[oats]

ok back on a comp now

Adonis: on first read I didn't quite get it. then I figured out you were talking about Diode, and found it quite hilarious. I do think you danced around the topic a little bit, taking more time to poke fun at your opponent than actually address him as the subject for your verse. In a weird way, this is actually a perfect angle, or could have been, since people really do depend on site admins/owner to make this hobby of ours possible. not sure if you really hit that square on though, more like you were having/poking fun.

Diode: I liked this, a brief meditation on a man's inner-conflict and search to reconcile the evils of the world through religion, philosophy, and science. I have two gripes: first, the problems you mentioned hardly seemed meaningless to me - people dying, mortality, having no purpose, etc. Second, there really wasn't an angle on the topic to me, just a straightforward interpretation of it. The conclusion was the topic. And how it all moved by so quickly, there was something about it that felt a little flat.


Vote: This was hard. After reading Adonis' verse, I thought Diode would easily take the W, but Diode didn't come through with the type of caliber I was expecting. In a way, Adonis' had a better take on the topic, at least in terms of being more original an idea. Ultimately, I have to side with Adonis for a more novel take on the topic, whereas Diode's seemed a little ordinary for my tastes. good match, fellas