The Sticks Awards 466-470

[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 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 June 8th, 9:00 PM forum default time.


The Sticks Awards 466-470

466 I Think I Left it in the Bag...
467 Learn to Play it Right
468 Splitting Up is Hard to Do
469 Crossbones
470 With Three Arrows Left in the Quiver

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Okay. 470. For total display of awesomeness of Haley.

[Lira]

Hmm, I'll go with 468.

[Chronos]

You have the titles switched for 466 and 470.

I agree that Haley's just too awesome in 470, but the runner-up for me would have to be 468, for the start of Kazumi and Daigo's relationship.

[David Argall]

469

Not much compared to the previous batch, but that was a high standard.

[TroyXavier]

468 just because it's ultra cute.

[Mordae]

470 - Not only is Haley impressive, but Rich's almost Matrix-like artwork is the best of the bunch.

[Yendor]

470.

The titles for 467 and 469 are swapped too.

[Lu-Tzao]

470. It takes a lot to shut belkar up, she managed it. Win.

[Liwen]

I'll go for 466. Xykon and Redcloak fights are always good material, plus Xykon's punch line made me laugh a lot.

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

You have the titles switched for 466 and 470. (...)

(...) The titles for 467 and 469 are swapped too.

Meaning that they were in reverse order. I take the title from the comic list page, and they are reversed in there too. I've never did a mistake before this.

That's the proof I need some vacation. Hadn't been one in, like, four years.

[Hranat]

469. Belkar loses a dear multitool...

[Remirach]

467. I'm a fan of the character traits on display -- and so many of them! From Haley's tough-but-fair "know how to play 'em," Hinjo's reluctant concession to his title above his desire for vengeance, to Daigo's polite interpretation of events, to Belkar's... Belkar.

[kukn]

I dunno, I think this was another strong batch, good stuff in each of the strips.

470 is a bit too one-trick for me (though enjoyable), 468 is endearing, 469 is unexpected and funny, 466 is good in how Redcloak makes up a valid excuse to stay in AC. But I vote the strip peppered with Belkar quips, where all the characters get their say, where Hinjo realises he's more than a one-vision paladin:

467

[Echowinds]

467. I like how Hinjo got some character development from that strip.

[Niknokitueu]

Well, there's me thinking I was set to buck the trend, when the last two voters beat me to it. (Edit: Last three voters.)

From Haley's 'know when to run' quote, through Hinjo's sudden maturity spurt when he realised being a leader was so much more than waving a sword around, Elan's 'doodoo-head Kubota' quote (just about the closest he can come to swearing), and topped off with Belkar's 'Insult of Opportunity' quip.

It has to be 467 for me.

Have Fun!
Niknokitueu

[Kurald Galain]

Okay. 470. For total display of awesomeness of Haley.

Agreed, with 469 as a close second.

[warmachine]

467. A combination of reasoning and good punchline.

[Kato]

Hehe... nice bunch of strips ^^
Most are very awesome... but I think I'll go for 469, it has a lot of good lines, though it's sadly the end of Skullsy...

[delboy]

i think that 470 is the best one just for comment at the end =]

[happyturtle]

I'll have a cup of absolutely while boarding Hinjo's junk.

468

[Mauve Shirt]

Gonna have to go with 470.

[SlightlyEvil]

470. Haley gets her Crowning Moment of Awesome. Some good gags in other strips of this run, but for me awesome tends to be better than some jokes.

[hajo]

466 I Think I Left it in the Bag...
467 Learn to Play it Right
468 Splitting Up is Hard to Do
469 Crossbones
470 With Three Arrows Left in the Quiver

Too many nice pages this time...
I vote 468 "go get a cup"

[Saint Nil]

I love the hobgoblins in 469, but 468 gets my vote.

Proving NPCs do have names.

[Forealms]

470

Haley deserves this one.

[phobiandarkmoon]

470. It isn't even close for me.

[carebearbecky]

469.

I'm afraid of fear itself!

[Stormpax]

470, because she did it all with 3 arrows

[Morgan Wick]

Okay, is there any reason voting was lower than normal on this one? We didn't even reach the second page.

This thread was buried for a while because of some recent deluges, but I didn't think it was that long.

If there are no more votes 470 appears to be our winner, having only 12 votes but being the only strip with more than 5. In any other hundred it would probably be a BotQ favorite.

472 is probably the early favorite in the next round, though all the others have their merits as well, with 473 and 475 being the most likely to challenge it. Could be another simulated clusterbleep that isn't, like this one. Even counting the votes I thought this was a complete clusterbleep, until I saw just how far ahead 470 was pulling.