It's a Horse Race!
Almost the minute our Second City Backer's Survey went out, we began receiving responses. Within the first 2 minutes, we hit almost 500 votes!
It's been fun refreshing the results page and seeing the votes come in. So fun, in fact, that we thought we'd share them with you.
HONG KONG emerged as an early front-runner but once our friends in Europe woke up, BERLIN surged forward! But wait, here comes the surprise contender: MORE SEATTLE!
Quick notes:
- The survey will be open through Tuesday, May 15th 11:59pm PST and we'll announce the results later next week.
- If you haven't received your email voting link yet, never fear! The survey system only allows about 10,000 emails to go out at a time.
- If time starts running out and we find that people still haven't received their ballots, we will extend the deadline so everyone can have their voices heard.
- Around 20,000 people have yet to vote, so who knows what can happen?
We're really excited about all of these places (no favorites here) and can't wait to see how it comes out!
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Comments
Creator RC on May 18, 2012
Updated! If you didn't receive EITHER survey READ THIS http://www.shadowrun.com/forums/topic/new-srr-new-poll-update-18-berlin-vs-hong-kong
Creator Brandon Lewis on May 18, 2012
Never got an e-mail for the survey. I've checked my spam folder, and I've verified that I'm using the correct e-mail address.
Creator RC on May 17, 2012
Hoi Chummers! If you want to keep up in the forums with the NEW Hong Kong vs Berlin Second City Poll you can hit up http://www.shadowrun.com/forums/topic/new-srr-new-poll-update-18-berlin-vs-hong-kong - and wow if this isn't gonna be a fraggin exciting race! In fact, I'm so excited to see what the second city turns out to be... it's like a cranial BOMB of AWESOME exploded in my brain!! ^_`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`''`'`
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Which might explain why I'm having such a hard time choosing for myself! O.o`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`
Creator Gary on May 16, 2012
I got no e mail with a link to a survey.
Creator absamide on May 16, 2012
Never got an e-mail about the surveys.
Creator MacGyvers_Mullet on May 16, 2012
Whoops, it was classified as a potential phishing e-mail and bypassed my junk folder. Carry on!
Creator MacGyvers_Mullet on May 16, 2012
I never got a survey e-mail.
Creator KazuyaDarklight on May 16, 2012
I never got my survey email. =/
Creator Dragorath on May 16, 2012
Berlin, really!? Who wants to go to Berlin? I want to have the Rhein-Ruhr-Megaplex oO
Creator Sondre on May 16, 2012
Controversial or not, after ~2/5 of the votes were counted a trend did emerge.
The final results will soon be made public, but we shouldn't expect any big surprises.
Creator Will Oprisko on May 16, 2012
HBS never updated the graph. There was a lot of discussion among backers and the Shadowrun community about whether or not HBS should have released any information about how backers were voting. It is possible that HBS did not update the graph in response to the controversy.
Creator Locoweed on May 16, 2012
I think the graph was just a snapshot at the time of the update. I don't think they intended to give us live stats.
Creator Brian Miller on May 16, 2012
I'm not 100% certain that the vote was actually valid, as it seems a large amount of the backers did not get a vote. Also the above graph never moved from 15k votes and we have 36k backers, and I've refreshed this page several times in the last few days.
Creator Антон Дивеев on May 16, 2012
No survey for me, too :(
Creator Sebastian on May 16, 2012
Soooo.....shouldn't the vote be over soon?
Creator James Berg on May 16, 2012
Chiming in as someone else that didn't get the survey.
Creator amanda reynolds on May 16, 2012
still haven't received the survey. I combed through all of my junk folders just in case
Creator Will Oprisko on May 15, 2012
Check your "junk" or "spam" mail folders.
Creator Jonathan J C Cooper on May 15, 2012
Haven't gotten the survey either
Creator Matthew Smith on May 15, 2012
I also haven't gotten the survey.
Creator Markus Mergle on May 15, 2012
Haven't received the survey either. Would have voted for Berlin.
Creator Jon Gold on May 15, 2012
Same here, no survey.
Creator Rob Nadeau on May 15, 2012
I am also one of the folks who have not gotten a survey
Creator Yves on May 15, 2012
Haven't received the survey either. If anyone's listening, I wanted to vote for Berlin.
Creator Taylor Wright on May 15, 2012
I haven't received the survey, with less a little more then 12 hours left for it.
Creator Mike Kamber on May 15, 2012
Haven't gotten a survey yet.
Creator Joseph D Orlando IV on May 15, 2012
I never got the survey... I'd like to see more areas of the rest of western Washington, not just Seattle. What became of Bellevue? Everett? Tacoma? ... Renton, Ballard, Kent... Enumclaw. :3 -- Spokane, Yakima, Wenatchee?
Creator Garrison Bravo on May 15, 2012
No survey either
Creator Onno Ebbers on May 15, 2012
same: no survey yet.
Creator Mikkel Marius Winther on May 15, 2012
Yeah, me too. No survey. :(
Creator Michael Theobald on May 15, 2012
the same at me. no survey letter :(
Creator Alpha on May 15, 2012
No survey letter recieved : /
Creator Horst Klinkenborg on May 15, 2012
May 15, 7 am mountain time and no survey yet. (I have confirmed it's not in the spam folder.) :(
Creator Amonator on May 15, 2012
Sorry for double post, found my survey letter in spam folder.
Creator Amonator on May 15, 2012
Haven't received my survey either.
Creator Ben Wynn on May 15, 2012
It's 9pm on May 15th in my timezone (East coast of Australia), and I haven't received a survey e-mail.
Creator James Knight on May 14, 2012
Hmm, yet to receive mine but there is still another day of voting to go, hopefully I'll get the email tomorrow.
Creator Roy Anderson on May 14, 2012
I voted Hong Kong, but any of the options will rock. Just can't wait for the vote to be over! :D
Creator Young_Gangrel on May 14, 2012
WOOT LETS GO BERLIN, seriously too many games and movies have depicted Hong Kong its about time some European cities got some love.
Creator Phillip Vogel on May 14, 2012
got it today and thanks
Creator willie on May 14, 2012
How about an update on the poll results fellas?
Creator willie on May 14, 2012
How about an update on the poll results fellas?
Creator Nathan on May 14, 2012
For serious kids, check those junk mail folders.
Creator RC on May 14, 2012
Now someone needs to name an actual racehorse "More Seattle".
Creator Mark Smith on May 14, 2012
Check your junk mail filter if you haven't received the email. Gmail classified the survey email as spam for me.
Creator Julia Gosztyla Ziobro on May 14, 2012
MORE SEATTLE!
Creator Mark Smith on May 14, 2012
I've not received the email for the survey either. I sure hope I get it before voting closes.
Creator Scott Wilson on May 14, 2012
Still haven't received by option to vote either, but it will be Berlin when I do. Hong Kong has been done to death:)
Creator miguelito on May 14, 2012
Really really hoping for Berlin.
Cyberpunk games featuring Berlin: 0
Cyberpunk games featuring China/Hong Kong: All of them.
Creator Brent Matyas on May 14, 2012
I saw int he older comments the idea, that after the top 2 are chosen, they should run a second vote for just those 2 cities. This seems like a good idea to me, since it would allow everyone to have a pick of the new city. Hope you guys at Harebrained Schemes think about doing that.