The Sticks Awards 251-255

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

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 3 days to do it.

The poll will close on June 21, 10:00 PM forum default time.


The Sticks Awards 251-255

251 A Piece of His Mind (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0251.html)
252 Linear Storytelling (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0252.html)
253 Larry Gardener and the Angry Half-Orc (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0253.html)
254 Half the Elf, Double the Fun (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0254.html)
255 Meep meep! (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0255.html)

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

You know, as a HP fan, I really laughed when I first read #253. Gotta be coherent.

But I guess Thog will win this one. Thog always win...

:thog:

[Porthos]

253, easily

[Shott]

It was tough between 252 and 253, but I'll have to go with 253.

[Zvendels]

All good strips :smallconfused:

But I'll go with 253, mainly due to Rich comments in NCFTPB :smallsmile:

[TroyXavier]

I'll keep up with the 253 votes.

[Surfing HalfOrc]

I'm gonna have to go with 255, but that's because I grew up on Road Runner Cartoons!

Oh, I also have a question about 251: Why is Haley blindfolded? Does she have frickin' laser beams that shoot from her eyes? Did I miss a strip somewhere?

[Setra]

253, as the others are meh.

[Parasocrates]

252, for the thog quote.

[Icewalker]

255 is good, but 253? Oh man, hilarious. Six books...heh.

[Post]

251.

And stupid minimum message lengths.

[Azuth]

As funny as 253 is, I'm going to have to go with 252 just because of the great Thog quote.

Actually, now that I think about it I'm going to put that quote in my sig :smalltongue:

[Oberon]

I already know it's gonna win, but I gotta say 253

[David Argall]

251. The heros get the vote

[Celébrith]

# 251, I laughed like crazy that Miko pawned them all. :amused:

[happyturtle]

I'm puzzled. Why do the strips that reference other works always do well in these polls?

255 for me. It's still a reference, but much more OOTS LG personalized.

[Vargtass]

This was tricky - several good ones featuring the LG... and the first one is not bad either. I vote for 254, but really wish I could vote for some of the others too...

[Jawajoey]

Between 252 and 253 for sure.

But I think I'll vote for 252

And not just because of Thog either. I think the whole comic itself is funny, and then Thog goes and delivers one of those lines that make people love him too much. Thog may be overrated, but this is why. But Sabines comment at the end really ties it up for me.

Badly mangled Latin did make this a tough decision, however.

[Damastes]

255
Larry is great but this blue page is just...greatest

[Ithekro]

I would say 252 due to Thog's line and the large number of bowls in front of him. I want that much ice cream.

[R.O.A.]

I vote 254. Huddles are fun! plus I love Nale's bits in the last two frames, and the silly names; he who must not be looked at / spoken to / toilet trained :smallbiggrin:

[Sylian]

251. Brings the plot forward.

[demona]

# 252

Thog + icecream = win :smallbiggrin:

[Lòkki Gallansbayne]

My vote goes to 255.

[Tower]

253
Oooh, I like Parodies and I'm okay
I sleep all night and I work all day

[squidthingy]

252, possibly the single greatest line in the entire comic

:thog: oh, little ice cream friends! thog delays boredom-driven rampage only for you! :thog:

[Fighteer]

I'm puzzled. Why do the strips that reference other works always do well in these polls?

255 for me. It's still a reference, but much more OOTS LG personalized.
The setup for 253 was just too well done to be ignored, though. The whole idea that Thog's "boredom-driven rampage" would make the LG suffer through the torment of a wizard school just naturally segued into the Larry Gardener bit, and I hadn't laughed so much at an OotS strip for quite a while.

Since laugh out loud moments are what makes this comic magic, I vote for 253.

[Winterknight]

251
can't wait till it get in the second round

[phobiandarkmoon]

255, simply for the blueprint

[SKarious]

Ofts! 251 for me.
You go, girl!
(Wasn't there a link somewhere to a round-by-round description of the fight? Where is it?)

[RMS Oceanic]

Has to be 253, for the line "Years. I meant years."

[Megalomaniac2]

Definitely 253 for me. One of Thog's finest moments.

[Kurald Galain]

Hm. 254 had the funniest remarks, and 251 was a good plot turning point with a nice meta-ending.

251 it is.

[Surfing HalfOrc]

I already put in my vote, but I am still curious about the question I asked earlier.

Why is Haley blindfolded in 251?

V is gagged to keep hir from casting spells, and everyone but Durkon is handcuffed. Also, Belkar is knocked out, so why isn't he draped over either Miko's or Durkon's horse until he wakes up?

[RNG]

#252

:thog: thog wins poll.

And SKarious, here's the link. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=291639#post291639)

[Deme]

ooh....a tough one. I, like the warthog-man, have been wanting to see that little *grumbles incoherently* die for a long, long time... but I like Thog and his little ice-cream friends.hmmm...someone shoving an axe in that little *grumble*....ice-cream friends...

253.

[AlisdairM]

Huddles are fun, and we've all been stung by a railroad plot at some time, but you just can't keep an evil genius down. 255 takes my vote.

[musicnerd]

This is such a hard decision! For me, it is between 254 for the most giggles and 251 for the last panel. I'll cast my vote for 251.

(My best guess is Haley is blindfolded so she can't give Miko any dirty looks. Also because it is funny :smallbiggrin:)

[ALOR]

these are all hillarious but i have to go with #252, i absolutly love thogs quote

[Erai]

251. Of course the other comics are part of another story-arc, so it's a bit hard to compare, but still :smallwink:

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Poll is closed.

I had a doubt at Megalomaniac2's vote, since he said 253 but mentioned Thog. But it will alter nothing. Just add his vote to either 252 or 253. :smallbiggrin:

Also, I will not put up next poll now. It will fight for attention with the comic. And it will lose. :smallwink:


251 - 9 (24.32%)
Post; David Argall; Celébrith; Sylian; Winterknight; SKarious; Kurald Galain; musicnerd; Erai

252 - 8 (21.62%)
Parasocrates; Azuth; Jawajoey; Ithekro; demona; squidthingy; RNG; ALOR

253 - 12 (32.43%)
Nazzo, the 102nd; Porthos; Shott; Zvendels; TroyXavier; Setra; Icewalker; Oberon; Tower; Fighteer; RMS Oceanic; Deme

254 - 2 (5.40%)
Vargtass; R.O.A.

255 - 6 (16.21%)
Surfing HalfOrc; happyturtle; Damastes; Lòkki Gallansbayne; phobiandarkmoon; AlisdairM