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Gcarsk t1_j0svwc6 wrote

Yeah I agree with flags instead. Love this chart style, though. It’s always used for NFL playoffs and March madness final 16 bracket, and think it works really well in single elimination tournaments. Easy to follow.

One thing I noticed, I think the country names on the bottom should be flipped so they are not upside down. The logos on the bottom half aren’t flipped upside down to face towards the center, so I don’t see why the names should be either.

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FarioLimo t1_j0sra0j wrote

East Germany is there at the bottom. West Germany was a totally different country than today's Germany. The point is that fifa appoints a successor for each dead country and that new country owns all the history of the previous one regardless of what you think happened to said country.

Also, England, Wales, Scotland norther Ireland aren't even real countries, so what matters for football is what fifa decided

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monozach t1_j0sq2ah wrote

Totally see where you’re coming from, and not sure if it’s maybe just a regional thing, but where I’m from the above coloring is exactly what they use on radars to show the amount of snow a given area is expected to get.

Are you possibly from a place that doesn’t get much snow? Or does New England just use weird coloring schemes lol

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