The Brick Awards: The Best of the Worst Tournament #821-840

[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 nine listed is your favorite. Bolding the number of the comic (Like this) helps it stand out.

Voting will last until Tuesday, May 17 at 10AM (MT). Any votes made after that will NOT count toward the totals.

Like twins, or two people in an inseparable prison bromance, :belkar: 786 One Step Worse Than "Diminutively" (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0786.html) and :elan: 801 Bound to Happen (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0801.html) each refused to go on without the other, and were both our winners last week!

.THE BRICK AWARDS: 0821 - 0840

821 Raiders of the Lost Plot Arc (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0821.html)
823 Yes, It Is (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0823.html)
824 Losers Weepers (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0824.html)
825 Good Thing He's Already Partial to Red (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0825.html)
828 A Study in Viridian (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0828.html)
829 Ritual Behavior (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0829.html)
831 Two of a Kind Beats King High (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0831.html)
834 A Seasoned Woodsman (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0834.html)
836 Best Laid Plans (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0836.html)

Note: Due to the insane awesome-icity of 830, a total of SIX of our strips today are from 821-830!!

[nogall]

great batch, even though none come close to the awesomeness of 830. I'll vote 821, even though that was not how I was raised, young man.

[aurilee]

A bunch of good ones!

I'm going to go with #836. Surprise vote!

Honourable mention goes to #824 for Niu and the line about doombabies. There was a recent conversation on these forums about zombie babies so the timing made me chuckle.

[Bird]

I'm going for another un-talky page this time--823. Just some nice visuals. I especially like the mer-goblins walking on the sea floor.

[Emanick]

I too have to vote for 836: Best Laid Plans. It's so rare that we've seen a respectful, serious, meaningful interaction between Roy and Elan, and I really like that scene - and Belkar's surprise burn is magnificent. It's no #830, of course, but that's naturally a ridiculously high standard to hold any comic to. The best writer in the world couldn't produce that level of work on a regular basis, IMO.

[Bratmon]

836 for totally subverting a common trope as well as for surprise burn.

[Tentreto]

I guess I'm going for 829 for a pretty large reveal...basically a mini 830.Though if this did win the brick, it would be a little embarrassing...

[Liquor Box]

836 because of Belkar's surprise burn. He is such an inspiration.

[Gift Jeraff]

Can't choose between #s 821, 825, and 829.

[Euclidodese]

831 Full of Lich-y goodness.

[obaryb]

#825 for Interior decorators

[Laurana]

Without the shade of a doubt #836, which is miles above the others.

I quite like 824 too, for the (albeit brief) victory for the Resistance and for the nice punchline, and 834 for "You know Banjo is even more worried than I am" :smallbiggrin:

836 has it all though: Elan at his best, and a brilliant Belkar's burn.

[Asmodean_]

832834 for that last panel.

[ChillerInstinct]

#825 wins this one for me, all thanks to Redcloak. It shows how brilliantly brutal he can be when he gets serious, which is a fitting lead-in to what happens to Tsukiko.

[Jormengand]

I'm gonna be saving 828 from ultrabrickiness.

[martianmister]

836 surprise burn!

[dmc91356]

I think I like 831 just a bit better than 836.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

Yeah, it's easy to see who carried away most of the votes in this section. I'll go with #825 since Redcloak is still pretty cool.

[Gift Jeraff]

#829 for the suspense.

[Sylian]

829 gets my vote.

[littlebum2002]

Again my vote is meaningless :smallannoyed:. 829

:elan: 836 Best Laid Plans (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0836.html) is our winner this week!

Ultra brick: 824


VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!


........THE BRICK AWARDS: 0821-0840



Comic Number
Votes Received
Vote Percentage





821

1

5.3%





823

1

5.3%




824

1/2 + 1/3

0%




825

3

15.8%





828

1

5.3%





829

4

21.1%





831

2

10.5%





834

1

5.3%




836

6

31.6%




Please join us for the next round of voting!

[aurilee]

Ultra brick: 824


I half-voted for 824...that should count for something right? Poor #824. :smallfrown:

[Laurana]

I half-voted for 824...that should count for something right? Poor #824. :smallfrown:

I one-third voted for it too. Oh well, we'll just make it win his round in the Ultra Bricks Awards.

[littlebum2002]

I half-voted for 824...that should count for something right? Poor #824. :smallfrown:


I one-third voted for it too. Oh well, we'll just make it win his round in the Ultra Bricks Awards.

I updated the table to correct for my obvious mistake. Still goes to Ultra Brick, tho :smallfrown:

[Laurana]

I updated the table to correct for my obvious mistake. Still goes to Ultra Brick, tho :smallfrown:

ROTFL! Cheers! :smallbiggrin:

[aurilee]

I updated the table to correct for my obvious mistake. Still goes to Ultra Brick, tho :smallfrown:

At least it got the recognition it deserves! :smallsmile: