Canada

Vodafones wrote:

We have had so many flag changes over this past year lol

All part of the service. :)

Almonaster Nuevo wrote:

All part of the service. :)

Why dont we change it in December to round of the year with a winter themed canadian flag?
like hold a contest for it or sum?

We already do. We have more winter-themed flags than any other type, possibly because red ans white lend themselves to a winter theme. I currently have peer 100 flags and 40 banners on file.

Banners and flags are mix of saisonnal, special events, Canada related ano outright whimsy. Anyone is free to contribute at ant time. Please do.

Have we got any plans for the upcoming N-Day?

Generally we do not play as a region (hence the flag).

Feel free to join a faction if you want to find out what it is all about. You will see that we are recommending Canopy which is run by our friends in Forest. The Starlight Brigade are also worth a look IMHO

I made a new flag, does anyone like it?

Vodafones wrote:

I made a new flag, does anyone like it?

Good work. An interesting design idea,

Being vert picky, there are a few little things I would suggest fixing. The main ones are...
= The natural banana doesn't quite sit right with the plain graphics. It is also a bit big and might be better not overlapping the star.
= Yellow on white is hard to make out. Use a brighter shade and add a slightly darkened outline.

Finally, lose the ripple. It never improves a flag.

I had a go at the rework myself, see https://i.8upload.com/image/d064b414af07ef3c/vodafone-rework-01.jpg . If you want it, keep it. If not, I won't mind at all.

Almonaster Nuevo wrote:

Good work. An interesting design idea,

Being vert picky, there are a few little things I would suggest fixing. The main ones are...
= The natural banana doesn't quite sit right with the plain graphics. It is also a bit big and might be better not overlapping the star.
= Yellow on white is hard to make out. Use a brighter shade and add a slightly darkened outline.

Finally, lose the ripple. It never improves a flag.

I had a go at the rework myself, see https://i.8upload.com/image/d064b414af07ef3c/vodafone-rework-01.jpg . If you want it, keep it. If not, I won't mind at all.

Well I like it and will use it

Formula 1

The Azerbaijan GP in Baku is running a day earlier than the normal schedule to acomodarte a national remembrance day tomorrow. Here is the line-up for this afternoon

1 George Russell (Mercedes)
2 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
3 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
4 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
5 Lando Norris (McLaren)
6 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
7 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
8 Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
9 Franco Colapinto (Alpine)
10 Oliver Bearman (Haas)

11 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
12 Alexander Albon (Williams)
13 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
14 Carlos Sainz (Williams)*
15 Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)
16 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

17 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
18 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
19 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
20 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
21 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
22 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)

* Sainz qualified in 9th, but was penalised.

Antonelli had a crash in Q2, and Verstappen missed out on an expect4ed "tow". I expect both to improve during the race. Otherwise the top places are much as expected.
Williams brought a new chasis which has finally reduced the car weight to the permitted level. The performance has improved but they still have work to do. Scoring points would be a good result.

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Race result
1) Russell 25
2) Verstappen 18
3) Hadjar 15
4) Leclerc 12
5) Antonelli 10
6) Hamilton 8
7) Lindblad 6
8) Ocon 4
9) Bearman 2
10) Sainz 1

11) Hulkenberg
12) Lawson
13) Bortoleto
14) Piastri
15) Perez
DNF: Bottas, Colapinto, Gasly, Norris, Albon, Alonso, Stroll

There were several crashes and other incidents with 2 safety car periods. Colapinto tool out Gasley and caused him to damage Norris who later retired. He will face some hard words and probably penalties later.
A good day for Russell who led throughout and had a close fight with Verstappen at the end. Red Bull have closed the gap to McLaren and Ferrari. Haas lucked into some better points than expected due to the Colapinto incident,.

Next up is Bahrain on 4th Oct (I will be away, so a report from others would be welcome), then Singapore o the 11th.

Rugby Union

Fiji 20 - 17 Netherlands
Hong Kong 17 - 34 Samoa
Italy 29 - 41 South Africa
England 26 - 19 New Zealand
Wales 24 - 26 United States
Scotland 10 - 30 Australia
France 21 - 5 Canada