Honestly, I feel like the ROM hacks should've just been judged on the same level as everything else. That's the core mistake. What matters, ultimately, is the quality of the product.

At this point, it's basically beating a dead horse. What's done is done. We're not offended by the awards, we were just curious as to why they were awarded the way they were (except for that communist shark person who offended us, of course). If there was a mulligan, I'd say that awarding a "most promising" to World Cup would be a perfectly fine course of action. It's promising to see someone attempting an online Fire Emblem experience, even if the project isn't exactly "there" yet. Runner-up would have to be Dream of Five, like Emperor said. What's most troubling, though, is that we were basically disqualified from the judging on the basis of being ROM hacks. Hopefully, in the future, the show won't take such a hostile approach to our craft. Live & learn, gentlemen (and ladies).