I can't believe Grey didn't spend 8 months and a plane trip to Redwood City to see if EA knew about the origins of 3D World Atlas. He's come such a long way since Staten Island.

@stuffrus

Жыл бұрын

If EA knew about it then it would cost money to talk about it

@Eunacis

Жыл бұрын

That's for the Jimquisition.

@TheNiteinjail

Жыл бұрын

Oh you think there won't be a coolest flag part two?!?!?! hahaha

@Zeverz

Жыл бұрын

Don't go to redwood shores. It's not worth the trip

@jonragnarsson

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's slacking...

Imagine telling EA that they could possibly have a right to Antarctica's flag.

@blackslime_5408

Жыл бұрын

DON'T!!!

@Colaman112

Жыл бұрын

Shhh.. We decided not to talk about that.

@mityaboy4639

Жыл бұрын

they would release 3 more versions* of it, 5 dlc, sue the s**t out of the place then just kill the project and forbid everyone to even think about the flag… :) (*AFL 2023, 2024 and 2025) (Antarctica FLag)

@lordbusiness-qs4ok

Жыл бұрын

Imagine owning the emoji 🇦🇶

@dokchampa9324

Жыл бұрын

Thankfully the newer one is cooler anyway

That final flag design is actually super cool

So... Grey is going to go dark now and in 9 months we'll get a video drop of him actually in the Antarctic talking to the son of the guy who made the original design for the 3D atlas company, who will give Grey a mysterious sketch book that belonged to his father that will have concept art of said flag done by someone dated in the 1800s. Going to be epic!

@gnarled128

4 ай бұрын

Doesn’t seem like this came to pass

How did this get copyright flagged? Did EA get to it this quickly?!

@Qsie

Жыл бұрын

My question exactly! I hope we hear more once it gets resolved ❤

@KernelLeak

Жыл бұрын

I guess EA must have read "flag" in the video title as "plz flag"... :(

@fitz8923

3 ай бұрын

Oh, look! It's Derk from Veristablium!!

I love how Grey telling the person beside him on a plane utterly useless information is now just his video style

@BoomBoomBrucey

Жыл бұрын

I hope you realise your profile picture looks like a short beard hair ... And I spent longer than I care to admit trying to get it off my phone before I realised 😑

@fatcatgoon

Жыл бұрын

If Grey was telling me things on a plane for hours I wouldn't need the in flight entertainment!

@benjaminlynch9958

Жыл бұрын

How much you want to bet that the person beside him is actually his animator?

@maranisha.

Жыл бұрын

​@@BoomBoomBrucey damn? 😭

@ellamartin8843

Жыл бұрын

They're like the doctors companion.

My favorite flags are the ones that can be reasonably drawn by hand. The American Flag is pushing it with those thirteen stripes and 50 stars, but at least they are simple shapes. The flag of my home State of Oregon is entirely too complex and detailed for anyone except exceptional sketch artists to get right (and practically impossible to do entirely by memory). However, this Antarctic flag is a brilliant combination of simplicity, beauty, and meaning.

@josefstalin9678

Жыл бұрын

As a fellow Oregonian I feel obligated to point out that our flag also has 2 different faces meaning you'd have to draw both sides if you wanted to fully represent the flag. But hey, at least one of the sides is easy

@kentslocum

Жыл бұрын

@@josefstalin9678 I'm not an artist, so even a "easy" drawing of a beaver would easily defeat me. Plus, I work for the University of Oregon, so I think I'm legally obligated to avoid anything involving beavers. Go Ducks!

@josefstalin9678

Жыл бұрын

@@kentslocum well I can definitely second that last part

@ElNeroDiablo

Жыл бұрын

Australian state flags are just about as bad as some US state ones - sure, the National Flag is iconic enough, but look up the flags for New South Wales or ACT (Canberra) for example, and see how complex they get with the Union Jack plus State Crests and other complications!

The greenland flag being a kind of opposite to this one is so perfect to me. One has red while the other has blue, one is north while the other is south, one has most of the color on top while the other is on the bottom, one has a round shape while the other is pointy. If I were an alien and I discovered these flags in their respective countries I'd assume they were some weird earth hieroglyphics that translated to top/bottom and were just being used to label the top and bottom of the planet.

I demand 20 minutes of Grey tracking shell companies while slowly losing his mind to work out exactly who owns the 3D Atlas flag!

@IsaacAllwood

Жыл бұрын

Please Grey!

@Lint6

Жыл бұрын

Only to find out its his most hated rival..THOMAS HEARNE!

@eliljeho

Жыл бұрын

He already has Grey Industries

Ok that final flag design is actually super cool. The colour scheme is just really satisfying

@geoDB.

Жыл бұрын

It's too hard to draw

@devanbrowne8706

Жыл бұрын

​@@geoDB. oh but drawing the Antarctic coastline is a breeze?

@Pingwn

Жыл бұрын

This is a very simple design, what on earth are you talking about?

@geoDB.

Жыл бұрын

No. It is not. Both of them are too hard to draw

@RuthlessDutchman

Жыл бұрын

​@@geoDB. Like, exact proportions or in general?

I'm actually kind of relieved and shocked to see such a simple, non-convoluted video from Grey for once. What a plot twist

I'm proud of him for not losing himself to another Tiffany-style rabbit hole of tangents....but at the same time, you could talk about flags at length and I think we would all appreciate it.

I'm so proud of Grey for releasing a short video! Not that I don't enjoy the longer videos but I have a feeling this took significant personal restraint 🙌

@CGPGrey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. It really, really did. This almost spiraled off in many directions.

@1Dr490n

Жыл бұрын

Wait for the rest of the series

@remimaloney2028

Жыл бұрын

@@CGPGrey well, with any luck, one of these spirals may.. spin-off? :-P

@TheWebstaff

Жыл бұрын

@@CGPGrey So Part 2 the 1 hour special is due when exactly?

@LOS7error

Жыл бұрын

@@CGPGrey It's kind sad that it didn't spiral out of control, those are the best ones...

Actually the white sheet is a very fitting Antarctica flag in my opinion. No military could ever fly it in battle. A flag of peace and snow!

This is why Grey is my favorite educational KZreadr-- he can do months of research, animation, and voiceovers to create some of the best media on this platform that is engaging, interesting, and very well produced. Loved the video so much, Grey.

I love when Grey takes the person asking the question on a force travel to learn things 😂. Also the new flag reminds me of the Reboot cartoon from 2000"s

I didn’t realize all of Grey’s videos are filmed live in the Royal Albert Hall. Awesome.

@adrianthoroughgood1191

Жыл бұрын

If you look closely you can even see the acoustic panels hanging from the roof!

@kikemhc2900

Жыл бұрын

@@adrianthoroughgood1191 can I get a time stamp

@xultsch

Жыл бұрын

3:29

@kikemhc2900

Жыл бұрын

Thx

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

Жыл бұрын

CGP Grey is filmed in front of a live studio audience! [cue applause]

This sounds weird but I was seriously concerned for Grey's partner freezing to death and Grey just monologing to a frozen corpse.

@reniare4720

Жыл бұрын

Me too!! I think I let out a sigh of relief when it panned out to show them on a stage.

@Lillyluri

Жыл бұрын

He must have kept the video short to avoid just that?

@pattheplanter

Жыл бұрын

Always wear a scarf and gloves when in Antarctica.

@RainaRamsay

Жыл бұрын

Same! Give that guy a scarf! (Apparently that's all you need to stay warm in Antarctica)

@joshngarcia

Жыл бұрын

Poor lil guy needs a scarf

My favourite part of all my favourite parts of Grey's videos is his wonderful voice-over. Not just the sound, but the emotions. So much glee, or anger, or confusion, or hesitation, etc. Of all essay KZreadrs I watch, this is the pinnacle of voice-over. What an acting talent!

I love This flag so much. The design is really memorable, and there are so many meanings to it, the mountain casting a shadow, the night sky, the compass, the diamond and the parallels to Greenlands flag all make it so cool and I really hope it gets more recognition.

For the sake of Grey’s wellbeing and mental health, I’m super glad he managed to contain himself. For the sake of my own cruel and easily distracted mind, I’m slightly disappointed there was no hour long descent into existential madness. I am a bad person. Simple or labyrinthine, our household is going to end up watching it 12 times and rewatching the entire back catalogue anyway, just like we do every time there’s a new video CGP Grey video. We will create our own descent into madness, as it should be.

@svivian

Жыл бұрын

The real question is, if Grey didn’t go down a rabbit hole this time, what was he actually doing for the past 3 months since the last video?

@namepending7526

Жыл бұрын

@@svivian probably a different video

@hyperchica

Жыл бұрын

I was going to say: I wish he had gone into the Forest, it makes for such entertaining videos xD But he's probably wandering through it for various other projects

@thomaskositzki9424

Жыл бұрын

Commendable. Carry on.

@JordanBeagle

Жыл бұрын

This is the way.

I have never seen that flag design before but it's perfect! What a great design & what a great companion to Greenland's flag. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

@maythesciencebewithyou

Жыл бұрын

To make it perfect, the blue at the top should be replaced with black and the blue triangle shaded in orange, to reflect Antarctica's most iconic inhabitants.

Not going to lie, obscure history like this is a big reason why I like Grey's content so much. Thank you for your hard work.

The new Antarctic flag just tickles the Vexillogical part of me, it's just so simple, yet so symbolic, so elegant! The bonus with the juxtaposition with Greenland's flag is the cherry on top.

@lovecraftianwalrus4490

Жыл бұрын

I know right! I just can’t get over how it’s simple, and yet has so much symbolism in it. It might be my favourite unofficial flag of anything

Honestly that’s a really cool Flag. So much meaning and so minimalist. I love flags that have an obvious meaning, and a more hidden meaning in the obvious meaning.

It's amazing how you fit so much cool information into such a short timeframe. Instantly one of my favorites on the channel!

For anyone wondering, the flags at 0:43 are (from left to right): Oskar Pernefeldt's proposed "International Flag of Planet Earth", Pascal Lee's Mars flag, The flag of Gondor from Lord of the Rings, An unidentifiable pizza-looking flag (maybe an invention of Grey? Seriously no idea), And what looks like a stylised German heraldic eagle [edit: turns out it's the flag of Syldavia from Tintin]

@ternovnik257

Жыл бұрын

The rightmost flag is Hergé's flag for Syldavia from Tintin. It's a pelican.

@asterozoan

Жыл бұрын

@@ternovnik257 Ah cool, thanks!

@Ravenclaw-ql6kk

Жыл бұрын

I recreated the pizza flag and ran it through an image search, no results at all.

@asterozoan

Жыл бұрын

@@Ravenclaw-ql6kk I tried the same thing :P

@jerrynichols2466

Жыл бұрын

I thought that he flag of Gondor had a dark green background instead of black.

That new flag is so simple yet so elegant

@ericlotze7724

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it looks cool af. I LOVE the color scheme.

@cofinify

Жыл бұрын

Literally Etherium

@spiko-ou3bp

Жыл бұрын

@@cofinify I was going to say that

My parents say, "we absolutely LOVE this guy, so we look forward to his latest installment as well." I concur!

You've become such a great entertainer with these videos. I wish you could do them more often, but I know how life is and the time it takes to do these properly. So I will gladly enjoy whatever I can get when I can get it. Thanks!!

I LOVE the juxtaposition of Greenland's flag as a reference, THAT SO SATISFYING!

@insertcoolnamelater9334

Жыл бұрын

But it bother me that it's not green :-/

If they kept the older flag, it might become weirdly different as the visible mass changes shape!

@Yozo_official

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@neo3779

Жыл бұрын

Would take too much time

@BreninBoncyn

Жыл бұрын

That mass is land, not just ice, so its unlikely to change shape for millions of years.

@Magmafrost13

Жыл бұрын

​​@@BreninBoncyn Im pretty sure a lot of what we recognise as Antarctica's outline is just sea ice. There is land, but its not 100% land. Without the ice, it wouldnt even appear as one continuous land mass above water.

@jackhiggins3936

Жыл бұрын

@@BreninBoncyn Antarctica is an archipelago so in no way is a depiction as a single solid landmass representative of the true land area

That was an amazing video, thank you for getting this beautiful flag design to my attention! Proud to be a Bonnie Bee.

The flag of Antigua and Barbuda is similarly designed and similarly cool! 🇦🇬 It appears to show a vista of a beach from between two mountains with a setting/rising sun

Grey has amazingly managed to avoid getting lost in the Forest of all knowledge

@MartinJahn

Жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for cortex to know how hard it was and how successful he was.

@theondono

Жыл бұрын

He has managed *to not tell you about it*

@DeathDad

Жыл бұрын

He’s the MF’n Main Sherpa of Knowledge!!

@cantdrawatall

Жыл бұрын

Like Theseus spooling out string into the labyrinth, Grey was guided out again.

@chughes156

Жыл бұрын

​@@theondono Is that you, Theophanius? 😄

We’re all very proud of you Grey for not going back into the forest. Even if it did take you 3 months to make a 5 minute video

@DanielLiNeutrinos

Жыл бұрын

Ouch

@dx-ek4vr

Жыл бұрын

Many have ventured into the Forest of Knowledge, but few have returned, at least with their minds intact...

@C.I...

Жыл бұрын

I'm not. Those are my favourite parts of his videos! I put up with his irritating fetish for alliteration to see those bits!

@SilkNeon

Жыл бұрын

He didn’t, actually. He made a rule this year to make it so he has a one video buffer, so that for sure he has a video for December, which is the most important time to put out a video. He talks about it on the most recent theme episode of Cortex.

Hey Grey, thanks for all the great content here and on Cortex! ❤ As per usual, a very interesting and engaging video 😊

I love what you do CGP. You always make subjects 10 times more interesting than they initially sound.

CGP Grey: A KZreadr that makes his fans wait 3 months of a 5 minute video. (Yet, still our favorite channel! )

@2ndfloorsongs

Жыл бұрын

You just know that that research went down so many side paths... We're lucky it was just 3 months. Now get busy with the next one!

@AlexanderJolley

Жыл бұрын

From Cortex we know he spent the January and February making a video to be released in December.

@kiga14

Жыл бұрын

3 months is on the short end

Whenever CGP releases a 5 minute you know there's going to be a 55 minute "footnote" video that didn't get in the full video.

Happy to see 2 CGP Grey videos in a row. His ever mysterious upload schedule is always pleasantly surprising.

Thank you for all the cool content that you create! Happy to be a Bonnie bee. This was a really interesting video and I like the new Antarctica flag.

Damn. The second flag is satisfying on so many levels and lines up with Antarctica's theme far better than just posting a picture of the whole continent.

3:28 I would pay BIG MONEY to watch CGP Grey live at the Royal Albert Hall

Hi Grey! Just because a Bonnie Bee when I first heard about the copyright strike. Glad to be a part of the experiment and hopefully YT will actually do something about those bots!

Grey is that one youtuber that we forget about but when we see that he posted our day just gets better.

For anyone outside the gaming sphere, the reason Grey mentioned EA's involvement with the vocal equivalent of this emoji 😬 Is because they're _infamous_ for, among other things, a bad habit of buying gamedev studios that made something cool, beloved or unique, getting their grubby investors hands all over the next products until it's noticeably worse, and then promptly firing everyone and sending the poor, acquired studio to the mass grave. It is a tragicomically frequent occurrence.

@vegetableoil4391

Жыл бұрын

Also endlessly milking yearly release games without changing much of anything

@natanlevine

Жыл бұрын

That can't be true! They're dedicated to the art of electronics

@jsquared1013

Жыл бұрын

And microtransactions.

@cloverandanais

9 ай бұрын

"Like a bizzare combination of spree killing and Hazing ritual" as I believe it was once said.🍀

Gotta say the new design is easier to draw since drawing the shape of Antarctica is hard, wonder if/when the emoji for the flag will update 🇦🇶

@stormveil

Жыл бұрын

It won't. Unicode is supposed to be a fixed thing. They don't even fix typos.

@docsy4529

Жыл бұрын

​@@stormveil Unicode doesn't decide how emojis are rendered, companies and orgs do.

@PremierSullivan

Жыл бұрын

@@stormveil Okay. Send me an emoji of a real gun.

As requested, I'm commenting on the most recent video. Love everything that you do, Grey. Your videos are appointment viewing for the whole family.

hey grey, love your vids and the cortex podcast thanks for all the joy you brought me ❤

I can't wait for the follow-up video to this where Grey actually reveals to us how much time this actually took

@EternusNex

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the 37 min video where he explains exactly what research he didn't do, that he did actually do and now needs to share it

@robertlinke2666

Жыл бұрын

@@EternusNex that sounds like grey

@alexlowe2054

Жыл бұрын

That's reserved for the Cortex podcast.

@Valery0p5

Жыл бұрын

@@EternusNex if he actually did the research he would have found there are plenty of proposal for flags, and even a semi official one for the Antartic Treaty

I didn't actually expected this to be short, I somehow expected at least one rabbit hole to pop up about the colour blue being used in the flag design being copyrighted by some weird old company. But its nice to have a short CGP video.

Seeing a Grey video makes my day :) Thank you Grey for this wonderful info and beautiful editing and animation :)

Love seeing so many CGP Grey videos released this year. Looking forward to seeing more.

With a flag like that, does that make Ether the official currency of Antarctica?

I love the fact when in 0:30 Argentina and UK were pushing each other. That's a reference about the flalklands.

@pixelfox6067

Жыл бұрын

They both claim the same slice of Antarctica as 'theirs', it's probably a reference to that.

@2x2leax

Жыл бұрын

​@@pixelfox6067 If that would be the case, where is Chile? Chile also claims the same region of Antarctica than Argentina and the UK.

@Xatzimi

Жыл бұрын

It's definitely a little bit of both

@pixelfox6067

Жыл бұрын

@@2x2leax She's right there at 0:03. Her claim overlaps, but it's not like the other two claiming exactly the same slice.

Great content as always. Thank you Grey!

Thank you for your excellent work! Making works that have recurring value is difficult but inspiring, thank you!

I spent 4 months on a science contract down at the Pole. Words can't describe how surreal it was! I wish they flew this flag at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, its a cool design, but I haven't seen it there or at Mac Town.

@adrianthoroughgood1191

Жыл бұрын

We're there any flags other than the country flags?

@Valery0p5

Жыл бұрын

@@adrianthoroughgood1191 there is the Atlantic treaty system emblem, that's actually older than most flags, it's been used since 1961.

I know you probably cut it for time, but the timeline is deceptive since there have been several contenders for the flag design before and after the Bartram flag. There was Smith’s 1978 design, Cooper and Tucker’s in 1995, Hamilton’s in 1999, and Leroi’s in 2007. I think all the designs are pretty great for their own reasons, but I agree that the 2018 one is probably my favorite as well.

@Valery0p5

Жыл бұрын

Also the Antartic Treaty flag dates back from the 1961 emblem, that's been around for a long time

Love this video Grey. Keep it up!!!

OMG CGP IS ALIVE!! UR MY FAVORITE CHANNEL AND I LOVE UR VIDS

I just got a second hand PTSD from the tiffany rabbit hole at 2:31

Antartica has a flag dont ask why

@memoli0_0

Жыл бұрын

why

@ap3rson

Жыл бұрын

why

@triplethtet6734

Жыл бұрын

Why

@samward7539

Жыл бұрын

It’s for the penguin wars

@colonel_yuri

Жыл бұрын

y

Thanks Grey! Another video I didn't realize I needed!

The ending scene with that music and shot composition, gave me chills (no pun) and a strange feeling. I really appreciate moments like this so. 👍

4:20 no no no, please continue

Glad to see Grey already has his December video for this year done!

@ein-veh2365

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing :D

Thank you for making such amazing, informative and interesting content.

Cool video, like always. Keep up the good work.

He’s back! Also, love the Syldavia flag at 0:43 great to see a fellow Tintin fan! (btw if EA does try to sue you, we’re all right behind you!)

@jamesfieweger8648

Жыл бұрын

When I saw it pop up I screamed, SYLDAVIA! at my phone. Now my family is staring at me.

I love the fact, that at 0:43 Grey added the flag of Syldavia from Tintin!

As an argentinian I love the fact that the Uk and Argentina are fighting as two sisters for the territory knowing all the history that we have together.

yaya ur back! and i rly like this new flag looks great to me. Ty new video

2:39 love the (unofficial) Mars flag! 🟥🟩🟦

1:10 I think they were surrendering to the penguins

Hey, Grey! Thanks for all you do!!

Hi Grey, nice way to boost interaction here in KZread 🤣 Although I usually don't wander into the comment section, I guess having an exclusive comment section on your Videos might be making that worthwile!

CGP Grey knows exactly what we want to watch, without even we knowing what we want to watch.

4:07 It bothers me more than it should that the anemometer isn't spinning, given the tangible wind in this scene

@NF30

Жыл бұрын

@@Drabkikker Anemometers don't freeze in the winter though-or at least, not unless there's heavy freezing rain or something, which doesn't happen in the interior of Antarctica I think (I think)

Sorry you have to sift through all of these comments. Love your videos, been a fan for years, keep up the great work!

Glad to be a supporter of your content!

That is indeed an awesome flag. Thank you for sharing it with us, Grey.

Another great video, as always!

Very happy to be supporting you Gray!

It doesn't feel like a CGP Grey video when it isn't 20 minutes long

I always enjoy sound effects like the one at 4:30 Thanks for making a video about my favorite place!

I’m so glad to see this is back up

That's a super cool design and I love it. Thank you Grey!

And when the world needed him the most, he returned. We missed you, grey!

@maskettaman1488

Жыл бұрын

why did the world need him the most right now? What changed?

@xHoudini

Жыл бұрын

And when was he not here? He pretty consistently uploads every 3 months or so

Man that new design is incredible.

I love your videos, you are honestly the best creator on youtube

It's really cool to see flags being taken seriously. Thanks Gray!

Can I just say you produce the best bits of video information in the world! That was a fun, funny, delightful journey, and I so appreciate your work.

I'm glad to see you publishing again! I was afraid that the Tiffany journey might have taken all the joy in researching out of you!

It's quite a cool flag indeed. I also love the detail that its aspect ratio is wider than usual so the central icon will remain visible for longer in the harsh Antarctic winds

I always love learning new things from you

Look at you, keeping things simple and devoid of rabbit-holes most enticing! Proud of you!

I'm more surprised at seeing a short video than having a new video at all! Also, congratulations for not dropping deep into the rabbit hole this time!

0:31: I love the little detail of the UK and Argentina pushing each other, nice Falkland War reference.