16th Annual GamesBids Olympic Logo Competition - CITY ELECTION

[yoshi]

IT'S DEMOCRACY TIME!

 

Yes, don't panic, this is just the preview of our latest Olympic logo competition. Traditionally, you get a winter & summer city dumped on you by me, but this time, the competition's most important aspect is up & down to YOU! For the first time ever, the cities we use will be determined by vote, in the closest thing the Olympics have had to a normal bidding process since 2013. It's not a free-for-all, there's a shortlist, and the rest of this post is their names, a picture, and a Wikipedia link to each city. The summer shortlist is at the top, the winter cities are below. They are separate polls. Because democracy only ever goes so far in global sport, this will run as a British election - one vote per person, most votes wins, simples. It's not the comp, just selecting the cities. DO NOT SUBMIT ANY LOGOS HERE. But do feel free to support your favourite. Like all the best IOC shortlists, we got 5 candidates for each one, Here they are, the summer cities:

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AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland

BIRMINGHAM, GREAT BRITAIN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham

NAIROBI, KENYA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul

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And here are our 5 candidates for the winter title:

BARCELONA, SPAIN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjavík

SANTIAGO, CHILE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago

TROJENA, SAUDI ARABIA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neom

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The votes will close at 12pm UK time on THURSDAY DECEMBER 1, when whichever city has most votes in each poll will win. HAPPY VOTING 

[Sir Rols]

Nairobi and Trojena FTW!!!

[fatixxx]

Nairobi and R'vik 

[AustralianFan]

Nairobi and Santiago

[Sir Rols]

So it’s looking like we’ll be going on a summer safari!

I almost regret suggesting Reykjavik to Yoshi - I would’ve loved to see what our graphics wizards would have come up with for Trojena. I just think the artistic scope there is fun and intriguing. 

[yoshi]

As I was saying before we were interrupted, there's now just under a week left to vote if you want your voice to count

[yoshi]

Just another bump, I'll probably do one more on Wednesday when it's 24-ish hours to go - but until then, if you haven't already - vote

[Anthony]

I thought we did Reykjavik already?

[yoshi]

I don't remember Reykjavik being a comp city before... @Sir Rols? 

[Sir Rols]

Not to my recollection - plenty of other nordics, but we’ve never been to Iceland yet

[yoshi]

Last call for votes, with just under 22 hours left to make your voice heard

[yoshi]

The vote is now CLOSED, no new votes can be cast, and after an extremely impressive turnout of 14 voters, the results are as follows:

Summer:

Amsterdam: 3. Auckland: 3. Birmingham: 0. Nairobi: 6. Seoul: 2. 

Winter:

Barcelona: 2. Canberra: 1. Reykjavik: 6. Santiago: 3. Trojena: 2. 

Therefore, the International Olympic Committee has the honour of announcing that the cities for the 16th Annual Gamesbids Olympic Logo Competition are:

For summer 2036, Nairobi, Kenya. 

And for winter 2034, Reykjavik, Iceland. 

The competition thread will open either later today or tomorrow. I hope to see logos from all voters

[Sir Rols]

Trojena was robbed!!!

Didn’t the King’s “donation” arrive in you account @yoshi?

[yoshi]

I guess I could ask Gianni nicely if he wants to run the next vote...