# Order of the Stick - Book 6 Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755 "2014-03-03T16:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 255
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5082 "2018-09-12T19:50:38Z")
Perhaps this is the first world in which the mortals have found out about the Snarl and have created gates to prevent it from escaping and destroying the world? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5083 "2018-09-12T20:08:12Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > So, this is building to some sort of reveal or point; the “once in eternity opportunity to change things.” What do we think that’s going to be? I don’t know what sort of lead time Burlew has in making these but sometimes he has a strip that feels like he’s addressing everyone’s questions from the previous one. This feels like one of those. I could be wrong though and he started making this strip a week before we saw the previous for all I know. ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5084 "2018-09-12T20:20:37Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > 8-Bit Theater would have it beat in pure strips (1,216 to resolution vs 839 strips) and that was obviously planned. If this one was planned (which I’m skeptical of), it took longer in real life time but that’s just a question of artist output. > > 8-Bit [Strip #107](https://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/20/episode-007-kamehameha-or-something/) & [Strip #1221](https://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/02/20/episode-1221-longest-set-up-in-webcomic-history/) Your math and your reference is off. Wrong brick. Try strip #7 to #1140 for OOTS. 8-bit still wins with #7 to #1221. Interesting that both refer back to the same strip number. ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5085 "2018-09-12T20:26:44Z")
I wonder if a variation on the Dark One’s plan could be used by the rest of the gods to move the snarl to a new prison. I guess it would come back to whether or not there was enough threads of existence for a separate prison without using the ones that currently make up the prime world. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5086 "2018-09-12T20:28:27Z")
Yeah, **Peter Morris** mentioned #301 and I didn’t think that the tumor one was earlier so never checked against it. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5087 "2018-09-12T20:42:17Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I don’t know what sort of lead time Burlew has in making these but sometimes he has a strip that feels like he’s addressing everyone’s questions from the previous one. This feels like one of those. I could be wrong though and he started making this strip a week before we saw the previous for all I know. He doesn’t do strips in advance. If he did, they wouldn’t come out at such irregular intervals. It takes him about 3 days to draw a single strip, and most of the recent ones have been about that far apart. This one was about a week since the last, though. It does seem eerie that he answered my point about numbering the monuments, since I only made it here and not over at the GitP forum. I didn’t see anyone else make that point, although I only read about half the 1139 thread (it was extra long, 31 pages!) I doubt if he reads even that much of most discussion threads, though. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5088 "2018-09-12T21:43:37Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Yeah, the movie snacks world and the colon tumor both made me laugh out loud. The snail is also a callback. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5089 "2018-09-12T22:07:54Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The snail is also a callback. The only snail I remember is the crazy munchkin snail from SSaDT. And lasers were just about the only thing he was missing. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5090 "2018-09-13T11:40:03Z")
Wasn’t there a flail snail at some point reflecting beams? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5091 "2018-09-13T12:13:33Z")
Alas, poor Milk Dudes. No one remains to remember his chewy goodness. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5092 "2018-09-13T13:32:17Z")
There was[The Snail](http://oots.wikia.com/wiki/The_Snail) in some out-of-continuity strips, as well. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5093 "2018-09-13T13:43:35Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Alas, poor Milk Dudes. No one remains to remember his chewy goodness. But at least he’s been avenged. Looks like Soda has taken a level in Dashing Swords-snack, since he makes a pun while attacking. I wonder if he’s using a Pizza-cutter of Legacy. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5094 "2018-09-13T13:45:26Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > The only snail I remember is the crazy munchkin snail from SSaDT. And lasers were just about the only thing he was missing. > [@MrDibble](#): > > There was[The Snail](http://oots.wikia.com/wiki/The_Snail) in some out-of-continuity strips, as well. These are the same guy. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5095 "2018-09-13T15:11:23Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > These are the same guy. aah, I’m should have recognised the acronym. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5096 "2018-09-13T16:35:34Z")
> [@Strassia](#): > > Reading the last panel in context, especially with “almost” in quote marks, I think Thor just admitted to giving Elan cancer. I think that’s wrong. Almost in both cases means, “it is not the case that.” Durkon: Ye did almost (but 'tis no tha case that ye actually) give me friend Elan a colon tumor. Thor: And you “almost” (but it’s not the case that you) didn’t bring that up. Thor’s using a double negative to indicate that Durkon DID bring it up. Durkon doesn’t have the double negative: Thor DIDN’T give Elan cancer. ---
**Author:** ![ebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@ebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ebb)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5097 "2018-09-13T18:59:06Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > But at least he’s been avenged. Looks like Soda has taken a level in Dashing Swords-snack, since he makes a pun while attacking. I wonder if he’s using a Pizza-cutter of Legacy. I’m not sure about that, but I’m reasonably certain that Pizza’s weapon is a vorpal blade. At least, based on the possibility of a [cool sound effect](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42916/jabberwocky). ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5098 "2018-09-13T19:59:53Z")
> [@ebb](#): > > I’m not sure about that, but I’m reasonably certain that Pizza’s weapon is a vorpal blade. > > At least, based on the possibility of a [cool sound effect](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42916/jabberwocky). I thought it was only certain [candy bars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snickers) that could make that sound effect. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5099 "2018-09-13T20:03:29Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Looks like Soda has taken a level in Dashing Swords-snack, since he makes a pun while attacking. I would have gone with “Have the last slice.” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5100 "2018-09-14T13:37:43Z")
I zoomed in on Soda to see if his headband characters had any decent resolution, and noticed that he had a five-o’clock shadow. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/5101 "2018-09-14T18:00:07Z")
Over at Kickstarter, Rich’s Workometer is finally mostly filled in; actually he breached the 50% mark years ago. All 10 wallpapers are complete as of today. Lots of work is still ahead though, three of the goals have yet to be started on. [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/599092525/the-order-of-the-stick-reprint-drive/posts/2288387?ref=backer\_project\_update](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/599092525/the-order-of-the-stick-reprint-drive/posts/2288387?ref=backer_project_update) If Rich was a creator in Japan, he would have been working with a staff of at least 3 by now. Thinking it over, there are a lot of RPG based anime coming out right now; it’s a genre. In fact it probably has peaked, though it still has legs. There very well might be Japanese production companies with interest in his strip. Not definitely, but possibly. I’m guessing that a smart Japanese executive would publish a translation of the strip in manga format, to test audience response. The tricky part would be figuring out how to handle the changes in scope and ambition of Rich’s strip. But Japanese anime creators deal with challenges all the time, often adapting the source material and even improving on it. The Japanese manga market is pretty deep. Meaning, print runs range from very low to very high and most places in between. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755.md?page=254) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755.md?page=256)