Can we do a poetry league? - Page 2

~RustyGunZ~ · 06-11-2015, 01:31 PM

Aren't topicals poetry?

Vulgar · 06-11-2015, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Innovator

Finally this could work here.

With your help, this could definitely have a better chance of working out here. I appreciate you over on RB with the poet's society. What do you think, should I go ahead and mod it? Or just request poetry battles in the topical league when it pops off again...

Inno · 06-11-2015, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Vulgar

With your help, this could definitely have a better chance of working out here. I appreciate you over on RB with the poet's society. What do you think, should I go ahead and mod it? Or just request poetry battles in the topical league when it pops off again...

Brah with you behind it it will work.

I can help if you need a hand you know im so down for this lol

Vulgar · 06-11-2015, 05:11 PM

Think you could bring over some poetry heads from RB to try it out over here?

Objective · 06-11-2015, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Clutbuck

I have no clue on the first thing about poetry or what I'm meant to be voting on/doing

I'd wager 90% the board haven't either lol

A majority of the topical heads have participated in poetry leagues and battled each other on set forms like haikus, sonnettes and shit before. I don't expect a lot of the battlers that mainly do NBL etc. to be joining it though. I think it's cool af. Interesting to hear you talking about voting on/doing when you said poetry was only for faggots though, cool to see you questioning yourself. If it becomes a reality you should join and see if it's for you.

Inno · 06-11-2015, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Vulgar

Think you could bring over some poetry heads from RB to try it out over here?

Yeah i can pm a couple of people ill do that tonight

Witty · 06-11-2015, 07:12 PM

I've been writing poetry since I was a childrin.

Inno · 06-11-2015, 07:27 PM

You here that grammar.

Witty doesnt give a fuck about you yo

Vulgar · 06-11-2015, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Innovator

Yeah i can pm a couple of people ill do that tonight

Props!

Inno · 06-11-2015, 08:50 PM

Done.

Ill hit up more as i remember there stupid names

Razah · 06-11-2015, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Knucklehead

Aren't topicals poetry?

I wouldn't say so.

dead man · 06-11-2015, 08:57 PM

in the loosest sense of the word, this sentence is poetry

i support this fully.

we should poach some of the active poetry heads from RB and complete our takeover of all competitive internet writing.

Eŋg · 06-11-2015, 09:07 PM

verse = poetry

it doesn't have to be good. it might even be doggerel. it's still poetry.

Sn00p · 06-11-2015, 09:54 PM

what is the difference between poetry & topicals to yall? becuz like hush & knuckle said, if there isn't any clear cut one, why not integrate it into the topical league?

just an outsider's pov--

Vulgar · 06-11-2015, 10:11 PM

There's a large difference.

On rap forums, verses are supposed to rhyme and be either hip hop or literary, complementing the format with your style. The main objective is to rhyme.

With poetry, rhyming literally does not matter at all. It's optional. This is what sets it apart from verses quite distinctly and significantly. There is far less of a "hip hop" umbilical cord with poetry. It can be disconnected from all types of music, and still stand on its own. With verses, it's hard to do that because rap, as an art form, caters to the traditional elements that it was built upon. Poetry is a much more archaic art, more open to interpretation and variables during execution.

This is my view of the difference.

Split Eight · 06-11-2015, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mayniuhh

everything is comfusing to me...

so is this where actual abstraction would be appreciated?

actual abstraction is always appreciated when it's done well

there's not so much of a storytelling element in poetry, which makes it easier and tougher in many different ways

mayniuhh · 06-11-2015, 11:51 PM

and then, I gun in mouth, nodded to the ghost of a knowing Homer who loled.

mayniuhh · 06-11-2015, 11:58 PM

I flat out disagree that (a) rap or (b) topicals need to rhyme. They need to flow, preferably in, through and about a small series of melodies, true.

But rhyme?

No one will ever agree with me on that though, which is fine.

Hush · 06-12-2015, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by mayniuhh

and then, I gun in mouth, nodded to the ghost of a knowing Homer who loled.

Provocative

Clutbuck · 06-12-2015, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Objective

A majority of the topical heads have participated in poetry leagues and battled each other on set forms like haikus, sonnettes and shit before. I don't expect a lot of the battlers that mainly do NBL etc. to be joining it though. I think it's cool af. Interesting to hear you talking about voting on/doing when you said poetry was only for faggots though, cool to see you questioning yourself. If it becomes a reality you should join and see if it's for you.

lmao a majority, for real?

I haven't been around 12 years or w/e it is to have completely overlooked that

where are all these poem battles happening bruh?

06-11-2015, 07:12 PM	#27
Witty Lime Life Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 16,794 Battle Record: 30-41 Accomplishments - Only Slightly Retarded Champed - Lyric Olympics - Summer Classic Rep Power: 82986458	I've been writing poetry since I was a childrin. __________________ He listens to voices inside of his mind Explicit and poisonous violent crime.

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dead man living Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 3,467 Battle Record: 33-18 Accomplishments - Hall of Fame Champed - AOWL Season 1 - Art of Writing League - AOWL Season 4 - Write Week V - GWL Season 1 Rep Power: 77606676	in the loosest sense of the word, this sentence is poetry i support this fully. we should poach some of the active poetry heads from RB and complete our takeover of all competitive internet writing. __________________ Zack Wicks for president

06-11-2015, 01:31 PM	#21
~RustyGunZ~ (ง'̀-'́)ง Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,852 Battle Record: 52-28 Accomplishments -50+ wins Champed -Summer Classic VIII -Netcees Battle League -BA Picture -BA TagTeam -Fight Night Cypher I -Fight Night XXXV -Key Grand Prix 2018 1/2 Rep Power: 85899403	Aren't topicals poetry?

06-11-2015, 05:11 PM	#24
Vulgar Razor-thin derision Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 4,422 Battle Record: 40-25 Accomplishments - OM HOF Champed - Fight Night LIV - Gimmick Battle League (2x) - Write Week II - Art of Writing League - Storytelling And Topical Invitational Tournament - STI - Haiku Writer Challenge - GWL Picture Challenge(2x) Rep Power: 49604317	Think you could bring over some poetry heads from RB to try it out over here?

06-11-2015, 07:27 PM	#28
Inno Ad mini tator Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 10,005 Battle Record: 26-54 Champed - Lime Green Poetry Association - Black August - 1-2 Punch League Rep Power: 85899400	You here that grammar. Witty doesnt give a fuck about you yo

06-11-2015, 08:50 PM	#30
Inno Ad mini tator Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 10,005 Battle Record: 26-54 Champed - Lime Green Poetry Association - Black August - 1-2 Punch League Rep Power: 85899400	Done. Ill hit up more as i remember there stupid names

06-11-2015, 09:07 PM	#33
Eŋg rhyme capsule. Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 2,146 Rep Power: 0	verse = poetry it doesn't have to be good. it might even be doggerel. it's still poetry.

06-11-2015, 09:54 PM	#34
Sn00p General German Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,989 Battle Record: 26-12 Champed - Netcees Battle League (2x) - Line4Line Cypher Tourney - Back2Basics - Fight Night XLVI Rep Power: 15213749	what is the difference between poetry & topicals to yall? becuz like hush & knuckle said, if there isn't any clear cut one, why not integrate it into the topical league? just an outsider's pov--

06-11-2015, 10:11 PM	#35
Vulgar Razor-thin derision Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 4,422 Battle Record: 40-25 Accomplishments - OM HOF Champed - Fight Night LIV - Gimmick Battle League (2x) - Write Week II - Art of Writing League - Storytelling And Topical Invitational Tournament - STI - Haiku Writer Challenge - GWL Picture Challenge(2x) Rep Power: 49604317	There's a large difference. On rap forums, verses are supposed to rhyme and be either hip hop or literary, complementing the format with your style. The main objective is to rhyme. With poetry, rhyming literally does not matter at all. It's optional. This is what sets it apart from verses quite distinctly and significantly. There is far less of a "hip hop" umbilical cord with poetry. It can be disconnected from all types of music, and still stand on its own. With verses, it's hard to do that because rap, as an art form, caters to the traditional elements that it was built upon. Poetry is a much more archaic art, more open to interpretation and variables during execution. This is my view of the difference.

06-11-2015, 11:51 PM	#37
mayniuhh Wes Gil is a faggot Join Date: May 2015 Location: Philly Posts: 92 Rep Power: 6085830	and then, I gun in mouth, nodded to the ghost of a knowing Homer who loled.

06-11-2015, 11:58 PM	#38
mayniuhh Wes Gil is a faggot Join Date: May 2015 Location: Philly Posts: 92 Rep Power: 6085830	I flat out disagree that (a) rap or (b) topicals need to rhyme. They need to flow, preferably in, through and about a small series of melodies, true. But rhyme? No one will ever agree with me on that though, which is fine.