The Sticks Awards 296-300

[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.

This is the last poll of the regular season. Up next, we'll start the playoffs! Weeee!

The poll will close on August 5, 13:00 AM forum default time.


The Sticks Awards 296-300

296 Boons (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0296.html)
297 Sword Speak (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0297.html)
298 The Future is Forged in the Fires of Today (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0298.html)
299 A Calling Missed (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0299.html)
300 Pick Your Doom (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0300.html)

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

I'm not gonna vote in #300 just for the splash page. It's pretty good, but I'll stick with #298, for the montage. Plot FTW.

[mockingbyrd7]

Tough call, between 298 and 300. Mitd fans will be crawling all over 299, and Roy fans will gravitate towards 296 or 297. 300 has some great dialogue, advances the plot big time, and has that awesome splash page. 298 is unique, and features almost all of the major characters besides Team Evil.

I'll go with #300.

[Ithekro]

297: Just for how much Roy doesn't know verse how much he's getting out of such a tiny stone for his big sword. (imagine if he has two stones)

[David Argall]

I don't think any will rank among the great pages, but 300 seems to stand out.

[Siwenna]

298. I just love the way it's done. Also:

:thog: soon?
:nale: Oh yes, very soon.

THose lines, with the corpses in the backround, are just great.

[anyone]

:xykon: : "Next Stop, Azure City". 300 For me, please.

[Kioran]

298. the still slightly hot sword is hilarious.

[Levain]

Definitely #298. Looks like a movie trailer to me - just add the "Coming soon" voice :) As someone above noticed - great montage.

[Emperor Ing]

:xykon: If anyone has to pee before we get started, nows the time.

300. Pure Xykon win and an indirect movie reference. :smallbiggrin:

[ChopSticks28]

298.

By the way, am I the only one thinking 299 doesnt belong there? looks like Rich finished the order's arc at 298, and he wanted to fill the gap so he can finish Xykon's arc at 300.

[Damastes]

298

hello felloe medium-size creature...

[BobTheDog]

298. abcde

[kukn]

I'll go for 300. Team Evil should be represented somewhere in the upper echelons of the Sticks Awards and they don't have any Top5 comic in this hundred. 300 is a good awesome/ humour/ art one, so it's a fair deal.

Though 298 came very close. Nice strip, the rest aren't half as good in comparison imho.

[Pyro]

300 because theres a splash page and its a multiple of 100.

[Arbitrarity]

298: Soon. He may not be able to manifest anymore, but he's still very Soon.

[AlisdairM]

Tough call between swords and MitD, but after tossing a coin I'm voting for 297.

The bad news is that while I've been looking forward to the play-offs all season, it looks like I'll be on the road without internet when they happen!!

:¬(

Any chance I could vote all 4 playoffs next Wednesday before I leave?

Hoping to be back in time for the final...

[Kurald Galain]

How do you enjoy being 298-sized, like that strip, on this fine day?

[Arunei]

298 please and thank you :D

[TroyXavier]

300 is my vote here. It was the best of those.

[16oz]

297. I like teh exchange between the smith and Roy.

Smith: I estimate a 25% increase in attack accuracy, with a corresponding enhancement to damage.
Roy: It's OK, you can just say "+5 sword" here. We do stuff like that all the time.

Destruction of the 4th wall for the vote!

[mockingbyrd7]

I'll go for 300. Team Evil should be represented somewhere in the upper echelons of the Sticks Awards and they don't have any Top5 comic in this hundred. 300 is a good awesome/ humour/ art one, so it's a fair deal.

Though 298 came very close. Nice strip, the rest aren't half as good in comparison imho.

I agree, but I already voted. This isn't a vote post, so don't count me twice, I'm just saying.

[RNG]

300. Although it was hard with 298 there, gotta love those splash pages.

[phobiandarkmoon]

299, for the sillyness

[Yashkaf]

Definitely 298, for the original layout and that every single panel is excellent. The punchline at the end is a bit weak, but overall it's a great strip.

[innk]

299
Cant beat the hobos :)

[Megalomaniac2]

300. Great drama, great humour, great art, great movie too.

[Eldred]

Gah! 298 or 300?

Umm...
Hmm...
Maybe if...
No, but that's...

#300, just because Team Evil rules :smallsmile:

[Klerik]

298

What can I say? I'm a sucker for a good montage sequence. :smallsmile:

[Tmabbbb]

I bet this will be very close. It was a very close decision for me too, between 298 and 300, but I'll have to go with 298.

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Poll is closed.

Next, it's the Best of the Quarter! Yay!



296 - 0 (0.00%)


297 - 3 (10.71%)
Ithekro; AlisdairM; 16oz

298 - 15 (53.57%)
Nazzo, the 102nd; Siwenna; Kioran; Levain; ChopSticks28; Damastes; BobTheDog; kukn; Pyro; Arbitrarity; Kurald Galain; Arunei; Yashkaf; Klerik; Tmabbbb

299 - 2 (7.14%)
phobiandarkmoon; innk

300 - 8 (28.57%)
mockingbyrd7; David Argall; anyone; The Randomizer; TroyXavier; RNG; Megalomaniac2; Eldred

[Zvendels]

Had #300 way to long as my desktop image not to vote it.

[Megatron]

Definitely 300.

[Purple_cloack]

300, Pick your DOOM!

[Yeril]

296 Montage Ftw