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Ultimate Battle of Western Europe

  • 03-08-2020 5:49pm
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭


    Hello and welcome to another Ultimate Tournament. This time we are going to find your favorite subdivisional flag of Western Europe. All the continental Euro big boys are here and they're are some cracking efforts. Many of these you will have seen before and plenty you won't have laid eyes on. There are 96 entrants here and we'll whittle them down until we crown the Ultimate Champion of Western Europe. Action starts very shortly so get ready to cast judgment.
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Comments

  • Registered Users Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭KathleenGrant


    Woohooooooooooooo


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


    - All First Round bouts are Triple Threat matches.

    - A quota of 5 votes will see a flag through to Round 2.

    - Matches will have a 30 minute time limit, leading flag will advance if time expires. In the event of a draw, I will cast a deciding vote based on any reasons given by posters.


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


    Veneto
    Italian Region

    300px-Flag_of_Veneto.svg.png

    VS

    Extremadura
    Spanish Autonomous Community

    300px-Flag_of_Extremadura_%28with_coat_of_arms%29.svg.png

    VS

    Liguria
    Italian Region

    300px-Flag_of_Liguria.svg.png


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,117 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    This is going to be random!

    I think the Veneto one is an early overall contender though. So I'll vote for it.


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


    It's really out there! I haven't ever seen it before. I think people will love it or hate it, no in between.


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


    Veneto, others are kinda boring.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,711 ✭✭✭Sawduck


    Veneto - it's pure insanity i love it


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭KathleenGrant


    The coat of arms of the Region is set in a square in the center of the flag: the Lion of Saint Mark with the opened gospel (reading the Latin motto Pax tibi Marce evangelista meus, "Peace to you Mark, my evangelist") rests its paws on the landscape of Veneto: sea (the Adriatic), land (the Venetian Plain) and mountains (the Alps).

    Attached to the fly edge are seven tails. Each one bears in the middle the coat of arms of one of Veneto's seven province capitals, sorted in reverse alphabetical order:

    St Mark
    7 province capitals

    The colours
    The lion
    Also the football club

    Voting Venice


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


    Veneto wins


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


    Emilia-Romagna
    Italian Region

    400px-Fictional_Emilia-Romagna_Flag.svg.png


    VS

    Liege
    Belgian Province

    350px-Flag_of_the_Province_of_Li%C3%A8ge.svg.png


    VS

    Thuringia
    German State

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  • Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Liege

    Cos I love their green ravey lions


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,350 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Liege, I love yellow and red together, any flag with those colours will do well for me.


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


    Liege.

    First one is okay too thought.

    Last one just steals from Poland though.


  • Registered Users Posts: 15,371 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Liege for me

    The Emilia Romagna ones looks like something invented for a county council initiative and the German one is just boring


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


    Liege wins


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


    Murcia
    Spanish Autonomous Community

    300px-Flag_of_the_Region_of_Murcia.svg.png

    VS

    Gelderland
    Dutch Province

    300px-Flag_of_Gelderland.svg.png

    VS

    South Holland
    Dutch Province

    300px-Flag_Zuid-Holland.svg.png


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,350 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    South holland , looks like the Lion from the wizard of oz at a rave. Just happens to be one of my favourite movies, but more importantly, its red and yellow


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


    Murcia looks like a space invaders game! That's not my vote.

    I'm going with the dragon of South Hollnad.


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


    Kolido wrote: »
    South holland , looks like the Lion from the wizard of oz at a rave. Just happens to be one of my favourite movies, but more importantly, its red and yellow

    It was on TV this afternoon. First time I saw it from the beginning in decades.


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


    15 mins to go


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,711 ✭✭✭Sawduck


    South Holland for the marching lion


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,988 ✭✭✭Cosmo Kramer


    I'll go with Gelderland. Never heard of it but the flag colour combination is interesting, looks like it should be a national flag.

    South Holland too similar to the Scottish royal banner for me.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,117 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Murcia is more subtly interesting; more refined without being dull. It gets my vote.


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


    I'll go with Gelderland. Never heard of it but the flag colour combination is interesting, looks like it should be a national flag.

    Wasn't it one of the countries at war in The Princess Bride?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,509 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Murcia


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


    South Holland wins


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


    Friuli Venezia Giulia
    Italian Autonomous Region

    300px-Flag_of_Friuli-Venezia_Giulia.svg.png

    VS

    Calabria
    Italian Region

    300px-Flag_of_Calabria.svg.png

    VS

    Flemish Brabent
    Belgian Province

    300px-Flag_of_Flemish_Brabant.svg.png


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,509 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Flemish Brabent - cool chicken


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


    Brabant is unlucky that we just had a dragon go through. And Calabria's is boring.

    I vote for Friuli Venezia Giulia which looks kind of cool, and sounds like a cocktail.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 13,350 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Flemish brabent, looks like a middle aged version of south holland, and man those colours.


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