The Ultra-Brick Awards. Round 1, Vote 5!

[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 246 and the highest strip remaining is 992.

246 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0246.html) - Rumors of Her Death
296 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0296.html) - Boons
604 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0604.html) - Bailout Plan
664 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0664.html) - Down to Earth
728 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0728.html) - The Price of Yummies
865 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0865.html) - Getting Defensive
871 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0871.html) - Just a Couple of Blooddrinkers
902 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0902.html) - Mr. Sandman, Give Me a Scream
972 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0972.html) - She Might Even Be a Bit Ahead
984 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0984.html) - Hence the Fence
992 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0992.html) - Peak Condition


Voting Closes at 10:00 am PDT, 10/11/2016

[mouser9169]

#992 - Meritorious!!!

(Although Eugene's comment about Darth V was a very close 2nd)

[aurilee]

Going with Miko and V here. Although that adorable little gnome cleric falling down the hill deserves an honourary mention. :smallsmile:

Voting for #246.

[dmc91356]

Voting 246 as well.

[Doug Lampert]

604 For lots of reasons

[Kastor]

972!

:haley: Ewww, gross! I had much better taste in girls than her.

[Sylian]

871 gets my vote.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

My fancy internal skeleton supports voting for #865.

[ChillerInstinct]

Lots of great ones this round. Really a pity that many of these strips are here.

...This is tough, but I think I'll vote for one that probably is going to get comparatively overlooked compared to, say, the unraveling of Durkon and Malack's friendship, Veldrina being Veldrina, and the battle between Haley + Bandana and Crystal. #604 had some great jokes but got sandwiched in an arc full of badass moments and was overlooked as a result. That ends today.

[Laurana]

Most are rather weak. I quite like 728 but my choice is 664.

[Sir_Norbert]

#992 just for that last panel.

[Darth Paul]

604 is the best of the lot, in my book. And by all means, you can use me as a reference.

[nogall]

296: master (s)wordsmith

[Black Socks]

I'm divided between 246 for The Laws of Comedic Physics, and 972 for "I had much better taste in girls than her", hmmmm....
I really can't decide....
246 it is! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=21277490&postcount=2320)

[Jormengand]

I am, naturally, directly behind 246.

[Markozeta]

Crazy work day, but I still came back to warn everyone there's just over 12 hours left until the vote closes! Get your votes in!

[littlebum2002]

246. I hope I made it in time!

[Markozeta]

246. I hope I made it in time! I thought long and hard about how to make your life personally more difficult, and the Ultra-Bricks is the result. Too much?

Your vote, however, was made in the nick of time! Voting is closed! I can't stop the momentum from comedic physics, and I cast my vote also for :miko::vaarsuvius:246 - Rumors of Her Death. Which is, naturally, the winner - and takes its spot with the glorious winners in the fool's golden brick arena. 728, 902, and 984 were all bricked, and move on to the next round. I will also log 296, 664, 865, 871 and 972 as 1-votes, for the low-brick contigency plan as described in the original thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=21198544&postcount=29) - we are close to avoiding it, at an 18.8% bricking rate, but if the next round goes un-bricked, I'll have to whip it out. I'll call it round 1.5, and it looks like it'll have at least two votes.

THE ULTRA BRICK AWARDS: ROUND 1, VOTE 5



Comic Number

Votes Received

Vote Percentage



246

6

38%



296

1

6%



604

3

19%



664

1

6%



728

0

0%



865

1

6%



871

1

6%



902

0

0%



972

1

6%



984

0

0%



992

2

13%



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