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FFT - Semi Final 1 - Nikolai Dante vs Nemesis the Warlock

Started by Colin YNWA, 06 September, 2022, 06:28:37 AM

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IndigoPrime

Bojemoi! After totting the numbers up and seeing the trend, I really wasn't expecting this result. But, yeah, I imagine it's an easy prediction which way the final will go (and, arguably, the post-final if that'll end up pitting the winner against Dredd).

Still, I'm glad to see something other than Stront/Rogue/Sláine/Nemesis in the final, and it was good to see a properly modern strip (Lawless) make the final four.

broodblik

From the Top 20 votes we had in 2020, this was the top 8:

Nemesis the Warlock
Strontium Dog (Alpha)
Nikolai Dante
Slaine
Halo Jones
ABC Warriors
Zenith
Brink
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BPP

Saline was a victim of the draw this time while, imho, lawless had a pretty comfortable path till the semi with Strontium Dog.

Brink (stickleback, the out) and kingdom (proteus vex, rogue, sinDex) did a lot of work blasting out potential heavy hitters for such 'new' strips.
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Colin YNWA

Worth noting that Lawless isn't in Brookbliks list as that vote covered just 2000ad stories so we don't have a reference there.

Lawless run to the semi's was

Samizdat Squad   Chimpsky's Law   Mazeworld   Thistlebone   Firekind   Brink

I think its tricky to call that easy, though obviously folks can have different views and there were clearly different routes. I think the comments on the Strontium Dog vote kinda reveal that Lawless, thought beaten, got to the semi on merit of it being a great strip. Could it have been knocked out earlier if it'd come across a Slaine, ABCs we'll never know...

except, maybe...

https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48876.0

broodblik

I think Lawless is a worthy top 4 strip and I am sure would have knockout most off the "stronger" candidates out.
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