I agree with Belkar; he's not Durkon. Durkon was, I think, unfairly maligned as a flat character - he had plenty of opportunity for fleshing out and development.
4.):elan:Elan.
Choosing between Roy, Elan and Durkon was very difficult, but I think I have to go with Durkon>Elan>Roy, especially based on Elan's recent development.
5.):roy:Roy Greenhilt.
I really like Roy, but he occasionally comes off as just a little bit too harsh.
6.):belkar:Belkar Bitterleaf.
I've never understood the vast affection Belkar commands. Certainly, he has some excellent quotations, can be enjoyable, and is beginning to become a touch more interesting, but fundamentally, he's still a sadistic, mass-murdering, ignorant, callous little bugger.

[Timix]

1) Belkar
2) V
3)Elan
4)Haley
5)Roy
6)Durkon

Also why does everyone put Haley last?

[ChristianSt]

Yeah, I would vote for only counting entries containing a full ranked set. (Obviously the only valid exception should be a 5-character vote, since the last place can be easily deduced)

[oppyu]

If anyone submits an incomplete vote, I will track them down and burn their homes to the ground. Then I will find their family and/or significant others, and burn their homes to the ground as well. Finally, I will find their place of employment or education, and... leave that standing, because I wouldn't want to give you an excuse not to go into work/school tomorrow.

[Oko and Qailee]

1. Roy
2. Elan
3. Durkon
4. Belkar
5. Haley
6. V

(TBH, Roy and Elan are the same, Durkon, Haley and Belkar are the same, and V is far from the rest)

[Bird]

If anyone submits an incomplete vote, I will track them down and burn their homes to the ground. Then I will find their family and/or significant others, and burn their homes to the ground as well. Finally, I will find their place of employment or education, and... leave that standing, because I wouldn't want to give you an excuse not to go into work/school tomorrow.
That is totally dreamy.

[Vaylon]

I've never understood the vast affection Belkar commands. Certainly, he has some excellent quotations, can be enjoyable, and is beginning to become a touch more interesting, but fundamentally, he's still a sadistic, mass-murdering, ignorant, callous little bugger.

Like he says (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0610.html), he's the only funny thing left in this damn comic strip. We can enjoy his hilarity from the comfort and safety of our chairs. Plus, he seems to respect animals way more than people -- and I bet lots of people share that opinion.

[Harbinger]

1. V.

2. Belkar.

3. Durkon.

4. Roy.

5. Elan.

6. Haley.

[DaggerPen]

1. Haley
2. Roy
3. V
4. Elan
5. Durkon
6. Belkar

[ChristianSt]

If anyone submits an incomplete vote, I will track them down and burn their homes to the ground. Then I will find their family and/or significant others, and burn their homes to the ground as well. Finally, I will find their place of employment or education, and... leave that standing, because I wouldn't want to give you an excuse not to go into work/school tomorrow.

Belkar would certainly approve: :belkar::"When in doubt, set something on fire." (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0270.html)

[Bulldog Psion]

1. Haley (my favorite, and I know she's going to lose)
2. Roy (for snark and valor)
3. Belkar (what can I say, the little scum makes me laugh)
4. Elan (he's a nice guy, but he can't equal the first three)
5. Varsuuvius (amusing back in his pre-splice days, now just tiresome)
6. Durkon (another nice guy, but kind of meh)

[Altessia]

1. Haley
2. Durkon
3. Roy
4. Varsuvius
5. Elan
6. Belkar

[Antipode]

#1. Elan: I'm a huge Elan fan. From turning me onto the Bard class to the first time to making me see how a low-Intelligence character could be entertaining to roleplay, Elan's taught me a lot.

#2.Vaarsuvius: V's wit tends to be similar to my own, so his jokes and burns get me more often than most of the cast.

#3. Belkar: Belkar's just bleeding funny.

#4. Roy: Nothing at all against Roy, I love Roy. His leadership's great when he exhibits it (like he has during this arc) and I enjoy seeing him use his head. I only rank him a bit below Belkar, really, and a lot of Belkar's points with me he's earned during this arc.

#5. Durkon: All of me says Haley should be here, but I just can't justify it. Durkon's straight-lacedness somehow has him more endeared to me than the rogue.

#6. Haley: Even writing her in last place makes me feel bad. She rounds out a cast of astounding characters, so it's not as though I dislike her; Haley's just the least loved of the main posse to me.

[Shadebolt]

1: Vaarsuvius
2: Elan
3: Haley
4: Belkar
5: Durkon
6: Roy

[davidbofinger]

Roy
Durkon
Belkar
Vaarsuvius
Elan
Haley

[SinisterLaugh]

1. Roy
2. Elan
3. Vaarsuvius
4. Belkar
5. Haley
6. Durkon

[Meph]

1. Belkar
2. Vaarsuvius
3. Roy
4. Durkon
5. Haley
6. Elan

[Kish]

If anyone submits an incomplete vote, I will track them down and burn their homes to the ground. Then I will find their family and/or significant others, and burn their homes to the ground as well. Finally, I will find their place of employment or education, and... leave that standing, because I wouldn't want to give you an excuse not to go into work/school tomorrow.
That works too.

[Procyonpi]

hmmm...
1. Elan
2. Haley
3. Durkon
4. Roy
5. Belkar
6. V

[Ghost Nappa]

I do not believe I can Order the Order of the Stick in into an Order of favorites. The Ensemble effect is too good.

They wax and wane, and I can't help that the number 5 and 6 spots are the "unfavorites." I don't have any unfavorites. Hell, I don't think there's a character I've disliked beyond Tarquin in his more obsessive Villainy moments where he was fighting the Order recently.

Can I vote them all for the same place? :smallnervous:

If we were discussing "trend-setters" I would have to say Roy, Elan, and Belkar, but favorites?

Giant have mercy on my poll.

[Demolator]

1. Elan
2. Roy
3. Durkon
4. Haley
5. Belkar
6. V

[Souhiro]

6.):belkar:Belkar Bitterleaf.
I've never understood the vast affection Belkar commands. Certainly, he has some excellent quotations, can be enjoyable, and is beginning to become a touch more interesting, but fundamentally, he's still a sadistic, mass-murdering, ignorant, callous little bugger.

Well, That's the same we could say about THE TERMINATOR. (Save for the "Little Bugger" part) and everybody loves THE TERMINATOR.


R.I.P Zz'dtri. You'll always be the best the LG ever had in my opinion. 'Tis a shame you weren't defeated by V in an epic battle of wizards. Zz'dtri, LG? He never was Lawful Good!

[Meph]

Zz'dtri, LG? He never was Lawful Good!

I guess it was standing for Linear Guild, not lawful good.

[Bulldog Psion]

I guess it was standing for Linear Guild, not lawful good.

In fact, the sentence doesn't make much sense if you substitute "lawful good" for LG. :smalltongue:

[Kish]

You mean Souhiro didn't do it on purpose? How disappointing.

[Ramax]

1. :belkar: Great lines, twisted logic, and strangely loyal. Love it.
2. :haley: She's got a few good lines as well.
3. :elan: Entertaining if nothing else.
4. :durkon: The ongoing tree gags are amusing, but that's about it. Too lawful for my tastes.
5. :roy: Would be last if I didn't loathe V so much. He's just too bland.
6. :vaarsuvius: I loathe V. I know V has a lot of love and support from the community, but I loathe him/her.

[Pesimismrocks]

1. :durkon: Was my favourite from the start. A little cliche and he has very few 'moments' but I really like has character as a whole in every arc.

2.:haley: Haley is also a character who never has a turn in the spotlight. Which is a shame because I think that again she has a really interesting personality and backstory.

3.:vaarsuvius: I love everything the elf says, and he/she/it has had a few great moments and arcs dedicated to him/her His/her continued ambiguity is also a great touch. I didn't even realise there was any questioning over her gender for the first 300 strips.

4 :belkar: Not a great character, but he has some great one-liners and his recent companionship with Mr. Scruffy has proved to be a great and interesting relationship that creates a possible alignment change and gradual character development

5. :roy: Roy is a good character, with lots of great lines, but his flaw i that he is the protagonist. Like all true protagonists he has to hold the team together and this stops him from achieving his true greatness, at least in my opinion.

6. :elan: I'll admit that he has had lots of great moments, especially near the beginning of the strip but his character development into a mature dashing swordsman leaves him the only character where I wish there wasn't any.

[StLordeth]

EDIT 2:
0. O-Chul
This x1000

[Sloanzilla]

1. Elan
2. Belkar
3. V
4. Roy
5. Hayley
6. Durkon

order subject to change from time to time. "Rub, rub, rub my father's face..." bumped Elan up quite a bit.

I actually like all six, for different reasons

[Souhiro]

EDIT 2:
0. O-ChulThis x1000This x 1000^1000 !!!

O'Chuck for president!

[Liliet]

1) http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/Cats_Are_Aliens/Banners/VaarsuviusNew.png duh;
2) :haley: this is a tough one, so Haley gets it as a representative of my gender;
3) :elan: he's so not stupid;
4) :roy: that's what Lawful Good should be like;
5) http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/Cats_Are_Aliens/Banners/DurkonVampire_zps6711c6b8.png I guess I don't really like this twist so far, but if Giant handles it the way I like, Durkon has chances to move up;
6) :belkar: I started liking him recently, but the same goes for everyone else, so... sorry, last place.

[grom the mighty]

1. :belkar:
2. :roy:
3. :durkon:
4. :elan:
5. :vaarsuvius:
6. :haley:

[sam79]

This is difficult. Not only because these are all good characters, but because the word 'favourite' is large enoigh to encompass competing definitions and responses. The character I want to see more of would probably be Belkar (still the funniest PC in a story that bills itself as comedy-action-adventure), but he is also the character I least admire/would want to meet in Real Life. V has probably had the most interesting arc so far, but Durkon's promises to be good going forward; and once again, it is far easier to admire the latter than the former.

Ok enough waffle.

1. Belkar. A horrible, despicable, evil little psycho. He is not in the least redeemed as a person by the fact he is Comedy Gold, and only marginally by the fact that he Has A Cat. But he is the most entertaining of the main cast, IMO.
2. V. I really love her verbose-ness, and Meaty Character Development.
3. Haley. A good all-rounder; has some good lines, some good development, and some nice Heroine Moments, without anything about her that I don't like.
4. Roy. Suffers a little by being often given the Straight Man job, but has some good snarky moments.
5. Elan. I really really like Elan, and he is the character I most want to see Live to Tell the Tale. But...well, I don't find his zany antics/stupidity that funny, and the whole Banjo the Clown things tends to leave me cold.
6. Durkon. Might wll move up the list after the story is finished, but yeah. he's had the least attention paid to him to date, and it shows. He's not a bad character, but I hope his most interesting moments are still to come.

[oppyu]

RESULTS

6th: :durkon:: 105 points, 2 1st place votes
5th: :haley:: 117 points, 6 1st place votes
4th: :belkar:: 142 points, 13 1st place votes
3rd: :roy:: 158 points, 7 1st place votes
2nd: :elan:: 166 points, 15 1st place votes
1st: :vaarsuvius:: 167 points, 14 1st place votes

Yes, in shocking news, the winner of the Favourite Character Tournament also won the Favourite PC Tournament. Elan scored slightly better on 1st and 2nd place votes, but Vaarsuvius won more 3rd place votes to make up the difference. Belkar kept up with the top two in 1st place votes, but being a 'love them or hate them' character hurts in a preferential voting system where people who hate him can place him last, and very few people seem to hate Roy.

1st place votes
1: Elan (15)
2: Vaarsuvius (14)
3: Belkar Bitterleaf (13)
4: Roy Greenhilt (7)
5: Haley Starshine (6)
6: Durkon Thundershield (2)

2nd place votes
1: Roy Greenhilt (17)
2: Elan (11)
3: Vaarsuvius (10)
4: Belkar Bitterleaf (7)
=5: Haley Starshine (6)
=5: Durkon Thundershield (6)

3rd place votes
1: Vaarsuvius (13)
2: Haley Starshine (11)
=3: Roy Greenhilt (9)
=3: Durkon Thundershield (9)
5: Belkar Bitterleaf (8)
6: Elan (7)

4th place votes
1: Durkon Thundershield (15)
2: Haley Starshine (11)
=3: Roy Greenhilt (9)
=3: Elan (9)
5: Vaarsuvius (8)
6: Belkar Bitterleaf (5)

5th place votes
1: Belkar Bitterleaf (15)
2: Durkon Thundershield (14)
3: Roy Greenhilt (10)
=4: Elan (8)
=4: Haley Starshine (8)
6: Vaarsuvius (2)

6th place votes
1: Haley Starshine (15)
2: Durkon Thundershield (11)
3: Vaarsuvius (10)
4: Belkar Bitterleaf (9)
5: Elan (7)
6: Roy Greenhilt (5)

[Muenster Man]

Roy Greenhilt: Master of being the Almost Favorite :roy:

Tight race, I was really hoping Elan would pull through and dethrone V from his/her last victory but alas... 1 point.

[Sir_Leorik]

1. :haley:
2. :roy:
3. :elan:
4. http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/Cats_Are_Aliens/Banners/DurkonVampire_zps6711c6b8.png
5. :vaarsuvius:
6. http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/Cats_Are_Aliens/Banners/Blackwing.png
7. http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/Cats_Are_Aliens/Banners/MrScruffy.png
8. :belkar:

:smallbiggrin:

[Kish]

If I'd known it was going to be that close I would...have not voted any differently; Elan was already in second place for me, and he certainly wasn't going to outrank Durkon.

[Procyonpi]

Boo @ V winning.

[Sloanzilla]

heh, one point difference for first place aaaaannnd,
zimmerwald ranked V 4th, not 6th.

An expected zimmerwald ranking V last would have cost him/her the title.

[Bird]

Even though I ranked Belkar last, I do like the character.

[martianmister]

1. :haley:
2. :elan:
3. :vaarsuvius:
4. :roy:
5. http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/Cats_Are_Aliens/Banners/DurkonVampire_zps6711c6b8.png
6. http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/Cats_Are_Aliens/Banners/Blackwing.png

[Bulldog Psion]

heh, one point difference for first place aaaaannnd,
zimmerwald ranked V 4th, not 6th.

An expected zimmerwald ranking V last would have cost him/her the title.

That is probably the best thing I've read all day, for whatever reason. :smallbiggrin:

[Forrestfire]

Hrm. This is actually really tough...


:vaarsuvius:
:roy:
:elan:
:durkon:
:haley:
:belkar:

[Mike Havran]

Is there a second round or what? Why are people still voting after the results are known?

[martianmister]

Is there a second round or what? Why are people still voting after the results are known?

Better late than never. (Did I just miss-use a verb?)

[Bulldog Psion]

Is there a second round or what? Why are people still voting after the results are known?

I think they haven't realized it's over.

[Gift Jeraff]

heh, one point difference for first place aaaaannnd,
zimmerwald ranked V 4th, not 6th.

An expected zimmerwald ranking V last would have cost him/her the title.

And people said zimmerwald is president of the Anti-V Club. I challenge him for leadership of the haters!

[facw]

Someone had previously mentioned trying these rankings with an instant runoff voting method. I was curious so I plugged them into this site (http://www.ericgorr.net/condorcet/), which can do a few different types.

Assuming I got the data right, it looks like Elan wins with all methods there, beating V 29 to 27 (27 to 26 with only the ballots from when the results were posted). The algorithms are a bit different, but for the ones that eliminate one per round, the ranking (reverse elimination order) would look like:
1. Elan
2. Vaarsuvius
3. Belkar
4. Haley
5. Roy
6. Durkon

Here's the ballot info I used if anyone wants to play around with it on the site I mentioned earlier:
1:V>H>R>B>D>E
1:V>E>H>D>R>B
1:V>B>H>E>R>D
2:E>R>V>D>B>H
1:V>B>R>H>D>E
1:D>E>R>H>B>V
1:H>E>R>V>B>D
1:R>D>H>E>B>V
1:E>D>R>H>B>V
1:B>R>E>H>D>V
1:R>E>V>D>B>H
1:V>E>H>R>D>B
1:E>V>B>D>H>R
1:E>R>D>H>B>V
1:E>R>H>D>B>V
1:R>D>V>H>E>B
1:B>V>R>D>E>H
1:E>V>H>R>B>D
1:E>B>V>D>R>H
1:B>E>D>V>H>R
1:E>R>V>H>B>D
1:E>R>V>D>B>H
1:V>B>R>D>H>E
1:E>R>H>V>B>D
1:B>V>H>D>E>R
1:V>R>B>E>D>H
1:V>R>E>D>H>B
1:B>V>E>R>D>H
1:V>R>B>D>E>H
1:B>V>D>E>R>H
1:H>D>B>V>R>E
1:B>R>V>H>D>E
1:B>E>H>V>D>R
1:V>E>B>H>R>D
1:V>H>D>E>R>B
1:B>V>E>H>R>D
1:R>E>D>B>H>V
1:V>B>D>R>E>H
1:H>R>V>E>D>B
1:H>R>B>E>V>D
1:H>D>R>V>E>B
1:E>V>B>R>D>H
1:V>E>H>B>D>R
1:R>D>B>V>E>H
1:R>E>B>B>H>D
1:E>H>D>R>B>V
1:E>R>D>H>B>V
1:B>H>E>D>R>V
1:D>H>V>B>R>E
1:E>B>V>R>H>D
1:V>H>E>R>D>B
1:B>R>D>E>V>H
1:H>R>E>D>V>B
1:H>E>V>R>D>B
1:V>R>E>D>H>B

[Shadic]

1) Roy
2) Belkar
3) Durkon
4) Elan
5) Haley
6) V

[Killer Angel]

Is there a second round or what? Why are people still voting after the results are known?

a) because they don't like the results and want to let the world know their favourites.
b) they totally missed the post with the results.

[Jolnim]

1. Durkon
2. Roy
3. Elan
4. Haley
5. V
6. Belkar

[Jolnim]

OOps, yeah, I missed the post that summed up the totals. Interesting results.

[Kish]

You have excellent taste in characters; it's a pity your vote wasn't early enough to be counted.

[Gift Jeraff]

So what's next? Favourite Alignment Tournament? Favourite Panel Tournament? Favourite Indexed Comment from the Giant Tournament?

[Cizak]

Eventually, we of course have to do Favourite Tournament Tournament.

[oppyu]

So what's next? Favourite Alignment Tournament? Favourite Panel Tournament? Favourite Indexed Comment from the Giant Tournament?
I'm pleased to announce the Favourite Panel Tournament! For the next 933 weeks, we will go strip by strip, finding the favourite panel of each strip! Then for the next 93 week, we will find the favourite panel in each group of ten strips! Then 10 weeks for the 'best of the hundred' panels, and then finally a grand finale! Provided that the Giant stops producing strips now, it should only take 20 years to finish.

[Bulldog Psion]

And I think one would be safe in predicting that the favorite panel would be one picturing V. :smalltongue: Honestly, it appears that any kind of tournament is going to be won by the elf. It's a bit predictable, but there it is.

[Bird]

And I think one would be safe in predicting that the favorite panel would be one picturing V. :smalltongue: Honestly, it appears that any kind of tournament is going to be won by the elf. It's a bit predictable, but there it is.
It's hardly inevitable. Elan was one voter away from taking this one away from V. I recall that V had a very close match-up or two (maybe against Redcloak?) in the favorite character tournament, also.

[martianmister]

So what's next? Favourite Alignment Tournament? Favourite Panel Tournament? Favourite Indexed Comment from the Giant Tournament?

I would go with favourite alignment contest.

[ooOoo]

Well we had a favourite mount tournament but not a straight up favourite animal tournament.
Could also do:
-favourite (major) villain
-favourite battle
-favourite explosion
-favourite unique facial expression :smallconfused:
...