The Sticks Awards 206-210

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Hi, and welcome to The Sticks Awards!

Note: the voting format has changed (again :smallbiggrin: ). Read on for more details.

The Sticks Awards are given to the best strips of all times, chosen by the polls here in the Playground.

Ok, we have had a lot of problems to carry the Awards on. First, only 5 options per poll and 25 chars per poll option. Which obligated us to have 2 simulteneous open polls for each ten comics. And just when I decided to change the voting format to suit these limitations, we get no polls at all. So, the new voting format will still be 5-comics per poll, then 4 polls with the 20 winners and then a big final one with the 4 big winners. This is in case the polls come back from the afterlife someday. But as of right now, post your votes on the thread. Only one vote per user, of course.

And let's vote, people. The last poll was a failure when it comes to number of votes. Guess a lot of users don't like to say whom they're voting for. :smallbiggrin:

The poll will close on May 13, 21:45 GMT.


The Sticks Awards 206-210

206 Hidden Benefit of Being an Adventurer (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0206.html)
207 Now If Only We Could Organize the Fiends Somehow (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0207.html)
208 A Battle of Wits (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0208.html)
209 Multiclass Discrimination (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0209.html)
210 Displaced Persons (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0210.html)

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

208: A Battle of Wits. Don't know WHAT 'wits", but it's my vote anyway. :smallwink:

[Anmat]

My vote goes to:

210: Displaced Persons

[Spiryt]

206 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0206.html)

Just for "I'm on an adventure"

EDIT: Who is counting it now, anyway?

[RMS Oceanic]

209. "What is this 'Japan' of which you speak?" will always be a classic line.

[Abacab]

209, I say!

It has amusing dialogue.

[Twilight Jack]

206! Elan's on an adventure! Also, Belkar's explanation of his reasons for coming along is priceless.

[Estelindis]

206, for the final frame (although it's a tough choice between this and the final frame of 207, which has been referenced in my own D&D game so often that I sometimes forget it's from OotS!).

[Porthos]

Mean Ol Cranky Pants, FTW!! :smallcool:

In otherwords, #209. :smallwink:

[Klev]

207 Now If Only We Could Organize the Fiends Somehow "Dragons color-coded for YOUR convenience"

And for Nazzo, wits is hard to translate but would be something like "habilidade de ser esperto de uma pessoa ou esperteza":smallwink:

[anyone]

My vote for 209, please.

[SKarious]

One vote for 208 please.
"Too slow, sister":smallbiggrin:

[Setra]

My vote.. 207

206 - 15
207 - 10
208 - 8
209 - 13
210 - 8

Seems pretty even thus far
Last Vote Counted - Aidan305
And now it's tied.

Note: If Warmachine wishes I'll change his vote.

Still tied

Even still, it is tied... looks like the others are catching up.

Gasp! 209 Took the Lead!

Dun dun dun, 206 steals the lead.

[Sir_Norbert]

206 for me.

[Tmabbbb]

I vote 210. It's just awesome. As well, sorry to hear about the poll restrictions. I hope we can find a better way around it. I suggest 10 comics at once, with a best of the hundred poll, just like it used to be. Except we won't have polls; we will vote via post.

[Deme]

206. I've always loved that last panel. I've secretly wanted to have one of my characters say it, but I never had the opportunity...

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Who is counting it now, anyway?

Setra kept a tally for the last one, and is doing so for this one too. But in the end I will always re-check the voting to ensure the results and post 'em in the thread.



And for Nazzo, wits is hard to translate but would be something like "habilidade de ser esperto de uma pessoa ou esperteza":smallwink:

Yeah, I know that. It was a pun. A very intended pun. :smallbiggrin:

[Setra]

I mostly just keep a tally, so that people can see who is winning.

That and it's fun.

[Hel65]

210. Displacer beasts are so cute.

[Jamie Fameflame]

I vote for 209.

"Mean Old Crankypants" :smallbiggrin:

[Caledonian]

209.

The foreshadowing in Miko's statement in the final panel is quite eerie.

[Jawajoey]

206

This one is a really tough crop, those were all really good comics, but Elan's adventure seals it for me.

By the way, I appreciate your perseverance in keeping the Stick Awards going throughout all these format changes. Thanks!

[BardicLasher]

209. It's just one of my all around favorite OotS comics.

[Shott]

209 please.

[gojira]

206. The last panel makes me giggle.

[Icewalker]

#207.

"Dragons. Color-coded for your convenience."

[warmachine]

206
"I wash that lucre every day until it SHINES!"

[Icewalker]

Uh, Warmachine, that quote is in 207 not 206. I think you voted for the wrong one there.

[Vargtass]

210: Displaced persons (but 208 comes very close...)

[Studoku]

207
:elan: Dragons- colour-coded for your convenience.

[Fitzclowningham]

208. How could it not be 208? It has :belkar: . It has :miko: . It has the horse. It has the lead thingie. Do the math.

[musicnerd]

208
I love Belkar's lead sheet!

[TroyXavier]

206.....Elan at his funniest.

[Reed]

# 210 - Taking the perspective of the poor monsters... :smallbiggrin:

[happyturtle]

206. Why? Because of the jam. Every adventure needs a belly slathered with jam. :elan:

[Vulion]

209, just because.:smallbiggrin:

[Drascin]

:roy: "It's like I'm watching my life, but from the outside"

209 for me, just because I've used that line in RL a lot after that strip :smallamused: .

[Sampi]

Color-coded dragons!

This had me laughing hard and long.

So, my vote for 207.

[H. Zee]

207. Now If Only We Could Organize the Fiends Somehow.

"Dragons, color-coded for YOUR convenience" was such a classic.

[Lord Edward]

209. The Mean Old Cranky-Pants line is just awesome.

[Avatar God]

207!

:haley: "Hey, I wash that lucre every day until it SHINES!"

[AlisdairM]

206, all the way.

Who doesn't want a little adventure in their lives?

[Scudboy]

208. Classic Belkar. Probably my favorite of the whole third hundred.

[kerberos]

Colour coded dragons FTW! (207)

[Frank]

210. Poor squidbillies.

Agreed on the tough crop bit, though. A lot of solid comics in this one.

-Frank

[BobTheDog]

210.

"Don't you see?? We're a random encounter!!"

That's unbeatable, in my book.

[Aimbot]

#207
I wash that Lucre until it shines.

[Curunir]

and twelve points go to.... 208

[moleytov]

207, but not by much.

mmm.. lets go play some 3 dragon ante.

[Jarwy]

208 Battle of wits

[mockingbyrd7]

208, hands down.

[jindra34]

209 do not know why

[David Argall]

210

Mind you, there are much better in the upcoming teens

[phobiandarkmoon]

206 for me

[Vraite]

206, again.

[phobiandarkmoon]

I make that :
206 : 13 (12 if warmachine posted wrongly)
207: 11 (12 if warmachine posted wrongly)
208: 8
209: 12
210 : 8

Looking at that, I really hope warmachine meant 206, or else we have a three-way tie...

[Izodor]

209 Multiclass Discrimination

Fantastic, this is my vote. Paladins rule. Samurai rule even more.

[Liche]

206 please

[TigerHunter]

206. The last panel is the closest a single image can ever come to describing Elan's character.

[Aidan305]

207, for the colour-coded dragons.

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Official Results!


206 - 12 (23.53%)
Spiryt; Twilight Jack; Estelindis; Sir_Norbert; Deme; Jawajoey; gojira; TroyXavier; happyturtle; AlisdairM; phobiandarkmoon; Vraite

207 - 11 (21.59%)
Klev; Setra; Icewalker; warmachine; Stu42; Sampi; Hollow Zaraki; Avatar God; kerberos; Aimbot; moleytov

208 - 8 (15.69%)
Nazzo, the 102nd; SKarious; Fitzclowningham; musicnerd; Scudboy; Curunir; Jarwy; mockingbyrd7

209 - 12 (23.53%)
RMS Oceanic; Abacab; Porthos; anyone; Jamie Fameflame; Caledonian; BardicLasher; Shott; Vulion; Drascin; Lord Edward; jindra34

210 - 8 (15.69%)
Anmat; Tmabbbb; Hel65; Vargtass; Reed; Frank; BobTheDog; David Argall


I considered warmachine's vote to be 207, because of the quote. I assume that everyone quotes his favorite strip.

Izodor, Liche, TigerHunter and Aidan305 had voted outside the time window for this poll. Sorry guys.

Well, it seems that we'll make a run off. Or not. :smallbiggrin: