Voting Rubix
Rhyming Scheme/Flow
Fame
True to form v3numb maintained a better overall flow. This helped his stock overall. Fame did well, but had more falters.
Vocabulary
Tie
So I deferred to word use and how well vocabulary was used in context. Fame too this category (also see Catharsis's expo)
Topic/Meaning
v3numb
This came down to 'meaning well' vs a meaning. I don't think either excelled in this aspect, but one seemed more commited to an angle and stuck with it regardless of how traditional it might have been
Storytelling/Progression
Fame
One was a descriptive piece where the other was geared toward a storyline. Difficult, but without looking at both side by side there was a clear edge. One thing writers have to take into consideration when writing topicals is that when you get overly descriptive it can take your storyline off track. Because he was more basic as far as storyline, Fame got this category.
Emotion
v3numb
it's not hard to do what Fame did in this category. It was pretty much one-dimensional. v3numb did a decent job here, but i think that other categories suffered because of his over-emphasis here.
Imagery
Fame
Overall just a more vivid piece. V3numb one got so internal that it kinda bottled the spirit of writing about a horror based theme.
Poetic Techniques
v3numb
Based on number of attempts. Neither really took it there...
Ending
Fame
Yeah. The whole thing was just a neatly wrapped package. A Clear cut beginning, middle and end.
Overall
Fame-
This was def. a first round matchup. Both could have done 10x better, and the angle/gimmick Fame took won't last long in this kind of tournament. With all things considered, his angle did work for him on this subject and he's technically sound enough to pull it off. On a deeper subject this would be considered a failure.
V3numb-
Same as above. I think he was really trying to break out this battle, but got really caught up in individual ideas as opposed to the entire picture. I'd like to see him develop some more pieces in the future. He really went after the poetics and imagery, but got lost in translation when trying to find that end-game.
Props to both...not the greatest topical battle, but in the end the stats lead toward the final vote:
Fame