Frequently asked questions

FlagsBattle is an interactive live streaming game where country flags compete in physics-based battles. Unlike pre-recorded videos, it runs on a real-time physics engine during a live stream, where viewers can directly influence the game by sending flag emojis in the chat. It's a unique blend of entertainment, community participation, and friendly international competition.

Yes! FlagsBattle is completely free. Viewers can join FlagsBattle streams on YouTube, take part in the chat, vote for their country here and use the website without any cost. Streamers who want to run the game on their own channel need a license. We believe in making entertainment accessible to everyone around the world.

FlagsBattle runs on the YouTube live streams of creators who use it, and you join in from their chat. We no longer stream it on our own channel. If you are a streamer, you can run FlagsBattle on your channel. For clips and updates, follow us on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram.

Unlike pre-recorded or looped videos, FlagsBattle is:

• Live and real-time: Every stream uses a live physics engine
• Interactive: Viewers directly influence the game with chat commands
• Unique: No two streams are ever the same due to viewer participation
• Community-driven: The outcome depends on the collective actions of viewers

Send your country's flag emoji in the YouTube live chat. For example, to support Turkey, send 🇹🇷. Each flag emoji is +1 support for that country in the current round. At 10 supports the flag reaches Diamond and gets its first shield; higher tiers (50, 100 and 500 supports) give more shields and make the flag faster, stronger and bigger. Supports start from zero every round.

There are three game modes:

• Normal mode: Classic battle royale - a gap opens in the circle, and flags fall out. Last flag standing wins!
• Lightning mode: No gap! Random lightning strikes eliminate flags, and shields do not protect against them.
• Chaos mode: Shrinking arena with random events - vortex, wind, speed bursts, and chaos spins!

If a Normal or Chaos round lasts 2 minutes and a supported flag is still alive, the game switches to Hybrid mode: lightning strikes every 3 seconds, mostly at supported flags.

Every flag emoji counts, even several in one message: 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 is 3 supports. The game has no limit per viewer. The channel's own chat rules still apply, though: YouTube's slow mode and the streamer's moderators can hold back or time out anyone who floods the chat.

Northern Cyprus has no flag emoji, so type KKTC in the chat instead: each one is +1 support. This does not add Northern Cyprus to the arena. It only helps when the streamer has Northern Cyprus in the game. It is the only text command.

The physics is the same for every flag, and in most battles the chat decides: supports build tiers and shields. The app also has a Creator mode, though. With it, the streamer picks countries that cannot fall through the gap while another flag is still alive and that lightning skips, so one of them wins. Whether a stream uses it is up to that streamer.

No account is needed to watch streams or send flag emojis in YouTube chat. However, creating an account on our website allows you to vote, rate countries, track your statistics, apply for moderator positions.

With an account you can:

• Vote for your favorite countries
• Rate countries and see community ratings
• Track your voting and participation history
• Apply to become a moderator
• Access exclusive community features

You can delete your account from your profile settings. Go to Profile → Settings → Delete account. Please note that this action is irreversible and all your data, including voting history and statistics, will be permanently removed.

A few reasons this might happen:

• The stream might be in a transition phase between rounds
• There may be a slight delay in chat processing
• Make sure you're sending the actual flag emoji, not text
• YouTube may have temporarily limited your chat due to spam detection

Try waiting a few seconds and sending again. If the problem persists, refresh the page.

FlagsBattle is a Windows desktop app with its own physics engine. It runs on the streamer's own PC, next to OBS. For chat play, it reads the YouTube live chat about every 2 seconds with the streamer's own API key and turns the flag emojis into supports.

Yes! Our website is fully responsive and works on all devices. You can watch streams through the YouTube app and participate in chat. The website features, voting, and rating systems all work seamlessly on mobile browsers.

The game runs and streams without a key. You need one for chat play: FlagsBattle reads your live chat with your own free YouTube Data API v3 key, so your viewers' flag emojis become supports. Create a project in Google Cloud Console, enable YouTube Data API v3 and create an API key under Credentials. Then, in the app's right panel under Tools, click YouTube API, paste the key and click Save & Apply. To read a stream's chat, paste its link under the Chat switch in the left panel and click Connect. Step-by-step guide: For streamers: your YouTube API key.

You can apply to become a moderator through our Team page. Requirements include being at least 16 years old, having an active account, and demonstrating commitment to the community. We review all applications and contact successful candidates.

Bans and timeouts in a live chat are set by that channel's streamer and moderators, so please contact them. If your account on this website was restricted, write to contact@flagsbattle.com with your username.

Contact us by e-mail at contact@flagsbattle.com. Please provide screenshots or details about the incident. We take all reports seriously and investigate thoroughly.

Our website supports multiple languages including English and Turkish. You can change the language using the language toggle button on the page.