Ultimate Battle of Japan

Omackeral

Konnichiwa! Welcome to the May instalment of The Ultimate Battle. This time, we are heading out east in a bid to crown the Ultimate Japanese Prefecture Flag. We would love to have all our regulars on board and hopefully we can bring some new players into the fold also. So click follow thread and check back in with us for the rules and official opening tomorrow evening!

Omackeral

Looks like we might have a nice turnout for this later on folks. The tournament will begin with the group stages and after that it’ll be into straight knockout bouts. Keep an eye on your subscribed threads for kickoff this evening!

Omackeral

Battle lines have been drawn. We go live within the next few minutes!

Quick rundown of how it works. Each group will have three flags in it. You have to rank them in order of preference. For example;

1. Tokyo
2. Osaka
3. Kyoto

I'll then score them accordingly with 3 points, 2 points and 1 point. The top 2 from each group will progress to the knockout rounds. If you like, you can explain why you're voting the way you are and, in the event of any draws that need splitting, these reasons will be used as tiebreakers. Each group match will last 20 minutes. Got that?! Hope so! Stay tuned...

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Saitama



Shiga



Aichi

Reberetta

1. Saitama
2. Aichi
3. Shiga

Cosmo Kramer

1. Shiga
2. Aichi
3. Saitama

davetherave

1. Shiga
2. Aichi
3. Saitama

Saitama loses points for going with the Red on White colour scheme like the National Flag. Nice symbology with the other two. The Sunrise and a Wave on the Pacific Ocean for Aichi and Shiga having the circle for the largest lake and the wings of Harmony and Progress. Blue beats out Red.

KathleenGrant

1. Saltama love the shape of the individual petals (?) making up the ring. Very pretty

2. Aichi would prefer a brighter red but I like the emblem

3. Shiga my least favourite but still a lovely flag.

Purgative

1. Saitama
2. Aichi
3. Shiga

Had trouble separating 2 and 3. The person on front is driving an Aichi, no its a Shiga.

nothing

1. Saitama
2. Aichi
3. Shiga

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Group A Results

Saitama 14
Aichi 12
Shiga 10

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Yamanashi



Kagoshima



Iwate

nothing

1. Kagoshima
2. Yamanashi
3. Iwate

Purgative

1. Iwate - neat symbol, unusual colour
2. Yamanashi
3. Kagoshima

Zaph

1. Iwate
2. Kagoshima
3. Yamanashi

Cosmo Kramer

1. Yamanashi
2. Iwate
3. Kagoshima

Barna77

Kagoshima
Yamanashi
Iwate

I like the three of them!

The Japanese flags have this evil space empire corporate look. This game should be interesting.

KathleenGrant

1. Iwate I am a sucker for symmetry

2. Yamanashi I like the purple and yellow. Loch Garman Abú

3. Kagoshima nice flag just prefer the others.

ari101

1. Iwate - such a lovely colour and simplicity
2. Kagoshima - A nice twist in the national flag
3. Yamanashi - Purple isn't my favourite flag colour

Omackeral

Group B Standings

Iwate 16
Yamanashi 13
Kagoshima 13

This means we have a tie for the runner up spot. Let's delve into the reasons between Yamanashi and Kagoshima.

KathleenGrant wrote: »

2. Yamanashi I like the purple and yellow. Loch Garman Abú

3. Kagoshima nice flag just prefer the others.

+1 for Yamanashi

ari101 wrote: »

2. Kagoshima - A nice twist in the national flag
3. Yamanashi - Purple isn't my favourite flag colour

+1 for Kagoshima

So again it's a stalemate so it's best reason and for me it's ari101 as their answer directly refers to the fact they aren't into purple a flag colour.


Group B Results

Iwate 16
Kagoshima 13
Yamanashi 13

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Miyagi



Toyama



Fukushima

Cosmo Kramer

1. Miyagi
2. Toyama
3. Fukushima

Purgative

1. Fukushima - crisp, nice, unusual use of orange
2. Miyagi - neat enough, unusual shade of green
3. Toyama

Electric Nitwit

1. Fukushima - the emblem being off centre is oddly pleasing, and it looks like a whale swimming right at you
2. Toyama - simple but nice
3. Miyagi - looks like a bad shamrock drawn on a terrible Guinness in a crap Irish bar in a dump of a foreign beach resort

KathleenGrant

1. Fulushima orange symbolises love and hope.
Not a great fan of orange on a flag but I love that shade.

2. Miyagi lovely green colour and like the interlacing clover

2. Toyama seems a bit plain towards the other 2.

Earthhorse

1) Fukushima
2) Miyagi
3) Toyama

Are these the real colours of the flags? The colours seem, I dunno, kinda extra?

Barna77

Miyagi - nice shade of green
Fukushima
Toyama - clever way of spelling the name on the flag.

ari101

Miyagi - lovely colour and curve
Fukushima - the shape and off centre positioning are really eye catching
Toyama - I don't know why but this is less pleasing to the eye, I like green buy the curved shapes are swaying me more to the others

nothing

1. Fukushima
2. Miyagi
3. Toyama

KathleenGrant

Barna77 wrote: »

Miyagi - nice shade of green
Fukushima
Toyama - clever way of spelling the name on the flag.

Is it it written on the flag?

1. Miyagi
2. Toyama
3. Fukushima

Zaph

1. Miyagi - nice colour and unusual design
2. Fukushima - again a nice colour and unusual design
3. Toyama - looks a bit corporate

Omackeral

Barna77 wrote: »

Toyama - clever way of spelling the name on the flag.

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Is it it written on the flag?

Think it's a cheeky Toyama/Toyota reference to the Toyota logo

Omackeral

Group C Results

Miyagi 21
Fukushima 21
Toyama 13

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Oita



Mie



Gifu

1. Mie - Delightfully off centre
2. Oita - Easy on the eye
3. Gifu - Saudis are making inroads

Barna77

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Is it it written on the flag?

From wikipedia:

The symbol is meant to represent the hiragana と (to) and two mountains (yama) to form a rebus of Toyama.

KathleenGrant

Barna77 wrote: »

From wikipedia:

The symbol is meant to represent the hiragana と (to) and two mountains (yama) to form a rebus of Toyama.

That's cool!

ari101

1. Gifu - I like the symbol shape and colour
2. Oita - the symbols is interesting, balanced in points and symmetry
3. Mie - I'm just not sure about the amount of this green and the altered french horn symbol

Barna77

Mie
Oita
Gifu - too corporate looking

nothing

1. Gifu
2. Mie
3. Oita

Purgative

1. Mie - nice use of an unusual shade of green
2. Oita - looks a bit devilish (in a good way)
3. Gifu - Humm

KathleenGrant

1.Oita

2. Gifu

3. Mie

Sawduck

Mie - Love the green background and design
Oita - looks like a decent car logo
Gifu - Not great, kinda reminds me of the snake game on the old nokia phones

Earthhorse

1) Oita
2) Gifu
3) Mie

quickbeam

Oita - kinda optical illusiony
Mie - simple but pleasing colours
Gifu - fairly bland

Zaph

1. Mie - really like that colour green
2. Oita - looks like the flag of an evil empire in some science fiction film
3. Gifu - not much going for it really

quickbeam

Sawduck wrote: »

Gifu - Not great, kinda reminds me of the snake game on the old nokia phones

Ha! It does too now that you've mentioned it!

Omackeral

Group D Results

Oita 22
Mie 22
Gifu 16

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That was a tasty three-way tussle. Next triumvirate is tantalising.

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Nagasaki



Tochigi



Chiba