Flags chain. In this case, Teal accepted 3rd place when he flagged to Blue, who had flagged to Green. Green and Blue should have attacked Teal, who was attempting to dishonor his flag to blue, which, if he was successful, would have forced Blue to either accept 3rd, under both Teal and Green, or 2nd, thereby dishonoring his own flag to Green.

Flags serve as a pledge to accept a lower finishing position than the player to whom you have flagged. Therefore, if you want to both honor the flag you have given to another player and finish in the highest possible position, you are required to assist the player to whom you have flagged in any assault that may be launched by another player.

To clarify, teal goes after green and kills green, but then allows blue to get first. So in doing so, teal did not jump over blue's flag. Blue wins, Teal second, green third.

So Teal honored his flag, but Blue did not.

It all depends on your interpretation of what a vflags entails...

In my opinion, in this example, as long as blue isn't attacking green he's honouring his flag. The way I see it, a vflag is not a defensive pact, if someone I flag to goes ahead and gets themselfs killed it is only in exceptional cases that I would help or flag out to assert my lower position. If attacking me would have helped that player then it is his own fault that he accepts my flag (there are many cases where it is not disrespectful to not accept a vflag, it is after all just another strategic decision).

So in the example, green might have accepted blues flag, but since teal didn't explicitely flag to him it is greens own fault that he didn't do enough to establish his first position. And that could mean taking some of blues lands, along with the promise to kill anyone who would threaten blues 2nd place.

I thought this was a 119Legend post. So I'll say it: Fuck you mothafucka.

And here is the issue, we have two different interpretations spelled out very well by TurtlePower and the brain.

Looks to me like Turtlepower's explanation makes most sence but since everyone isn't on side, the brain's explanation is much safer.