K let's see your awesome house with no effort or skills... It's just a different skill set than some are gifted. That said, there's a lot of no-good houses out there (in top 50 out of thousands, even) that just get there by advertising 24 hours a day (apparently leaving their devices on and somehow not disconnecting?) in order to gain the most exposure OR creating multiple accounts to divert attention to their main.

I am hoping that the 'seasonal leaderboard' in this area of the game will have one of two effects - reducing the number of players who advertise poorly made houses after the first season ends with no prize or creating more of an acclaim for those who do choose to advertise through creating a specific set of design criteria and/or a more elaborate function of house-design in game, potentially leading to a more complex, judged, rewards-based competition later on.

Maybe both!