Weekly Flag Challenge: New Challenges & Previous Winners

[Transparent Blue]

Good after-noon!

The other thread is 'Weekly Flag Challenge: Discussion & Entries'.

DO NOT POST HERE UNLESS YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO.

Originally Posted by Transparent Blue

Rules as of 7 December 2012.

There are two threads:
• Discussion & Entries, for all discussion and entries.
• New Challenges & Previous Winners. NO discussion goes here. This thread is ONLY to post the new challenges and to announce winners. This makes it easier to tell if a new challenge has started.

This is the process:

1. The previous winner thinks of an idea for a Weekly Flag Challenge. Challenges CANNOT:
• Be the same as a previous one.
• Require entrants to make anything other than flags and explanations. For example, you cannot require entrants to make maps or photographs.
• Limit the eligibility of entrants. For example, you cannot say “only the first 4 entrants will be considered”.

The new challenge is posted in the New Challenges thread, along with the deadline. This should include the date, time and time zone. The previous winner can decide how long the round is open for. From previous experience, 4 days is recommended.

2. Entrants submit their designs in the ‘Discussion & Entries’ thread. The previous winner CANNOT enter their own round. Unless a challenge specifically asks for multiple entries, contestants may only enter ONE entry. If a challenge specifically asks for multiple entries, contestants may only enter ONE set. They are allowed to change their entry as many times as they wish before the closing date. The most recent design posted by a user will be considered to be his/her entry.

3. If the round closes and there are less than two entries, the previous winner is allowed to extend the round by up to 7 more days. If this time has passed and there are still less than two entries, the previous winner is obligated to cancel the current round and start another one.

4. When the contest is over, the previous winner makes a poll thread titled ‘Weekly Flag Challenge #[round number] voting’. This contains all of the entries but they must be ANONYMOUS and labelled only by number, e.g. “entry 1”, “entry 2”, etc. The previous winner can decide how long the poll is open for. From experience, 3 days is recommended.

5. When the poll is closed, the winner and their flag are posted in the ‘New Challenges & Previous Winners’ thread.

6. The new winner gets to decide the next challenge, and the cycle continues.

7. If there is a tie, the winners negotiate on the next challenge and who is responsible for making the new threads and posts.
If the winner is unwilling or incapable of making the next challenge, they should notify the person in second-place, who then gets to create the next challenge.
If the second-place person is unwilling or incapable of making the next challenge, they should notify Transparent Blue, who will set up the next challenge using a public suggestion.

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[Transparent Blue]

Good after-noon!

Originally Posted by Spitfiremk1

Challange: Create an imaginative flag for a British Dominion of India that DOES NOT Include the Star of India or IS NOT a defaced ensign. Good Luck .

The contest ends on 11:24 A.M., Tuesday 13 October 2009, in the 'UTC+0' time-zone.

Just a re-minder that entries are to be posted in the thread entitled 'Weekly Flag Challenge: Discussion & Entries', not here.
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[Transparent Blue]

Good after-noon!

WINNER #1: DUTCHIE



Other contestants:

- Fabrondi
- Nymain1
- OAM47
- Shaucker
- The Professor
- Transparent Blue
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[Dutchie]

New Challenge: Dissolved Belgium - a Felmish Flag for an independent Flanders (a new design, not the provinical flag now).

Entries to be posted prior to 11:33 EST Friday Oct. 23

[Dutchie]

Winner #2: Aesirknight!

[AesirKnight]

The next challenge is:

A flag of the Republic of North Carolina in a world where the Thirteen Colonies failed to unite.

As per the new rules, you have four days from the time of this post to submit your entries. Remember to post your entries in the 'Weekly Flag Challenge: Discussion & Entries' thread, not here.

Good luck!

Entries are due at 11:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4) on October 30, 2009.

[AesirKnight]

Winner #3: Rubberduck3y6!



"As with others, the red and yellow are for England and Charles I. The ship and the blue are for North Carolina's maritime history and Sir Walter Raleigh."

Congratulations, and have fun picking the next challenge!

[Rubberduck3y6]

The next challenge is:

A flag for a North American union in an alternate timeline.

Entries to be posted in the Discussion & Entries thread before 16:55 GMT on Friday 6th November 2009.

Good luck!

[Rubberduck3y6]

As you may have already found out, the winner #4 is Raymann!

'Flag is from a North American Federation that united over a much worse Cold War. NORAD lead to even greater military integration with economic then political union later.'


Other entries in the voting thread here.

Congratulations to Raymann and well done and thank you to everyone who entered!

[Raymann]

The next challenge will be:

A flag for a modern, republican Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Entries should be posted in the Discussion & Entries thread before 3:30 pm EST on Saturday, November 14th 2009.

Have at thee!

[Raymann]

Looks like the victory wreath goes to Lord Grattan!

Red field and Easter lily garlands (St. Casimir) for Poland. Blue field and cross of Lorraine (Vytis) for Luthuania.

[Lord Grattan]

The next challenge is a little different (I hope this works):

A flag for a Scandinavian/Baltic nation of your choice and in the century of your choice - Pre 1900- using one of the letters of the (elder futhark) runic alphabet as the flag's primary charge/symbol.

Entries should be posted in the Discussion & Entries thread before 11:45 pm EST on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.

Have fun!

Further information on the Runic Alphabet can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Futhark

[Lord Grattan]

THIS WEEK'S WINNER IS .............................
Rubberduck3y6 - our 1st repeat winner - Congratulations!

The flag of Iceland. The central circular design is based on the Ansuz rune, the 'God rune' which ITL has evolved to represent the Christian God in Scandinavia, taking the place of the cross IOTL. The blue and white represent the sea and the land respectively. The five stripes are simply echoing the central design.



All enteries and the vote count may be found here: http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...d.php?t=142370

[Rubberduck3y6]

Thanks to everyone who voted!

The next challenge is:
The flag of some form of political entity on Mars (I'm leaving it deliberately vague).

Enter in the Discussion & Entries thread before 19:15 GMT on Monday 7th December 2009.

Good luck!

[Rubberduck3y6]

The seventh challenge is now over, and contragulations go to Highlander for his flag of a steampunk German empire colonising Mars.



Voting and the rest of the entries can be found here.

[Highlander]

Hey everyone, here's the next challenge.

Create a flag for the East African Federation.

Enter in the Discussion and Entries thread. Final entries must be in before the 20th of December.

Good luck!

[Highlander]

Eighth round is over! Congratulations to The Proffessor for his winning flag!

Also kudos to Rubberducky, whom was the only other contestant for this round.

[The Professor]

Hi everyone, a new year and a new challenge:

Create a flag for a Burgundian Republic

Enter in the Discussion and Entries thread. Final entries must be in before the 8th of January.

Good luck!

And Happy New Year!

[The Professor]

And the winner of the Burgundian Republic Challenge is....


Lord Grattan!

(sorry for the delay, blame my tropal absentmindedness )

[Lord Grattan]

Based upon this timeline . . .

1763: The southern portion of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain is acquired by Great Britain and named British Tropical America.

1822-26: Amid the violent revolutionary firestorm sweeping through Spain’s colonial empire in South and North America, the 7 provinces of British Tropical America make a relatively peaceful transition from colony to autonomous nation, the Dominion of Tropicana.

1847: American soldier of fortune Jim Polk is hanged for his role is the Belizean Rebellion.

1899: Isthmian America becomes a world crossroads when the Darien Canal, in Tropicana’s Panama Province, is officially opened, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

1960: Tropicana achieves full sovereignty. Like several other former British colonies, such as Canada, the reigning British monarch is also King or Queen of Tropicana. In January 1960, following a nation-wide contest, a new flag was chosen for Tropicana.

Your challenge is to design a flag for Tropicana (No orange juice jokes or flags please)

Enteries should be posted in the Discussion & Entries thread (http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...=136905&page=6) before 7:00pm EST on Saturday, January 23, 2010.

Good luck.