About that there flag...

[Walker]

Can I say that I kinda have a huuuge hardon for it?

It's awesome. It's simple, it's distinctive, and it's generally kinda awesome.

The rebel flag, I mean, the gold saltire on red. I've seen that all over the place. Not so much the other one, which I've only seen in the sigs of a few people.

My one problem with it is that it is a rebel flag that is a saltire on red. There's no intentional connection to the Confederate battle flag and it doesn't remind me of it, but still. Also, red and gold? Spanish colors. On the other hand, they're also Maryland colors! Black, gold, red, and white.

 

[mjmarin12]

I dont get it....

 

[Rat]

All right.

 

[El Mosqueton]

Dirty rebels with their dirty flags...

 

[handsdown65]

>:|

 

[Walker]

I dont get it....

I like flags in general, and they've used several flags in the advertising for the game. Specifically, I like the one that popped up in a few videos. Tyrant and Hands have the two in their sigs that don't really interest me. Too cluttered and ugly. But this nice, simple one has been in a few videos recently. Kinda like this:

edit: Or did you mean the part where I started rambling about Confederate battle flags and Spanish colors and such? That was just general incoherence.

 

[mjmarin12]

Uh-huh.....*Walks away whistling*

 

[Arseface]

You're crazy. Stop being so crazy all the time.

 

[Gheb]

It's a recouloring of the Scottish Flag as see here:

 

[Walker]

It's a recouloring of the Scottish Flag as see here:

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I'm trying to refrain myself from denouncing your monumental ignorance and apparent Scot-centrism, because I really shouldn't be that ****ed.

To enlighten you, Scots are not the only ones who use a saltire. In point of fact, the very flag to which I am referring is already extant. Apparently. it's used by:

AH Austria-Hungary Counter-signal
BE Pont-a-Celles, Virton
CH Pont, Porsel, Genthod, Courroux
CZ Carrouge, Křelov-Břuchotín, Zitenice, Hovorčovice
ES Benavent de Segrià, Vilamalla
NL Wijchen, Teteringen
RU Russia All-People's Union (black/white)
SK Lubeník, Štrba (white), Tajov
UA Andrushivka

(And I just copy-pasted from the FOTW page, so those links that I'm seeing almost certainly don't work.)

EDIT: While I'm at it, here's all the people who use a white saltire on a blue field, the "St. Andrew's Cross." And no, the links don't work. You can get them from the link above.

AR Compañía Argentina de Navegación Dodero
AU Sydney Ferries
BR Theodoro Sampaio, São Paulo (red/yellow), Nova Soure, Bahia, Itamaraaju, Bahia (red), Iguatu, Ceara (red), Anápolis, Goiás (yellow), Arceburgo, Minas Gerais
CH Disentis, Malters, Switzerland, Denizy, Baulmes
CO San Andres and Providencia
CZ Vrbovec, Středočeský kraj, Příčovy, Řetủvka
DE Friedrichshagener Rowing Club, Bavaria AG shipping
ES Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Ivars d'Urgell, SEV Congress 19, First Spanish Cavalry Standard
FI Baltic Shipping Line, G.B. Thordin Line
GB Scotland, British Rail, 1949-65 (red, white), Aberdeen, Newcastle & Hull Steam Shipping, Ald Shipping Co., Castle Mail Packet Co., HH. Clarkson & Co. Lines, Ferguson & Reid Shipping, John Gaff & Co. shipping, Galashiels, Hall, Russell &Co., Indochina Steam Navigation Co., Liverpool & Hamburg Line, MacFarlane & Lander shipping, McCallum, Orme & Co. shipping, Mountwood Shipping Co., Bank of Scotland, Scottish Tanker, London & Northeastern Railway, Uranium Steamship Co., Queen's Own Highlanders, Orient Steam Navigation
GE Georgia Coast Guard (blue, green)
GR Archipelago-American Steamship Co, Loucas Nomikos Shipping, Paradise Navigation, Vagliano Shipping Line
HK Jardine Ship Management Ltd.
HU Kiskulhalas (historical)
KI Abemama, Kiribati
MX Tampico (1923)
NL Internationale Kustvaart Maatschappij house flag, Nederland house flag, Zeeland house flag, Sint-Oedenrode, KNRM old flag (orange)
PH Smith Bell & Co.
RU Novgorod, 16th Century, Kaliningrad (yellow)
SC Democratic Party of the Seychelles
SE Gustaf B. Thordén Line, Hillerström & Co A/B shipping
SK Medzev
SU Signal flag С
US Clarksburg, WV, Tallahassee, FL, Ravenna, MI, Charlotte, NC, Great Northern Pacific Steamship Co., Laurin Maritime Lines, Bachelors Barge Club, Schuylkill Navy
Others Signal Code letter M, Church of Scotland

EDIT2: While I'm at it, here's a better version of that flag, taken from FOTW.



It's the flag of a Belgian municipality in that case.

 

[Gheb]

Yeah, but remember that Albion is a fantasy Great Britain, so it would make the most sense that it would be taken from Scotland, not the Russian All People's Union =/

 

[Walker]

Why? WHY would it make any sense at all that the flag is a "recolor" of the St. Andrew's flag? St. Patrick's cross actually shares a color with it. You might as well say it's a recolor of that. Or any of the many, many other British flags that feature saltires.

Or! Or! I'm just going out on a limb here, but just maybe it's not a recolor at all! WOAH.

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

personally i'm partial to the japanese flag. they should have used one like that.
why? well, it's extremely simple, has a good color scheme. and when people see it they go "oh, it's got a red dot on it."
then they find out what that red dot is and go "AWWWW SHIIIIII THAT'S THE SUN OMFG IT'S THE GODDAMN SUN
ESSSSS YUUUUU ENNNNNNN"

...the sun...

 

[Walker]

It's a recouloring of the Bangladeshi Flag as see here:

 

[MissAlbion89]

Dirty rebels with their dirty flags...

Haha, I see that you're a Royalist too, then?

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

^ on the contrary, Albion needs to have a Banksy.