Winning didn’t even compete the last EBC. He competed in the EBC Fall/Winter 2013/2014. But yes I get your point.

Typically I wouldn’t continue back and forth but you’re a respected member and yes your opinion does count. It counts to me anyhow!

Since you’re in doubt/question of how serious this is for me/us, I’ll explain a couple of specific reasons Makwa’s was asked to join the EBC. He was my very first choice to bring on board to revamp the scoring system and to oversee the judges. The old scoring system Tread created was not a weighted system. The categories were all equal parts to the overall score. Each one was worth 5 points blanket value. The tweaks Mak has made was he made it weighted with each category counting for a specific percentage of the overall score. The highest percentage category is “overall change” ( hense the statement we keep making that this is not a true strict BB comp), the 2nd catergory with the highest percentage is “Definition” ( staying true to the goal of Cutter) that’s going to account for over 60% of the total score. It’s not complete as Mak stated because the guy has been spending hours and hours dialing it in. So my point is yes Average Joes actually have a place here and technically it is geared more for them than a Pro and that would make this the Average Joe competition you brought up.
Regarding past controversy, please name a Bb competition where there is not Controversy?? The Olympia always gets it right don’t you agree?!? Phil sure didn’t think so. He went on social media and YouTube crying to the world how he thought he was robbed. Shit every year the Olympia has been awarding pregnant men with their stomachs so swollen that they can’t pose for 15 seconds without their stomachs spilling over their trunks. You can go back 20yrs at the Olympia and somebody got robbed. It’s not as easy as you think. It’s a lot of work and reliance on other individuals who all have different views of what should be rewarded.
As an organizer you leave the judging up to the judges. All judges were picked becuase of their reputation around here and their commitment to Eroids.
In reality there’s not a single one BB comp anywhere that is 100% without controversy. But if in your opinion you think Italian and 99 Transam didn’t deserve 1–2 in the last EBC then I’m sorry I got to call bullshit. They deserved it hands down no question about it. Those two dudes shouldn’t have been penalized for being the two best who competed.

Brother I assure you we are not just out here typing shit on these pages without spending hours and hours behind the scene trying to make this the very best EBC ever thrown. Every past issue was singled out when reviewing this with Admin and Mak. Mak is part of the solution to make the EBC better.

Shit man we are even making it so the top 10 get prizes. So yeah average joes will get love. Part of the new overall scoring system was to make it specifically for them. I’m not sure what else I can do to reiterate that this competition is for average Joes and Pros (if that’s what you want to call them).
That was a detailed response out of respect for you bro. I hope that satisfies your concerns/doubts/questions.

For anyone else, you won’t get a response until we are finished. Let us work please. This shit isn’t easy. If we have to put out fires all the time we won’t get the shit done that needs to get done before this Competiton launches. The rules, scoring criteria and purse breakdown is all scheduled to be posted publicly. Just be patient please.
Thanks