WHY is it called a black flag? PS. I hate them

[Ziergdsx18]

Re: WHY is it called a black flag? PS. I hate them

You forgot an omniflag/rainbowflag

1-1-1-1

Lmfao thats a good one. XD

Multiflag.

[TC_Halogen]

Re: WHY is it called a black flag? PS. I hate them

I was under the impression that originally a whiteflag meant a non-perfect on the last step of the song, a racing metaphor that refers to the fact if you lose a race after the white flag, you fucked up on the last lap basically. Then blackflag meant a non-perfect anywhere, because a blackflag is a penalty flag in racing (which occurs at any time you fuck up).

or maybe thats just cuz im a redneck nascar fan

Interesting. I never would have thought of it that way.

@ kmay: a single great on a song was a black flag in DDR times - this term was coined a while ago, it was just considered a non-colored flag (i.e. I flagged MAX 300 would signify a score of one great). If a score had any non perfect/great judgments, it was no longer considered a flag.

[PanStyle]

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Kinda what Halogen just said.

I don't really know where this term came from but it has to be from DDR since everything started with this game.

I mostly use the term "Flag" instead of "BlackFlag" (too long maybe).

A Flag/BlackFlag, on DDR, is an FC with all OK (freezes) but with one great.
On ITG it's the same, but with one excelent (perfect).
If you get all fantastic (marvelous) on a song on ITG but with one great, the game will call it "Green flag". Because of the color of the judgement. Great is green.
So you can have blue, purple, red... with good, average ("almost" on ddr) and miss.

I don't know how you call a perfect full combo but without all the OK.
Like you get all the perfects but got one NG.
FreezyFlag ? Ahah.

The WhiteFlag is a song from Dido, nothing to do with an arrow game (but i like what you said about it. It also make sence).

The great on the last step, for some people, is called "True Black Flag".
I call it like this too.
I got this twice in my DDR Arcade gamer life. And... it hurts, more than a standard flag.

[Reincarnate]

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The term came about from years and years ago.

The "flag" terminology came about because it used to be associated with first/last step metrics. For instance, a "whiteflag" didn't mean "all Marvs and one Perfect" (esp. since marv timing didn't exist), but it meant getting a Great on the first step and Perfects on the rest -- "white" because you were intentionally "surrendering" your AAA with the knowledge you had already lost it. A blackflag, in contrast, was all Perfects but a Great on the LAST step (black = death association -- having everything perfect and then screwing up right at the end. REALLY frustrating).

Of course, over time there were more flag terms added that generally just meant "screwing up with 1" -- blueflagging meaning one Good and purpleflagging meaning one Boo and redflagging meaning one Miss (greenflagging actually meant getting one freeze NG). Blackflagging, having already been associated with getting a really undesirable Great, managed to stick to the tune of "getting 1 Great" (some people would call traditional last-step Greats "True Blackflags" but almost no one uses this anymore).

[Reincarnate]

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[who_cares973]

Re: WHY is it called a black flag? PS. I hate them

they call it a black flag because no matter how hard a nigga tries they'll never be entirely perfect see: GG_Guru

[Ziergdsx18]

Re: WHY is it called a black flag? PS. I hate them

I don't know how you call a perfect full combo but without all the OK.
Like you get all the perfects but got one NG.
FreezyFlag ? Ahah?

Some people refer to this as a 'Green Flag' for DDR. Not sure for ITG dough.

[25thhour]

Re: WHY is it called a black flag? PS. I hate them

its cause we hate blacks, and black flags are hate.

[Fast Fingered Fiend]

Re: WHY is it called a black flag? PS. I hate them

they call it a black flag because no matter how hard a nigga tries they'll never be entirely perfect see: GG_Guru

lmao

[NekoGon]

Re: WHY is it called a black flag? PS. I hate them

they call it a black flag because no matter how hard a nigga tries they'll never be entirely perfect see: GG_Guru

^^^^

[Ziergdsx18]

Re: WHY is it called a black flag? PS. I hate them

they call it a black flag because no matter how hard a nigga tries they'll never be entirely perfect see: GG_Guru

lol carlos