# Order of the Stick General Discussion Thread (Open Spoilers and Speculation) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2009, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096 "2009-02-02T07:39:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 91
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1801 "2009-06-21T02:54:27Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > They HAVE tried to use it by sending disposable goblins to die on it. I believe Redcloak raises some objections about their methods at some point. I can’t find the exact comic, but yes that happens. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1802 "2009-06-21T04:02:52Z")
> [@](#): > > I can’t find the exact comic, but yes that happens. It wasn’t an online strip. It was 85b and 85c from _Dungeon Crawlin’ Fools_. And Redcloak didn’t seem to have any objections to the idea. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1803 "2009-06-21T04:17:12Z")
I thought everything but the prequels was available online. I guess there’s an exception for desperately needed retconning? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1804 "2009-06-21T04:26:51Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I thought everything but the prequels was available online. > > I guess there’s an exception for desperately needed retconning? The books feature extra comics that help to flesh out the story a bit, but they’re not essential. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1805 "2009-06-21T04:39:31Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Okay, so Belvedere is a sitcom character butler. Is there more to the joke than that? Because the whole thing seemed really random. I don’t have the book to hand right now, but that occurred as Roy and Durkon left the Sunken Valley, yes? It was intended to seem really random – to indicate that _something_ whacky went on in the Sunken Valley, which now made no sense to Roy and Durkon (because of the Memory Charm on the valley). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1806 "2009-06-21T04:42:36Z")
The blowing up anyone they sent through is mentioned in the web strips but not shown where as in the bonus strips in the book they give us a scene where Xykon sends someone goblins through to test it. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1807 "2009-06-21T05:40:47Z")
> [@Just\_Some\_Guy](#): > > The blowing up anyone they sent through is mentioned in the web strips but not shown where as in the bonus strips in the book they give us a scene where Xykon sends someone goblins through to test it. Yes, it was the online mention I was speaking of. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1808 "2009-06-21T06:52:58Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Yes, it was the online mention I was speaking of. The online mention is [here](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0095.html) and [here](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0096.html). ---
**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:** [June 22, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1809 "2009-06-22T04:25:40Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > I discovered goblins about 3 weeks ago. I had a fantastic time steaming through the archive. Now I am waiting with everyone else… [Worth waiting for, though.](http://www.goblinscomic.com/d/20090620.html) ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1810 "2009-06-22T13:22:19Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > [Worth waiting for, though.](http://www.goblinscomic.com/d/20090620.html) Oh Yeah. I had actually failed to notice how big that update was. I had stopped at the panel where the arrow was released… Glad I followed your link and went back for another look! ---
**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:** [June 22, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1811 "2009-06-22T16:02:30Z")
Okay, it’s been a week now with no new updates. Is this normal, or is there something funny going on? ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1812 "2009-06-22T16:07:13Z")
We’re probably getting a doublesized strip, next, as the bookender to this storyline (and probably featuring the return of Roy and reunion of the OotS). Also, Rich has unspecified health problems that occasionally take him out of commission for a while. It’s not unusual for there to be a significant delay because of that, too. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1813 "2009-06-22T16:28:39Z")
Has there been any official word which strip will end the current story arc or is it just speculation? The first story arc ran for 120 strips (1-120), the second was 179 (122-300), and the third was 182 (302-484). So we’re about due and recent strips seem to be heading that way. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1814 "2009-06-22T20:30:17Z")
We’re also pretty close to 666, and this being a fantasy comic, there’s a lot of expectation that something noteworthy will happen at that comic. Of course, it’s even odds that the noteworthy thing that happens will be Burlew completely deconstructing the idea of having something noteworthy happening. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1815 "2009-06-22T22:42:50Z")
Cripes, _every_ damn “significant” strip number there’s been speculation that Rich was going to do something special for it. And I can’t think of a single instance of that ever happening. The closest was when he lampshaded it back in #100. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1816 "2009-06-22T22:51:49Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Cripes, _every_ damn “significant” strip number there’s been speculation that Rich was going to do something special for it. And I can’t think of a single instance of that ever happening. The closest was when he lampshaded it back in #100. [Ahem](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0300.html). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1817 "2009-06-22T23:12:31Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > [Ahem](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0300.html). [On the other hand…](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0600.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1818 "2009-06-23T19:50:06Z")
Heh…I just became aware something – it’s a good thing Rich’s forum rules don’t apply over here: > [@](#): > > In addition, we include a few barred topics that are specific to these forums. These particular topics are barred as they have been found to be generally inflammatory and do not contribute anything useful to the forum as a whole. > > Missed/Late Comics: Threads speculating on when a comic will be posted or why it may be late will be locked; this does not apply to official threads started by site staff providing notification of a late comic. That said…update the damn comic already! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1819 "2009-06-23T19:53:05Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [On the other hand…](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0600.html) Roy’s eating Mom-balaya with his hands. That’s gotta be messy… ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096/1820 "2009-06-23T19:55:01Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Roy’s eating Mom-balaya with his hands. That’s gotta be messy… I’ll take “Out-Of-Context Quotes” for 2000, Alex. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-general-discussion-thread-open-spoilers-and-speculation/484096.md?page=92)