XI WK IV Chat/Beef/Predictions

[Universe]

Originally Posted by Pharaohs Army

@Universe, everyone

Made a couple-sentence response last week...think I need to say a few more things about your vote last week.
BTW, this CHAT is absolutely the right place. (I.e. NOT in a vote). You can't, with any reasonable expectations, insult a man's intelligence and existence as a writer, then say "oh yeah, resist the urge to defend yourself in chat"...lol. Do you see how nonsensical that sounds?

Perhaps your comments were Karma heading my way...as a while back I wrote a "Universe Diss" on an open mic.
The lines were mostly in fun, and IMO rather harmless and void of any true personal attacks...I had no reason to personally dislike you other than your (by then already apparent) massive ego and hubris.
Something I know about, as I entered the site in 2014 as quite arrogant.
And yeah, I guess I was a dick for writing a diss verse directed at you...thing is, at the time I had already given some mostly positive feed for multiple pieces you had dropped...OM was dead and boring, and I kinda wanted to rhyme something with "too long/didn't read".. and it went from there.
But...it was an OM VERSE...notice the venue. Those are not an actual VOTE...with multiple competitors and voters making posts about the competition.

You need to learn some tact when voting. I don't care if you're one of the few keeping this shit alive. Doesn't mean you can be classless.
-You insulted every voter who voted for me (that could be construed as swaying)
-You called me/the submission "lazy" because it didn't fit your standard of characters/storytelling
-Basically said I copied Lars. Which I did not. Maybe he bolded and italicized something he repeated? I assure you it did not influence me.
-You called my opponent a better writer than me (may be true, and again you can have your opinion, but most topicalists with class would not need to say such a thing esp. where their vote was clear).

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-Regarding my waffling on a subject (speaking knowledgeably then changing my mind when someone offers a counterpoint). I guess I'd just defend myself by saying I'm open to evidence! When he offered audio of the multi working, I changed my tune. Thought you'd appreciate it, but apparently you were still mad about the "challenge" of your multi...Even though I'm a bad writer with no intelligence, I like to get into the details of multis and word choice, etc...which is all that was.
Regarding my post to you and Lars, it wasn't a personal attack. Just didn't like the tone you took which basically said all of us peons can't recognize technical prowess and it takes you or Lars to spot it & point it out.

I'm not going to contest the vote...A 3-2 WIN or a 3-3 TIE is not going to affect my life. The GOAL was to write something, which I finally did.
The annoying "show percentages" I gave was because Frank signed me up and I was letting my opponent know ahead of time that it may be a no-show, and decide for himself whether he wants to write a real verse or not. It is not, as you believe, some massive ego update on whether my exalted presence will be felt that week or not. Lol.

Regarding the actual verse I wrote?
I don't need wikipedia in most cases. Yes it was basic facts about the war, plus some nice multis/internals I'm sure you would appreciate if you didn't see my name as the writer, but you'd be surprised how many people (particularly young people) tune out the news/ current events... It was a synopsys without a traditional story yes... by all means vote against it, but like I said, try to vote with a little more tact and class.

I realize there were three strikes against me: open mic diss, calling out your tone in a post, and then asking if a multi actually works...
Lol, I don't know what's worse -- if you cared about those or if you really hated the war verse that much...

I know no one gives a fuck about me. Well, a few do. But for the most part you're right. I am not bothered by this.
Hope you show this week. The world needs yet another Kobe Bryant verse from you. Or Dexter. or a video game. Or some show or movie. Or some wikipedia links.

I showed this to my wife.

She looked confused and asked, "What the fuck is this?"

I said, "Why don't you ride my dick this hard?"

She laughed, handed me back my phone and said, "If this dude's topic was you every week he'd never lose..." then left the room.

I chuckled to myself and took a sip of coffee... then I stopped.

Guess what I realized?

She was right.

I hate it when that happens.

You the man, PA. Whole new respect. I'll try to be less critical of your work, and you as a person, in the future.

[sral]

Originally Posted by Universe

I showed this to my wife.

She looked confused and asked, "What the fuck is this?"

I said, "Why don't you ride my dick this hard?"

She laughed, handed me back my phone and said, "If this dude's topic was you every week he'd never lose..." then left the room.

I chuckled to myself and took a sip of coffee... then I stopped.

Guess what I realized?

She was right.

I hate it when that happens.

You the man, PA. Whole new respect. I'll try to be less critical of your work, and you as a person, in the future.

never lose / left the room

[Universe]

Originally Posted by sral

never lose / left the room

"She laughed, handed me back my phone and said, "If this dude's topic was you every week he'd never lose..." then left the room."

Disappointed with you, Lars...

[Pharaohs Army]

Originally Posted by Universe

"She laughed, handed me back my phone and said, "If this dude's topic was you every week he'd never lose..." then left the room."

Disappointed with you, Lars...

I'll be honest and somewhat self-deprecating, but it may be true. If I had half the talent or 1/50th!! the "drive" of you or Lars as a writer, I'd craft something with you as the topic, prolly go 48 at the risk of being corny. With multis or something. And try to have a good story or viewpoint/critique/outlook... But I don't have that ability. (In THAT respect you may be right). And, if not inspired, I wait until the last moment. These are problems.

It literally takes a special motivation to write for me these days. I'm old now, and when I was 25-early 30s nothing would stop me. Not an excuse, just telling you it's part of it. Fact is, not many are built for the weekly rigors of a league...But people sign you in, you get intrigued, you drop a few votes or comments, hard to sign out as battles are set and tagged, etc.

@Eviction I think you should embrace this "forced labor" and write something... not for FRANK, for yourself and the community at large. Lol.

[symetrik]

Originally Posted by Pharaohs Army

I'll be honest and somewhat self-deprecating, but it may be true. If I had half the talent or 1/50th!! the "drive" of you or Lars as a writer, I'd craft something with you as the topic, prolly go 48 at the risk of being corny. With multis or something. And try to have a good story or viewpoint/critique/outlook... But I don't have that ability. (In THAT respect you may be right). And, if not inspired, I wait until the last moment. These are problems.

It literally takes a special motivation to write for me these days. I'm old now, and when I was 25-early 30s nothing would stop me. Not an excuse, just telling you it's part of it. Fact is, not many are built for the weekly rigors of a league...But people sign you in, you get intrigued, you drop a few votes or comments, hard to sign out as battles are set and tagged, etc.

@Eviction I think you should embrace this "forced labor" and write something... not for FRANK, for yourself and the community at large. Lol.

on god - I key all of my battles except the very first one I come back on, motivation gets lost so fast.

[Eviction]

Originally Posted by Pharaohs Army

I'll be honest and somewhat self-deprecating, but it may be true. If I had half the talent or 1/50th!! the "drive" of you or Lars as a writer, I'd craft something with you as the topic, prolly go 48 at the risk of being corny. With multis or something. And try to have a good story or viewpoint/critique/outlook... But I don't have that ability. (In THAT respect you may be right). And, if not inspired, I wait until the last moment. These are problems.

It literally takes a special motivation to write for me these days. I'm old now, and when I was 25-early 30s nothing would stop me. Not an excuse, just telling you it's part of it. Fact is, not many are built for the weekly rigors of a league...But people sign you in, you get intrigued, you drop a few votes or comments, hard to sign out as battles are set and tagged, etc.

@Eviction I think you should embrace this "forced labor" and write something... not for FRANK, for yourself and the community at large. Lol.

I'm going on strike until he fixes my shit, I signed out before this even started and shouldn't have a no show loss.