im sure you did a lot of work but we have 2 issues here. 1 mods that add the most value to the game should of been considered. i wouldnt think building mods that are a dime a million and mods taht add pretty things that dont necessarily add new areas or features to the game should of been considered. Then you have the rigged contest that obviously
a) the votes didnt matter
b) the voting was completely broken and handled wrong. i had a pool of over 1000 players that i know of that would of voted but couldnt. The ones that tried were banned and the others didnt see the benefit of trying for 2 weeks to get enough posts without getting banned for a vote.
I have spent a long time making mods that add the ocean as viable play space and new things that solve real problems in the game like the radar for pve servers. I try to make mods that fill a hole. "Pretty" mods have their place but they shouldnt be contest winners in my opinion. The Boat mod im suprised was picked at all since it was a really late submission but in the grand scheme for what it adds to the game i was shocked at how it performed over "Pretty" mods. Content pack was tied with me for votes. Never used it, dont know what functionality it adds but it seemed to win because it had pretty models. The racing mod in my opinion isnt anything players couldnt really do on their own with some structures and an admin watching everyone go round and round.
I lost as well, and im ok with this because no matter what i didnt have the votes. I couldnt get them which made me angry but there is no way to know if voting was possible for everyone if the 1000 votes i didnt get still would of left me in low ranking because people that couldnt vote for the others voted as well. that is something i cant even possibly argue. The voting was broken, they were informed and they did nothing. so we move on.
However the fact that the content mod and the racing mod placed is down right shady to me. votes were 40% and wildcard had 60% so wildcard had 10% more say. i dont get how a mod tied with me so low in the rankings beat out mods with MANY more votes on a simple 10% advantage. This whole contest was rigged and even if i had placed i would of said the same thing. The fact Fururism got an honorable mention is appalling to me.