Ultimate Battle of Western Europe

Sawduck

Tuscany that's a nice horse

Omackeral

Tuscany wins

Omackeral

Penultimate match of the round here.

Abruzzo
Italian Region



VS

Madeira
Portuguese Autonomous Region

Hello 2D Person Below

Abruzzo


Messi > Cristiano

Omackeral

Abruzzo wins it. Last match of the round here.

Valencia
Spanish Autonomous Community



VS

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
French Region

Cosmo Kramer

Very similar but Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur gets my vote for the fish.

Zaph

Valencia - prefer the blue bit at the side to the weird fish thingy

alchemist33

Don't like either much, but hate the fish. Valencia for me

Purgative

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur for the crazy dolphin

Hello 2D Person Below

Valencia


It's neither fish nor fowl.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

I like the crazy dolphin and the eagle-dragon thingy. Also I prefer the vertical stripes to the horizontal ones of Valencia's, which I find a bit overpowering.

LadySkunk

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Dolphin dragon fish

Pawwed Rig

Valencia coz the blue bit is nicer than the design on the other one

quickbeam

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, fish ftw (or dolphin or whatever it is)

Omackeral

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur were leading at the time expiration so it's they who progress through.

Sawduck

Valencia better design the other one is basically 3 flags tied into one, I do like the fish though

Omackeral

Bavaria GERMANY

Liege BELGIUM
East Flanders BELGIUM

South Holland NETHERLANDS
Saba NETHERLANDS

Ile-de-France FRANCE
Brittany FRANCE
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur FRANCE

Canary Islands SPAIN
La Rioja SPAIN
Ceuta SPAIN

Lombardy ITALY
Tuscany ITALY
Abruzzo ITALY
Marche ITALY
Veneto ITALY

Omackeral

It's time for Round 3 folks. As before, it's a 5 vote quota or best within 30 minutes. First match is ready right now...

Veneto
Italian Region



VS

La Rioja
Spanish Autonomous Community

cdeb

I've voted for both of these already in previous rounds - but I'm going with Veneto here. Elaborate biblical lion angel thing holding a book is better than four colours (instead of the usual three)

Purgative

Humm a pleasantish wine over an angel-lion.


OK, the wine La Rioja

cdeb

Actually, you can't quite see the greatness of the Veneto flag from that picture.

The seven bands on the right are actually kind of tassels -



Edit - actually, that's the flag of Venice, sorry! Veneto's tails aren't separated for some reason. That might cost it in a future round.

Pawwed Rig

Veneto

Cosmo Kramer

La rioja.

The other one reminds me of the computer game Columns from the 1990s, but not in a good way.

Badly Drunk Boy

Veneto, for the funny-looking lion, griffon-thing.

Omackeral

Right it's a 2-2 draw (Badly Drunk Boy's shout came in after the buzzer) so let's get to the reasons.

cdeb wrote: »

I've voted for both of these already in previous rounds - but I'm going with Veneto here. Elaborate biblical lion angel thing holding a book is better than four colours (instead of the usual three)

Very good description. 1-0

Purgative wrote: »

Humm a pleasantish wine over an angel-lion.


OK, the wine La Rioja

Just about cuts it 1-1

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Veneto

No reason. Stays at 1-1

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

La rioja.

The other one reminds me of the computer game Columns from the 1990s, but not in a good way.

That'll do it, 2-1.

La Rioja advances to the quarter final.

Omackeral

Bavaria
German State




VS


Tuscany
Italian Region

Pawwed Rig

Tuscany. Horse is cool. Bavaria has gotten too far in this contest

Omackeral

Under 10 minutes left, any more takers?

Badly Drunk Boy

Bavaria. Pega-sus has to Pega-stop!

(I'm hurt by my vote being excluded from the last vote at the last minute, but I'll survive...)

KathleenGrant

Dammit.......too late to save Veneto......Major sulk from me

Tuscany. The horse is a welcome change from lions, fleurs de lis and stupid squares on the German ones.

The Pegasus image on the flag derives from a coin made by the Florentine artist Benvenuto Cellini in 1537. The the Pegasus came to be associated as a symbol of the Tuscan region.

The usage of Pegasus by the Tuscan region endured and was adopted by the Tuscan Committee of National Liberation (CTLN) as a symbol of Italian resistance in Tuscany to the German occupation of Italy during the Second World War.


I love it.