EA Staff (Retired)@MichealYun The answer to that is very simple: there are two competitions being run - one on chinatown and one on green valley. The post you refer to does say "more japanese than chinatown" but if you look at the image supplied it has several green valley buildings and no tokyo buildings / red wall / japanese-style parks or landscape etc. The person who got 3 stars was almost certainly in the green valley half of the competition which wasn't hacked and therefore they got the correct number of stars ... and from the image posted, 3 is probably about right.
If you look at the various complaints, they are, from what I can see, exclusively to the chinatown half.
I stand by my claims of "hacked" and have reported Mars1001001 as a cheat through the "contact us" part of the help tool. My track record for reporting cheats is 6-0 (though that is in wars).
As for the "they are a developer" option, if so, why don't they build a masterpiece like the images provided when launching the challenge. A developer would surely have access to all the best stuff ...
@Dunsnoozin I posted 3 pictures before, all got half star. 2 are in green valley and 1 chinatpwn. I was in the green valley group and got half star with many other green valley competitors. the voting system is broken. Here is my half star rated green valley
