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2020-01-09, 02:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ultimate OOTS book tournamen II: Matches 9 and 10
Greetings to all people of the Playground, and welcome to
The Ultimate Order of the Stick Book Tournament II!
Back in 2014, I ran a series of polls to determine the forum's favorite OOTS book. Start of Darkness won that tournament, defeating Blood Runs in the Family by one vote. Since that time, the number of available books has increased, and the readership has had more time to reflect on earlier stories in light of more recent events. Hence, I felt it was time for another tournament. Without further ado, I present
The Contestants
Dungeon Crawling Fools
On the Origins of the PCs
Start of Darkness
No Cure for Paladin Blues
War and XP
Don't Split the Party
Blood Runs in the Family
Haleo & Julelan + Uncivil Servant
Good Deeds Gone Unpunished
Utterly Dwarfed
Snips, Snails and Dragon Tails
I have grouped together the two stories which are currently digital-only. The 11 contestants will compete in a double elimination tournament, with your votes deciding who wins each match. The winner of the entire tournament will be crowned Grand Champion of the Stick!
Due to the fact that there are more than 8 but fewer than 16 contestants, five books will get a free pass on the first round. The contestants were seeded randomly. You can see the entire tournament bracket on Challonge.
Vote once in each match by posting your vote in this thread. Voting for these matches will close Thursday, January 16, at which time I will post the next two matches. I will vote only in the case where a tie-breaking vote is needed. Please put your votes in bold, since it makes it easier for me when tallying them.
The Current Matches
Match 9: Utterly Dwarfed vs Haleo & Julelan + Uncivil Servant
Match 10: On the Origins of the PCs vs No Cure for Paladin Blues
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2020-01-09, 02:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ultimate OOTS book tournamen II: Matches 9 and 10
[BOLD] Utterly Dwarfed. [/BOLD]
[BOLD] NCftPB. [/BOLD]
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2020-01-09, 07:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ultimate OOTS book tournamen II: Matches 9 and 10
Utterly Dwarfed, no contest at all here.
Very close, but I have to give this one to Paladin Blues because the trial sequence (in particular the discussion of alignment and realising that OOTS had interesting things to say and wasn't just about jokes) was what convinced me to try reading the whole strip (as it was then) from the beginning. Origins is a great addition to the story though.
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2020-01-09, 09:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ultimate OOTS book tournamen II: Matches 9 and 10
Utterly Dwarfed
No Cure for the Paladin Blues
This one was easy.
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2020-01-10, 07:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ultimate OOTS book tournamen II: Matches 9 and 10
9) Utterly Dwarfed.
10) No Cure for the Paladin Blues.
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2020-01-10, 09:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Utterly Dwarfed
No Cure for the Paladin BluesLast edited by Hardcore; 2020-01-10 at 09:26 AM.
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2020-01-10, 10:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-01-10, 11:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ultimate OOTS book tournamen II: Matches 9 and 10
Utterly Dwarfed
No Cure for the Paladin Blues
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2020-01-10, 12:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ultimate OOTS book tournamen II: Matches 9 and 10
Voting for No Cure for the Paladin Blues, I’d probably vote for Utterly Dwarfed too but I haven’t read Haleo and Julelan and Uncivil Servant so I wouldn’t feel comfortable voting for it.
Arrrgh, here be me extended sig!
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2020-01-10, 01:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Utterly Dwarfed and On The Origins Of PCs.
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2020-01-10, 01:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-01-10, 05:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Utterly Dwarfed.
NCFTPB.
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2020-01-11, 12:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Utterly Dwarfed
No Cure for the Paladin BluesThere must be some sense of order - personal, political or dramatic - and if no one else is going to bring it to this world, I will.
Silent member of Zz'dtri's #698 Scrying Sensor Explanation Club.
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2020-01-12, 01:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ultimate OOTS book tournamen II: Matches 9 and 10
Haleo & Julelan + Uncivil Servant
No Cure for the Paladin Blues
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2020-01-12, 02:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ultimate OOTS book tournamen II: Matches 9 and 10
9. Utterly Dwarfed.
A very well book written by a mature muse with the better art style.
10. No Cure for the Paladin Blues
Prequels < Actual story. Plus, this strip.
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Rulings are not 'House Rules.' Rulings are a DM doing what DMs are supposed to do.
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Agency means that they {players} control their character's actions; you control the world's reactions to the character's actions.
Second known member of the Greyview Appreciation Society
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2020-01-12, 08:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Utterly Dwarfed and No Cure for the Paladin Blues.
Going to be tough for books outside the main narrative to win matches for me, with the exceptions of Start of Darkness and Good Deeds Gone Unpunished.
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2020-01-15, 06:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ultimate OOTS book tournamen II: Matches 9 and 10
Utterly Dwarfed
No Cure for the Paladin Blues
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2020-01-17, 04:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ultimate OOTS book tournamen II: Matches 9 and 10
Haleo
No Cure for the Paladin BluesBoytoy of the -Fan-Club
What? It's not my fault we don't get a good-aligned female paragon of promiscuity!
I heard Blue is the color of irony on the internet.
I once fought against a dozen people defending a lady - until the mods took me down in the end.
Want to see my prison tatoo?
*Branded for double posting*
Sometimes, being bad feels so good.
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2020-01-17, 05:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ultimate OOTS book tournamen II: Matches 9 and 10
Match 9: Utterly Dwarfed vs Haleo & Julelan + Uncivil Servant (14-2)
Match 10: On the Origins of the PCs vs No Cure for Paladin Blues (1-16)
No surprises this time. Admittedly, if it had not been for the old tournament, I would have expected match 10 to be closer.
The next match is up in a new thread.Last edited by 137beth; 2020-01-17 at 05:47 PM.