I have to agree with Larrygator here. I do enjoy seeing how the Golden Ticket and Mitch's Poll end up ranking their coasters, but I am commited to my own list. What I want to say is that if the majority of people think that a hyper is better than a looper then its their choice to do so. For example, in my case, I would not rank a wooden coaster over a steel coaster in most cases, obvious exceptions here (SLCs, etc), even if they're a great and amazing ride like Voyage.
It's just a matter of opinion, maybe most of the people just enjoy a coaster with no inversions than one with inversions, I just think that separating the steel coasters between looping and non-looping could be a little too much.
Really interesting article by the way, I completely understand your point of view, its just a little different than mine