The way the mod contest occured was just a shame. My experience with the Wildcard Studio was really bad :
- I never had answers from admins on forums to my questions concerning the contest.
- I never received confirmation about my submission (like everyone, i suppose).
- We had the information that the submission period was prolongated, just before the deadline. Too bad for people that planned things...
- the initially selected mods didn't all fit in the criterias (Originality/creativity, Overall graphical or functional quality/polish, Entertainment value). The winners were arbitrary designed, no competition at all, no chance for the others.
I think it was just a pretext to have free and quality content for the release of the game. Some mods were really good (stargate, NaturalWildlife and others) but never had a chance to compete while some initially selected mods really sucks.
Please be sure I really enjoy with the Ark game and the community, some people are really nice and helpful, I had good time and learned many things, but things are too hazardous and arbitrary for me...