Most of the problems you mentioned are common to all of us really. If you really want to know how frustrating the limits can be in jj2 talk with Violet and he will give you a fairly detailed explantion of great ideas gone to waste.

Appriciation...hmm this is a very touchy subject. I recall p4ul complaining that his levels weren't being as appriciated as yours. In ab7 everyone was worried their levels wouldn't be added cause there was an 'oldie' bias. Heck, there has been and always will be biases and there is no way you can convince people otherwise. The best way to deal with this is to be patient and eventually your work will be noticed in a different light. Even so, you have gotten a lot of recogniton of a level designer, and in theese times it's a lot easier to get noticed in the community. If you had arrived back in 2001 you would have been in an era which the communtiy has completely against new players no matter what and being an oldie automatically made you elite even if he/she really wasn't.

By the way, your hoax screenshots were awesome!