As far as I know, I have not been added to the spreadsheet ( luckily, the 1xbit thread OP is sloppy or smth ) nor got payed for any posts.
You can check it by your own, but for sure I am not going to look for any shady signature campaining.
Luckily you weren't listed as one of the accepted participants, but I think you were really careless for ignoring the manager's reputation before applying. 11 negative tags and active flags should be the best warning for anyone to avoid, so how can you ignore them?

I think now you just need to contact _BlackStar to reconsider that negative tag. He's been inactive in the last few days, so remind him with one of your PM's as it might get him responding to you again in this thread.