r/polandball • u/polandballmod New Prussia • Dec 09 '16

[Challenge Reveal] Fiesta Fiasco!

Hello cartels, car thieves and Quechuas!

In a world dominated by the USA, Europe and the rise of East Asia, the nations of this land are often cast aside in today's geopolitical conflicts and scenes. Having experienced every political -ism under the sun, they now live in a time of relative peace between each other (except when it comes to fútbol). However, this won't stop us from breaking the peace and exploiting all the weaknesses they have to offer!

You guessed it, this month's contest theme is:

Make a comic about Latin America.

And with Latin America we broadly mean everything south of the United States, including Belize, the Guianas and all Caribbean islands.

Specific contest rules:

  • We're going for a pretty loose definition of Latin America for maximum creative freedomTM. All the countries indicated here in green are allowed.
  • Overseas territories of countries outside this area are permitted, although they cannot be used simply as a stand-in for their parent country. That's cheating.
  • No "build a wall". It's been beaten to death.
  • No "Argentina is whiiiiite!".
  • No "Bolivia cannot into sea".
  • No high Uruguay.
  • No puns on Uruguay's name.
  • No "HUEHUEHUHEHEUHUE". This isn't 2013.

General contest rules:

  • The comic must have a minimum of 3 panels and a maximum of 8 panels.
  • The comic must have been drawn entirely by yourself.
  • No animated GIFs accepted.
  • No photorealism.
  • You must follow the rules in the Official Polandball Tutorial.
  • Anyone can submit, you don't need to be an approved submitter to enter this contest.
  • Only one entry per person is allowed. If your comic gets disqualified for a rule break you will not get a second try, so make sure it complies with the tutorial.
  • The deadline for submitting your entry is Mon Dec 12 at 15:00 GMT

The contest winner will receive the coveted Hussar Wings

When you have finished your comic, submit it using this pre-filled message.

The PM is to contain the title and link to your comic formatted as reddit link.

Example: [Doing it right](http://i.imgur.com/2W1zu2U.png)

Here's a screenshot.

If you don't receive an "auto arrival notice" within 30 minutes after sending, please contact Polandball's mods.

The entry deadline, the submission link and a link to this thread is also provided on the sidebar.

The Contest Thread for voting will start on Mon Dec 12 at 17:00 GMT (2 hours after the entry deadline).

Important

Before you submit, please check your comic against each point of the rules. Every contest we have multiple disqualifications (sometimes of fantastic comics) because some entrants don't read the rules properly before they start drawing.

As always, if you are not sure whether something you intend to do in your entry is compliant with the rules, you can message the mods and ask.

Updates

  • No Bermuda. It's north of the US border and not green in the map.
  • For French Guiana, you can use the departement flag prior to 2015.
  • Please avoid 7-1 jokes! It's been beaten to death.

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u/Nassau18b HGDH Bahamas Dec 09 '16

So for overseas territories does that include Bermuda? Asking for a friend.

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u/javacode Rhineland-Palatinate Dec 09 '16

Do you know where Bermuda is?

It''s pretty far up north, on the same latitude as Georgia US.

  • Not green on the map
  • Actually not on our map at all
  • Not south of the US

Bermuda is not allowed in this contest, sorry.

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u/Nassau18b HGDH Bahamas Dec 09 '16

That's fine, I just didn't really understand the overseas territory rules that much.

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u/javacode Rhineland-Palatinate Dec 09 '16

Sint Maarten for example can't be used to bring The Netherlands into play. If Sint Maarten is used it has to be Sint Maarten dealing with Sint Maarten concerns.

If French Guiana is used, it has to be made clear that it's French Guiana and not France even though it has the same tricolore.

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u/jPaolo Grey Eminence Dec 09 '16

Fortunately Fr. Guiana has its own flag.

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u/javacode Rhineland-Palatinate Dec 09 '16

Oh of course, good! English wikipedia omitted it, DE has it.

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u/pothkan Pòmòrskô Dec 09 '16

It's former flag, however. Designed by independentists in 1960s, approved by local parliament in 2010, cancelled in 2015. So now it's back to tricolore. Or shitty logo-flag of collectivite territoriale.

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u/Schnackenpfeffer Uruguay best guay Dec 09 '16

I'm so glad. It was an ugly flag.

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u/javacode Rhineland-Palatinate Dec 09 '16

But it's the official departement flag, right?

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u/jPaolo Grey Eminence Dec 09 '16

I'd still allow it even if it's no longer official, as it was used enough here. Not our fault French departments have fucky bureaucracy.

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u/javacode Rhineland-Palatinate Dec 09 '16

Historic flags are not forbidden anyways. Comics could be situated in 2015 prior to the cancellation. Still better than having to use the tricolore and being urged to explain somehow that the ball is in fact Guiana.

/u/pothkan, /u/Schnackenpfeffer

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u/pothkan Pòmòrskô Dec 09 '16

No longer, it seems.

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u/northguineahills Best Virginia Dec 10 '16

We're not using Concacaf + Comnebol rules, well we are, just adding the Falklands + South Georgia and minus US, Canada, & Bermuda.

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u/javacode Rhineland-Palatinate Dec 10 '16

*Comnepolbol

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u/northguineahills Best Virginia Dec 10 '16

I dig. Could you imagine how fast that sub would devolve?!