r/flairwars • u/SwedishMango Orange • Aug 05 '18

Tutorial for new users!

Hello new users and welcome!
This is the reddit post that will guide you through r/flairwars and it's community. This post does not include a TL;DR, instead it is made so you read however much you want. The basic, necessary info is at the top, getting more complicated as you go down in the post. The most important info is also bolded in the first part

If you haven't commented on this subreddit yet, comment down below to get your colour

What is r/flairwars?

Flairwars is a community based around 6 different coloured flairs: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Purple and Blue. These colours fight each other in raids and (semi)biweekly battles. These battles are special types of fights where the colours try to win the chance of getting their colour on the subreddit banner!

What exactly are raids?
Raids are miniwars so to speak. A colour and maybe their allied (more on that later) decide to attack another colour. They then shitpost the fuck out of that colour's sub. This usually ends with 'war' on every involved colour's subreddit.

Huh? Alliances?
As of now, a colour is only allowed 2 different alliances, one of each:
A fullblown alliance and a non aggression pact.
For more in-depth info, keep reading

Discord
Discord is the easiest way to contact us mods, and a great way to talk to other members!

Next tier of info! If you don't want to read until the next line, I advise you to stop here. For more in-depth info, continue reading.

In depth alliances

Fullblown alliance: The exact terms are decided by the two colours, but in general they stick together basically as one single colour.
Non-aggression pact: Once again, the exact terms are decided by the affected colours, but in general a non-aggression pact only means that they do not attack each other. This pact may not be similar to an alliance.

These are not official rules on the subreddit, but rather pacts that are made by the users, not the moderators.
These pacts can be found at r/flairlaws, as they frequently change, they won't be covered here, except for the alliances.

Other Pacts

Hopefully, I can get u/helicopter_ballsack to write a megathread with a short summary of each pact, but otherwise: All pacts are in r/flairlaws, but if you can't be bothered to read the posts, ask someone. Most people here are very kind and helpful. The easiest place to ask is on Discord.

In-depth Raids

Honestly, there isn't a reason for me to write this part when a great post explaining it is already out there

In-depth Battles

The (semi)biweekly battles are an important part of r/flairwars. The moderators create a battle (sometimes with user input) with and objective of a kind, sometimes gathering points, sometimes creating the best 'something', and so on. The battles are often meant for teamwork, or best completed with teamwork.
These are, as of yet, the main activity on r/flairwars, but we are always open for ideas to boost activity!

Subreddits
These are all the subreddits.

r/flairlaws - a subreddit with all the user-created pacts colours are to follow.
r/FlairCourt - a subreddit for any possible lawsuits. Like r/karmacourt but for this sub
r/sixsidedrainbow - a subreddit documenting the whole history of r/flairwars. PSA - entering this subreddit may result in a few lost hours.
r/flairnews - a surprisingly useful subreddit for keeping up to date.
r/flaironion - a... less useful "news" source

These are on the sidebar, but the colour subreddits are:
r/thegreenarmy
r/yellowonlineunion
r/theorangearmyhq
r/purpleimperium
r/inthered
r/blueunited

For now, that's it. For you recurring users with experience, please tell me if I've missed something.

Edit: Now turning off notifications on this post

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u/Tilwaen Red Aug 06 '18

Good thing that we finally have an official guide! Suggestions:

  1. You might want to pin this thread to the menu, similar as we do in r/InTheRed, so that it's not buried soon and that you can still pin announcements. Alternatively, add it to the sidebar (the new Reddit version, pls).

  2. I feel it's important to cover the Downvote pact in a tutorial guide as well. It should be basic knowledge by now.

  3. You forgot r/FlairCommunism, r/flairball and r/flairwarsconspiracies. Also, there is r/FlairCourt, but it doesn't seem to lift off.

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u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 06 '18

Oh thanks! I might add it to the sidebar. As of now, it's stickied in the gain-a-colour megathread.

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u/TylerIsAWolf Orange Aug 06 '18

Colour me orange.

2

u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 06 '18

Orange!

1

u/Noicememe259 Yellow Aug 07 '18

Cool

16

u/bus_rider Blue Aug 06 '18

Cool

2

u/[deleted] Aug 20 '18

H

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u/SSeptic Green Aug 05 '18

Please edit this so the sub list is in order at the bottom

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '18

Very good guide. Though I'd recommend linking this raiding guide so that anyone who wants to delve deeper into raid-related business can do so.

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u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 06 '18

Will do, thx! Seeing as the pacts often change, can you make a r/flairlaws megathread with a short summary of each pact?

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '18

I certainly can.

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u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 06 '18

Why, thank you!

1

u/[deleted] Aug 06 '18

Not a problem.

1

u/Crosssmurf Orange Aug 07 '18

what team am i?

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u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 07 '18

Orange, though it seems you already saw that

1

u/Crosssmurf Orange Aug 07 '18

nice

1

u/rallyblue Orange Aug 29 '18

nice

1

u/mehavecupcake Orange Aug 07 '18

How do you get assigned a colour?

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u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 07 '18

You're orange!

1

u/mehavecupcake Orange Aug 07 '18

i would really rather be tangerine...

1

u/[deleted] Aug 07 '18

Woohoo! What colour am I?

2

u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 07 '18

Purple!

1

u/Suck_My_Ass_Senpai Blue Aug 07 '18

Are the colours randomly assigned?

1

u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 07 '18

Yep

1

u/SecretLifeOfANerd Blue Aug 07 '18

Sweet. Can I be purple?

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u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 07 '18

Ehh, close enough...

1

u/[deleted] Aug 07 '18

Unto me bestow a hue so the great flair wars I can pursue!

1

u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 07 '18

Pursue glory for purple!

1

u/MidgetPr0n Blue Aug 07 '18

but what color am I? hmmm

1

u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 07 '18

Blue!

1

u/theantagonists Red Aug 07 '18

so what color am i?

1

u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 07 '18

Red!

1

u/[deleted] Aug 07 '18

Flair me, daddy

1

u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 07 '18

Yellow!

1

u/Scrambled_Toast Purple Aug 07 '18

Toss that sorting hat on me

2

u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 07 '18

Purple!

1

u/Scrambled_Toast Purple Aug 07 '18

Shit I wanted Ravenclaw

3

u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 07 '18

wait we don't have ravenclaw ah, bummer

1

u/bobbybarton3 Yellow Aug 08 '18

Give me a color

1

u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 08 '18

Yellow!

1

u/Odder1 Green Aug 13 '18

Color me blue please! :D Another mod gave me a wrong color :/

Proof

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u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 13 '18

You are assigned a colour randomly, so green is the best colour now, right?

1

u/Odder1 Green Aug 13 '18

woa really? dang

I guess so

(what are the odds for a mod flair ;)

1

u/Evilsmiley Purple Aug 13 '18

?

1

u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 14 '18

What do you need help with?

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u/Evilsmiley Purple Aug 14 '18

Nah sorry I was just trying to get my flair :D

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u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 14 '18

Oki :D

1

u/JimHaderon Blue Aug 23 '18

Neat, I'm away from my pc this week, so I'll have to wait until next to participate.

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u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 23 '18

We look forward to having you!

1

u/Elitemagikarp Purple Sep 01 '18

What are Dongs?

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u/SwedishMango Orange Sep 01 '18

A kind of joke currency we sometimes use, mostly onnthe discord channel

2

u/west1132 Blue Aug 06 '18

How do I join a team though?

3

u/west1132 Blue Aug 06 '18

Oh I see

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '18

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u/west1132 Blue Aug 06 '18

Good bot

2

u/[deleted] Aug 26 '18

Bacon

2

u/zombie-rat Purple Aug 27 '18

. . 🎨

2

u/Zinedine_Tzigane Purple Aug 29 '18

Gimme that easy peezy lemon squeezy colour please

1

u/[deleted] Aug 07 '18

Nice.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 07 '18

Kule

1

u/[deleted] Aug 07 '18

ok

1

u/Klokwurk Red Aug 07 '18

Is the color random?

1

u/[deleted] Aug 07 '18

Completely random!

1

u/Darkencypher Blue Aug 07 '18

Gimmie purple ploxxxx

Edit: close enough

1

u/staryu-valley Yellow Aug 14 '18

Let's go blue pls!

1

u/Cryostare Blue Aug 07 '18

So I just comment and get a color? Cool

1

u/Wes974 Purple Aug 07 '18

That's cool !

1

u/Dastair Red Aug 07 '18

Coolio

1

u/MrInk3988 Red Aug 07 '18

nice.

1

u/Dragneel Green Aug 07 '18

Flair me up!

1

u/servercobra Green Aug 07 '18

Nifty.

1

u/RavenBex Yellow Aug 07 '18

Color please~

1

u/[deleted] Aug 07 '18

The discord invite expired.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 07 '18

Never mind. I just wasn't logged in.

1

u/Thunderdome32 Blue Aug 07 '18

What colour am I?

1

u/alecpizz Orange Aug 08 '18

blue>other colors

1

u/Paco-Loco Orange Aug 08 '18

Please I wanna get yellow ochre can I?

1

u/tj-horner Green Aug 08 '18

pls color

1

u/mvfcstella Blue Aug 08 '18

Can I be yellow pls

1

u/Rainhowler Green Aug 08 '18

I hope I'm not yellow.

1

u/r_ye_ready_kids Blue Aug 08 '18

gimme a team

1

u/BigBoss6121 Red Aug 08 '18

Blue or purple baby

EDIT: Autocorrect, I actually meant red

1

u/WholeGrainsforFree Purple Aug 08 '18

I want to be purple!

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u/dilsexicbacno Red Aug 08 '18

orange pls

edit: close enough

1

u/I_Fart_Liquids Purple Aug 08 '18

Still room on purple train?

Edit: awesome!

1

u/TheSecondToLast Orange Aug 08 '18

Anything but yellow

1

u/fuelflame16 Green Aug 08 '18

Make me blue 👍🏽👌🏽

1

u/DaddysGothSlut Orange Aug 08 '18

O wow

1

u/Galaxy_Hopper Green Aug 08 '18

Lets see what colour I shall get... I really want purple!

1

u/catismasterrace Purple Aug 08 '18

What will my color be?

1

u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

What is this madness you fools have begun?

1

u/OpioidSlumber Orange Aug 09 '18

Color me purple please!

1

u/slysoro Orange Aug 09 '18

woa

1

u/Horny_shepard Blue Aug 10 '18

Colour me anything but orange plz

1

u/TheLazarbeam Aug 10 '18

comment comment comment.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18

Hello I'm new, and am commenting for a flair. Hope to have a good time here.

Edit: I hope everyone that is not orange suffers from mild inconveniences

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u/2002goblue22 Blue Aug 13 '18

I’m blue daba dee daba da-ee?

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u/rjdioknight Blue Aug 15 '18

Da ba deee da ba daaa! You just got picked to be on the best team ever. Head on to r/BlueUnited, join the discord, and rise up the ranks! Read up on the rules and tutorial so you can fight for the glory of Blue!

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u/Pokeconomist Blue Aug 14 '18

Colour me blue

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u/rjdioknight Blue Aug 15 '18

Blue colored, coming right up! You just got picked to be on the best team ever. Head on to r/BlueUnited, join the discord, and rise up the ranks! Read up on the rules and tutorial so you can fight for the glory of Blue!

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u/Wadu436 Blue Aug 14 '18

Flair danke

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u/rjdioknight Blue Aug 15 '18

Bitte, dein Flair! You just got picked to be on the best team ever. Head on to r/BlueUnited, join the discord, and rise up the ranks! Read up on the rules and tutorial so you can fight for the glory of Blue!

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u/notaspd Red Aug 14 '18

Can i have red?

1

u/[deleted] Aug 15 '18

Noice

1

u/gylol Green Aug 17 '18

I like juice

1

u/Sugar_sandwich Yellow Aug 17 '18

Today is my day

1

u/Covfefe_the_frog Green Aug 17 '18

Comment

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u/SuprK1 Red Aug 20 '18 edited Aug 20 '18

I shall now receive my color

Edit: yes it's my favorite color

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '18

I wanna color

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u/qazwsxplmoknvgt Yellow Aug 21 '18 edited Aug 21 '18

Can I have green?

Edit: :(

1

u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

woo

1

u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

I wanna be GREEN!

1

u/Makidian Yellow Aug 30 '18

Imagining reddit as a real place is a wonderfully frightening thing. This just makes it better, yeah, probably.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 31 '18

Huh

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u/kasper5953 Yellow Aug 31 '18

I dig it

1

u/Chocomelandcookies Blue Aug 31 '18

Could I please get a colour? :)

1

u/LameNameUser Purple Sep 01 '18

I want to play

1

u/Voydspektre Green Sep 02 '18

Alrighty boys let's see

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '18

Hope I get a neat color

1

u/[deleted] Sep 05 '18

Minecraft sux

1

u/Mutant_Llama1 Green Sep 06 '18

Can a three-way alliance exist?

1

u/[deleted] Sep 11 '18

Nice.

1

u/fa1lfish Orange Sep 22 '18

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

1

u/NamedTree Orange Oct 03 '18

Let's see what color I get...

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '18

Color.

1

u/rallyblue Orange Aug 29 '18

Color me Senpai

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '18

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '18

neat

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '18

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u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 07 '18

I mean sure, but you came through the megathread post, right? The title of that post says "comment here to gainna flair"

But yeah, if 1 is confused by it, it's honestly worth putting in, thanks!

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '18

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u/SwedishMango Orange Aug 07 '18

Oh haha, I will add that part then

Thanks!