The Sticks Awards 111-120

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

:smallsmile: Hi, and welcome to The Sticks Awards!

:smallamused: The Sticks Awards are given to the best strips of all times, chosen by the polls here in the Playground. Each poll will have a group of 10 comics, chronologically chosen, and every hundred strips we'll have a "Best of the Hundred" poll, with the most voted strip of each previous poll.

:smallcool: Each poll will have the duration of a week. Voters can only pick one choice. Links are provided for people to re-read the comics. This week's poll features comics #111 to #120.

:smallwink: If you have any suggestions or comments, feel free to comment on this thread.

:smallbiggrin: Thanks for voting!


Winners

#101-110 [full results] (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32482)
1) :elan: #102 Lowbrow is the Best Brow (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0102.html) (27.92%)
2) :mitd: #103 Practice Makes Perfect (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0103.html) (21.43%)
3) :xykon: #110 Revenge is Best Served Really Cold (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/../comics/oots0110.html) (20.13%)

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Best of the Hundred #100 [full results] (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31805)
1) :belkar: #58 First Aid (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/../comics/oots0058.html) (18.78%)
2) :elan: #81 First Church of Banjo (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/../comics/oots0081.html) (17.84%)
3) :vaarsuvius: #20 Arcanolypse Now (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/../comics/oots0020.html) (16.43%)

[Setra]

Okay.. waiting for poll now

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

It's done!

[Setra]

Argh tough choice, 111, 114, or 116. Hmm.

I'll go with 111. Just for the last panel.

By the way, has anyone ever thanked you for doing all these polls? If not I'd like to thank you now, I love the Stick Awards.

[Terraxos]

There's no contest here for me. The last panel of #112 is the single Greatest Xykon Moment Ever:

"You ready?"
"I was born ready!"
"Great. Me first."
SHATTER!

Simply brilliant, and one of my favourite moments of the entire strip. I had to vote for it.

#120 does have a nice montage, though...

[Skydiving_Ninja]

Just like a vin diesel movie!

[WarBrute]

I was torn between 111 and 113 , but 113 won out because of
"Bolster undead"
"Turn Undead"
"Stab Undead"

[GeoffA]

Does it make me some kind of sicko psychopath because I find this hilarious?

:redcloak: We'll stop at the next village and get you a kids meal.
:mitd: Will it have a toy?
:redcloak: No, but it will have real kids.

[fwiffo]

Nice introduction line in #120: "My blades will be bathed in the blood of those responsible". Just makes you go - there is a Lawful Good person in there somewhere.

I'll go with 115. Any time Belkar gets the closing panel, it is liable to be funny. 111 gets second, because while non-verbal, it is also a nice Belkar moment.

[Megalomaniac2]

Gaah! 111 or 116? 111 OR 116????

#111.

[Yzorth]

I'm going with 115. Belkar just rocks that much.

[Wallyz]

run my little pieces of XP! Run!

[Felinoid]

115. Durkon and Belkar FTW.

[Xanthos]

113. Certainly not the funniest, but the first real example of Rich's ability to do really good dramatic atorytelling. :smallsmile:

[ElfLad]

#115 - We get a sweet Elan-Haley moment, one of Durkon's really funny moments, and some classic Belkar. Plus, Dust in the Wind is a frickin' amazing song.

[Demented]

113.
Broken sword.
Everything's going to hell.
Memory montage.
Roy gets angry.

The suspense could kill.

Simply a marvelous strip.

[Angela Christine]

#116 Haley taking charge, and :roach: The king demands . . . cake!

[Spiryt]

AAAAhhh!!!!
The inevitability of choice...
111? 117? 119? Maybe 120?
They'r all gooood :smalleek:

[gofunkiertti]

114 YOU BROKE MY SWORD!!!
one of my favorite lines in the whole strip

[Hel65]

:xykon: You, sir, have a serious problem with overreaction.

:xykon: Great. Me first. *shatter*

112 it is. Though 113 was a contender too. And the last one - we had OOTS, Team Xykon, Linear Guild and Miko all in one comic! Fun.

[Aldebaran]

115,116,117...

Thats like forcing me to choose between day and night, life or death! Pork or beans... :smallbiggrin:

Well, anyways, 117 does it this time

[Zar Peter]

114 YOU BROKE MY SWORD!!!
one of my favorite lines in the whole strip

Completly agreeing! Anger leads to strenght!

[Selrahc]

111!

That little *stab* by Belkar at the end cracked me up so much.

[Duke of URL]

Does it make me some kind of sicko psychopath because I find this hilarious?

:redcloak: We'll stop at the next village and get you a kids meal.
:mitd: Will it have a toy?
:redcloak: No, but it will have real kids.

Yes. Although that's the same reason (the final straw, as it were) that I voted for that one too.

[Runolfr]

"I could just cast a healing spell on him, sir."
"Let's not go crazy here."

[Fenix]

I enjoyed Belkars stabbing moments... so let it be 111 with 113 second

[Tharj TreeSmiter]

Run my little chunks of XP... so funny that or the divining V one

[Vargtass]

I voted for The End of the Beginning. Mostly for all the foreshadowing.

[Setra]

Compared to others, I think these seem fairly close together.

:elan: Go go go go up to the top #111

[vbushido]

:haley: -<:vaarsuvius: "Okay, one grunt for minor magic items, two grunts for major magic items, and three grunts for artifacts."

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ELF: The other white meat

[Tharj TreeSmiter]

Wow this is the most evenly split one yet. (I think)

[Setra]

Wow this is the most evenly split one yet. (I think)

Yeah, I think so too, it's fun to have a close race. *ninja steals your kidneys*

[Dragor]

I love 119, 111 and 116.... but I chose 119 in the end. It's just Elan going "Just like a Vin Diesel Movie!" which always makes me laugh.

This was a tough decision....

[Sage in the Playground]

I like Roy's flash back. Yay plot, and characterization!

[Mr_Saturn]

"Who da short one?" :durkon:

[Geaine]

#113, the flashback montage was great. It really brought the weight of the quest out.

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Oh, all these Miko threads are driving me crazy. :smallwink:

And making the Awards go as far as page 3. Page 3! This cannot happen. Bumping... :smallbiggrin:

[Pronounceable]

Run my little chunks of XP! RUN!

[fwiffo]

4 way split. Ack. And the next batch is going to be hard to decide too - there are many classic moments, when Giant got a chance to star poking fun at towns and villages and not just the dungeon.

[Sir_Norbert]

We currently have a four-way tie for first place!!!! More votes please!

[Setra]

This is a first...

Go #111! Go :belkar: *stab*!

[Spiryt]

Son of a..... Looks like Triple Tie on first position!

Go Hollywood then !

:belkar: Game over man! Game over!

[Nix307]

Has to be the They Should Childproof Those Things one of the best oots comics ever

[Setra]

Still a three way tie.

If this does not change, perhaps a three-way poll that only runs for say a day?

[Blood]

#120 - The End of the Beginning. Maybe it wasn't the funniest, but I think it represents possibly the whole 100 comics, and definitely these ten. Not that I'm looking for the end of every story arc, but this had a couple jokes and some good foreshadowing.

[Caractacus]

Well, I stopped it being a triple tie. But you'll never know which way I voted...! :smalltongue:

[fwiffo]

Well, I stopped it being a triple tie. But you'll never know which way I voted...! :smalltongue:

Ah, yes. Quite a conundrum it is.

Should've voted for 114 and 115, to make it a 4-way tie again. :smalltongue:

[Fighteer]

I'm a big fan of Exciting Climaxes. But all the comics in this batch were good, so my choice came with a grain of salt. I could have easily voted for any of the favorites.

[Bookman]

Uh oh! A TIE!

This could be bad.

And what will you do now that maximum poll options is 5?

[brian c]

:belkar:"Surrender" Ha! How do they come up with this stuff?

[Yzorth]

Wow. This is VERY close. :smalleek:

[Lord Zentei]

Voted. <stabs dead goblins>

[battleburn]

115, run my little chunks of XP!!

[Soniku]

#120, I love tiny hinting montages of things to come while the characters celebrate :smallbiggrin:

[Grady]

I voted for 119.

:elan: - Wow! Just like a Vin Diesel movie!

[Crabapple]

Shatter :xykon:

[Green Bean]

113, just because of the "stab undead" line.




(oh, and the plot)


(okay, it was mostly the stabbing)

[Hart av Srednak]

#120 - The End of the Beginning. Maybe it wasn't the funniest, but I think it represents possibly the whole 100 comics, and definitely these ten. Not that I'm looking for the end of every story arc, but this had a couple jokes and some good foreshadowing.

I'll go with you on #120 allthough 117 was just hilarous.

Now #120 is maybe not working as it worked when I didn't know what will happen and who is that bluecloaked guy:smallwink: