Congratulations to Flopsy not only for the win, but for completely dominating the contest overall. :O
I didn't play a lot of 2017 content, so I wasn't really able to vote, or have opinions on many of the levels. In regards to (some of)
my levels that got nominated though:
This one was a bit of a surprise to see nominated. I have to wonder if the level's placement in the pack may have been a factor here - it's probably one of the last levels many players encounter before the pack gets too hard for them.
I'm really surprised that this one got nominated. I consider it to be almost, by LPO2 standards, just a filler level.
EDIT: No, my bad, I was confusing this with another level (Coarse 9 "Deep Exploration"). Flooded Shaft is fair enough that it got in, though I'm not surprised it didn't do too well.
While this is a level I quite like, I didn't expect it to become a LOTY nominee at all, let alone be one of my best-performing levels in it.
I knew this level was going to be a strong LOTY contender, wasn't surprised at all with how it played out.
Seeing this level perform poorly was actually a huge factor in me deciding it's time to tone down the difficulty for LPVI - because feedback I've gotten from those who have solved it has been among the most positive I've gotten on any of my levels, so the logical explanation is the high difficulty is why it didn't do well.
Interestingly, this one did better than Drawing Dead, despite being perhaps my only level so far that's harder than it. It's possible this came down to what levels it was up against, though.
Lemmings Plus final levels always seem to get nominated, but not do too well. No surprises here.
I found it interesting that despite not winning the contest, this level got nominated. But in all honesty, it is by far my favorite of my non-pack levels.