I voted for you Mark, hope you did too :lol:

Bah. All I say is that unless you are directly playing what you feel is Hard Dance then not to worry about this too much. At the end of the day, people who take the time to know about todays hard trance / hardstyle SHOULD be able to spot the obvious differences.
I'm slightly worried about this type of may I call it propergander (spelling?) ;)
By this I mean that people who are just starting to get into the harddance sound might read this an think all the people, places CDs etc that get awarded are where its at an go that way. It doesnt become clear what the big picture is until youve dug your way in deep enough and been around long enough.