In a nut shell, best rated is niether the best art nor the best technically.  I agree the top 100 is just a self-serving list of those most successful at coraling the votes. When the very first top 100 was posted at r'osity about a year ago the same discussions occured.  Nothing has changed and probably never will because this site has it's roots in Poser.

Any recognition of  non-Poser art would probably have to be initiated here in the forums. It would take an active mod to set things running though.  Where is AS?