That's too bad to hear..
I honestly think some courses/designs/situations/looks don't lend themselves well to 3DG anyhow.
I just wanted Matt to know his designs were solid. Gotta differentiate somehow. As a whole, RobC and Skunky threw a ton of techniques into their designs from textures to vegetation to peripheral objects. They were hands down the front runners. There were 10 judges and the 2 finalists were up to vote by the whole OGT discord community.
It was a good way to handle the judging. I doubt there's too much debate (among the 8-15 of us following these boards) over RobC winning.