NSG Senate General Discussion Thread (Former Lobby)

by **Parhe** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:37 pm

Yeah, I feel like the blue on your flag is much less straining.

by **Maklohi Vai** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:39 pm

Parhe wrote:Yeah, I feel like the blue on your flag is much less straining.

Ok, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!

by **The Nihilistic view** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:50 pm

I don't like any of them.

by **Maklohi Vai** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:54 pm

The Nihilistic view wrote:I don't like any of them.

Care to explain, or provide a suggestion of your own?

by **The Nihilistic view** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:58 pm

Maklohi Vai wrote:
The Nihilistic view wrote:I don't like any of them.

Care to explain, or provide a suggestion of your own?

The top two look like ripoffs of the the Nicaraguan flag and the third is just a horrible clash of colours. Making my eyes sore.

by **Heraklea-** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:04 pm

The Nihilistic view wrote:The top two look like ripoffs of the the Nicaraguan flag and the third is just a horrible clash of colours. Making my eyes sore.

Agreement on the third. Rule of Tincture was created for a reason. I can sort of see Nicaragua for the first, but the second reminds me more of Honduras. I think flags should really be one of the last things decided, after we've figured out geography and history (though there's no harm in spit balling right now).

by **Maklohi Vai** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:04 pm

The Nihilistic view wrote:
Maklohi Vai wrote:Care to explain, or provide a suggestion of your own?

The top two look like ripoffs of the the Nicaraguan flag and the third is just a horrible clash of colours. Making my eyes sore.

The second one is actually closer to Honduras's design, but your point is taken. Do you think the colors should be changed, or something else?

by **The Nihilistic view** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:09 pm

Maklohi Vai wrote:
The Nihilistic view wrote:
The top two look like ripoffs of the the Nicaraguan flag and the third is just a horrible clash of colours. Making my eyes sore.

The second one is actually closer to Honduras's design, but your point is taken. Do you think the colors should be changed, or something else?

I quite like the blue, but maybe try a totally different configuration. Also if we are going to have symbols like stars maybe wait until we know how many islands we have because that could maybe be incorporated in it.

by **Maklohi Vai** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:16 pm

The Nihilistic view wrote:
Maklohi Vai wrote:The second one is actually closer to Honduras's design, but your point is taken. Do you think the colors should be changed, or something else?

I quite like the blue, but maybe try a totally different configuration. Also if we are going to have symbols like stars maybe wait until we know how many islands we have because that could maybe be incorporated in it.

Makes sense to wait for the stars. These are more first draft conceptual designs anyway, so I don't really feel an attachment to them. And in hindsight, the third one really is shit

by **United Provinces of Atlantica** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:22 pm

Personally I think that instead of having one star, we should have a point (Unless we have something like 20+ islands).

by **Maklohi Vai** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:28 pm

United Provinces of Atlantica wrote:Personally I think that instead of having one star, we should have a point (Unless we have something like 20+ islands).

Do you mean one star for each island?

by **Parhe** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:39 pm

Heraklea- wrote:
The Nihilistic view wrote:The top two look like ripoffs of the the Nicaraguan flag and the third is just a horrible clash of colours. Making my eyes sore.

Agreement on the third. Rule of Tincture was created for a reason. I can sort of see Nicaragua for the first, but the second reminds me more of Honduras. I think flags should really be one of the last things decided, after we've figured out geography and history (though there's no harm in spit balling right now).

But my flag breaks that rule D:

Also a star with a number of points besides the common five, or even four, might be interesting and lessen its resemblance of other flags.

by **Heraklea-** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:44 pm

Parhe wrote:But my flag breaks that rule D:

Also a star with a number of points besides the common five, or even four, might be interesting and lessen its resemblance of other flags.

Not really. Charges are exempted from the tincture of the background they are on. Besides, everything goes with sable.

Stars other than five point are uncommon and nice to see when they are. Four-point is rare enough that it is still an interesting sight. Nine-points and higher are hard to differentiate from each other, so nine-points I think is the maximum we should consider.

by **Maklohi Vai** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:49 pm

Heraklea- wrote:Stars other than five point are uncommon and nice to see when they are. Four-point is rare enough that it is still an interesting sight. Nine-points and higher are hard to differentiate from each other, so nine-points I think is the maximum we should consider.

Well, I think higher than even seven points looks weird when it's large on a flag. I have three 11 point stars on my flag (IC historical reasons), but they're all small and so don't stand out as much.

by **Parhe** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:50 pm

Maklohi Vai wrote:
Heraklea- wrote:Stars other than five point are uncommon and nice to see when they are. Four-point is rare enough that it is still an interesting sight. Nine-points and higher are hard to differentiate from each other, so nine-points I think is the maximum we should consider.

Well, I think higher than even seven points looks weird when it's large on a flag. I have three 11 point stars on my flag (IC historical reasons), but they're all small and so don't stand out as much.

Honestly, from the forums, I thought they were cotton balls or dandelions.

by **Maklohi Vai** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:55 pm

Parhe wrote:
Maklohi Vai wrote:Well, I think higher than even seven points looks weird when it's large on a flag. I have three 11 point stars on my flag (IC historical reasons), but they're all small and so don't stand out as much.

Honestly, from the forums, I thought they were cotton balls or dandelions.

Haha, I guess they do bear a resemblance. Frankly I don't really care too much about how people see it on the forums; I only bring up the flag in a rare RP, or in flag conversations like this one.

by **Ainin** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 1:49 am

I still have no idea what the colours of Ainin's flag symbolise.

And it's been three years.

by **Kincoboh** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 2:37 am

I feel like making a flag is one of the last things we should do. A flag represents the country, right, so we have to know what to represent first I think. The flags themselves are a good start, I like the blue and green. But, let's try to see what our nation's geography and culture should look like first. So far, it looks like its pretty close for whether or not we should take existing land, so my idea of having a country surrounding lake Maracaibo may be an option still.

by **Beta Test** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:02 am

Ainin wrote:I still have no idea what the colours of Ainin's flag symbolise.

And it's been three years.

I like you're current flag. Happy Festivus!

by **The Nihilistic view** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:10 am

Festivus can suck my balls like a hairy hipster scrote!

by **Murkwood** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:41 am

I don't like any of the flags. The first two are too Nicaragua for my tastes, and last last one's color scheme is just ugly.

by **Insaeldor** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:06 am

I dislike all three flags, first two are somewhat generic and the third garish at best. I like the idea of a blue flag but maybe a more Royal Blue and with a national symbol as the center piece.

by **Ainin** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:13 am

National emblems in flags makes vexillologists everywhair cry :c

by **Insaeldor** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:56 am

Hmm well what about a bicolor flag with a Royal Blue top half and a Crimson Red bottom with a Jesuit Emblem in the middle?

by **Merovingea** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 7:09 am

Insaeldor wrote:Hmm well what about a bicolor flag with a Royal Blue top half and a Crimson Red bottom with a Jesuit Emblem in the middle?

That's not a good idea at all, if you put a jesuit emblem onto the flag, that would mean we'd have to remove it and change the flag once we (the WA) come to power, you know?