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Ultimate Battle of Western Europe

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  • Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Canary Islands. Much prefer the color to the dull b&w.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Canary Islands I like the Christmas Tree thing but this is more elegant. Plus I want to be there now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭JohnGreenFan


    Canary islands. Are they dogs on the flag? Didn't notice that before. Love dogs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Canary dogs, funnily enough! That’s what the islands are named after, not birds.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭JohnGreenFan


    Omackeral wrote: »
    Canary dogs, funnily enough! That’s what the islands are named after, not birds.

    There's my new fun fact!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,050 ✭✭✭Cosmo Kramer


    Canary Islands - bright flag, nice crest. I like it a lot.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    A close up of the crest for those still in doubt.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    And that’s that, Canary Islands claim the last semi final spot


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,928 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    They do look like good doggies. Yes you are, you're such good doggies, aren't you?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,928 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Omackeral wrote: »
    Canary dogs, funnily enough! That’s what the islands are named after, not birds.
    Holy crap, Canary dogs are not cute and cuddly like on that flag, look at the beasts...!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Just read this


    In County Galway, Ireland in 2017, a woman was killed when she entered her son's home and was attacked by three of these dogs, which were being used by the son as guard dogs


    Feel like I just voted for Trump. :(


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,430 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Canarias essentially means canines


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Join us tomorrow for the semi finals. Will start the proceedings at lunch time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Both semi finals are going to run concurrently and will have a time limit of 90 minutes. Most votes wins. As simple as that! It’s coming up next.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Match 1

    Ceuta
    Spanish Autonomous City

    thumb-flag-of-ceuta-autonomous-region-spain-ceuta-gibraltar.jpg

    VS

    Tuscany
    Italian Region

    thumb-flag-of-tuscany-4k-silk-texture-tuscany-silk-flag.jpg




    - - - - - - - - - - - - - -




    Match 2

    Canary Islands
    Spanish Autonomous Community

    thumb-flag-of-the-canary-islands-spain-national-flag-autonomous-community-canary-islands.jpg

    VS

    La Rioja
    Spanish Autonomous Community

    thumb-flag-of-la-rioja-autonomous-community-province-spain-silk-flag.jpg





  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,050 ✭✭✭Cosmo Kramer


    Tuscany and the Canary Islands for me.

    Horse and dogs basically, though I prefer the colour on both to the other two also.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Cueta. I like Tuscanys horse but the interesting pattern of Cueta trumps it.


    And the Canaries - nice doggies, and I just find the other one too plain.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,928 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Tuscany, though that ones close. I prefer the simplicity of it, it's a good skill to create something unique with such little detailing

    Canaries. Obviously the doggies on the flag are cute and that's what we're judging on, never mind the actual ones would tear your face off in a second. The Rioja colour scheme is too much. Green and gold should only ever be seen in Donegal!


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,352 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Tuscany - it's only OK, but it's not predominantly black and white

    La Rioja - the colours are more appealing than the Canaries flag.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Tuscanny - difficult choice, both decent banners but the red really pops on the white and a nice horse.







    La Rioja - voted for them both on the way up, but no way is the Canaries flag (nice enough in itself) an accurate representation of the hound of the Baskervilles it represents. Its like Clare having a Rottweiler on their jerseys. Bait and switch.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭JohnGreenFan


    Tuscany - easier on the eye on than Ceuta.

    Canaries - good dogs. enough said.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    Literally only seen this thread now :( may aswell contribute now rather than never.

    Canary Islands - Really nice colour scheme with a cool crest in the middle
    Tuscany - Nice simple red lines look nice on the white flag


  • Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Calliope Petite Table


    Tuscanny

    Canaries


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Ceuta and La Rioja

    Love the way the red stands out against the black and white

    La Rioja - took out one of my favourites earlier on, but I'll forgive it here. The green and yellow and red are brighter and nicer than the navy of the Canaries. Plus I don't really like dogs.


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,352 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    cdeb wrote: »
    Plus I don't really like dogs.

    :eek: :eek:


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  • Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Tuscany and the Canaries.

    Tuscany because nothing trumps a flying horse, and the Canaries because of the pretty colour combination and elegant crest.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Am I too late?

    Cuenta and Canaries for me.

    Cuenta, I like the B&W with the crest, elevates it above other B&W in the competition.

    Canaries has dogs!!


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,430 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Tuscany and the Canaries


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    The scores are in....

    Match 1

    Tuscany 73%
    Cueta 27%

    Match 2

    Canary 73%
    La Rioja 27%


    Tuscany and Canaries advance to the final


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,928 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    So it comes down to the old classic battle, horse vs dog

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Final will be going live within the half hour....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    This is your Grand Final in the Ultimate Battle for Western Europe. There’s a 120 minute time limit on this and whoever claims the most votes will be crowned champion. Have your say and pick your winner.
    Canary Islands
    Spanish Autonomous Community

    thumb-flag-of-the-canary-islands-spain-national-flag-autonomous-community-canary-islands.jpg

    R1 def Lazio and Friesland
    R2 def Groningen
    R3 def Abruzzo
    QF def Brittany
    SF def La Rioja


    VS


    Tuscany
    Italian Region

    thumb-flag-of-tuscany-4k-silk-texture-tuscany-silk-flag.jpg

    R1 def Basiliclata and Walloon Brabent
    R2 def Flemish Brabent
    R3 def Bavaria
    QF def Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
    SF def Ceuta



  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 53,821 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Have to vote Tuscany here. It has my own clubs colours and of course a majestic horse to top it off.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Tuscany - Lovely horse trumps mad dogs


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    The dogs, the dogs!!! Canaries in case it's not clear.

    Though it was far from my favourite in the competition. I voted against it in all the early rounds as better flags lost. It's still the better of the two here. Nicer colours. And dogs.


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,352 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Take the dogs away and you have the colours of the mighty Leeds United, so I have to go for that. Plus I like dogs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭JohnGreenFan


    Since it's officially the flag of my latest fun fact, I have to vote for the Canaries. Did somebody mention the dogs? Dogs are great.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Tuscany looks like it could be the crest for a car logo or an insurance company, on a very bland and uninspiring background.

    I'll vote for the Canary Islands. It's not an amazing flag but it's the better of the two on offer; more colourful and the the dogs are cute.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,928 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Tuscany - simple, classy, unique

    I liked the Canary dogs until I saw that the actual dog is a magnificent beast. The cartoon labradors on the flag are an insult to the very animal they claim to venerate


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,430 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Veneto for me. Renaissance class.




    Oooops I meant Tuscany


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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Tuscany, to void out Zaph's love of dogs.

    Plus, it's a cleaner design and the horse is cool.

    But I wouldn't have had it as a winner.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,050 ✭✭✭Cosmo Kramer


    Tuscany colours a small bit reminiscent of the English and NI flags and also doesn't redeem itself by including some dogs.

    Canaries on the other hand doesn't look like the English flag and has two dogs, so it wins for me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Canaries.


    Take the horse away and Tuscany has very little going on (even if it is one of my favourite places in the world)


  • Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Calliope Petite Table


    Canaries - it has more character.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I liked the Canary dogs until I saw that the actual dog is a magnificent beast. The cartoon labradors on the flag are an insult to the very animal they claim to venerate

    As opposed to the much more accurate representation of the famous Tuscan winged horse that the other flag has? :P

    I was in Florence a couple of years ago, could barely enjoy the skyline with all those damn Pegasuses in the way.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    It’s been a very close final but we do have a winner... With 58% of the vote you have chosen The Canary Islands as your Ultimate Champion of Western Europe!
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral



    I was in Florence a couple of years ago, could barely enjoy the skyline with all those damn Pegasuses in the way.

    * Pegasii


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,928 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Fine work again Mackers, thanks for that :D

    Not a bad winner :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Thanks for all the work Mack. I enjoyed it.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,928 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Omackeral wrote: »
    * Pegasii

    *Pegasodi


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