How do you get revved up to write?

[dead man]

I stop thinking so fucking much about it and just do it

[NYCSPITZ]

Originally Posted by sraL

beat Black to champ winter topical, he's crew though
soulstice is actually a protégé of mine from my Word Perfect days
oats is long term crew and weve never battled
pinot is dope
NYC been wack since hiphopgame, Chink Won was always better
big baby? yawn.
dancake? yawn.

of your entire list they have a career total of 0 wins over me. good going. :^)

blah blah blah that whole list all writes better than you and probably in dif formats too. You have a the personality of a 6th grade juvenile and you're like 34, which is a mark of insecurity and compensation. Veritas to thread...

Also again, black completely robbed in winter topical. Eons ahead of you. Weak lame dickriders that you PMed on twitter voted for you to secure the victory

[big baby]

fucking obliterated @ career wins

[Witty]

All I'm going to say is if I still wrote topicals like I used to, still put the time in I used to, and still cared like I used to...I'd be winning like I used to.

There's not a single writer on this site I can't beat, there are writers I would put above me on a list, but even to this day, if you battle me, you're in a real battle and there's a good chance you will lose.

And all these dudes know it.

[Witty]

Also, for the battles I have shown up to and competed in here, I'm pretty sure I'm still highly dominant.

I win battles...even when I'm rusty and uninspired. I know what to do to get the W in the majority of battles, where my opponents weaknesses are, and how to combat their strengths. It's not just about writing a dope piece.

[Razah]

Originally Posted by Vulgar

Ahhh, this ancient, cherished hobby.

How do you get yourself psyched up to write? Do the words go onto the page without much of a hassle of aroused passion or gradual inspiration?

Do you need to "go there" or get into the frame of mind related to your subject matter? For example, writing from the perspective of a murderer, as a priest or a child, as a peaceful sage in the woods... what gets you in the mood? Directly. Is it a variation of the same thing?

When I battle or write topicals, I have different states of mind. Especially pic battling. Just curious if there are some more different or unique customs out there, pre-writing rituals.

If there is already a thread like this in the past, my bad.

My different states of minds are based on levels of sobriety.

I just write, sometimes it comes out naturally and I whip up a verse in 10-15 minutes, or sometimes it's forced just to post on time and it takes an hour or 2.

What's weird to me is how people react to it. Some of the shit I thought was most forced / borderline stupid, a lot of people liked. Go figure.

[Mr. J]

Everyone loves when I just fool around and hate when I try...



Its a funny world we live in.

[MMLP]

Witty's a beast, an opponent I'd love to face, we'd have a classic I think!

[sral]

Originally Posted by Witty

Also, for the battles I have shown up to and competed in here, I'm pretty sure I'm still highly dominant.

I win battles...even when I'm rusty and uninspired. I know what to do to get the W in the majority of battles, where my opponents weaknesses are, and how to combat their strengths. It's not just about writing a dope piece.

of course you do

I taught you everything I knew... would keep you second to me

[sral]

Originally Posted by MMLP

Witty's a beast, an opponent I'd love to face, we'd have a classic I think!

lmao I wont lie, I'd be a bit geeked inside to see my two minions go at it for topical supremacy

[oats]

people I never topical battled that I would have liked to:

Lars
Witty
NYC

I'd add Pinot to that list just because, even though we did battle, both of us had fairly shitty/rushed verses.

[Witty]

Originally Posted by quaker oats

people I never topical battled that I would have liked to:

Lars
Witty
NYC

I'd add Pinot to that list just because, even though we did battle, both of us had fairly shitty/rushed verses.

One day, my friend.

[Certain]

@Witty, remember when I wrote 10 lines and you wrote 30 and I beat you?

[Witty]

Originally Posted by Certain

@Witty, remember when I wrote 10 lines and you wrote 30 and I beat you?

I do not, but don't doubt it.

We can go whenever tho broseph.

Certain Serpent vs The Witness

One for the ages.

[Frank]

Originally Posted by sral

It just comes naturally to me, topical writing I mean.

These days I usually analyse what I determine are my opponents flaws, and write what I think I need to do to win.

If their lines are too long, I place an emphasis on flow.

If they can't tell a story, I'll do that well.

If they're not much of a metaphorical writer, I'll sometimes go for that.

If they're the type to go for a more high-brow approach, I'll maybe opt for something more conversational and relatable.

It completely depends on who the opponent is.

I write to win.

All this "I write for me," bullshit is for the birds. You guys keep doing that, I'll keep champing these tourneys and leagues you only ever make up the quarter finals of.

Truth be told I'm more likely to lose in round one of a tourney vs an unknown 32 seed because I don't know enough about them to write around them. It's completely down to me at that point and that's where I risk slipping up, though, let's face it... Ain't many 32 seeds writing to this level either to compete. Once we get to the business end of a tourney, the "known" heads make up the last eight or so and from there on, I'm not losing.

Who else you know ran through the biggest topical tourneys on the site back to back without a loss in either?

Lars the Gawd