perhaps looking solely at the Sonic2/3&Knuckles/MM2/FFVII projects wasn't nearly enough...
EDIT: Though I don't want to reveal my old account, a judge turned down a submission of mine and told me to get FruityLoops -.-
You're free to disbelieve it, don't get me wrong, but there's no need to keep your old account secret; we're not gonna exact interweb vengeance on you.
There's plenty of non-electronica on all 3 projects you mentioned (we don't have a Mega Man 2 project yet), and for any game at OCR that gets a lot of coverage, there any plenty of ReMixes that aren't electronica. Examples:
Our most recent Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ReMix:
http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01763/
Our most recent Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ReMix:
http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01592/
Our most recent Final Fantasy VII ReMix:
http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01758/
Also, I have no idea what you subbed, but if a judge told you to get FL Studio (formerly FruityLoops), then the sound quality of whatever you sent in was probably pretty poor, which is not meant to be an insult. FL Studio is a very powerful digital audio workstation (a.k.a. "DAW") for a comparatively inexpensive price, so it's a good gateway for beginner musicians to get started without having to break the bank. That's why it was recommended to you, and not because we "expect you to spend
hours butchering your newly-created song using generic Fruity Loops effects."
Here's a Zelda II ReMix by Rellik made in a competition where the only thing the artists could use was FL Studio with default sounds and effects:
http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01475/
You certainly don't have to like it, but even there, that's an example of creatively using the program right out of the box. Yet most newbie musicians don't know how to put something together that's this sophisticated.
Also, keep in mind that as a DAW, FruityLoops isn't limited to slapping some ****ty, generic breakbeats over a track. We reject stuff like that. You can use your own sounds and samples with FL Studio to come up with some awesome stuff.
zircon is one of the most well-known OC ReMixers and he uses FL Studio to put together his music. Here's an example of what FL Studio can ultimately do when you get good with it. This one's a Super Mario World ReMix called "Monstrous Turtles!":
http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01558/
Check out any of zircon's music; it's all made in FL Studio.
Now, I understand how a rejection can make you feel that you got burned and make you think we suck. You wouldn't be the last person to feel that way; no hard feelings!
You don't even have to like the music of OC ReMix overall. But the only thing I think needed to be cleared up for everyone reading is that we encourage any and all styles of video game music at OCR, and that you can make great music from programs that other people flippantly dismiss as sounding poor.