NationStates Flag Bracket II (Congratulations to Albali!)

[The Cosmic Mainframe]

I hadn't voted on the previous duel, both were quite interesting flags. Houstonia's colors were nice and i like to add that having a explanation of Zeptov's flag would be lovely to have.

I've decided to get into card farming - hopefully my new card farm, Bytes, will be able to supply highly valuable prizes for this bracket!

Oh, i didn't knew people participated for cards, i just participated because it looked cool. Well, i'm also looking for cool cards myself.
On the competition, going to side with La Fiorita, it's not a flag, but i prefer it more than the red griffon with yellow outline over white background that Bryttonia has.

Cards are just a bonus. The fun of the competition itself remains the main appeal.

Last time 8th through 2nd place got Epic cards, and 1st got a legendary. Since this competition is larger, I want the prizes to be larger. Precise prizes are to be announced when the competition is closer to the end.

[Hugstopia]

Heh I've been away from the forum for a few days and saw my flag lost, oh well nothing ventured nothing gained... good luck to everyone!!! ♥♥♥

[Aurevbush]

The transparent background in La Fiorita's flag sets me off, (though I won't be picky on thatmuch on that), but the coat of arms look neatly designed.
Brytonnia's flag, though with sides contrasting in pixel quality, puts its heraldry to good use and the silohuette of a dragon with a color palette of beauty and pride even I as a yank would stand up for.

Brytonnia FTW.

[The Cosmic Mainframe]

Bryttonia (by Thakia) defeats La Fiorita 25-6.
Thakia, nice job on securing two spots in the top 64!

Top 128 Match 21
Norcott - Alternate (by Drongonia) vs Khoronzon - Main Flag
Vote for your favorite flag and, if you want, explain your preference in the thread!

Submissions are now completely closed. Updates to existing flags and descriptions are allowed, so long as your flag has not been voted on yet.

Norcott - Alternate

Khoronzon - Main flag

My opinion: While Khoronzon's design is excellent, Norcott's design is similarly good and the colors appeal to me. I will vote for Norcott's alternate flag.

[Sildorian Empire]

Khoronzon gets this one imo.

[The Cosmic Mainframe]

Sorry I'm so late in posting this!
Norcott - Alternate (by Drongonia) defeats Khoronzon - Main Flag 15-12.
Very close! But Drongonia takes it once again. Congratulations!

Top 128 Match 22
Tukhros (by Khoronzon) vs The Albali Kingdom (by Fallen Albali)
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Submissions are now completely closed. Updates to existing flags and descriptions are allowed, so long as your flag has not been voted on yet.

Tukhros
(Credit to Yegla Islands for most of the design)

The Albali Kingdom
The Albalian Kingdom's flag has been the longest-lived of all of Albali's flags, going unaltered for hundreds upon hundreds of years. The origins of the raptor has already been explained for the Republic's flag, so I won't explain it here. Blue and gold have traditionally been symbols of wealth in ancient times; gold because of the actual element of gold which was just as valuable to an alien community as it was for humans. Blue came from having blue clothing, as blue dyes were extremely rare and could only be afforded by the richest of the richest. Despite that no longer being the case, the connotations of associating the colour blue with outrageous wealth continued. A stylised wreath of olive branches sits below the raptor, representing one simple thing: victory. Meanwhile, the crown sitting higher than the stars above the raptor is no coincidence; it represents the power of the monarch - and by extension the state - being greater than that of even the stars themselves. This arrogant attitude had brought war to Albali's doorsteps more than once.

My opinion: I like Tukhros' flag, but the Albalian Kingdom's flag is a nicer design. The colors are also quite cool, so I will be voting for Albali Kingdom.

[Sildorian Empire]

Albali gets my vote. I like the color scheme a lot more than I like that of Tukhros'.

[Drongonia]

I quite like the Albali flag.

[The Cosmic Mainframe]

I quite like the Albali flag.

You posted that literally seconds before I reset the vote - you're lucky I recorded your vote!

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Top 128 Match 22: The Albali Kingdom (by Fallen Albali) defeats Tukhros (by Khoronzon) 22-3.
Congratulations to Albali! Khoronzon has two more submissions that could advance to the top 64.

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Top 128 Match 23
Jinjaristan (by Gig em Aggies) vs Libstasia (by Drongonia)
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Jinjaristan
Jinjaristan is my creation and it took me awhile to design. Anyways Jinjaristan is a country based off of India but is more or less like the US in the ethnic make up of the citizens. The one thing I did bring over from the real world to here is the complex relationship between India and Pakistan but instead of those nations it's Jinjaristan and Neonistan that hate each other.

Libstasia
This is called the flag for the nation of Libstasia, but is also known as the "forward" flag, with the two red arrows representing the leftist (red) movement taking the country forward, with the SocDem rose being an obvious nod to that as well.

My opinion: Libstasia takes this one because it is the simpler flag. I like the incorporation of arrows quite a bit. Jinjaristan fits its theme well, but it's way too complex, and the JPEG compression worsens it.

[Glurponia]

I like Jinjaristan. Between two flags with overly complex images, Jinjaristan's is more pleasing to the eye (I'm ignoring the horrible jpeg artifacts all over it.)

[Valentine Z]

I really do love both flags, but Jinjaristan is a tad too crowded for me, and there is this unclear detail thing going on, which I know it's more due to computer displays / artifacts, i.e. it will look so much better IRL if printed as an actual flag.

But still, Libstasia won my heart by a manageable margin. :3

[Vidinaz]

I'm sorry for saying this, but I really can't see them flown from flagpoles. Libstasia's seems it'd be printed on an armband while Jinjaristan's looks like a painting from Reinassance Arabia (or an image woven upon a sajjada rug).

Regardless of my opinions, however, I love the design of these two. Jinjaristan is made as if an excellent painter had done it, while Libstasia is relatably simple. My vote for Jinjaristan, by virtue of how it made a complex design work.

[Fallen Albali]

I mean... I do like Jinjaristan's flag, but as has been said, it's just too complicated to work properly. Libstasia is also a very pretty flag, and it's also simple but it's the good kind. And roses are my favourite flower :3

[The Cosmic Mainframe]

Looks like I'm really late this time! I'm so sorry to everyone, especially Vidinaz and Val Z! I'm getting distracted by a mix of RL stuff, other games, and just generally being tired. Expect match times to be a bit erratic going forward.
Libstasia (by Drongonia) defeats Jinjaristan (by Gig em Aggies) 22-7.
Drongonia achieves yet another victory!

Top 128 Match 24
Vidinaz - Star of Discovery vs Valentine Z - Animated Flag
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Vidinaz - Star of Discovery
The star and the wheel are important icons within Vidinese/Vidkvndan culture. Astrology is a hallowed occupation much the same as clergy, its importance lying in religion and navigation. Their gods were represented by the stars, both far and near, and the people of yore used the stars to determine their location and important events. The wheel symbolize Vidinese civilization itself and its constant march towards the future. Blue symbolize the sea and the void beyond. White symbolize the firmament that protects earthen life from the cold, endless void. Yellow alludes to gold - which then represent the eternal pursuit of Vidinaz's prosperity, and Red represents the sun and the warmth it brought.

In universe, this is the modernized version of the original flag.

Valentine Z - Animated flag
New and improved! And compressed down to < 30 seconds and lowered FPS to 25 in order to post it here. The high quality version can be seen here, which runs slightly slower, at 1920 x 1080 / 1080p, and at 60 fps.

My opinion: Val Z's flag is a bit long and complex in its new iteration, but if we are to compare the individual flags, then Val's are better on average than Vidinaz's.

[Paradeavenlisian States]

Looks like I'm really late this time! I'm so sorry to everyone, especially Vidinaz and Val Z! I'm getting distracted by a mix of RL stuff, other games, and just generally being tired. Expect match times to be a bit erratic going forward.

Don't worry, I understand. Sometimes, real life issues can get in the way of anything these days and we can forget things sometimes so I know it is not your fault.

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Hmmm... this is a bit tough as both flags have great designs. Although Vidinaz's flag is clearly far more realistic, Valentine Z's GIF flag has generally more simple designs which are more unique as Vidinaz has a somewhat similar design and colour scheme to that of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela and with a similar centre symbol to that of the Indian flag. In addition, Valentine Z's flag has a little bit more of a 'wow' factor to the designs but then again, I do love the good use of symbolism on the behalf of Vidinaz's flag. I might vote for Vidinaz for this one though I'm near the fence for this one and I could easily change my mind.

[Valentine Z]

I err.... abstain on this!

The GIF was a littleeeee too long, I will admit. The green is less saturated than I like it to be.

And Vidinaz's flag is pretty darn nice, that's for sure, and I will indeed say that. I mean, it really is. ♥

Just please don't knock me just because I submitted a GIF. It's not a flag in a traditional sense, but hey, it's something.

[The Cosmic Mainframe]

Vidinaz - Star of Discovery defeats Valentine Z - Animated Flag 17-13.
A surprising result given how well the previous version did last time and how late my last post was. Congratulations Vidinaz!

Top 128 Match 25
Kycci Province (by Onocarcass) vs Mondeuta and Lybraesil - Alliance Jack (by Vidinaz)
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Kycci Province

Mondeuta and Lybraesil - Alliance Jack
Mondeuta and Lybraesil is an isolationist country, so much so that most people outside their borders often conflate the two, which wasn't helped any by the two nations' alliance. They are represented by the two crests in the middle: the Tower and the ermine Tree. The blues and blacks that surround them allude to the mountains that surround them and the rivers that snake through these peaks. The light grey symbolize Mondeuta's worship of the moon, while green is the same for Lybraesil and their forest spirits.

My opinion: Both flags are good, but the colors of Kycci Province's flag appeal to me more, as does the more recognizable symbol of the eagle.

[Drongonia]

I'm gonna go with the Kycci Province flag, I find both its contents and colour palette much more appealing.

[Vidinaz]

Vidinaz - Star of Discovery defeats Valentine Z - Animated Flag 17-13.
A surprising result given how well the previous version did last time and how late my last post was. Congratulations Vidinaz!

Yeah, I can agree with you on that actually being a surprise too. I always saw Viddy's flag as the weakest of the bunch, so I expected a comeback for Valentine.

Thank you.

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As this match still has one of my flags in it, I won't allow myself to vote. But in my opinion, Kycci's flag is a heck of a lot more original than mine (that is one interesting eagle design, never seen one like that before), so that's a big ball of points in his favor already. I also prefer their color scheme over MaL's too, though in her defense I colored the Alliance Jack for thematic fit.

...Not to mention I'm just not confident in my own creations.

[Valentine Z]

Eh, you win some, you lose some. I find it funny myself that the GIF flag that won the previous batch, lost on the first bracket here this time. But of course, Vidinaz's flag is pretty nice like I said, so a heartfelt congratulations to you! ♥

For this matchup, I personally am going for M&L. I quite like the cleaner look to it. ^^

[Onocarcass]

Eh, you win some, you lose some. I find it funny myself that the GIF flag that won the previous batch, lost on the first bracket here this time. But of course, Vidinaz's flag is pretty nice like I said, so a heartfelt congratulations to you! ♥

That one was the hardest round for me to choose thus far. I really, really loved your flag. I just liked Vidinaz a bit more given my vote, lol. For real though, both were great.

[Vaspelia]

Kycci's flag looks sick at my first glance, but i believe some elements of it would have problems from afar. On the other side the flag Mondeuta and Lybraesil (won't try to say that fast, sorry) has an original symbolism, which you guys know i quite dig some good symbolism. Will have to pick Kycci as i feel it has more impact. Nevertheless, Vidinaz has stronk entries!.

[Lura]

M&L's flag has the King's Brand from Hollow Knight on left, but upside down. That game is my favourite of all time, so points there, but regardless, I think I like that flag more than Kycci anyway so it gets my vote.

[Aurevbush]

Both are very simple in terms of color scheem and symbolism. M&L, for its unique square shape (Ik ik), and dual insignias. Though, I would switch up the blue to be at the top, and then have the white be the border of the Nordic cross. You do you, though.

Kycci Province utilizes dual symbols in a really vibrant and lively manner, with the yellow and white stripes on each side, and the star and eagle gives it a revolutionary, focused, and patriotic fighting spirit when one flies it like an independent MexCali Republic For this, I'm voting Kycci. Fantastic job!

[Bloodshade]

As much as I appreciate and adore M&L's flag, I'm going to have to go with Kycci's flag! Colour scheme and emblem design have reeled me in.