Ultimate Battle of Japan

ari101

Tough selection, lots of similarities

Hiroshima I'm seeing waves and flames in this and I like it

Okinawa I like the lightness and the off centred circles of this more than the later

Kochi I feel like this could be a fancy setting nob on a cooker hob

Reberetta

1. Hiroshima
2. Okinawa
3. Kochi

Citizenpain

1. Kochi
2. Hiroshima
3. Okinawa

BrianBoru00

1. Kochi - Nice red
Flip of a coin ...
2. Okinawa -
3. Hiroshima -

Barna77

Okinawa
Hiroshima
Kochi

KathleenGrant

1. Hiroshima looks cheery

2 Okinawa

3. Kochi the red is too dark for me.

Purgative

Kochi - elegant
Hiroshima
Okinawa

Omackeral

Group P Standings

Hiroshima 20
Kochi 17
Okinawa 17

Hiroshima tops the group. We now need to see which prefecture goes through along side it. Let's get to the tiebreaker

Zaph wrote: »

Kochi - love that shade of deep red
Okinawa - pleasingly asymmetrical

+1 for Kochi as it's ranked higher but Okinawa gets a good review too.

ari101 wrote: »

Okinawa I like the lightness and the off centred circles of this more than the later

Kochi I feel like this could be a fancy setting nob on a cooker hob

+1 for Okinawa

KathleenGrant wrote: »

2 Okinawa

3. Kochi the red is too dark for me.

+ 1 for Okinawa as Kochi is getting negative press.

Purgative wrote: »

Kochi - elegant
Hiroshima
Okinawa

Another plus for Kochi but there's not too much given. I'll give 0.5 here.

All said and all considered, it's Okinawa taking the final spot.

Group P Results

Hiroshima 20
Okinawa 17
Kochi 17

Omackeral

That concludes the Group Stage. We now enter the knockout stages as we go into head to head battles. These one on one bouts are for another day though! Take care of yourselves and each other, night y'all.

JP Liz V1

1. Kochi

2. Hiroshima

3. Okinawa

Purgative

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

1. Kochi

2. Hiroshima

3. Okinawa

Good one

Omackeral

Barna77 wrote: »

Omack-san, any chance you can list the names at the end of the post?
For copy and paste. On mobile and I forget the names when I'm typing ...
/age

Apologies B, I must've skimmed by this request last night.

Omackeral

First Knockout Round commences this evening folks. I'll give a 30 minute warning before we proceed.

Earthhorse

On reflection, the Kochi flag looks like it might be a Klingon standard bearer.

Omackeral

Knockouts go live at 8PM

Omackeral

As before, 20 minutes per match with reasons given used as tie breakers! Here's the first pairing.

Omackeral

Match 1

Saitama



vs

Kagoshima

quickbeam

Saitama - Kagoshima would have got it as the colours are bolder, but that little piece missing from the crescent is really off-putting.

Zaph

Saitama - very unusual design. I might have preferred the Kagoshima flag had the red and black been reversed.

Purgative

Kagoshima as QB said bolder, that piece missing from the crescent intrigues me. It makes me mark it up rather than down.

ari101

Saitama - the other one is an interesting flag, but this one is very pretty with it's wonky yin yangs

Kagoshima-

Citizenpain

Saitama - it’s so simple and attractive

davetherave

Kagoshima- I like it. It's a map of the region with a volcano in the centre. Volcanoes spew out all sorts of magma and lava and stuff. That definitely beats some petals. The black stands out more than the red too.

cdeb

Kagoshima - the black gives it that bit extra. Not much in it otherwise; fairly similar efforts

Omackeral

cdeb just out of time to tie it up!

Saitama advances to Round 2

Zaph

davetherave wrote: »

Kagoshima- I like it. It's a map of the region with a volcano in the centre. Volcanoes spew out all sorts of magma and lava and stuff. That definitely beats some petals. The black stands out more than the red too.

Just had a look at it on a map, that's pretty cool tbh.

Omackeral

Match 2

Iwate



vs

Aichi

cdeb

Iwate looks kind of mystical, and I love the shade of green

Purgative

Zaph wrote: »

Just had a look at it on a map, that's pretty cool tbh.

Too late to be sorry

Zaph

Aichi - I like the background colours of both, so it comes down to the symbols in the middle. I find the rounded symbol on the Aichi flag more pleasing to the eye than the rather spiky one on the Iwate flag.

Zaph

Purgative wrote: »

Too late to be sorry

Not sorry at all, still would have voted for the other one

ari101

Iwate for me, I like the symbol on the other one but I love the shade of... teal (because maybe it's green, but really I think it is blue )

Electric Nitwit

Iwate

It's like a robot doing the "we're not worthy" skit from Wayne's World as it slowly sinks into a lake

Purgative

Aichi - I just prefer the colours







As a side issue Boards is flaking on me a little, when I try and see the next post I get the cloudflare page

davetherave

Zaph wrote: »

Just had a look at it on a map, that's pretty cool tbh.

Yup, much cooler than some silly petals. This whole contest is a sham and a fraud and a sham. I'm only continuing to participate and contribute in protest :pac:



Iwate for this round. Nicer colour for me and you don't often see symmetry on a flag, or I don't anyway, but it is a nice distinctive feature.

JP Liz V1

Aichi - emoji like

Earthhorse

Aichi - I prefer the colour scheme

Iwate looks like a shrugging emoji by a lake.

quickbeam

Aichi - prettier. I don't like the robot / virus thing in the other.

Citizenpain

Aichi—- means business

Omackeral

And it's a fantastic comeback right at the death!

Aichi advances to Round 2

Omackeral

Match 3

Miyagi



vs

Mie

Zaph

Mie - prefer that shade of green, and the symbol is pretty interesting

Purgative

Yes as Zaph said Mie

Citizenpain

Miyagi , prefer that shade of green

ari101

Miyagi - nicer shade of green and I'm seeing the lotto ad where the dude in the flats installs water slides for the whole block, 'cause he had to share the 7 million - better than a french horn hogging the always scarce deck chairs

Earthhorse

Mie - not much to choose between these. Prefer the shade in this one. Though I do think some of these colours would look more natural on an actual flag and be less intense.

Cosmo Kramer

Miyagi for me. Looks like a more modern take on the Irish shamrock - presumably it has nothing to do with it at all, but that's what makes me like it all the same

quickbeam

Miyagi - I like the tripple swish, and it's a nicer background shade.

Omackeral

Another tight affair.

Miyagi advances to Round 2