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Ultimate Battle of Western Europe

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


    Tuscany that's a nice horse


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


    Tuscany wins


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


    Penultimate match of the round here.
    Abruzzo
    Italian Region

    400px-Flag_of_Abruzzo.svg.png

    VS

    Madeira
    Portuguese Autonomous Region

    400px-Flag_of_Madeira.svg.png


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,707 ✭✭✭✭Hello 2D Person Below


    Abruzzo


    Messi > Cristiano


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


    Abruzzo wins it. Last match of the round here.
    Valencia
    Spanish Autonomous Community

    400px-Flag_of_the_Valencian_Community_%282x3%29.svg.png

    VS

    Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
    French Region

    400px-Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-Cote_dAzur.svg.png


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


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


  • Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,247 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


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


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


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


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


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,707 ✭✭✭✭Hello 2D Person Below


    Valencia


    It's neither fish nor fowl.


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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,392 ✭✭✭LadySkunk


    Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

    Dolphin dragon fish :D


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,270 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

    400px-Flag_of_Veneto.svg.png

    VS

    La Rioja
    Spanish Autonomous Community

    400px-Flag_of_La_Rioja_%28with_coat_of_arms%29.svg.png


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


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


    Humm a pleasantish wine over an angel-lion.


    OK, the wine La Rioja


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

    800px-Venezia-DSCF9899.JPG

    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.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,270 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Veneto


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


    La rioja.

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


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,387 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭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 :p 1-1
    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    Veneto

    No reason. Stays at 1-1
    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.


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


    Bavaria
    German State

    Flag_of_Bavaria_lozengy.gif


    VS


    Tuscany
    Italian Region

    thumb2-flag-of-tuscany-4k-silk-texture-tuscany-silk-flag.jpg


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,270 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


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


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


    Under 10 minutes left, any more takers?


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,387 ✭✭✭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...)


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


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