Round 2 Magazine

[Sn00p]

Round 2 Magazine


Intro

'Sup, y'all. This is Sn00p with the 2nd Magazine for the Ultimate
Writer Tutoring Tourney. I just noticed today that I'd never ac-
tually put up a Magazine for this round. That just totally slipped
my mind. I'm sorry for that, though, so I figured I'd better still
put up a Mag even though it's somewhat later for that. My bad.
And since we're late anyways, let's get straight to the reviews.



Reviews

@Meth vs. @Camp Bell {Camp Bell wins by NS}
Meth ended up noshowing. He's not really active on this site
anymore, so that's not the biggest surprise, but it's still a pity,
because he could've gone far in this.

@SiK vs. @ZenLand {SiK wins by Forfeit}
ZenLand said he didn't have the time to writer for both this
and the Writers' League and even though you can't blame him
for that, I would've still liked to see this go down.

@Genocide vs. @King Keith {Genocide wins by NS}
Judging only from the quality of the mags Keith is putting up
in the Writers' League (which everyone should read, by the
way), I think Keith could've put up a fight here to make this
a good read. He ended up noshowing, however.

@Witty vs. @Anonymous {Witty wins by NS}
Anonymous is out of country, so I can see why he didn't drop
for this, but it's still sad. Witty advanced by noshow.

@Rayge vs. @Flo Real {Flo Real wins by NS}
Rayge didn't show up. That's too bad, because he's one of the
dudes I thought would profit most from this. Well, Flo Real ac-
tually dropped a verse and thus went to the next round.

@bleak vs. @Boredom {Boredom wins}
Both showed they know the mechanics of a text verse, but
the voters felt that both were playing it too safe, coming with
only decent lines all through their drops. You two know what
a good verse needs, but you need to go one step further. Make
that concept evolve a little more. @namix actually wrote a nice
paragraph about this in his tutoring group. And after the tourney's
done with, I will publish the best of the tutoring threads so we
all can learn from that. So you should make sure to check out
the thread called "Conceptual Expansion". Anyways, Boredom
was more consistent, because he attacked from more angles.
Some people thought bleak had too many nameplays. Thus,
most voters ended up giving it Boredom and he won.

@Sharp Nine vs. @Jah Homie {Sharp Nine wins}
Jah would've needed a bit more tutoring, it seems, because
his verse wasn't too good. My impression is that he's used to
a different style of texting. His verse seemed very horrorcore-
esque. I know these styles from cats that come from different
sites or from live battling. Maybe Jah needs some time to get
used to this site's style. Sharp on the other hand showed he
can drop quite well using said style. He had a lot of very solid
lines that he delivered more than decently. He won convincingly
with the verse of the week.

@Utmost vs. @Malachi {Malachi wins}
This was sort of an upset to me. It was definitely the closest
battle of the round, too, and the votes showed that. I think that
Utmost is similar to cats like C. Gaffle. They have a very unique
style of texting that a few people really appreciate and some find
very clumsy. Apparently, Ut had to rush his verse a little, so he
might've been wanting to put too much in there and didn't take the
time he would've needed to bring across his concepts in a way that
really makes them hit. And Malachi capitalized on that. He came
with simpler but much more direct and harder-hitting lines. In the
end, more voters gave it to him because of that. And even though
I don't necessarily disagree with that result, I think some of Ut's
lines weren't appreciated enough. Definitely a good battle, though.


...which brings us to...


Verse of the Week

Sharp Nine vs. Jah Homie

Jah's yt channel (found in his sig on otbva)
http://www.youtube.com/user/DramaticalLimited

Your youtube's shit, end of discussion
People only think Jahvid Best after multiple concussions
you fuckin vote for 2triple0? I'll lay you flat, queer
only a fan of 2000 since your bars are straight from that year
That Rasta shit make Homie think he has okay lines
But fact is only people that praise Jah stoned out they mind
Drop the king act, dont need a reign of your shit
I'll have Jah rule crushed so fast fifty calls me up for tips
we heard Jah's an alias, but I doubt the hoe's worth it
The only Gamble I see here is doing text with those verses



Battle of the Week

Malachi vs. Utmost

Yo I leave this nigga black on both sides, his rhymes a waste of breath
You ain't a hip hop legend, but everyone reading your drops thinks mos deaf
Im taking it back to the basics, no ill nikas here you ass
How can you be the future of text if you cant even beat its past
Speaking of B2B were you out of your damn mind
UT, I. have to tell you THAT WP didn't make any sense in your line
If you getting any fame your lucky dumbass fag
The only time UT was considered a star was on the US flag
I knew your text isnt going in the right direction
But who thought itd be bad enough to keep namix from the tutor section
Your against the prophet, to beat him you need magic
You couldn't get Prop unless we're talking bout no.17, you faggot

vs.

http://artofbattling.com/forum/showt...cally-sleeping

I'll weed out da weak ina sec, ur group is done, understood scrub
& it Stems from the fact, That rasta is soooo far from Good, Bud..
Punish this creeps eye, coz 1 mean right and its dreamtime
u'll get sent to bed, NO dessert!.. & ur mom'll get sent with a creampie
but if you DID get a meal, ud foam at the mouth n' HAVE to see it
Coz eviction left Mal, content.. that his new home had plenty of packing peanuts
& No doubt i'll bomb this twerp, u WISH u had a palm to burst
U finger bang cuz YOU like to pose.. I fingerbang that sex pistol of a mom of urs
YOU betta get vocal, yell for help or scream the lords name n' pray
Coz to win here, Ur gonna need Hush to break silence & God to be ya saving grace
Plus...with chicks Ima pro; kid you neva get the digits to boast
They greet Me with a "Sugar, Hi"....while your greeted with a ritalin dose

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boom



Noshow Shine

Genocide vs. King Keith

Eyo. Look..
No ones buying your shit, and no ones down to ride for you dog
If I chose king sides, it'd be some hot fries with the whopper I bought
Knockin you off, cause gen's kingdom describes the moon nd the stars
While Keiths kingdumb talkin bout how fucking stupid you are
A dufus, a tard, who only drop a magazine cause he just an admin..
I'm droppin' magazines cause keith the bitch I'm dumping them in
Hungry again, i cop my crown lookin' royal -your girl's loving the sight
Copped your crown royal to, to drink so she don't look as ugly tonight
My girl stunningly nice, there ain't no competition she has
This fagot makes his girl a calm petition just to gett'em some ass
By definition your whack, your name'll never stick to any positive talk
til votes are in, and your coaches teach you how to bond with a loss
Good god I'm a boss, and you don't want no kind of problem with me
Ur here for help, but ain't gone find it losing to the sponsor you need
I'm stomping your teeth, you ain't a fighter and its obvious bitch..
put your hands down, cause a coffin is the only box you can get


o-block
Scuddah

[Sn00p]

Previews

Sharp Nine vs. Witty
This should end up as a nice battle. Sharp already showed
what he's capable of last round, and Witty has been around
for some time, so he should know what he's doing. But then
again, Sharp seems to be quite motivated and also actually
battled last round. Maybe he got more from his tutors and
actually put in more work to keep elevating at this fast pace.
That's why I've got to pick him. It's gonna be a good battle.

Genocide vs. Boredom
This definitely has the potential to become the battle of
the week. Both know what they're doing and have some bars.
In the end, this could depend on the tutors a lot. Apart from
that, it's pretty much 50-50 in my eyes. As of now, namix
seems to have put in more work, so if Genocide can actually
apply the advice, I see him winning this battle and advancing.

Camp Bell vs. Flo Real
Both won by noshow. Both also seem to be rather new. I have
not actually checked how much their tutors have helped them,
but I think it can matter a lot in this battle. Apart from that,
Flo seems to be more all-around solid to me. That's why I have
to predict him to win. Camp Bell could definitely prove me wrong.

SiK vs. Malachi
Malachi showed he can deliver some hits last week. But SiK is
no pushover either. To be honest, I don't think that SiK'll show
up. He seems to have disappeared from the site in general. So
I got Malachi. I really hope I'm wrong though and SiK shows.
It would definitely make for a good battle here.



A Word from Sn00p aka Outro

Even though we had quite some noshows in the 1st round,
which demotivated me too, to be honest, I think that we
can actually make this a nice tourney. Two battles are al-
ready open for votes, and I'm positive that we can get a
75% show up rate at least this round. Those battles should
motivate everyone (including me) again to come really good
next week. Again, I want to apologize for having this Mag
up super late. I just actually forgot about it. Well, the same
will not happen next week. So please show up and please
vote. And the show up part goes not only to the participants
but also to the tutors: @namix @Cashius @God Of War @Hush
@Orc @Allen Knight @ill nik-A @Bags. Plus, I wanna make
sure that you guys know that we're very thankful for every
little piece of advice. But if you feel that you just have no
time or motivation to tutor anymore, hit me up and I'll try
to find a replacement. I hope I won't have to, but this
tourney depends on the tutors, so I'd rather look for replace-
ments than not have any tutors at all. There will only be
four battlers next week and I want to make sure that each
one of them has a tutor to help him. So yeah, sorry again
for this late and sub-par Mag. I will do better next week.
'Til then, Pz.

1.

[Witty]

Dope mag man, props...and thanks for taking the time.

Nice read.

[Sn00p]

Originally Posted by Witty

Dope mag man, props...and thanks for taking the time.

Nice read.

Thanks. But I wanted to do more with it originally. I just figured it'd make more sense to put that in next week's mag, given how late this is. So sorry for not having too much in this, I hope it'll still hold y'all over till next week.

[King Ra.]

Good mag, especially since there was so many no shows. @Snoop my bad for the no show, just haven't had the fire to write for battles or topicals for that matter. Keep up the good work, man.

[Malachi]

Every lil piece of advice thanks @God Of War

[Malachi]

Dope mag btw

[Zen]

Dope job @Sn00p

[Sharp]

Originally Posted by Malachi

Every lil piece of advice thanks @God Of War

truth

and dig the mag, nice job sn00p

I haven't had motivation to write a verse in months. Oh well. Cool mag