The Sticks Awards 291-295

[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 Auguts 2, 10:00 AM forum default time.


The Sticks Awards 291-295

291 Not to Mention Little League (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0291.html)
292 Non-startling Revelations (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0292.html)
293 This is Getting to Be a Habit... (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0293.html)
294 Contracts, Shmontracts (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0294.html)
295 Belkar Leashed (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0295.html)

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

"Generic comment questioning your parentage"? Win.

295. :smallbiggrin:

[Megatron]

293.

:roy: "...shove your "blood oath" against Xykon up your wrinkled incorporeal ass."

[redcodekevin]

"Generic comment questioning your parentage"? Win.

295. :smallbiggrin:

Absolutely seconded there.

[Siwenna]

295, definately.

[Fitzclowningham]

293. Haley's raspberry ftw.

[Kurald Galain]

293. Plot ftw.

[Klerik]

292

:roy: Just curious, do you get XP for killing this dramatic moment?

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Yeah, #295, the others really aren't all that great.

[Kioran]

The convincing Belkar-Iluusion in 295 simply owns.

[16oz]

293 is a great strip, one of the better 'non funny' ones.
But 295 is just too good. The programmed illusion of Belkar is perhaps one of the funniest moments in the entire series, not to mention this strip is the start of now up to almost 200 strips of Mark of Justice for Belkar. If you had told me when 295 came out that Belkar would 1) still have the mark at this point and 2) NOT violated it's terms, I would have called BS.

So my vote is for 295.

[Tal9922]

292. "Just curious, do you get XP for killing this dramatic moment?"

By the way, if you dropped the 'official' poll thingie, why not go back to choosing from 10?

[AlisdairM]

Oh, I have struggled on that dead-undead thing so many times I'm tempted to vote for it, but I'm going with 294 instead.

A great Roy moment ripping up the contracts, and some nice attitude from Belkar at the end - a nicely balanced strip between character development and humour.

Only one more vote to go, end then the playoffs!

[Ithekro]

As much as I like Belkar's illusionary twin, I'm going with 293 for Roy telling off his Father and yet still following what his Father wants him to do.

[kukn]

295.

I like all of these - a good mix of comedy, plot and character. But 295 wins in all of those parts, plus it has almost the whole party in it, which I always take as a big bonus.
Apart from Belkar and illusion-Belkar, V's "Perish the thought." is just beautiful.

[North]

Yeah Im gonig to go with 293 here.

Haleys awesome reactions. Good plot. Lots of funny moments. And Roy telling his dad hes a bastard but he's going to do it anyways for the sake of the world. Very very nice.

[David Argall]

I'll be the minority this time and call for 291

[serpent615]

"Generic comment questioning your parentage"? Win.

295. :smallbiggrin:

word for word what he said....#295

[Branco]

295, because of Belkar's comment about the placement of the MoJ

[dark-sage 95]

295 for me:smallbiggrin: generic coment questioning your parentage! unbelivable!

[warmachine]

#294. So hard to choose but I'm going with the good guys doing the right thing because it's the right thing, not because they have to. It's an inspiration.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

292. The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen the message to minimum 10 characters.

[ChopSticks28]

295, easy choice.

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

By the way, if you dropped the 'official' poll thingie, why not go back to choosing from 10?

Well, firstly because I have this thin odd hope that the polls will come back some day. And if they come back, we can't do any polls with more than 5 options. :smallamused:

And then there's the format already estabilished for the Awards. If we're going to change it, then we have to end this hundred, at least, so we can get consistent results. Messing up with the voting format in between each and every poll would be... um... messy. :smalltongue:

But I kinda like this format. Things will get more and more exciting as we enter the playoffs and then the big great king bubsgonzola supreme final. :smallbiggrin:

[Neodan282]

292, but 295 is a close one.

[TroyXavier]

Hmm tough here..but I'll go with 295. Belkar's illusion is great.

[Grug]

293, I love it when :roy: tells off his dad.

[Xaydx]

Have to go with 293 on this one

[Kellus]

Definitely 295.

[mockingbyrd7]

295, for Belkar at the end and the MoJ explanation.

[Tower]

295

Let the kicking out of teeth with non-lethal damage commence

Probably off-topic, but what other specific damage would be non-lethal?
Probably Arse-kicking, Chinese Burns, Groin Strikes, any other ideas?

[Emperor Ing]

291
sorry, no commentary :smallfrown:

[BobTheDog]

295. The others have too much text for too few jokes.

[mockingbyrd7]

295. The others have too much text for too few jokes.

Simple man with simple tastes, I see.

[Wolfe]

295! Mumbled statement disparaging your masculinity! Unfounded aspersions toward those with different opinions!

Appreciative comments about The Stick Awards, followed by puzzled mumblings about the overall workings of the algorithm.

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[Reigheena]

My vote's for 294.

[Spiryt]

292

Just curious, do you get XP for killing this dramatic moment?

[phobiandarkmoon]

293, for the moment we get to see Roy has finally overcome a lot of his personal problems and a better person as a result

[Ravenatog]

295 no doubt about it :belkar: just steals the show (including the illusion version of course) but then when doesn't belkar steal the show lol

[Dunamin]

293. Great moment of Roy confronting his father.

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Poll is closed.

Now, on to the final game of the regular season! Poll, I mean final poll. :smallbiggrin:


291 - 2 (5.41%)
David Argall; The Randomizer

292 - 5 (13.51%)
Klerik; Tal9922; Gwyn_ap_Nud; Neodan282; Spiryt

293 - 9 (24.32%)
Megatron; Fitzclowningham; Kurald Galain; Ithekro; North; Grug; Xaydx; phobiandarkmoon; Dunamin

294 - 3 (8.11%)
AlisdairM; warmachine; Reigheena

295 - 18 (48.65%)
Nazzo, the 102nd; redcodekevin; Siwenna; The Vorpal Tribble; Kioran; 16oz; kukn; serpent615; Branco; dark-sage 95; ChopSticks28; TroyXavier; Kellus; mockingbyrd7; Tower; BobTheDog; Wolfe; Ravenatog