[IamBenT]

Fascinating and awesome battle.

Vulgar - came with that trademark high vocab style with tons of description and a flow that only fell off in a few places. From beginning to end, structuring it as a convo with Man's most ancient drives, was a great way to bring focus and direction to your piece. Great use of references and this is a stellar example of engaging and thoughtful topical writing.

This is the Earth’s land, not the vicinity of some guy in a suit
Or a tyrant, a brute, who tries to reduce population while acquiring loot
I tried to compute, I was David pondering what Goliath would do
A biproduct of this barren environment…a stranger in an empire of coups.

Wonderfully executed and brilliant really

Topical - Damn, some parts of this verse are absolute fire. I felt that you did justice to the topic, but got bogged down a bit with description (which happened to me this week as well). The history was a refreshing take, educating me on some shit i did not know, the images you use are vivid as hell and everything is crafted really well with the exception of a few lines here and there. I felt it lacked the same cohesion as vulgar's verse but was still very strong.

Damn Two more contenders on my list for VOTW, but definitely BOTW in my eyes.

Vote -Vulgar edges it out for me this time. Sick!