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Destroyer
04-03-2014, 10:08 AM
there has to be an even playing field on which we can meet and do battle
they don't battle
and we don't read their open mics and shit
I'm aware some of us do, buuuut
there's absolutely no good reason that exis doesn't know who swerve is
and I think it might be a sign of the problem with activity and text in general
we need a battle type that both topicalists and battlers can compete in to unite the board.

i don't know if one exists, but if not, let's make one

Fig
04-03-2014, 10:09 AM
Dick

Pic

Battle

Destroyer
04-03-2014, 10:09 AM
or we can just keep calling each other faggots
I'm down either way. you guys decide.

Sick
04-03-2014, 10:11 AM
Fig


How fucked up are you on a level of 1-10

Witty
04-03-2014, 10:13 AM
I read OMs and battles, both are entertaining in their own way.

There is a clear difference in the personality of the average text writer compared to the average topical writer though.

That's why only a few have successfully done both.

dull boy
04-03-2014, 10:19 AM
Battling is systematic and dull, because one particular style gains traction and becomes nearly the only one you can use to win a battle. Battling is fun, but bragging for the sake of bragging week in and week out just gets stale. Why do that, when I can just drop an OM about how amazing I am/you aren't and also talk about aliens fucking Sigourney Weaver or whatever? Battling is for people with something to prove.

Fig
04-03-2014, 10:20 AM
Fig


How fucked up are you on a level of 1-10

Like a 7

dead man
04-03-2014, 10:22 AM
There is a clear difference in the personality of the average text writer compared to the average topical writer though.
absolutely true. i haven't read a battle in months.

i thought SnF was an acceptable compromise? its sort of a hybrid genre.

Sick
04-03-2014, 10:23 AM
Like a 7

Word



You are not ready for hell yet my son

Destroyer
04-03-2014, 10:26 AM
dullboy, you exist in your own realm
I'd never ask you to change

Destroyer
04-03-2014, 10:29 AM
a tag tourney where we pair battlers w/ topicalists might be interesting

Sick
04-03-2014, 10:32 AM
a tag tourney where we pair battlers w/ topicalists might be interesting

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kUXK6azldF0/UE5YveZFI7I/AAAAAAAACy8/xBXs1gccHFA/s1600/crazy-laughter.jpg

Witty
04-03-2014, 10:33 AM
a tag tourney where we pair battlers w/ topicalists might be interesting

If someone could pull it off it might just be what the site needs.

That's a big IF tho.

Paradigm
04-03-2014, 10:40 AM
swag and flow horrorcore alias gimmic

Sick
04-03-2014, 10:41 AM
Alias tourney


Orc

Sicc
04-03-2014, 10:43 AM
there has to be an even playing field on which we can meet and do battle
they don't battle
and we don't read their open mics and shit
I'm aware some of us do, buuuut
there's absolutely no good reason that exis doesn't know who swerve is
and I think it might be a sign of the problem with activity and text in general
we need a battle type that both topicalists and battlers can compete in to unite the board.

i don't know if one exists, but if not, let's make one

Topical writers, constructed verses from pictures, correct? Well, maybe picture battling would be OK for them? If they can write to some corny flamboyant picture then why not to a regular picture of their opponent? Amirite?

IMO - This site would need some type of HUGE CASH tourney thrown down to even try an revive it but honestly don't see that happening.

Wise Wiggles
04-03-2014, 10:44 AM
every fucking post

I swear

Sicc
04-03-2014, 10:46 AM
Tag tourny combining both? That's weird & don't see how it's possible, tbh? LOL

16 lines max per team, what would it be, 8 Lines of insults/disses and the rest about something gay ass we'll say the common concept "drug addiction" or "my life..." - My point is, wtf? lol... I don't even know what point I'm trying to make other then, I don't see it workin.

Diode
04-03-2014, 10:47 AM
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kUXK6azldF0/UE5YveZFI7I/AAAAAAAACy8/xBXs1gccHFA/s1600/crazy-laughter.jpg

slayed

Sicc
04-03-2014, 10:47 AM
every fucking post

I swear

Continue posting behind me and followin' me, guy. You're doing a GREAT fuckin' job, bro.

Destroyer
04-03-2014, 10:47 AM
I'm not talking about the battles being half and half slomo

Diode
04-03-2014, 10:48 AM
every fucking post

I swear

^^^^^^^^^^

Allen Knight
04-03-2014, 10:58 AM
Tag alias torney

Sicc
04-03-2014, 11:14 AM
I get it. Tag alias would be cool, but people writing styles on here can be picked out, I'm sure, lol.

Allen Knight
04-03-2014, 11:20 AM
If u mixed ur bars an tried somthing different it could be hard to spot

Hush
04-03-2014, 11:36 AM
No tho

trap
04-03-2014, 12:20 PM
Alias battle tourney, followed by an alias topical tourney.

32 competitors each.

The matching seeds from both tourneys have to team up to compete in an alias tag tourney.

Aliases aren't revealed until the end of all three tournaments.

Split
04-03-2014, 01:08 PM
tag alias picanflow gimmick rawn tournaship

PancakeBrah
04-03-2014, 01:10 PM
Once the battlers acquiesce all control and admit we topicalists are their overlords, only then will the board regain its former glory.

Sick
04-03-2014, 01:12 PM
tag alias picanflow gimmick rawn tournaship

We did that 1 already



Rican won it

Sick
04-03-2014, 01:13 PM
Once the battlers acquiesce all control and admit we topicalists are their overlords, only then will the board regain its former glory.

acquiesce a big word for a nigga

Sicc
04-03-2014, 01:15 PM
Alias battle tourney, followed by an alias topical tourney.

32 competitors each.

The matching seeds from both tourneys have to team up to compete in an alias tag tourney.

Aliases aren't revealed until the end of all three tournaments.

32? There's like 10 people who actively post, lol.

Destroyer
04-03-2014, 01:15 PM
right?!
pancake, don't you mean axuiesce?

Sick
04-03-2014, 01:15 PM
What Pancake meant to say was



Aqua axe

trap
04-03-2014, 01:18 PM
32? There's like 10 people who actively post, lol.

A lot of people lurk.

Exis
04-04-2014, 01:46 AM
I don't know who Swerve is but that could be for a lot of reasons...firstly I've only been on this site a couple years and in that time I'm away for months and shit, it's not like I'm here everyday, I drop OM's and have never seen him in that section...If the name Swerve is an alias and he's gone by another name before I may know the dude.
I've never seen that name on any site as a matter of fact, there's always gonna be cats not every knows no matter how good, bad or indifferent they are...I wouldn't know who most of y'all are if I didn't hit up discussion every now and then.

e11even
04-04-2014, 05:31 AM
I don't know who Swerve is but that could be for a lot of reasons...firstly I've only been on this site a couple years and in that time I'm away for months and shit, it's not like I'm here everyday, I drop OM's and have never seen him in that section...If the name Swerve is an alias and he's gone by another name before I may know the dude.
I've never seen that name on any site as a matter of fact, there's always gonna be cats not every knows no matter how good, bad or indifferent they are...I wouldn't know who most of y'all are if I didn't hit up discussion every now and then.

that was exactly the point. the cultures are "clique"-restrictive. we tend to stick to our circles.

i started out as a battler but decided against it to expand my imagination.

anime_boners
04-04-2014, 08:21 AM
I always thought the middle ground between long bar, short bar, topicalist and battler is, and always has been, Vulgar.

he is our savior. he is the one true king. we will unite us.

Witty
04-04-2014, 09:03 AM
He also smells like flowers and red wine.

Vulgar
04-04-2014, 09:15 AM
Writing is writing. Battlers can beat any topicalist at our own game. You guys are just lazy and fixate exclusively on what you're comfortable in. You throw around insults because you don't want to approach a creative process other than battling with an open mind. Therefore, there should be a topical tournament with only battlers allowed & a battling tournament with only topicalists allowed.

Andres
04-04-2014, 10:03 AM
this rap forum isn't active

Diode
04-04-2014, 10:06 AM
this rap forum isn't active

THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE?!?!?!?!

Andres
04-04-2014, 10:13 AM
Lol chill out.. just an observation dude.. I wont be stayin long tho

Wise Wiggles
04-04-2014, 10:17 AM
Shut the fuck up bitch

Baron Mynd
04-04-2014, 10:30 AM
a tag tourney where we pair battlers w/ topicalists might be interesting

i'd be down for this if someone wants to team up

Baron Mynd
04-04-2014, 10:32 AM
Once the battlers acquiesce all control and admit we topicalists are their overlords, only then will the board regain its former glory.

lmao me leaving ther disc board for a fortnight to champ the TWT has brought about the sites lolpocalpyse

Seyance
04-04-2014, 11:21 AM
somebody said it earlier, i thought 'swag and flow' was the hybrid genre used to test the qualities of both sides fairly equally?

Certain
04-04-2014, 11:45 AM
Swag and flow is what people who are good at either battling or topical writing do when they don't feel like thinking and what people who are not good at battling or topical writing do in attempt to impress people.

Strikta
04-04-2014, 11:48 AM
Shut the fuck up bitch

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 11:50 AM
I will soon be making well over 100k/year so I will fund this tournament, quote this exact post in exactly 3 months and I'll put up a 500 tournament, 500 only to the winner nobody else western union wire

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 11:51 AM
^^^ somebody put that in their sig so I can remember to create unity between topicalists and battlers via some hybrid tournament

Sick
04-04-2014, 11:52 AM
I will soon be making well over 100k/year so I will fund this tournament, quote this exact post in exactly 3 months and I'll put up a 500 tournament, 500 only to the winner nobody else western union wire

100k of rupees

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 11:55 AM
Writing is writing. Battlers can beat any topicalist at our own game. You guys are just lazy and fixate exclusively on what you're comfortable in. You throw around insults because you don't want to approach a creative process other than battling with an open mind. Therefore, there should be a topical tournament with only battlers allowed & a battling tournament with only topicalists allowed.

you are a pretty good spokesperson, almost like disraeli incarnate but due to their compartmentalization battlers are worse than topicalists at topcials. Who is a battler that can be good at topicals? ANyone who thinks they can, especially those with high intelligence and creativity. Dom, Aero, Ill Nuika, Bags, Hush, and a couple others will be very good at topicals but cognitive dissonance stops their participation.

It's like ass dudes. You're so used to only chasing females with nice fat round booties that you disregard the females with small ass but nice face and titties who you might have supreme sexual chemistry with. All in all it's a shame, but what can you do? I'd do that topical battling shit, and would be interestecd in reading the battler topical shit but a lot of immaturity here esp. battlers like "omg the flowery pansy pink wearing topicalists". Lol...

anywho

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 12:05 PM
100k of rupees

lol. This is why you're broke strikta; it's a mentality.

I suggest you read Think and grow rich, Secrets of the millionaire mind, How to win friends and influence people, 4 hour work week and Your Erroneous Zones. Furthermore, I would suggest The Prince, The book of Five Rings, and The Art of War in order to assimilate information on strategy and philosophy which can help you with getting money. That will be a solid platform for success brah

Sick
04-04-2014, 12:07 PM
lol. This is why you're broke strikta; it's a mentality.

I suggest you read Think and grow rich, Secrets of the millionaire mind, How to win friends and influence people, 4 hour work week and Your Erroneous Zones. Furthermore, I would suggest The Prince, The book of Five Rings, and The Art of War in order to assimilate information on strategy and philosophy which can help you with getting money. That will be a solid platform for success brah

anime_boners


Twice now


You know what to tell him



Btw Totoro I was pulling ya

Witty
04-04-2014, 12:08 PM
I was doing swag n flow before I even knew it was a thing.

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 12:08 PM
anime_boners


Twice now


You know what to tell him



Btw Totoro I was pulling ya

what happened twice

billy12
04-04-2014, 12:09 PM
lma0

Totoro

Pics or gtf0

Don't come around here with that Aero shit

Words mean nothing on the internet

r0flzzz

billy12
04-04-2014, 12:09 PM
what happened twice

lma0

Nothing my nigg.rar

r0flzzz

Strikta
04-04-2014, 12:09 PM
lol. This is why you're broke strikta; it's a mentality.

I suggest you read Think and grow rich, Secrets of the millionaire mind, How to win friends and influence people, 4 hour work week and Your Erroneous Zones. Furthermore, I would suggest The Prince, The book of Five Rings, and The Art of War in order to assimilate information on strategy and philosophy which can help you with getting money. That will be a solid platform for success brah

U stupid bastard.

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 12:10 PM
lmaooo

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 12:13 PM
lma0

Totoro

Pics or gtf0

Don't come around here with that Aero shit

Words mean nothing on the internet

r0flzzz

Billy you're a good writer bro. I like your trolling, you are at the supreme tier level of it. You are however displaying to the entire internet your fragile mentality via the wording of posts. You really need affirmation which is cool, but I suggest practical action over online hooliganism. You will probably troll this quote as well, but what I'm saying is for your own good. If you're over 20, Billy, take a deep long look in the mirror and ask yourself what you want to do with your life. You can do it.

Sick
04-04-2014, 12:16 PM
Billy you're a good writer bro. I like your trolling, you are at the supreme tier level of it. You are however displaying to the entire internet your fragile mentality via the wording of posts. You really need affirmation which is cool, but I suggest practical action over online hooliganism. You will probably troll this quote as well, but what I'm saying is for your own good. If you're over 20, Billy, take a deep long look in the mirror and ask yourself what you want to do with your life. You can do it.

Lmao I see you tbh

Like I told Aero you fagg0ts are too invested in this shit, I got beef w/ no one on the net that shit is corny

So when I call you a fagg0t or a retarded dickhead like I have in the past I do it jokingly

We had this discussion already tho

My life is great and is headed to a higher level of epistemological awareness

Witty
04-04-2014, 12:16 PM
This is now a counselling session for Witty.

Totoro sometimes I feel trapped in this shitty ass town and I'm scared I will be here forever and never leave and that thought makes me want to put a bullet in my face right now.

Halp.

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 12:24 PM
This is now a counselling session for Witty.

Totoro sometimes I feel trapped in this shitty ass town and I'm scared I will be here forever and never leave and that thought makes me want to put a bullet in my face right now.

Halp.

This is a semi-troll post imo. I could be wrong, I often am, but that's the vibe I get. You are only trapped to the extent you feel and believe you are. If you want to leave quasi-Dublin-fuck-guinness-drinking-crooked-tooth-faggot town, you must set your mind straight. You certainly have the intelligence to do it, I'm sure of it. I remember a picture of an avatar of yours with a friend's ex-girlfriend in it and she was attractive and touching you. You have what it takes. You simply need to set a DEFINITE GOAL and work toward it in a practical manner. Read self-help books and practical books on strategy (go rin no sho, The Prince, The Art of War etc.). Lots of people waste mental focus on frivolous activity, myself included for all of my life basically.

Sick
04-04-2014, 12:29 PM
Witty

You are going to be in that town for a very long time my friend

Sorry to break it to you

Good luck tho

Theres always the internet

Witty
04-04-2014, 12:33 PM
This is a semi-troll post imo. I could be wrong, I often am, but that's the vibe I get. You are only trapped to the extent you feel and believe you are. If you want to leave quasi-Dublin-fuck-guinness-drinking-crooked-tooth-faggot town, you must set your mind straight. You certainly have the intelligence to do it, I'm sure of it. I remember a picture of an avatar of yours with a friend's ex-girlfriend in it and she was attractive and touching you. You have what it takes. You simply need to set a DEFINITE GOAL and work toward it in a practical manner. Read self-help books and practical books on strategy (go rin no sho, The Prince, The Art of War etc.). Lots of people waste mental focus on frivolous activity, myself included for all of my life basically.

I was half joking, as I do a lot...that was actually a really helpful answer tho lol I'm gonna search for some of those books.

Sick Thanks man, I know I can always rely on you when I need some encouraging words.

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 12:40 PM
I was half joking, as I do a lot...that was actually a really helpful answer tho lol I'm gonna search for some of those books.

Sick Thanks man, I know I can always rely on you when I need some encouraging words.

also think and grow rich, four hour work week, the seven laws of spirituality (deepak CHOPRA), how to win friends and influence people. your erroneous zones, and the millionaire mind. GL

PancakeBrah
04-04-2014, 01:00 PM
I prefer deep personal self analysis to the tune of jack Daniels and sad acoustic music to books

Sick
04-04-2014, 01:05 PM
I was half joking, as I do a lot...that was actually a really helpful answer tho lol I'm gonna search for some of those books.

Sick Thanks man, I know I can always rely on you when I need some encouraging words.

Anytime br0

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 01:17 PM
I prefer deep personal self analysis to the tune of jack Daniels and sad acoustic music to books

which is good but unproductive unless you want to be a sad human being your whole life?

Vulgar
04-04-2014, 01:40 PM
I just started reading The 48 Laws of Power.

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 01:47 PM
i know a beta male who read that 3 yrs ago. lotta bad reviews

the prince is better

veritas
04-04-2014, 01:48 PM
I just started reading The 48 Laws of Power.

I have much to say about this.

PancakeBrah
04-04-2014, 01:49 PM
which is good but unproductive unless you want to be a sad human being your whole life?

Aren't you drunk constantly guy?

Aren't you the dude who is constantly spouting off about alpha male shit and all these books but you're unsuccessful?

Those books are great, I'm sure. I'm just considering the source of the recommendation, is all.

I'd rather read a good fiction than books that are selling success. If you need a book to tell you how to become successful or powerful than you're not. Its just inherent shit you should know. Not to say they're useless but to say self reflection will only lead you to being a sad cunt seems off base.

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 01:52 PM
Aren't you drunk constantly guy?

Aren't you the dude who is constantly spouting off about alpha male shit and all these books but you're unsuccessful?

Those books are great, I'm sure. I'm just considering the source of the recommendation, is all.

I'd rather read a good fiction than books that are selling success. If you need a book to tell you how to become successful or powerful than you're not. Its just inherent shit you should know. Not to say they're useless but to say self reflection will only lead you to being a sad cunt seems off base.

U prob have never read those books so u don't know if they're great but they r good. You are not powerful or successful because you don't recognize the need to study first in order to achieve (unless u r baller from day 1, which u + I r not)...self-reflection is good!

big baby
04-04-2014, 01:53 PM
Battling is systematic and dull, because one particular style gains traction and becomes nearly the only one you can use to win a battle. Battling is fun, but bragging for the sake of bragging week in and week out just gets stale. Why do that, when I can just drop an OM about how amazing I am/you aren't and also talk about aliens fucking Sigourney Weaver or whatever? Battling is for people with something to prove.

this, honestly. Now that dullboy is cured we will agree on more and more things.

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 01:54 PM
cristian gajado the infamous

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 01:57 PM
o ok @montana cake thought u meant u were the sad jack daniels person because I don't like sad music, bj recognized u meant I do that lol

big baby
04-04-2014, 01:57 PM
Writing is writing. Battlers can beat any topicalist at our own game. You guys are just lazy and fixate exclusively on what you're comfortable in. You throw around insults because you don't want to approach a creative process other than battling with an open mind. Therefore, there should be a topical tournament with only battlers allowed & a battling tournament with only topicalists allowed.

no at the first part.

PancakeBrah
04-04-2014, 01:58 PM
You assume a lot.

Sick
04-04-2014, 01:59 PM
Where is nigga Pancake

PancakeBrah
04-04-2014, 02:00 PM
o ok @montana cake thought u meant u were the sad jack daniels person because I don't like sad music, bj recognized u meant I do that lol

You should sit the next few plays out there Champ.

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 02:00 PM
lol ur too emotionally volatile pancake but I like you, you are more successful and handsome and better at math and writing and everything else than me!

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 02:01 PM
pancake just let it go a la fight club

PancakeBrah
04-04-2014, 02:01 PM
lol ur too emotionally volatile pancake but I like you, you are more successful and handsome and better at math and writing and everything else than me!

You give me.too much credit. I'm sure you're better at math.

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 02:01 PM
cristian is a hooligan!!

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 02:02 PM
You give me.too much credit. I'm sure you're better at math.

lol!!!

big baby
04-04-2014, 02:04 PM
cristian is a hooligan!!

ugh @ this cristian referrals. Hey tot

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 02:07 PM
Hi cristian! The Calgary Flames are a professional hockey team based out of Alberta, Canada. They're not very good on the NHL level and lack forward depth outside of their first line. It's a miracle that they beat the Maple Leafs tbh

Diode
04-04-2014, 02:08 PM
Hi cristian! The Calgary Flames are a professional hockey team based out of Alberta, Canada. They're not very good on the NHL level and lack forward depth outside of their first line. It's a miracle that they beat the Maple Leafs tbh

lol @ calling the laughs or the flames professional hockey teams

the laugh collapse this year was even more epic than usual

NYCSPITZ
04-04-2014, 02:09 PM
yea camalleri used to snipe but other than that, GONZO @ how wack the flames r!!! is giordona on ur 2nd pairing? LO>L???

veritas
04-04-2014, 02:35 PM
you are out of your element donnie.

Vulgar
04-04-2014, 08:34 PM
I repeat, again.

Any of the top battlers on this site can defeat ANY topical heads on ANY given day. Allen Knight or Bags can write a better topical verse than Lars or Frank. They have the ability to do so.

I repeat, again.

Any of the top battlers on this site can defeat ANY topical heads on ANY given day. Karaoke or Destroyer can write a better topical verse than dead man or Pent Up. They have the ability to do so.

I repeat, again.

Any of the top battlers on this site can defeat ANY topical heads on ANY given day. Hush or Tettris can write a better topical verse than PancakeBrah or oats. They have the ability to do so.




Am I coming across clearly?

PancakeBrah
04-04-2014, 08:37 PM
Yeah, some people disagree.

Seemed kind of condescending the way you just said it.

Everyone has their own opinion.

Vulgar
04-04-2014, 08:38 PM
Any battler can beat me too.

You guys hold topical heads on a high pedestal here but believe me, I've seen the best battlers on Rapflava destroy topical heads. And that would happen here or on Project Rhyme too.

Essentially, I'm trying to get battlers riled up to believe they can compete with us... which they can, IMO.

Geno
04-04-2014, 08:45 PM
there's absolutely no good reason that exis doesn't know who swerve is

ya. this

also... theres absolutely no good reason any dope battler shouldnt know Geno.... but then again, now that i think about it -im pretty sure you all know me.

big baby
04-04-2014, 08:46 PM
Nah. they don't have the ability to do so, but like pancake said, it's your opinion. I'll probably give bags/hush a chance against mid tier topicalists. But no, this isn't RF, where mr white or whatever roams around with his weird video raps.

oats
04-04-2014, 08:47 PM
Topicals just require more effort per verse than battles. More time, thought, etc. The common ground is that it's all rhyming, everyone should dabble in everything this site has to offer. If you consider yourself purely a battler, sign up for the Aowl and try it out. Vice versa applies as well.

I've champed more shit as a battler than as a topicalist, I wouldn't consider myself one over the other even though I don't actively battle anymore.

Vulgar
04-04-2014, 08:48 PM
Talking 'bout this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkZOHt8lP0

big baby
04-04-2014, 08:49 PM
si

Geno
04-04-2014, 08:50 PM
Topicals just require more effort per verse than battles. More time, thought, etc. The common ground is that it's all rhyming, everyone should dabble in everything this site has to offer. If you consider yourself purely a battler, sign up for the Aowl and try it out. Vice versa applies as well.

I've champed more shit as a battler than as a topicalist, I wouldn't consider myself one over the other even though I don't actively battle anymore.

agree with stepping out of your comfort zone.

perhaps the netcees world needs an amalgam universe ...kinda like when the dc/marvel comics did the same thing and pretty much made all the heroes half and half. like batman was half wolverine also and vice versa.... it was either that or its when dc/marvel battled between themselves. i do know that batman stomped superman out with kryptonite boots though. werd.


anyhow. headed to badweathers crib. fuck yall though. 1

Vulgar
04-04-2014, 08:53 PM
STRONGARM, Stoic, and even Neighbor (when he wasn't doing the Tekken style with 'w/ weapon like [insert Greek god]' braggadocio thing)

Ex, Beyond, Prestige and Inn Deppth were good at making the transition too.

big baby
04-04-2014, 08:57 PM
Which transition? Topical to battling or battling to topical?

Vulgar
04-04-2014, 08:58 PM
They did it all. Poetry wasn't looked down upon either.

Paradigm
04-04-2014, 09:00 PM
STRONGARM, Stoic, and even Neighbor (when he wasn't doing the Tekken style with 'w/ weapon like [insert Greek god]' braggadocio thing)

Ex, Beyond, Prestige and Inn Deppth were good at making the transition too.

RIP Ex?

big baby
04-04-2014, 09:01 PM
You're right they did do it all, but only two of those names stick out to me as being proficient in both. It's a rarity.

Vulgar
04-04-2014, 09:06 PM
I remember on HollaFront where long bar thrived, topicals and open mics were seriously inspiring/awesome. The format was a cross between paragraph and elaborate presentation since battle bars used to be lengthened (some disparage this as being pointless)

It was a lot of fun to have all that freedom, and battlers were always popping up in the OM with contributions because they would turn their no showed battle verses into disses. They would also separately write crew disses... so it was a dynamic crossover that worked.

Paradigm
04-04-2014, 09:14 PM
I remember on HollaFront where long bar thrived, topicals and open mics were seriously inspiring/awesome. The format was a cross between paragraph and elaborate presentation since battle bars used to be lengthened (some disparage this as being pointless)

It was a lot of fun to have all that freedom, and battlers were always popping up in the OM with contributions because they would turn their no showed battle verses into disses. They would also separately write crew disses... so it was a dynamic crossover that worked.

Longbar boarding and shortbar boarding "cultures" are so different its kind of hilarious though

oats
04-04-2014, 09:46 PM
I tend to disparage RB nowadays, but when I first registered one of the reasons I liked it there better than here was that there more creative avenues. There was battling, topical, poetry, haiku, 1-2, etc, so I was able to have fun with a bunch of different mediums (plus there were more quality writers there at the time it seemed). NC always stuck out to me as the superior battling site because of the NBL and fight nights.

Bottom line, people complain about shit not being active now, but all that needs to happen is more people need to actually get involved. regardless of what type of rhyming or writing it may be.

Baron Mynd
04-05-2014, 06:23 AM
I repeat, again.

Any of the top battlers on this site can defeat ANY topical heads on ANY given day. Allen Knight or Bags can write a better topical verse than Lars or Frank. They have the ability to do so.

I repeat, again.

Any of the top battlers on this site can defeat ANY topical heads on ANY given day. Karaoke or Destroyer can write a better topical verse than dead man or Pent Up. They have the ability to do so.

I repeat, again.

Any of the top battlers on this site can defeat ANY topical heads on ANY given day. Hush or Tettris can write a better topical verse than PancakeBrah or oats. They have the ability to do so.




Am I coming across clearly?

I'd say it goes both ways, but I do agree, I think once you've done this a certain period of time we're all at a certain level of skill where anyone can beat anyone on their day. It just depends who wants it more. Ill nik-A's lines are far too long for him to cope with me in SnF, though.

Paradigm
04-05-2014, 06:34 AM
ill nika confirmed longbar battler
ill nik-A

Baron Mynd
04-05-2014, 07:13 AM
Topicals just require more effort per verse than battles. More time, thought, etc. The common ground is that it's all rhyming, everyone should dabble in everything this site has to offer. If you consider yourself purely a battler, sign up for the Aowl and try it out. Vice versa applies as well.

I've champed more shit as a battler than as a topicalist, I wouldn't consider myself one over the other even though I don't actively battle anymore.

Agreed.

People forget I text battled long before I wrote topicals, and I was reasonably good at it. I tend to lose interest fairly quickly but i've put odd runs together in the RBL. Text battlings dope.

ill nik-A
04-05-2014, 07:39 AM
ill nika confirmed longbar battler
ill nik-A

Huh... Maybe in 98

Paradigm
04-05-2014, 07:56 AM
I'd say it goes both ways, but I do agree, I think once you've done this a certain period of time we're all at a certain level of skill where anyone can beat anyone on their day. It just depends who wants it more. Ill nik-A's lines are far too long for him to cope with me in SnF, though.

Huh... Maybe in 98


bolded part

lol

ill nik-A
04-05-2014, 08:18 AM
I've never boasted about snf

I'm still goat dope

Witty
04-05-2014, 08:38 AM
I'm dope at any kind of writing.

Mael
04-05-2014, 08:43 AM
I repeat, again.

Any of the top battlers on this site can defeat ANY topical heads on ANY given day. Allen Knight or Bags can write a better topical verse than Lars or Frank. They have the ability to do so.

I repeat, again.

Any of the top battlers on this site can defeat ANY topical heads on ANY given day. Karaoke or Destroyer can write a better topical verse than dead man or Pent Up. They have the ability to do so.

I repeat, again.

Any of the top battlers on this site can defeat ANY topical heads on ANY given day. Hush or Tettris can write a better topical verse than PancakeBrah or oats. They have the ability to do so.




Am I coming across clearly?

There is truth to this. Considering I've only written 2 topicals in my entire text career, the first, which received highly positive reviews, and the second getting a HOF nomination, it's safe to say as a battler, topical writing is ez, m8.

Problem? Come at me bro I'll wreck you m8.

Seyance
04-06-2014, 03:54 AM
I was doing swag n flow before I even knew it was a thing.

weird cause you can't do it now

and yeah i'd like to see a battlers topical tourney and vice versa.

Baron Mynd
04-06-2014, 06:31 AM
I've never boasted about snf

I'm still goat dope

why you put my name in your verse then?

Seyance
04-06-2014, 06:52 AM
swag and flow is the easiest of the 3 styles to write, but it's also the style that gives you an opportunity to showcase the most technical elements together.

ill nik-A
04-06-2014, 07:42 AM
why you put my name in your verse then?
For shits and giggles, thought it was funny

Who cares

Witty
04-06-2014, 01:13 PM
weird cause you can't do it now

and yeah i'd like to see a battlers topical tourney and vice versa.

Lmao I can't do swag and flow?

I'm sorry, have we met?

Eŋg
04-06-2014, 01:53 PM
putting syllables together is not that technical.

Seyance
04-06-2014, 05:23 PM
jus gassin you witty bro.

you're right my little pakistani pal. but there's complexity far beyond basic multi's in how to structure rhyme schemes. that's not all people count anyway, people do also take into account witt, wordplay, metas..etc when judging it, kind've the point of swag AND flow.