BDW Biggest Loser: Season 6 ~ Official Thread ~ FINAL RESULTS POSTED!! (#869)

Ann was doing a huge favor by running the BL while maintaining her off-forum life and raising a little one, plus she was super organized! Hats off to her!

go mods! you really do a great job with the forum, and having participated in 3 seasons of BL myself, i can attest that ann really sacrificed a lot of her "spare" time and worked very hard to keep the contest running fairly!

would any mod be interested in running a contest if the only prize was a special BL banner (kinda like the MotM contests)? and would people even still want to participate for the comradery and support, if there was no monetary prize? i'm just throwing the idea out there because i imagine the drama of last season was inspired by the high prize amount (and maybe the inclusion of non-forum members). in my mind, a contest that is just for FUN (and health!) could be just as beneficial to our forum community and the contest participants.

I think that's a good idea...

I would be willing to host for no money if people wanted to do that and we had no drama llamas.

I haven't been online with time to post in a few days, and first of all, let me apologize to anyone that I offended by my comments. That was certainly never my intention. So I hope you will all accept my apology for any offense I caused and I also never meant to trivialize the job that the mods do - or imply that they get paid or that they do not have lives outside of the forum. I realize they are volunteers and I know that their job is truly challenging sometimes. My comments were just stemming from my own disappointment of not getting to participate in something that I thought would be fun and motivating. It was selfish to only look at it from my own perspective. Perhaps I should think before I type! It really saddens me that people would cheat in a "contest" such as this - that is just supposed to be for fun and to help each other. I guess it is true that $$ can bring out the worst in some folks.

Thanks for all the work the mods do and for all the members of this great forum for sharing so much of themselves... I have learned so much here and I know it will be invaluable as I close in on that big day!!!

Hugs for all y'all....

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Originally Posted by AnnR I'm sorry, but I took personal offense to this. Yes, it was really that bad. For a light-hearted competition between "friends" on here, it was awful. I was getting PMs and emails telling me how this person cheated, and that person was being mean, or something wasn't fair. When all of that started happening, it wasn't fun anymore. So yes, one (or more than one, actually) person ruined it for the rest.   And just so you're aware, this isnt' my job, I don't get paid. The moderators here do what we do because we love this forum, want to see it work for others like it worked for us when we were planning our weddings. We all have lives outside of this forum, believe it or not, and some of us are quite busy - working full time, raising a family, taking care of our pregnant selves, etc. So to say it's a shame one of us doesn't "step up" to deal with this drama and whining hit a raw nerve with me.   Honestly, I was really going back and forth on whether or not to host this again. I really wanted to, it's been great in the past. But some of the reactions I've seen since I said I wasn't going to host made me realize I made the right decision.   For those of you that played fair, and made it a fun competition - thank you. I hope you all succeed in your weight loss and health goals!

I would participate for NO money! I like the challenge just for support!

I would still be in. Hey, the bragging rights of winning are enough, right?!? lol