Comic Cup VII: The Weakest Strip -- Pedantic League

I’ll summarize the rules here so you don’t have to go looking in the sign-up thread for them.
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[*]This Cup is a mix of the rules Weakest Link and Survivor, where in each round all the participants create a strip and vote off the creator of the worst strip.
[*]The person voted off creates the rule for the next round. Revenge is sweet. I will be creating the rule for the first round.
[*]Unlike the game shows upon which this Cup is based, after you are voted off you still get to vote people off in the subsequent rounds… So don’t disappear after you get voted off. We still love you.
[*]In the final round, you will be voting for the winner, not for the person you want voted off.
[*]If you miss submitting a strip for a round, you’re ejected from the Cup. This seems harsh, but I can’t exactly let someone who doesn’t submit a strip get a free pass to the next round. If you think you will have a scheduling conflict at some point in the game, please let me know and I will do my best (within reason) to accommodate you.
[*]Once the rule for a round is posted, you have up to 36 hours to complete and post your comic. Rounds that run into the weekend will last longer. Once all the strips are in (or the deadline is past) I will give a signal to begin voting. (If all of the strips for the round are obviously in, just go ahead and start voting). The voting period will last up to 24 hours. Remember, except for the final round, you are voting for who to eject.
[*]In the event of a tie, the person voted off will be the one who has the most votes accumulated against them from previous rounds.
[*]Because so many people signed up for this Cup, I have split it into two concurrent league competitions – The Tobor League and the Pedantic League. Each League has 9 members. When each League is down to 4 members they will merge. I’ll create a new thread for that.
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The Pedantic League is:
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[*]Big Evil Dan
[*]Bogart
[*]DexX
[*]flickguy
[*]kaufman
[*]kramer_vs_kramer
[*]ladyjdotnet
[*]lara7
[*]TheElPaso [/list]

On a personal note, please remember that this is about who makes the best (or worst) comic strips. It’s not about alliances or voting blocs or any strategy like that. Just make the funniest strips you can and see how far it takes you. Consistent goodness will be rewarded. Consistent badness won’t last long. Inconsistent goodness… well, just hope someone else does something worse on your bad days.

I’ll post the rule for the first round shortly.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Round 1

I’ll start the Cup with a simple rule to get you warmed up. Create a strip using the following words (in no particular order):
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[*]leech
[*]redundant
[*]secrete
[*]telekinesis
[*]pajamas
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Since I am starting this round on the weekend, you have 48 hours to submit your strips. Let the games begin!

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

simply question, perhaps i am lamer, newbie, or both

were do i sign up?

scratch that

X-files: 9 seasons and still going strong by lara7 12-09-01

Agent Scully, thanks for agreeing to help me even though you aren't really on the show anymore. What kind of creature might secrete this substance? Agent Doggett, this is obviously from a leech or a fluke, such as the one Mulder and I battled in Season 2 in the episode called "The host". Uh, what's with the redundant backstory? Don't you think the fans will remember the infamous Flukeman episode? Yes, but we're trying to attract new viewers. That's why you and me and Agent Reyes will be having a threesome during sweeps week. And how would that fit the theme of the show? She's going to use telekinesis to remove your pajamas. I think the writers have been sneaking looks at the Usenet fan fiction again.

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Comic Cup VII - Oral tradition. by DexX 12-09-01

Hey, Toby, did I ever tell you about the time I was camping in the jungle- ...and you jumped up and shot a lion in your pyjamas. Yes, grandad, I know. Re-tellings of that story atarted to get redundant around the sixtieth time... Oh... uh, no. Actually I was, uh... goiing to tell you a different story. I shot a leech in my pyjamas! You shot a leech in your pyjamas? Yeah... shot my fucking leg off, too. Of course, by then I was so drunk I had begun to secrete tequila from every pore... I'm bored of this story, grandad, Tell me that one again about the Thai ladyboy with the whipped cream and telekinesis...

Please forgive my UK spelling of "pyjamas". This strip is a good example of how contest rules can occasionally stifle a good joke. I thought this strip was much better when it ended on "shot my fucking leg off too", but I still had two words left to include.

Oh well...

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I'm not going to be a rule Nazi during this whole thing. It's up to the voters to decide if others have followed the rule or not, and if stretching or missing a rule warrants a vote out.

But personally, I think "pyjamas" is fine.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Comic Cup VII: Everyone's a Critic by BigEvilDan 12-09-01

Behold the powers of Magnifico the Magical Magician! Watch as my powers of telekinesis-- Check out those stupid pajamas you're wearing. You pretty much secrete "gay". Quiet, please. I'm in the middle of my act. *ahem* Watch as my powers-- And "Magical Magician"? Isn't that a bit redundant? Well my old nickname, "Magnifico the Magically Gay Pedophile" wasn't getting me any bookings. Wow. I was about to say you suck more than a leech. I didn't know how right I was.

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"Oh, look, a joke! How original! Thank you, but if I wanted my emotions stimulated pleasurably, I'd get a whore." - Donald B. Jones III

The Weakest Strip: Simultaneous chat room by TheElPaso 12-09-01

I'M SO RICH I CAN AFFORD TO SPEND 1500$$$ DOLLARS ON A PAIR OF PAJAMAS!!!!!! Money is only good if it does, in fact, secrete the crack the Weird Facts guys say it does. It certainly can't generate gravitons however. I'M SO RICH I CAN AFFORD TO SPEND 1500$$$ DOLLARS ON A PAIR OF PAJAMAS!!!!!! First, there should be a comma in "1,500". Second, by using the $ sign and the word "dollar", you are being redundant. Third, your capitalization and end punctuation is wrong. I'M SO RICH I CAN AFFORD TO SPEND 1500$$$ DOLLARS ON A PAIR OF PAJAMAS!!!!!! My telekinesis tells me you are a thirteen year old loser pretending to be a rich bastard to leech people's attention. Is there any way I can help?

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My love for you is like diarrhea, I just can't hold it in. -Weird Al Yankovic

Can us Tobor Leaguers vote in the Pedantic competition?

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Dad was flammable

Ah, should have clarified that. No. And vice-versa.

But after the merge, everybody from both leagues votes.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

The Weakest Comic Pedantic League Round 1 by kramer_vs_kramer 12-09-01

Bastards! The circus has made me redundant, and that leech at the tax office is chasing me up for three grand. On the plus side, now you're unemployed you'll be able to sit around all day in your pajamas watching daytime television. That's true, but I really need a job, or the taxman will repossess my house. You can join my secret society. We use telekinesis to influence the roulette wheel at the casino. The signal is this handshake. Uuuurgh! Your hand's all sweaty! Yes, it's a secrete handshake.

As the moderator I'm probably supposed to remain impartial, but damn that was good.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Even though I'm from the rival league, I agree and look forward to meeting Kramer in the final!

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Dad was flammable

Goodbye by Bogart 12-09-01

I'm rich and famous! I'll pay anything if you will help me. My name is Robin Leech - maybe you've heard of me. A shark and a Leech in one panel. Isn't that a bit redundant? And what are you doing in your pajamas? I was attacked at night? Please! Can't you lift me to the surface? Without hands? What do you suggest, telekinesis? Besides, why throw away a free meal? And for once Robin is speechless. ulp... I love it when they secrete fear like this.

Not so much funny as pathetic.

Paradise Tossed by kaufman 12-09-01

Today on The View, we are pleased to be speaking with the Prince of Darkness himself, Satan. Now Satan, you have a truly vile reputation, but it's not all fire and brimstone, is it? No, as a matter of fact I've had my pratfalls. I once used telekinesis to put an elelphant into Groucho Marx's pajamas ... and it became the root of one of his most famous lines. In your new book it says you were also going to teleport a leech to his upper lip, but you decided that would be redundant. These days telekinesis is one of Hell's main industries. Speaking of which, how'd you like that puddle of bile on your dressing room floor today? My administrative assistant did that. You ARE the Prince of Lies! Are we to believe that a mere administrative assistant did that? Well, that's her politically correct title. Officially, of course, she's a secrete ary.

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I am a delicate fucking flower. https://beacons.ai/jesskent

I'm eager to see The El Paso voted off in the first round.

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My life totally and completely REEKS.

Question for the moderator:

with three hours before deadline, 1 contestant has not posted. If he doesn't post it in time, does he get kicked out AND the creator of the strip voted worst ALSO gets kicked out?

Also, if possible, depending on when you're online, a "deadline's up, time to vote" reminder might be nice, since we have way more strips to keep track of than we do in a usual Comic Cup.

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When they invent BookFace, I'm -there-.

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Question for the moderator:

with three hours before deadline, 1 contestant has not posted. If he doesn't post it in time, does he get kicked out AND the creator of the strip voted worst ALSO gets kicked out?

Also, if possible, depending on when you're online, a "deadline's up, time to vote" reminder might be nice, since we have way more strips to keep track of than we do in a usual Comic Cup.

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Time to Vote!

You have 24 hours for your puny voice to be heard. Remember, you are voting for the worst strip.

Flickguy, unfortunately you did not submit a strip by the deadline and are out of the game. That's the way it goes.

Who will be the first deemed redundant in the contest? Who secretes badness in their strip? Who has leeched onto this contest, only to be ousted in the first round? Who has made The Weakest Strip?

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Bogart

TheElPaso

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Hey, you guys have forgotten to include the bewildering justification for your vote...

TheElPaso, because the magical hippopotamus who lives under my bed told me to.

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Don't they just give the names first, then Anne asks someone to elaborate on their choice?