My opinion on this is that weve had a great year with great newcomers (Ive counted about 10, including promising newcomers like Joey, Lewis and Liam and ofcourse the likes of Mark Elam) and great new designs and that especially THIS year this list could represent that. The old order changeth so to speak and this years list might just be very different than last years, especially in normally neglected areas as best front-hinged flipper and best clusterbot for example.