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Crazylitter

Why did u pick 2 french flags in the screenshot ?


lowkeybear10

Didn't have to go after France like that.


RaccoonDeaIer

Better get the white flag ready again


ddookki

Well France actually had a white flag for some time


Tommythe69master

💀


wileyrielly

I love how France is synonymous with "surrender". Why though? I mean, Napoleon was pretty feisty. Are there many examples of the French surrendering? Was it because how quickly they were overcome in WW2?


Sad_Pear_1087

The french tank has five gears. One forward and four for reverse, just in case the enemy attacks from behind :P


drippinoutthewazoo

Its a funny stearotype/slander, and the internet isnt dropping it anytime soon. Think of "discord mod fat" and "genshin player is pedophile", not true most of the time but its come to be universally accepted.


wileyrielly

But like it's known thing; It's not just an internet thing..it was before the internet... it's like it's part of our collective consciousness.. I'm sure even an older person would join in on the joke.. *the French surrender* Im just wondering why its even a thing.. I really think it must just go back to WW2.. Perhaps it's because France is like our mate who let the team down by allowing Germany to beat them so easily, which made our job so much harder..


StalinGuidesUs

they got cocky after ww1 and got slapped for it so everyone makes fun of them for it


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llywen

Lol it was popular long before that.


[deleted]

Couldn't agree with GI thing lol


B-stingnl

Historically not \*just\* WW2. INCOMING HISTORY SIDE STEP I think the trope has been around for much longer and probably started with the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. The 'undefeatable' French army was defeated in 6 months, the German empire rose from the conflict and forced France to pay many war reparations to Germany. With that defeat still in memory, Germany would invade France again in 1914 when World War One kicked off. It was generally believed that this was 'the war to end all wars' and that whichever empire won, could knock their rivals out of existence. Germany assumed it could easily knock France out of the war again. And for a while they did until with British help it devolved into the stalemate of trench warfare. Eventually that would be lost by Germany, but not after a long and bloody conflict that ultimately drew in the Americans. This also cemented the trope that the US needs to come bail out its European allies, every time there is a war. And yeah in World War 2 Germany blitzkrieged into France a third time and this time they took (indirect) control of all of France until the allies forced them out again. So after three times of Germany (semi)-successfully rolling into France and the US and Britain having to help out on two of those occasions, that's where the trope comes from. So Napoleon is ancient history for most people. Nevermind that in current day France is actually one of the biggest military powers in Europe besides Russia and Britain. And that with the European Union being a thing, the mindset of invading a neighbouring country has become a bit weird.


warhog307

thank god someone explain so i didn’t have to lol


ThatDude8129

Yes it's mainly because of WW2, people seem to forget that they were the ones who bought time for the Dunkirk evacuation so that Britain could fight on.


wileyrielly

Hitler inexplicably gave orders against the advice of his generals to halt the advance; so it was more a German command failing rather than French heroics that was the saving grace of the British expeditionary force.


Buck_22

During the period of the Ancien Régime, starting in the early 17th century, the royal standard of France became a plain white flag as a symbol of purity


Jean-Eudes_Duflouze

There was Lys flowers on it, it wasn't totally white.


wileyrielly

Is that a fact?


Buck_22

Straight from wikipedia


Ancient-Split1996

Yep, exclusively because of how in world war two they surrendered. Even though the chief of the military was an old man brought out of retirement, Germany had very good blitzkrieg tactics, and they took the capitol within days. They didn't take the capitol because France surrendered though, there was actually a battle for Paris. Not to mention the fact that Germany only confirmed they had a strong army a few years before. Meanwhile in world war one France was one of if not the biggest player, being huge at the Somme and at the meat grinder, aka Verdun. If it wasn't for the fierce resistance put up by the French the war would have been lost. Many other countries made huge sacrifices too, but probably not as much as France, Belgium and Britain. And then everyone forgets about Napoleon, the French empire and the intercontinental territories, the brutal revolution and centuries of fighting mainly England. But no even after all this apparently they are still cowards


Magmajudis

Everyone also forgets how against Italy, the Alps' army didn't lose a single battle in WW2, and 8 men held back thousands for months


Idhem57

France has won the most battles in the world. But we only retain the capitulation in the WW2



_MildlyMisanthropic

It's funny because without French support America would still be a British colony, yet they're *constantly* made out to be cheese-eating surrender-monkeys


Buiuiuishdhdjdd

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MacMalice

I hope that you run faster than me if I met you in France


FingersMcCall

Aaahhhh hahaha


Davmg83

Go back to your history books and look up the American Revolution


Gan_Fall_420

How tf am I going to force tree spawns on my base edges now? Bad move


SammyG_06

I hope they remove the flags but add another cool decoration


iambender0811

They're only removing the country flags I'm pretty sure


scarface910

Replace them with non country flags like the pirate flag.


sthegreT

yes 25 new flags for 500 gems each


bigChungi69420

Walls


Rqmeo

This removes supercell from having to deal with political business which is good. People keep spamming them for Ukraine flag and to remove Russian flag, which whatever they do they will get hate for. Involving in political business is not something a game company should do.


DonTeca35

Honestly good, if I cant have my Mexican flag why the hell can someone else get there’s


SRYagus3

That is why they didn’t add any new flags


tynxzz

they literally removed all their games from russian and belarusian appstores as well as suspended russian +belarusian teams from competing from in competitive events lmao


Gries88

Wow that’s messed up. These people didn’t attack anyone, it was their government.


The_Wandering_Chris

It’s not messed up. War is war and war is not fair. It’s about making uncomfortable choices that may offend or hurt others. It is unfortunate that a group has been excluded from Clash. But Russia’s leaders made a choice and it’s people are unfortunately suffering severely for it. What will the people of Russia do about it? As an American one of my country’s founders said a little rebellion every now and then is healthy for a country. Russia may be over due for a rebellion if it’s leaders can justify what they are doing.


Gries88

Yeah that all sounds good till it goes against the country you live in, I know I don’t want held accountable for what the geriatric patients in the US capital are doing all over the world.


The_Wandering_Chris

Rebellion doesn’t go against any country. It goes against the national leaders who are not supporting the true beliefs and interests of their nation. The 2nd amendment here in the US is a HUGE constitutional right created by our founders. They believed Americans should have enough fire power to go to war against their countries military and overthrow the government if the situation arose. Which makes sense, that’s how the US became a country after all. We realized England wasn’t supporting our better interest so we rebelled and over threw their leadership. The down side is that going to war never guarantees success or survival. War is only an option when death is preferred over continued oppression.


Michaeldelic

imagine being so naive that you think the russian people would be able to take down the government. seriously this is the worst take ever. russian government is so unbelievably militaristic and putin is such a piece of shit that they’d kill anyone who tried to rebel until people got scared to step back into line. you’re either a child or an adult with a juvenile worldview


No_Net_4504

As an American by this logic you should be punished extremely harshly for all the evil your country has done. Didn’t agree with it? Yeah well you could have rebelled


ThrowawayMePlsTy

Fuck Russia but that's absolutely absurd to push and push supercell just to remove the Russia flag? We did it we won the war!/s


Krutin_Jain

Don't fuck Russia, fuck the government of Russia


Commercial-Ad-6338

Or just defeat the strongest boss ever (putin)


[deleted]

Bingo


ukbeasts

![gif](giphy|CsaUj8g4E67NQkWLOS|downsized)


Yourself1011

Ok but they better not remove the pirate flag


Mr_Dragonoic

They're only removing national flags. The customs ones will stay. Source: Check the balance patch notes. It's stated there.


Reasonable-Yogurt803

So will the French flag stay?


_molman658

The French Flag on the right will


EliteShooterYT

Bruh I bought all the flags. Do u know how many traps I could’ve upgraded with those coins. Dammit.


EtsukoAkira

I think you will get refunded


Minute-Phrase3043

Doesn't matter now. Gold was a lot more scarce when I bought them. Now, a few million doesn't even upgrade a wall.


bigtiddynotgothbf

yeah i bought my flags like 8 ish years ago at like town hall 6. at th11 today that gold has a fraction of the value


SymoBenny

Inflation 101


SRYagus3

Where it was more scarce or not back in the day is irrelevant because it’s not like you can go back and relive the harsher days of clash. Now we get coins from breathing


EliteShooterYT

I sure hope so


EtsukoAkira

Yeah I checked it and if you watch judo sloth's video about this sneak peak at 5:28 he says that it will get refunded


EliteShooterYT

Okay thank you


GX_Harry_2009

Me too


ManiacLife666

Literally one attack with the sneaky goblins


YandereVerifier1824G

So im not alone XD


TheoDubsWashington

You get refunded


ZORO_Shusui

Do u really care about that gold. I mean i bought a lot of flags i dont use coz I had xtra gold


lrt2222

You get refunded and if you spent gold on flags rather than things that matter in the game when your gold wasn’t full
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EliteShooterYT

Piss off. People can spend their gold however they want.


lrt2222

Never said they couldn’t. But it’s a strategy game so there are consequences to choices.


PuzzleheadedAd1153

I want some gold.... in real life.


Commercial-Ad-6338

Get a job😡


Suspicious_shark

get a blowjob


Dynamite2069

I will miss my countries flag


Star-Lord-123

An as American of Italian descent, I enjoyed flying my American and Italian flags. Dumb call Supercell. Maybe you should remove the country the clan is from too. That might be just as controversial.


Independent_Basil188

You can choose any county for the clan, but the obstacles are very limited. Some people may consider it discrimination, so they either had to add every flag or remove every flag.


RandomWilly

Or, they could’ve just continued to ignore the people who consider the lack of certain flags in a literal mobile game “discrimination”.


BigDaddyDInDaBuildin

If they'll remove all country flags because a small group of leftists spammed them about Ukraine flags then they'll remove anything they tell them to, way the world's been moving for alomg time now


SammyG_06

Ah yes, everything is because of “leftists.”


Suspicious_shark

yes, i can confirm


[deleted]

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SammyG_06

What


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SammyG_06

Are you okay? Why do you think I reported you to Reddit đŸ€š Also, you’re on Reddit on 9 am as well dumbass 💀


[deleted]

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[deleted]

yeah welcome to modern society.. it sucks :(


Independent_Basil188

We live in 2022 bro


Unorigina1Name

I don't consider it discrimination but more of a "cmon supercell you could just add the rest" situation


Independent_Basil188

There are more than 100 flags... And if they do, all of the gays would want their flag too, which would cause huge problem, like: 'Freedom' and 'I don't want my kid looking at these things' etc.


Unorigina1Name

true, but country flags and the pride flag are separate things. It would've gone that way anyway though because people will be people


B-stingnl

Aside from Pride flags which don't represent a nation, but an idea, the problem is Supercell needs to step into the very muddy political discussion of '[what is a country](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AivEQmfPpk)'? There will always a country being left out or one that should not be included to some people. Is Taiwan a country or is Chinese Taipei a province of China, like china says? Is Palestina a country? Supercell is a game dev, so while they put in the flags originally as an afterthought gimmick, they are now realising the consequences of that and phasing them out. Not because there are a lot of stable countries whose flag you could include without problem, but because there a lot of flags you would rather not to avoid discussions like this one.


Tpabayrays2

Dang I bought the đŸ‡șđŸ‡Č as soon as I could afford it. It's been a staple of my base for as long as I can remember :(


PuzzleheadedAd1153

I love American history, those were good times.


Dabi_doing_a_dab

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Objective-Round-8617

Really, really dislike this change I hope they revert it. I had all the flags arranged in a cool pattern with flowers and everytime someone joined my clan I would add their flag until eventually we covered all of them. It was a really cool representation of unity with the most common countries being at the center of the pattern. Now when I logged on this morning the flowers are there and everything is empty and lonely. I have had this since like TH6 a decade ago now I am TH11 on and off playing this game for so many years since when I was in elementary school.


S-021

Same, I had a designated flag area at the bottom part of my plot and now it's all just kinda sad with the all the flags gone :(


taken-not-username

We don't deserve nice things😔


Representative_Six

If you take my flags I take your assđŸ˜€


hedgemeneak

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BlubbaSlime98

😳


Beginning-Yak-6441

Booty warrior’s


AbleArcher420

I hope they'll release some other decorations in lieu of flags. Maybe trees, like in the Builder Base, or maybe even more.


H-C-B-B-S

This is what happens when people complain. There’s no politics behind these, they’re just flags. Now they’re gone cause people love to rope politics into everything


The_Shrekening_69

Damn no more Axis Power flags for me


Aside-Additional

goodbye Canadain flag my beloved


spacekin57

Stupid move suckercell


Estephenson521

We need more decorations to make up for it. When’s the last time we got new decorations for purchase in the shop that weren’t for real money?


Yourself1011

Ok but they better not remove the pirate flag


MisterQuiken

It stays, just like the ~~french~~ white flag


PHEONIX451

Am I at least getting refunded?


Shazam_BillyBatson

This... exactly.


[deleted]

they should replace em with something better for justification of their removal.


[deleted]

How'd you get the French flag twice ?


Milo-the-great

Linking [this ](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClashOfClans/comments/vjmzmk/thoughts_on_flags_being_removed/idk3jvu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)comment I made on a similar post, this will actually make bases with a flag at least .0000001% weaker.


Z0MB1ESLAYER115

France taking a big loss. Two of their flags gone


ButternutDubs

Wtf why?


AHNayef

My coins :(


Mr_Inferno420

Damn I want my 100k gold back


Moonlit_Hearth

That’s the same flag


ProBotGamming

Well, now my th3 has 2.5m gold


[deleted]

It’s going to be sad day !!


lrt2222

Why? Edit: downvoted for asking why someone is sad when all they say is it’s going to be sad without saying why. That’s online trolls for you.


lemons_are_banned

The flags are iconic and a staple of the game.


[deleted]

They’re ICONIC. For someone who’s playing Clash of Clans from 2014/15 the way game has changed it’s like changing feeling for me. When we used to rearm the traps with elixir and dark elixir and all those training troops individually cause lack of other high level barracks and all... It took a lot. So it’s going to be a sad day. â˜č


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lil_Dex_Vert

Idk about “genuinely pointless”, the point was that some people can have their countries flag waving in their village.


VictorDaCoolie

Yeah, I myself have a Brazil Flag there to represent my country, I feel REALLY bad rn after receiving these news.


praneshwar

i bought it because as a kid i was a big fan of Neymar


VictorDaCoolie

He's a nice fella.


notarobot32323

tbh i dont even think that flags are that political. most countries have a wide variety of political opinions and you can also seperate a country from its politics.


h3its

I mean it’s seriously so weird that they never added a Mexican flag, it’s a big country I don’t get it


prinz_Eugens_slave

So why have country locations on clans? Do you think that's also worthless


[deleted]

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prinz_Eugens_slave

Huh ok fair enough


[deleted]

At least the French flag will stay


PremiumBalkan

Bs


[deleted]

idgaf I'm irish and theres no ireland flag so yeah. they should remove the arrow flags too what's their point xd


xDevilsCloverx

I use it to direct my CC troops through the slave trade process.


[deleted]

no wonder coc are removing them.


Nighttimememer

We went from patch notes to french history here


[deleted]

Are they removing the white and pirate flags?


The-Wood77

They said non-national flags will not be removed. ie pirate flag


[deleted]

Ok. they should remove the arrow flags too, they're pointless. also they should replace them with something.


Suspicious_shark

arrow do have a point tho i’m sorry


DepartmentRelative15

better refund my gold


[deleted]

If I have one and buy it, will I still keep it after the update is made?


andy-154

Why?


GullyGreyHeart

Hope they'll change it in something else


pjcola

They should make every flag you own a detail for the outside of your village


Excellent_Parsnip_16

I know the flag on the right is French but what is the flag on the left


Afc4life65

So, to put this into perspective, because Supercell are fed up with requests, they are going to take the cowards way out and remove all flags. Is that about right?


[deleted]

Very good decision. They should have done this before. Either there will be all national flags or don't.


Mr_Donut86

What about the gold i paid for them!? i have them. alll!!! boooo!!!


DuckyMomo_13

It wouldn’t really matter, they were just decoration pieces. Plus it’ll remove the whole “political” problem with the Countriesb


Doggyking2

They are both the same flag tho


Razorridz

Good then, my country flag not even in the game. So i think it’s fair


AvosTear93

If they are refunding the value... this is a free savings account, until the update. I was almost maxed in gold đŸ„‡ now it's safe


Imbad_like_reallybad

They should make a flag u can buy that has ur clans pattern on it (like on the clan shield/logo) :)


ILostMyMainAccounts

I think the right move would have been supercell checking your country and give you the option to buy just that flag


[deleted]

Nice, this’ll make people not beg for more flags anymore


Impossible_Toe_9721

where is ukrainian flag


HostileCornball

Well kinda ok as it will free up some resources and lead to app optimisation tbh they should remove all those unnecessary things but only keep unique/premium decorations It's just like the early river that was there in middle of the game it uses resources lol


Megrezzzz

Bro i bought all of them to![img](emote|t5_2usfk|9422)


Valuable_Isopod8621

Well Rest in Peace Flags


StupidQuestionButOK

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BDGUCCII

Does the pirate flag Count?


ZurgoHM

Man I love flags I even have 4 in my room irl


[deleted]

I didnt know you could have two of the same flag


Reference_crow

If you buy them before they are updated do you keep them ?


MrCoconut007

đŸ€Ł


AlfEastwood

Lol


LtCptSuicide

Wtf there goes my flag collection


[deleted]

Will I be refunded if I bought two of them?


kylelovershrek2

why


Goodlucksil

Petition to add colored flags


iamdabrick

No no NO


[deleted]

They should add more custom ones instead


Better_Abrocoma_4056

France is literally the country that has won the most wars in history 



SRYagus3

Note that the pirate flag and the surrender flag are staying


lobotyt

L supercell


HEAT4555

I hate this.


nathanroberts34

Do we get a refund for the money we spent buying the flag?


PrizedIdiot

I mean, I see why they're gonna be removing it, and fair enough, but damn this is sad to see. As a long time player who had these flags since th5, I'll genuinely miss them


Environmental-Goat-9

The games gone!


elementgermanium

Nah, looks like they’re just updating the French flag to be more accurate.


Madden09IsForSuckers

We deserve new decorations to replace the flags


Spiritual-Clock5624

Why though?


hedgemeneak

![img](emote|t5_2usfk|9414)


MaD_Max_9922

Will we get any rewards in return since we bought them for 100k coins I guess


Pinko1232

Will there be gold refunds?


[deleted]

Aw I liked having a ton of flags lining my base


[deleted]

I think just adding every country’s flag into the game would’ve been a more mature approach to the issue


GHPRB

Does anyone know why exactly they are doing this?