The new flagging system needs to fix a hole in the mechanics. I was in a game on couchy a day or two ago. The problem is that a person that flags for third can come in second.

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
One player dominated in first but had isolated two smaller continents in two different corners of the map. Another player cleared out a large corner of the map and flagged for second. The two smaller continents both flagged for third. At this point, the only attack moves were between somebody that was flagged and the person in first nobody else could attack each other. The player in first decided to attack the player flagged for second and wiped her out. The player flagged for second got fourth place. And one of the players flagged for third got second.

This needs to be fixed such that the person flagged for third never gets second. Several possibilities for this

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
A) Don't let players flag for lower than 2nd.
B) If two players are flagged at the same level (say 3rd), then kick them both out when there are only 4 players left. You could split the 4th/3rd points between them. The general solution would be if there are x players flagged for place y then remove them from the game when (x+y-1) players are left.
If 6 players flag for 2nd, then kick all six out when 7 players are left
If 3 players flag for 4th, then kick all 3 out when 6 players are left.

OK, there may be other solutions, but I like the second one so much I am not going to dream about other solutions.

Please fix this in the next update
Please