Why don't more text battlers take part in the topical side?

[Inno]

^^reads with a magnifying glass

[PancakeBrah]

Originally Posted by ill nik-A

When I murdered dannycake for the championship I must've taken like 5 mins on that verse

Light work

You're terrible though lol

[oats]

topicals are harder and more nuanced than battle verses no question. takes more time to figure out how to write a good topical than it is to fall in line with the battling trends. voting on topicals is also more work. these would be my guesses.

I'm not active cuz I'm just too busy, tbh.

[oats]

oh and Witty. I can't return until he's gone

[Amen.]

Originally Posted by Innovator

^^reads with a magnifying glass

lmao

[dull boy]

Because I'd prefer to use my time doing more entertaining things. Battling was fun for the competition aspect, but the trends of battling make it monotonous and boring. Writing 'topicals' is a fun exercise, but I only compete with myself and I don't have anything left to prove or say. WOW THAT'S SO POIGNANT or OMG SO CLEVER. It feels pretentious.

[Diode]

Originally Posted by Sovereign

I don't understand what Bags is saying at all, tbh. I can drop a topical in 30 minutes; it usually takes me days to come up with a verse of battle material.

this

[ill nik-A]

Originally Posted by Dancake

You're terrible though lol

5 minutes dude

Name something ure good at

u might say u beat me in a battle but I took the same 5 minute approach

I do that with all Wack opponents

Enjoy your practice squad pay check

[Diode]

Originally Posted by ill nik-A

5 minutes dude

Name something ure good at

u might say u beat me in a battle but I took the same 5 minute approach

I do that with all Wack opponents

Enjoy your practice squad pay check

at least you finally admit miami is a dumpster fire

[Inno]

Originally Posted by ill nik-A

5 minutes dude

Name something ure good at

u might say u beat me in a battle but I took the same 5 minute approach

I do that with all Wack opponents

Enjoy your practice squad pay check

lmao he ruined the season tho

[Witty]

Originally Posted by fraze

they're just completely different skillsets that happen to have some common ground in the form of rhyming words.

if you have good vocab, sense of flow/multis, imagery and story telling, topicals come easy to you.

if you have creative concepts, harsh wording, word play, and humour battles will come easy to you.

there aren't a lot of people who have both skillsets in equal amounts.

Hi, have you met Witty?

[Witty]

Originally Posted by Amen

they're super gay

Not really - the general idea of topical writing means it gives the writer many more options in way of concepts than text battling, so you can write about gay stuff if you want, or if you are like me and prone to writing about serial killers (for example - my latest OM) you can do that too.

Shameless self promotion ftw.

[Witty]

Originally Posted by quaker oats

oh and Witty. I can't return until he's gone

YEAH YOU STAY AWAY, OR ELSE!

[ill nik-A]

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[Witty]

Lololol

[CopyPat]

Is there another league going right now, or just a tourney? Feels like we just finished the last one. but either way i didn't even know about it bruh. i spend my entire summer outdoors, i'll start getting back into NC's with gay boring ass winter fast approaching... ya'll need to @me on startup of these. Can I still enter the current league if it is going? or too late?

also cause witty

[fraze]

Originally Posted by Witty

Hi, have you met Witty?

I will concede that you fit in this category. And people like Orc, sn00p, and ill Nika are in the same mould.

But that's still not a lot of people.

[sral]

Originally Posted by CopyPat

Is there another league going right now, or just a tourney? Feels like we just finished the last one. but either way i didn't even know about it bruh. i spend my entire summer outdoors, i'll start getting back into NC's with gay boring ass winter fast approaching... ya'll need to @me on startup of these. Can I still enter the current league if it is going? or too late?

also cause witty

There's about 5 weeks left of the current season!

[Amen.]

Originally Posted by Witty

Hi, have you met Witty?

lol stop tooting your own horn and show up to battles when you are scheduled

then maybe

THEN MAYBE

niggas will remember you lol

[Witty]

Originally Posted by Amen

lol stop tooting your own horn and show up to battles when you are scheduled

then maybe

THEN MAYBE

niggas will remember you lol

Lol people remember me. I've done my time.

Also, I have shown for 80% of battles over the last few months.

I am improving in that regard.