Thread: The Ultimate Order of the Stick Plotline / "Round" Tournament: Round 1A.

[Procyonpi]

Welcome to the first elimination round of the Ultimate Order of the Stick Plotline / "Round" Tournament, the tournament where the fans vote to determine their favorite set of 3 to ~60 strips! This Week's matchups:

41. Pyramid Scheme (BRitF) vs. 42. Into the Sunset (BRitF)
27. Wacky Dungeon Hijinks (DCF) vs. 28. The Bandits (NCfBP)
25. Face the Nation (BRitF) vs. 26. Blood Will Out (BRitF)
35. Kill the Messenger (WaXP) vs. 36. Where Are They Now? (DStP)
33. A Linear Plot (NCfBP) vs 34. Allies and Other Obstacles (NCfBP)

The round closes at 9:00PM EST on Wednesday January 28th. Get out there and vote!

Links to First Pages of Each Round:


Dungeon Crawlin' Fools
The Order Introduced (DCF)
Wacky Dungeon Hijinks (DCF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html)
The Linear Guild (DCF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0044.html)
Hot Dwarf-on-Dwarf Action (DCF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0073.html)
To Xykon! (DCF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0086.html)

No Cure for the Paladin Blues
The Villiage Idiots (NCfBP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0122.html)
The Bandits (NCfBP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0150.html)
Lizard Noises (NCfBP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0175.html)
Vilification (NCfBP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0190.html)
Turning Points (NCfBP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0198.html)
Inn and Out (NCfBP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0224.html)
A Linear Plot (NCfBP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0252.html)
Trial or Error? (NCfBP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0260.html)
Allies and Other Obstacles (NCfBP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0289.html)
Epilogue (NCfBP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0299.html)

War and XP
A Toast to the New Year (WaXP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0302.html)
Q & A (WaXP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0321.html)
Ready to Rumble (WaXP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0339.html)
Kill the Messenger (WaXP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0368.html)
Heroism for Dummies (WaXP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0377.html)
The Collapse (WaXP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0401.html)
The Battle for Azure City (WaXP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0412.html)
Fight Another Day (WaXP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0467.html)

Don't Split the Party
On a +9 Cloud (DStP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0489.html)
Where Are They Now? (DStP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0500.html)
The Prisoner (DStP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0541.html)
Advanced Diversions & Distractions (DStP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0551.html)
Secondary Damage (DStP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0582.html)
Return of the King, Baby (DStP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0600.html)
Dues Elf Machina (DStP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0623.html)
The Power of Balance (DStP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0643.html)
Mended Stick (DStP) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0663.html)

Blood Runs in the Family
Save Room for Desert (BRitF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0673.html)
Face the Nation (BRitF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0699.html)
Father, Sun, and Slaughter (BRitF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0710.html)
Blood Will Out (BRitF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0742.html)
Prize Fight (BRitF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0775.html)
All the Wrong Places (BRitF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0823.html)
Pyramid Scheme (BRitF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0834.html)
Life After Death (BRitF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0867.html)
Obligatory Climactic Battle (BRitF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0892.html)
Into the Sunset (BRitF) (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0937.html)


Seeds:

1. Dues Elf Machina (DStP)
2. The Battle for Azure City (WaXP)
3. The Power of Balance (DStP)
4. Obligatory Climactic Battle (BRitF)
5. Heroism for Dummies (WaXP)
6. All the Wrong Places (BRitF)
7. Life After Death (BRitF)
8. Q & A (WaXP)
9. On a +9 Cloud (DStP)
10. The Prisoner (DStP)
11. Advanced Diversions & Distractions (DStP)
12. The Villiage Idiots (NCfBP)
13. Ready to Rumble (WaXP)
14. The Collapse (WaXP)
15. Fight Another Day (WaXP)
16. Secondary Damage (DStP)
17. Prize Fight (BRitF)
18. The Order Introduced (DCF)
19. The Linear Guild (DCF)
20. Hot Dwarf-on-Dwarf Action (DCF)
21. To Xykon! (DCF)
22. Trial or Error? (NCfBP)
23. Epilogue (NCfBP)
24. A Toast to the New Year (WaXP)
25. Face the Nation (BRitF)
26. Blood Will Out (BRitF)
27. Wacky Dungeon Hijinks (DCF)
28. The Bandits (NCfBP)
29. Lizard Noises (NCfBP)
30. Vilification (NCfBP)
31. Turning Points (NCfBP)
32. Inn and Out (NCfBP)
33. A Linear Plot (NCfBP)
34. Allies and Other Obstacles (NCfBP)
35. Kill the Messenger (WaXP)
36. Where Are They Now? (DStP)
37. Return of the King, Baby (DStP)
38. Mended Stick (DStP)
39. Save Room for Desert (BRitF)
40. Father, Sun, and Slaughter (BRitF)
41. Pyramid Scheme (BRitF)
42. Into the Sunset (BRitF)


Previous Rounds:
Seeding Round (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?392895-The-Ultimate-Order-of-the-Stick-quot-Round-quot-Tournament!)

Rules:
1. This will be a single elimination Tournament with a seeding round at the start. Voting on each round will last 1 week typically close Wednesday at 9:00 PM EST. Generally, there will be multiple elimination matches voted on each week.
2. The moderator (me) generally will not vote, except to break ties.
3. Feel free to post as much or as little as you want explaining your vote, however, I would appreciate if you bold the round you are voting for. Votes will be counted as I am able to interpret them.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

Pyramid Scheme (BRitF)
Wacky Dungeon Hijinks (DCF)
Blood Will Out (BRitF)
Kill the Messenger (WaXP)
Allies and Other Obstacles (NCftPB)

[Bird]

41. Pyramid Scheme (BRitF) vs. 42. Into the Sunset (BRitF)
27. Wacky Dungeon Hijinks (DCF) vs. 28. The Bandits (NCfBP)
25. Face the Nation (BRitF) vs. 26. Blood Will Out (BRitF)
35. Kill the Messenger (WaXP) vs. 36. Where Are They Now? (DStP)
33. A Linear Plot (NCfBP) vs 34. Allies and Other Obstacles (NCfBP)

[LadyEowyn]

Pyramid Scheme (BRitF). Both options have some amazing scenes and some less interesting ones, but on the whole Pyramid Scheme has more strong moments, especially the discovery of the murdered Draketooths, V's breakdown, Durkon's fight with Malack, and Durkon's death.

The Bandits (NCftPB). It's one of the more entertaining sequences of NCftPB and has a key character moment for Roy (where he starts being a real character rather than just Generic Leader Guy and straight man).

Face the Nation (BRitF). I love Redcloak and I like Gobbotopia, with their textbooks and anthems and cute goblin kids and hydra-burgers.

Kill the Messenger (WaXP). The argument between Redcloak and Miko is just fantastic, for the funny lines (mangled Star Wars quotes) the dramatic ones (Redcloak's "unnatural" monologue), and the ones that are a bit of both ("zero ranks in 'Knowledge: What The Hell You're Talking About' ").

Allies and Other Obstacles (NCftPB). Both of the rounds in this category are fairly weak, but there's at least a good moment between Roy and his dad in this one.

I'm curious about how you're doing the seeding. Isn't seeding generally used to pit the strongest teams (or plotlines in this case) against the weakest ones, so that - barring a dark horse victory - the strongest teams are generally facing each other in the final round? [E.g.: 42 vs 1; 41 vs 2; 40 vs. 3]. This seems to be pitting plotlines with sequential numbers - i.e., with similar levels of popularity - against each other, which means that the most popular plotlines will be facing off against each other in the earliest set of rounds, and will be up against weaker strips in the final rounds.

[Procyonpi]

The seeding generally works in a more conventional way, however, right now I'm just doing the 10 match-ups that didn't qualify for first round byes. Things will make more sense once we get to round 2.

[Gift Jeraff]

Into the Sunset
The Bandits
Blood Will Out
Kill the Messenger
A Linear Plot

Pyramid Scheme has more strong moments, especially [...] Durkon's fight with Malack, and Durkon's death.Pyramid Scheme does not include that.

[littlebum2002]

Into the Sunset
Wacky Dungeon Hijinks
Blood Will Out
Where Are They Now
Allies and Other Obstacles

[Sylian]

Pyramid Scheme - Mainly thanks to V.

The Bandits - The comic sure has improved over time, huh? Which is a good sign.

Blood Will Out - Face the Nation is good, but I think Blood Will Out is better.

Kill the Messenger - Redcloak's interaction with Miko is interesting.

Allies and Other Obstacles - The opposition is not that strong, which makes sense, considering it was seeded quite low.

[ranagrande]

Into the Sunset
Wacky Dungeon Hijinks
Blood Will Out
Where Are They Now?
Allies and Other Obstacles

[LadyEowyn]

Pyramid Scheme does not include that.

Ah, oops, that's in the next book. Oh well, the big V moment is still good enough for me to vote for it.

[martianmister]

Pyramid Scheme (BRitF)
Wacky Dungeon Hijinks (DCF)
Face the Nation (BRitF
Kill the Messenger (WaXP)
Allies and Other Obstacles (NCfBP)

[AGD]

Pyramid Scheme (BRitF)
Wacky Dungeon Hijinks (DCF)
Face the Nation (BRitF)
Kill the Messenger (WaXP)
Allies and Other Obstacles (NCfBP)

[Procyonpi]

Voting is Closed. Sorry about the lateness.

Results:
41. Pyramid Scheme (BRitF) (6) vs. 42. Into the Sunset (BRitF) (3)
27. Wacky Dungeon Hijinks (DCF) (5) vs. 28. The Bandits (NCfBP) (4)
25. Face the Nation (BRitF) (4) vs. 26. Blood Will Out (BRitF) (5)
35. Kill the Messenger (WaXP) (6) vs. 36. Where Are They Now? (DStP) (3)
33. A Linear Plot (NCfBP) (1) vs 34. Allies and Other Obstacles (NCfBP) (8)

A lot of close matchup and one... not so close. Next round will be up within an hour.