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You're welcome. And we're done.

Glad you enjoyed it.

It's been a fun diversion but it's all down to this, the last poll. United Kingdom and Bhutan.

Okay, so only four remain: United Kingdom, Bhutan, Guatemala, and Ecuador (a Western European county, an South Asian country, and two almost neighboring South American countries). The semifinal polls...

The octofinals have just closed; the quarterfinals begin shortly.

Here are the flags moving on:


United Kingdom 66.67%
Marshall Islands 46.67%
Bhutan 42.86%
Kazakhstan 42.86%
...

So here's the playoffs schedule:

November 3

Octofinal 1 of 8
Octofinal 2 of 8
Octofinal 3 of 8
Octofinal 4 of 8
Octofinal 5 of 8
Octofinal 6 of 8

Here are the 24 flags that made it to the Octofinals:


United Kingdom 87.50%
Macedonia 81.25%
Angola 66.67%
Bhutan 66.67%
Guatemala 60.00%
Kazakhstan 60.00%
Papua New Guinea 60.00%

So barring (hopefully) any tiebreakers, here's what the final stage of this tournament (the playoffs) will look like. It will be in four weekly stages, hence the need for the semi-real "octofinals"...

So the last group of Round 3 polls just went up. After this, the playoffs start! Single votes only.

The first groups of Round 3 have been posted! Remember, only up to two votes each here.

The last poll ended in a tie, and once this last tiebreaker closes (on Friday), we'll begin the third round. This is where it gets tough. There will be 12 groups of 5 flags with the top two moving on...

The last group of Round 2 has been posted! Please vote away :excited:

So the final tiebreakers have just closed. Round 2 will begin on Monday.

Here's how the 200 flags ended up rating in Round 1 (those moving on to Round 2 are bolded):


Albania 90.00%
...

Here's the Round 2 schedule. Flags will be seeded according to their percentages earned in Round 1. With 15 groups, this means that the top fifteen flags will be seeded first in each poll. Then the...

The last of the first round polls have closed and the final two tiebreakers have been posted. Round 2 starts next Monday.

The last group of polls for Round 1 has been posted. Vote away! :panic:

Sorry, no, just countries (see post #14 above).

Vatican hasn't been up for a vote yet. Bears only missed the first four polls. See post #16 above.

Groups I through L have been posted as well as tiebreakers for the first group of polls that closed today.

Groups A through D are closing tomorrow morning, so please vote if you haven't already. Any tiebreakers will be posted soon after, for a shorter polling period than the usual seven days (probably...