Best Flag Competition Discussion Lounge

[HumanSanity]

Opening this place up as a Discussion lounge for the Best Flag Competition and its voting polls.

Best of luck to all of the participants!

[HumanSanity]

For those curious about the final format:

There are currently 30 entries on the 10000 Islands forum - I will be dividing them into 5 groups and 2 entries will advance to the final round out of each group.

There are currently 23 entries on NationStates. I will be dividing them into 4 groups and 2 entries in each group will advance to the final round of NationStates voting. The top two on-site entries will also make it to the final round of on-forum voting. All on-site voting will occur over the next week.

Entries are still open for one more hour and any additional entries will be added to existing groups!

[Dorab]

I was going to vote on the forum, but all the flags must be imgur, which doesn't work on my computer.

[Krystalveil]

All you need to know is that Krystalveil's flag is in the third ballot with the number 4.

Oh, and who did the flag with the peacocks, good job 👍🏻.

[HumanSanity]

Apr 15, 2020 16:15:07 GMT -5 Dorab said:

I was going to vote on the forum, but all the flags must be imgur, which doesn't work on my computer.

Sorry, yeah - all the flags are imgur... not sure what to do about this issue

[Dorab]

Apr 15, 2020 16:26:37 GMT -5 HumanSanity said:

Apr 15, 2020 16:15:07 GMT -5 Dorab said:

I was going to vote on the forum, but all the flags must be imgur, which doesn't work on my computer.

Sorry, yeah - all the flags are imgur... not sure what to do about this issue

If you could send me a link to each nation I can look at their flag.

[panther]

Apr 15, 2020 16:20:05 GMT -5 Krystalveil said:

Oh, and who did the flag with the peacocks, good job 👍🏻.

Thank you very much

Yours is quite stunning. Did you design the female figure? If not, I'd be interested to know where it comes from...some art deco illustration, maybe?

[Krystalveil]

Apr 16, 2020 1:02:55 GMT -5 panther said:

Apr 15, 2020 16:20:05 GMT -5 Krystalveil said:

Oh, and who did the flag with the peacocks, good job 👍🏻.

Thank you very much

Yours is quite stunning. Did you design the female figure? If not, I'd be interested to know where it comes from...some art deco illustration, maybe?

Thank you. No, I didn't design the lady myself, but it is indeed from an Art Deco Illustration that I found on Google.

[Tuga Nation's Dragon]

Just a backstory of my Flag, just to understand it a bit more

The Flag is known as "The Dragon Flag"

A tall, serpent-like “Dragon of Tuga Nation” the traditional symbol of the island, as well its official animal, faces to the right on a trapezoidal field of white, representing the peace between humans and dragons. The dragons inhabited the island long before the humans, and from the beginning they started to live in harmony.
Blue triangles to right and left, bordered by a thin stripe of gold, likely represent the surrounding ocean and the clear blue skies of Tuga Nation. The respect for the environment is one of the most important values for any Tuga and any Dragon.
The gold stripes represent the nation's wealth and prosperity.

[Deleted]

Mine also has some backstory as well

When I started Nationstates back in 2004, I built up my nation as a stern, corrupt corporate police state for kicks. For a few years, that was the state that I kept it in with the issues.

Back in 2013, I decided "You know what, I'm going to see what it's like turning a nation around" Because I had excellent economy, but naturally Civil Rights and Political Freedoms were in the toilet. So out went the old dictator who ran Nationstates, and here came this upstart of a politician known as Pengala Guinian. He basically was the leader of the Revolutionaries that revolted against the old regime and toppled it, so naturally he was chosen to be the first President of Penguin Dictators...a contradictory name to what was now a paradise of freedom. I ended up turning Penguin Dictators away from being a Corporate Police State with basically no rights and a powerhouse economy, and into a Left-Leaning College State/Liberal Paradise with strong freedoms and a powerhouse economy.

When it came to the flag...deciding to be reminded of the battle scars that would be there in the nation's history, Pengala Guinian chose to have a flag to reflect that for the future of the nation. It's the colors of freedom, but against a darker background and more "in line" with the stripes to signify the past that helped shape the present. Likewise, the darkness in the snowflake followed by the light coming out reflects the struggle that it took for the nation to find itself...the battle to rid the evil that corrupted the nation, to come out into a future of light and freedom.

There's also some factbook entries leading up to the moment when the old rule of the old Dictator. One of these days I'll actually get around to finishing it and making it current.

[Anisopterra]

It's interesting to see what everyone else's thought process was for their flags! Mine is pretty much inspired by the wordplay in my nation's name (as "anisoptera" is the infraorder that dragonflies belong to). Since I joined the islands before I had quite settled on what kind of nation I wanted to make, I decided to go along with the regional theme and make Anisopterra an temperate island nation with a lot of maritime history. That inspired the green-on-blue scheme, the 4 pointed star/compass rose, and dragonfly shape on my flag. I don't have an in-character history for it, but it the symbolism is basically the same.

I really tried to make a simple and memorable flag design, due to my personal interest in flags and my dislike of many of the regional flags of my country that are way too complex and all blur together.

[Tuga Nation's Dragon]

Who is the owner of the flag number 3?

[Krystalveil]

So as I new round began, I want to remind you why you should vote for Krystalveil's Flag.

Perhaps some will find it over the top, or perhaps you believe there are too many elements on it. Whatever the case is, I want to assure you that it's this style that represents what Krystalveil is - a cultural driven nation, with taste in everything that is beautiful and a patron of arts. People say simple is more beautiful, well, I believe that beauty is in small details - and if you take your time to study Krystalveil's flag, it's full of hidden meanings and thoughts.

Thank you for your attention and your votes.

[Deleted]

But that could be said about any of the flags up there, like mine.

[Krystalveil]

Apr 24, 2020 2:46:48 GMT -5 @tredania said:

But that could be said about any of the flags up there, like mine.

Perhaps, but no one said it about their flag =))

[Deleted]

Apr 24, 2020 7:26:38 GMT -5 Krystalveil said:

Apr 24, 2020 2:46:48 GMT -5 @tredania said:

But that could be said about any of the flags up there, like mine.

Perhaps, but no one said it about their flag =))

pretty sure both Tuga and I just went on to explain that there's deeper meaning and significance to our flags. But we also didn't try to tell people that they should vote for them over all of the other really great flags since we're letting people decide for themselves.

[Tuga Nation's Dragon]

Apr 24, 2020 18:07:43 GMT -5 @tredania said:

Apr 24, 2020 7:26:38 GMT -5 Krystalveil said:

Perhaps, but no one said it about their flag =))

pretty sure both Tuga and I just went on to explain that there's deeper meaning and significance to our flags. But we also didn't try to tell people that they should vote for them over all of the other really great flags since we're letting people decide for themselves.

exactly...