Country Flag System

The Country Flag System was a board feature added by Techokami on August 17th, 2008 after naggings from Black Squirrel. It is located in the user profile page and displays a flag sprite next to the username depending on the country selected by the member. It's a default feature in IPB 2.X message boards, but as MFGG uses a IPB 1.X board it needed to be added manually. All of the flags were designed by Black Squirrel, who was the person responsible for the idea. They're supposed to look like SMB3 blocks.

The purpose was to try and stop the annoying assumptions that everyone on MFGG is from the US. Also to "prove to the world that MFGG was an international community" and all that jazz. So far the system has been met with positive feedback.

There are 161 different flags. IPB 2.X forums have over 200 as a default. Missing flags include some Caribbean islands, regions of Africa and some small islands in Oceania. If your country isn't represented, BS will make a flag for you. However he also has access to your IPs so he can check if you're lying!

Abuse

Some MFGGers were caught abusing the system by claiming to be from a false country and were threatened with a possible ban.

Trivia

• There was originally a Nazi flag in the set, but is absent from the final version. There was also a flag of the Kingdom of Lovely and Sealand but these was also removed because Micronations aren't likely to have a huge impact on the internet, let alone MFGG.
• There's about 5 or 6 other flags on Black Squirrel's computer, but weren't included in the original zip. There's also the different regions of the United Kingdom because BS is British, and thought about rubbing it in some more. He decided not to.