For those who want some insight into the planning and thinking process for this contest and how it came to be:
https://youtu.be/iCbutLIGpF8
Interpret this as you will.
btmc had WAY too much trust in the screening process lol, didn't he saw the aspire contest? where despire having a screening phase, the end result is still bad? the phase is only useful for picking out bad maps, and is not useful at finding the best maps