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2014-08-14, 03:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0521 - #0530)
Welcome to The Stick Awards II: Second Edition!
The Stick Awards are handed out to the best strips of all time as chosen by our fellow Playgrounders.
This week we are covering the comic strips 521 through 530.
For full details about the Stick Awards, please check out the main thread here.
To read more about the original Stick Awards, created by Nazzo, the 102nd, please read his thread here.
To vote in this thread, simply state which comic of the ten listed is your favorite. Bolding the number of the comic (Like this) helps it stand out.
Voting for this week will close on August 21st, 4pm EDT. Any votes made after that will NOT count toward the totals.
Last week, 520 The Power of Immediate Gratification decided that the easiest way to prove its worthiness was to throw a cat in to the face of one of its competitors and escape in the confusion. Turns out to have been a fairly decent strategy as it was able to take the ticket that enables it to move on in this competition in the chaos that follows.
Dwelling on such hilarity however, is never focus of these little skirmishes between comics. No, moving ever onward is our goal. That goal, of course, is figuring out the best of the best. And the only way to do that is to vote in......
.THE STICK AWARDS II: 0521 - 0530
Concluded: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition
Ongoing: OOTS by Page Count
Coming Soon: OOTS by Final Post Count II: The Post Counts Always Chart Twice
Coming Later: The Stick Awards III: The Search for More Votes
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2014-08-14, 03:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0521 - #0530)
523: Orders That Won't Stick is just too hilarious not to vote for.
Number of Character Appearances VII - To Absent Friends
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2014-08-14, 03:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0521 - #0530)
#530 for the euphemisms.
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2014-08-14, 03:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0521 - #0530)
I must vote for 524. It has Belkar-on-Stilts, which always makes me happy. (Belkar's dodgy acting, too.)
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2014-08-14, 03:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0521 - #0530)
I suppose 530 is the best of this bunch.
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2014-08-14, 04:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-08-14, 04:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0521 - #0530)
525
For Eugene's very helpful assistance, and for being one of the few strips not centred around Belkar.
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2014-08-14, 04:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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524
Because Paladin Honor always deserves a vote. And it ends Thanh's kinkiness...
Wait, not THAT kind of dominated! :P
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2014-08-14, 05:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0521 - #0530)
530
because that's the best way to come with bad news
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2014-08-15, 03:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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I'm in for 527 - Pep Talk: It's just amazing how the strip works both as dialogue between Haley and Roy or only as Haley's monologue :)
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2014-08-15, 08:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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I really like the 529-531 sequence of strips with Celia and taking their sweet time to find common ground. Of those, two are up for voting now, and really undecided between them. In the end, I'll help 530 on its way to the BoH tournament by voting for it.
EDIT: I was obviously stuck in the last century. Strip numbers now corrected. Sorry for the confusion.Last edited by declinator; 2014-08-18 at 04:11 AM.
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2014-08-15, 02:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ghost of Lame Monsters Past + +5 Air Freshener of Pineness = Winner! 526
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2014-08-15, 03:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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524 Pretender to the Throne
Last edited by martianmister; 2014-08-15 at 03:30 PM.
Spoiler
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2014-08-15, 04:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'm tempted to vote for 324, but I think I'll go with 427.
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2014-08-15, 04:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-08-15, 05:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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So many good strips, with so many good puns. I had forgotten how good Haley and Belkar worked it out together. I take time to deliberate.
Was vernünftig ist, das ist wirklich; und was wirklich ist, das ist vernünftig. (G.W.F.H.)
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2014-08-15, 05:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0521 - #0530)
I hate doing this, but I am going to presume that these are votes for 530 and 527 respectively. Please say otherwise if they're not.
Yeah... I think I will request that we not fill up this thread with joke votes. I'll even ask by saying "Pretty please with sugar on top".Last edited by Porthos; 2014-08-15 at 05:19 PM.
Concluded: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition
Ongoing: OOTS by Page Count
Coming Soon: OOTS by Final Post Count II: The Post Counts Always Chart Twice
Coming Later: The Stick Awards III: The Search for More Votes
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No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style - Jhereg Proverb
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2014-08-15, 11:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-08-15, 11:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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526 wins this selection for me because ghost splat.
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2014-08-16, 04:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0521 - #0530)
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2014-08-16, 12:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0521 - #0530)
I know a lot of people like 524, but I didn't really like the fact that it repeated the "dominate" joke from 521 that I didn't really think was funny the first time.
So, to sound like a total hypocrite, I'll vote for 521. It sounds funnier now that it can be compared to 939. Everything Belkar does eventually goes mainstream!
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2014-08-16, 01:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0521 - #0530)
Gonna go with 530.
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2014-08-17, 01:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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524 Pretender to the Throne for me!
I am: Neutral Good: -2 chaos, -21 evil and 15 balance!
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2014-08-18, 04:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by declinator; 2014-08-18 at 04:14 AM. Reason: Botched close quote tag.
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2014-08-18, 09:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0521 - #0530)
524 for me.
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2014-08-18, 11:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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530ffffffffffffff
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2014-08-18, 05:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Not one of the stronger 10, but 524 seems best
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2014-08-20, 03:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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530 will do it for me too.
Was vernünftig ist, das ist wirklich; und was wirklich ist, das ist vernünftig. (G.W.F.H.)
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2014-08-21, 11:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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None really shines for me, except for the Archon's comment at the end of #525
There 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.
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2014-08-21, 03:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0521 - #0530)
This is a much stronger set than the last one. Lots of great gags as well as character interactions. The Old School player in me can't help but smile at 522 for the in your face "secret door", for instance (which didn't get a single vote BTW, what's up with that?). It's such a little thing, but many times it's the little things that makes OotS great.
"Perhaps they polymorphed into boxes, Mistress?"
Classic.
Still, that's not the one I am going to vote for. No, I am voting for 524 because it finally proves once and for all just how evil, sadistic, and thoughtless one of the core members of OotS is. It's very rare we get to see such cold hearted, dare I say banally dismissive malevolence in the comic, but I for one am glad that the spotlight was shown on it.
I mean. really Haley. Everyone can see the string and everything! Such effrontery to the basic concepts of Willing Suspension of Disbelief and your blatant shoddy disregard to how a modern audience demands excellence from their effects department should not, not MUST not, go uncommented upon.
Shame, Haley, SHAME! At least you could have attempted to put on some age spots or a tiny amount of makeup to make it look like Belkar had some wrinkles.
Harumph.
No, 524 gets my vote for precisely that reason. It lays bare to all just what kind of person Haley is. And I for one am willing to applaud any artist who is willing to withstand the sort of backlash that will follow from showing the true hidden ugliness of his characters.
SpoilerSatire? Moi? Surely not.
And with that....
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!
530 Regarding the Speed With Which One Removes Band-Aids is the winner this week. It now moves on to the Best of the Hundred tournament.
Full Results are as follows
........THE STICK AWARDS II: 0521 - 0530
Comic Number Votes Received Vote Percentage 52114.1752200.0052328.33524729.1752528.3352628.3352728.3352800.0052900.00530833.33
Please join us for the next round of voting for Strips #531 - #540 which can be found here.Last edited by Porthos; 2014-08-21 at 03:01 PM.
Concluded: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition
Ongoing: OOTS by Page Count
Coming Soon: OOTS by Final Post Count II: The Post Counts Always Chart Twice
Coming Later: The Stick Awards III: The Search for More Votes
__________________________
No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style - Jhereg Proverb