Ultimate Battle of South America

Zaph

Ciudad Guayana (VEN) - more interesting colour and crest

Paysandú (URU) - the multiple stripes top and bottom are a bit different

Cosmo Kramer

Ciudad Guayana
Paysandú

JohnGreenFan

Ciudad Guayana (VEN)

Paysandú (URU)

Barna77

Ciudad Guayana
Paysandú

Omackeral

Ciudad Guayana and Paysandú advance

Omackeral

One of my own favorites is coming up next

Omackeral

Match 61

Tierra del Fuego (ARG)



VS

Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (ECU)



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Match 62

Fortaleza (BRA)



VS

Cartagena (COL)

Zaph

Tierra del Fuego (ARG) - really tough one this as I like both. Decided to go with the unusual, but still relatively understated design over the madness that is Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas.

Fortaleza (BRA) - only OK, but the other one is just a bit too hard on the eye.

ari101

Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas - they are both interesting flags but it is rare I can prefer something with orange so I'm going for the fussier one

Fortaleza - I like the colours on this, not my favourite crest but the other one is glaring

Omackeral

Just about agree with Zaph above for the tied Match 62.

Tierra del Fuego and Fotaleza advance

Omackeral

Our last two pairings of Round 1 are on the way!

Omackeral

Match 63

Callao (PER)



VS

La Rioja (ARG)



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Match 64

Sorocaba (BRA)



VS

Bolívar (COL)

cdeb

Bolivar has nothing really to it, so Sorocaba by default

The other two are interesting, but I like the blue background of Callao, and then the sun and castle. Stands out well and is quite tidy.

So Sorocaba and Callao

Irish Aris

Callao (PER) - the castle looks really neat
Sorocaba (BRA) - the unicorns!!!

ari101

La Rioja - although not DOC Spanish Rioja i always think of wine when this one appears. I like periwinkle blue as in the other flag but this one is a little more unusual so get's my vote

Sorocaba - so they fought for their free country, well they are mostly getting my vote as they are more interesting that the other one. Wish the colours were slightly less in your face - and yellow and red are Spanish and they are Brazillian so Portugese so should be more green

ChannelNo5

Callao (PER)
Sorocaba (BRA)

Zaph

La Rioja (ARG) - I like the laurel wreath, or whatever it is
Bolívar (COL) - it's boring, but really don't like the crest on the other one

Omackeral

Sorocaba and Callao advance

Omackeral

That concludes Round 1. We fairly smashed through that! I'll give a heads up before Round 2 begins.

Omackeral

Round 2 draw has been made. We'll kick the first match off at 2PM. From here on out it's just going to be one match on at a time so you'll only have one decision to make at a time! As before, bouts expire after 15 minutes and reasons given will be used to resolve tied matches.

Omackeral

Match 1

Buenos Aires (ARG)



VS

Yaracuy (VEN)

Zaph

Really tough one, but I like the blue and green combination so Buenos Aires gets my vote

cdeb

I think Yaracuy is overall better done, the sun in particular.

I like the balanced diagonal lines too; not gone on the cogwheel thingy on the bottom half of the other one.

Omackeral

5 minutes left on this one

KathleenGrant

Buenos Aires: the internal parts of the provincial flag have the following meaning: The brightness of the sun and the wreath of laurel as symbols of the Glory of the Province are sustained by the economy and production represented in the cogwheel.

Yaracuy The blue band, together with the colours yellow and red, symbolise the people's respect towards our national flag and the water resources available in our nation. The inner circle with the colours yellow, blue and green: meaning the sun, the sky and the land. The sun represents the riches of the land and the resources deriving from it; the brown coloured mountains, with the green fields, symbolise agricultural and richness of the flora.

I like both these flags so it's a tough decision but I prefer the colour combination of Buenos Aires so it's that flag for me.

Cosmo Kramer

Yaracuy - prefer the diagonal and the other one almost has a bit too much colour, could do with some white in there to break it up.

Omackeral

Great to have the reviews back Kathleen Grant! This one ended in a draw and I said I'd pick the best reasons for tiebreakers. I had two favourite reasons here but luckily for me they were both for the same contestant. Some top notch decriptions offered from cdeb and Cosmo.

cdeb wrote: »

I think Yaracuy is overall better done, the sun in particular.

I like the balanced diagonal lines too; not gone on the cogwheel thingy on the bottom half of the other one.

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Yaracuy - prefer the diagonal and the other one almost has a bit too much colour, could do with some white in there to break it up.

Yaracuy advances

KathleenGrant

Omackeral wrote: »

Great to have the reviews back Kathleen Grant! This one ended in a draw and I said I'd pick the best reasons for tiebreakers. I had two favourite reasons here but luckily for me they were both for the same contestant. Some top notch decriptions offered from cdeb and Cosmo.






Yaracuy advances

It's a great flag so I'm happy to see it go through.

Omackeral

Match 2

Durazno (URU)



VS

Mato Grosso do Sol (BRA)

Zaph

Durazno (URU). It's like the EU flag went on holidays and treated itself to a little something while it was away.