Vote for SMAC2 at Firaxis.com!!!

[slappy]

There's a poll over at the firaxis.com site as to which game people want to see updated...

http://www.firaxis.com/community/polls.php

SMAC is currently in the lead, but not by much. Go vote!

 

[Elrohir]

Thanks for the heads up! (I doubt it would make a difference, but still)

Right now it is:


49% Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
1% Sid Meier’s Sim Golf
4% Sid Meier’s Gettysburg!
22% Sid Meier’s Colonization
2% Sid Meier’s Covert Action
2% Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon
0% Gunship
1% F-19 Stealth Fighter
2% Red Storm Rising
3% Silent Service
11% I don’t care about remakes, give me something new!

 

[Albow]

Thanks for the link - I've put in my two bob!

By the way, that adds up to 97% me thinks! err, what happened?

 

[Pasi Nurminen]

SMAC is out to a 56% lead right now! I hope this actually holds some sway in helping the bureaucrats over at Firaxis to actually put out SMAC2, though I sincerely doubt it will.

Percent Answer
56% Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
2% Sid Meier’s Sim Golf
3% Sid Meier’s Gettysburg!
19% Sid Meier’s Colonization
2% Sid Meier’s Covert Action
2% Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon
0% Gunship
1% F-19 Stealth Fighter
2% Red Storm Rising
2% Silent Service
10% I don’t care about remakes, give me something new

 

[slappy]

Well, the way I found out about this was that I was reading the Ask Sid section of their site and he mentioned that he still gets requests for SMAC2 and he's still willing to consider it. Then I sent my own mail to Ask Sid saying I agreed that he should do another SMAC. The next day (yesterday) I got a mail from the webmaster telling me to go and vote on this poll. Who knows? Seems funny that they'd bother to get me to vote if it were totally meaningless.

If you look at everything he says on that Q&A page, it sounds like his team is busy with other projects for the next little while, but I don't know how these guys work. Maybe he's got an intern ready to start brainstorming ideas on whichever game wins the survey.

 

[Sub]

God I would love a smac remake. Needless to say, I voted

 

[Albow]

It would indeed be a spine-tingling event! Perhaps we should start a "what we want in SMAC 2" thread and then send it off to Sid ...

 

[The Person]

After my vote SMAC had 58%. Maybe we'll have luck on our side...

58% Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
1% Sid Meier’s Sim Golf
3% Sid Meier’s Gettysburg!
19% Sid Meier’s Colonization
2% Sid Meier’s Covert Action
2% Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon
0% Gunship
1% F-19 Stealth Fighter
2% Red Storm Rising
2% Silent Service
9% I don’t care about remakes, give me something new!

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Up to 59% now...

 

[Terje]

61% Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
1% Sid Meier’s Sim Golf
3% Sid Meier’s Gettysburg!
20% Sid Meier’s Colonization
1% Sid Meier’s Covert Action
2% Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon
0% Gunship
1% F-19 Stealth Fighter
1% Red Storm Rising
1% Silent Service
8% I don’t care about remakes, give me something new!


Although I'd much rather have Brian Reynolds on the team than Sid... :S

 

[Perfection]

I pumped up another one for AC

 

[Pasi Nurminen]

Everyone better be sure to check the "Who cares about graphics?" option as well. We don't need Sid going in and crapping all over the sweet gameplay mechanics of the original SMAC.

 

[Sub]

Although I'd much rather have Brian Reynolds on the team than Sid... :S

Seconded. I personally don't have much faith in Sid. Sure, he helped create the original Civilization, but had nothing to do with Civilization 2 or Alpha Centuari (my two favorite games). That was all Brian Reynolds. Hell, once he left, they made Civ 3 which turned out mediocre to say the least.

but enough of my complaining...

 

[The Person]

Everyone better be sure to check the "Who cares about graphics?" option as well. We don't need Sid going in and crapping all over the sweet gameplay mechanics of the original SMAC.

I voted 50-50, is that alright? I didn't want it to be only gameplay.

 

[Terje]

Damn, it's not possible to vote a second time...

 

[The Person]

Maybe it is, if you vote from a different computer (the poll is probably cookie or IP based).

 

[Pasi Nurminen]

We're down to 52%....

 

[The Person]

Still more than half. And we're still far ahead of the others. Again, maybe we have luck on our side...

 

[sir_schwick]

It would be cool if they added in a 'SMAC' mod to Civ 4 as a result of this poll.

 

[.:KNAS:.]

I voted for Colonization... I want both of them to be remade but Colonization needed my vote more then SMAC