Quoted from Medisinyl:For suggestions...the mod category will never allow for a game-specific mod to win if the inherently more significant, universal mods such as ColorDMD and Pinstadium are in the running every year (no other mods [or games in other categories] can be nominated outside the initial release year). Perhaps something here can change or have a separate category?
EDIT: I realize the mod category is odd in that only a fraction of Pinsiders will know of the game-specific mods, so perhaps that's not the best way. It seemed many would rather just pick a specific modder for the year rather than one specific mod. I see lots of cool mods over the year, but many for machines I don't own, and thus, I don't recall them as well after a year, but I generally have an idea of the modders that were consistently making cool stuff.
I agree. Last year the category was best NEW mod. But this year it was more confusing. Write-in your favorite mod?! That’s a pretty big list. When I finally watched it on YouTube, there was even confusion as to how it was presented. Best mod of 2018? Favorite mod? I thought it was pretty ridiculous that my monkey wound up competing against Pinstadium and ColorDMD. Pinstadium was created two years ago. ColorDMD was created before that. So if these two continue to be nominated year after year, new game-specific mods won’t stand a chance. For the award to be taken seriously, it needs to be for new mods created each year, just like every other new game/theme/art etc. award. It’s like voting for Indiana Jones as best theme every single year. (which is how I would vote if I could.)