The Brick Awards: The Best of the Worst Tournament #751-780

[littlebum2002]

About 2 years ago, a great forumite named Porthos created an OOTS voting contest (based on a much shorter lived, but equally fantastic, previous version) which had forum goers vote on the best OOTS strips of all time. It was an impressive contest which went on for over 2 years (and only ended, or went on hiatus, due to running out of strips) and will undoubtedly be remembered in this forum as one of the most well-run ongoing threads on here.

This is not that contest. This is a shameless mockery of that contest.



Welcome to The Brick Awards, the Best of the Worst Tournament! :smallsmile:

The Stick Awards were handed out to the best strips of all time as chosen by our fellow Playgrounders. However, when voting for the Stick awards, some strips felt left out, abused, unloved. Whether they simply were a weak strip, or a decent strip surrounded by amazing strips, for whatever reason some strips just didn't get any votes. :smallfrown:

So this contest is designed to give those strips the morale boost they need and deserve! I am collecting all the strips which received zero votes in the Stick awards and presenting them in groups of ten (Or, at least close to ten, since I don't want to cut off in the middle of a group of strips). We will then vote as to which is our favorite of the worst strips so we can finally decide which the best worst strip is!

(And let's be honest, even the worst OOTS strips are still pretty good and deserve our appreciation!)


To vote in this thread, simply state which comic of the ten listed is your favorite. Bolding the number of the comic (Like this) helps it stand out.

Voting will last until Tuesday, May 3 at 10AM (MT). Any votes made after that will NOT count toward the totals.

Enor discovered some new Confusion-based cuisine when :elan:721 Pain Threshhold (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0721.html) was our winner

.THE BRICK AWARDS: 0751 - 0780


751 Tree is Within 10-ft. Radius of Apple (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0751.html)
752 Picking Locks (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0752.html)
756 He Sure Dodged an Arrow There (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0756.html)
760 Realizations & Rationalizations (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0760.html)
762 Just Trying to Help (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0762.html)
767 And Yes, There is a Santa Claus (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0767.html)
768 +2 Embracers (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0768.html)
769 Because Really, That Would Be Less Improbable (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0769.html)
770 Hard Time (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0770.html)
779 They Follow His Lead (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0779.html)

[ChillerInstinct]

A hit and miss bunch. I've always liked 752, but I think there's a clear winner in this bunch, one that surely only ended up here because of how dominant its competition was the first time around...

#760, it's time to finally take your place in the sun.

[Euclidodese]

767 For several reasons. Reason 1: It's great, and reason 2... Well I don't need a reason 2 because reason 1 was so great!

[Liquor Box]

I vote for 752.

I did like 769 as well because of Belkar's comments after Roy is revealed to be a plant.

[Sir_Norbert]

This is a great bunch, and there are several others I would like to vote for, but I won't because #752 is just that good.

[Laurana]

Lots of good ones here.

752 is nice for Haley's magical hair, 779 for the lead sheet (totally love that forever).

756 has the comment about snorkels in the desert and the reveal about an evil scheme by Tarquin; 769 has Belkar's comment about Roy being a plant, as mentioned already.

My almost favourite is 760, a great strip, and the omelette comment is just so awesome!

My pick is 751, with the taste of childhood, the dimmers, and especially the totally hilarious statement about the itchy moustache at Father-Son picnics :smallbiggrin:

[Emanick]

760: Realizations & Rationalizations is the obvious pick here, I think. It definitely got overshadowed by its predecessor, but it's clearly an excellent strip in its own right.

[Yendor]

There is no need for a vote: 767 has already won.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

I love #767 so much. I wonder why it didn't get any votes last time around.

[Killer Angel]

760
When Tarquin was still a really fascinating bad character. With style.

[martianmister]

760 Realizations & Rationalizations

[Markozeta]

I don't suppose 779 could shout smite evil when it wins? Just for fun?

[Bratmon]

779 for the return of "Stop oppressing my culture, you ethnocentric bitch!"
Runners up were 751, for Tarquin's construction plans and 762, for reminding us that not all fights are to the death.

[Gift Jeraff]

#768 A-M Zone

[nogall]

Incidentally, it's not at all weird that I want to vote for 767.

[obaryb]

Do I have to drink a potion so that you believe I really like #767?

[Markozeta]

Considering 763 became number 3 in the best of the thousand tournament, with 766 a close followup (which is a lot more funny than 767 - the joke is such a sudden reveal in 766), and yeah - we missed some good ones first time because they were outshone.

Full results here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?404245-The-Stick-Awards-II-Second-Edition-(-0761-0770)).

[aurilee]

#751 because it itched. It itched.

And those dimmer lights are pretty awesome.

[dmc91356]

A couple of good ones to choose from, but I like 779.

[Bird]

760 by a hair, because I like how Tarquin squeezes a bit of tactical intel on Vaarsuvius out of the encounter.

[littlebum2002]

There is no need for a vote: 767 has already won.

When my eyes first saw this post I thought you were a mod shutting down our thread!!

:smalleek:

[Sylian]

Bunch of good choices here. 767 gets my vote.

[littlebum2002]

I think I'm gonna have to toss an ultra-brick a bone. There's no way 762 belongs in the ultra-bricks with the "who do you consider a somebody?" line.



Ultra bricks: 756, 769 & 770


:haley:767 And Yes, There is a Santa Claus (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0767.html) is our winner this week

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!


........THE BRICK AWARDS: 0751-0780



Comic Number
Votes Received
Vote Percentage





751

2

11.1%





752

2

11.1%




756

0

0%




760

5

27.8%





762

1

5.6%





767

6

33.3%





768

1

5.6%





769

0

0%




770

0

0%




779

3

16.7%




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