The Ultra-Brick Awards. Round 1, Vote 3!

[Markozeta]

With the Brick Awards Run-Off, 392 was declared the highly contested Golden Brick (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?499898-The-Golden-Bricks-Run-Off), and 63 strips were left with no votes whatsoever, after two entire tournaments. We're here to find the most ignored bricks of all time. Even the loneliest brick deserves our love. I give you the Ultra-Brick Awards.

The format is simple: The leftovers are piled together, randomly scooped up in groups of 10 (as much as possible), and ran through. In these rounds, vote for the strip that is your most-favorite! Please bold your votes, like this. We will then hold a small vote at the end to find out who was the best of the round (declared a Fools-Golden Brick), pile up the remaining leftovers, and repeat the process with as many rounds as it takes to get a defined no-vote champion. In the likely event that this ends with several strips that receive votes and none that have zero-votes, or we have four or fewer no-vote champions, all of them with the minimum count will be declared as Super-Bricks and a final vote of least-favorite, instead of a vote for most-favorite, among these Super-Bricks will determine the Ultra-Brick. So without further ado, I present to you the Ultra-Brick Awards:

This is Round 1 and in this round there are 63 bricks remaining. This round will consist of 6 votes, alternating between 11 and 10 strips each, and a final vote of 6. The lowest strip remaining is 72 and the highest strip remaining is 992.

72 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0072.html) - Loose Ends
248 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0248.html) - Blame the Hormones
343 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0343.html) - Served with a Side Order of Whoop-Ass
433 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0433.html) - Resource Management
495 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0495.html) - (Eu)gene Therapy
535 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0535.html) - The Cat Stays in the Picture
577 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0577.html) - You Can Take the Rogue Out of the City...
600 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0600.html) - Headed Down
711 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0711.html) - The Rogue's Guild
820 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0820.html) - Son Catcher
924 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0924.html) - Resource Management

And yeah - never noticed 433 and 924 had the same title until right now.

Maybe one day I'll remember to post the closing time - 9/27/2016, 10:00a PDT

[Doug Lampert]

It has to be 343 or 711. Note that 711 is misnamed in the title post, it's "The Rouge Guild", that's a major element of the joke IMAO.

It's 711.

[dmc91356]

I like 248 out of these.

[littlebum2002]

535. Decently solid Belkar joke.

[Jormengand]

600 gets my vote.

[Laurana]

600 is a nice one, but my vote goes to 535. I just like Thanh and Niu quite a lot. Plus of course Belkar.

[Mordae]

577, because Haley :smallsmile:

[War-Wren]

Wow, that was a tough bunch... none of them are bad... but standing alone like that, they don't really pop...
TBH I'm not sure there's ever been a strip I would call bad, but that's what this vote is all about, huh? :smallbiggrin:

After careful consideration, and with not much in it, 711 *just* scrapes it over 577... The parody is rather amusing :smallsmile:

[ChillerInstinct]

Tarquin might be a self-obsessed, delusional little blighter... but #820 and the way he squeezes information out of Nale is masterful.

Also, fruit baskets, "who knows that you know is as important as knowing it in the first place", and various other solid lines.

[aurilee]

While I'm all for the awkward elevator talk of #600, I have to go with #535 because of the combined power of Belkar and Niu. I miss Niu.

[Sir_Norbert]

#535 is a clear winner, because the cat is so adorable. And also Niu.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

I think I'll go with #820 for some good ol Tarquin and Nale interaction.

[Gift Jeraff]

#343 true neutral

[Darth Paul]

535, because Mr. Scruffy is in it.

[Euclidodese]

535 because the Belkster and the stone-cold scruffinator are about to get this party started.

[Sniccups]

820. Tarquin is a nice character.

[Kastor]

#820

I love seeing nale's comeuppance

[Black Socks]

72

:elan:"No! No killing."
:belkar:"Technically, you mean no MORE killing."

[Markozeta]

One more day to go! Get your last minute votes in today!

[Sylian]

There are a few really good ones here. 535 gets my vote.

[Markozeta]

I personally like :haley:711 - The Rogue's Guild - it's nice to have a solid joke page among these plot-heavy pages. But Niu and Belkar in :belkar:535- The Cat Stays in the Picture take this vote by a wide margin! 433, 495, and 924 all move onto the next round (and since we passed 4, this guarantees a round 2!). 72, 248, 343, 577, 600 all get added to one-votes for the low-brick contigency plan as described in the original thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=21198544&postcount=29)

THE ULTRA BRICK AWARDS: ROUND 1, VOTE 3!



Comic Number

Votes Received

Vote Percentage



72

1

5%



248

1

5%



343

1

5%



433

0

0%



495

0

0%



535

7

37%



577

1

5%



600

1

5%



711

3

16%



820

4

21%



924

0

0%



Please join us for the next vote (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?501916-The-Ultra-Brick-Awards-Round-1-Vote-4!)

[nogall]

busy week, can't believe I missed the deadline to vote! I'd have gone with 433 for its great punchline...