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It'd take a fucking sociologist to explain why battling died out when topical battling thrived

I'd say-
At any given point, you have a population of whack noobs who have the spirit & drive to rejuvenate whatever the internet allows them to compete in


Most of the time, with healthy+ thriving leagues and sections, older veterans will only tell you that you have potential if you got talent. And they'll tell everyone else to quit

The medium good dudes will be honest with everyone but encourage you to keep trying

And the shit dudes will be fiercely loyal to one another because SOLIDARITY


that's why you have like, classes or generations of battlers. Only ppl with either the talent or the determination survive



But like the difference between a talented noob and a shit noob is so minimal. You're really just weeding out the stupid dudes who don't realize they have to improve


And with text battling, whack noobs are fucking PAINFUL to read. Almost always 0 bars vs. 0 bars. So way less people are encouraged and way less people make it through. And the only people that stick it out to the end are incredibly dope.


But yeah the only way text will survive is by replenishing it's population, and you're gonna have to either let standards drop, get mad more people, or eventually get totally wiped out and let the whack noobs take over completely