TOPICAL TOURNAMENT RD 2: Deep|Prose(Loser) vs Intricate skillz (Winner) 4-1TKO - Page 2 - Lets Beef

**Mayneak** · #11 10-02-2011, 09:47 AM

Rhyming Scheme/Flow - Intricate...Both had a decent flow but felt I_S was a little smoother.
Vocabulary - Intricate...Felt he had more of a detailed verse in terms of Vocab, embraced me a little more also.
Topic/Meaning - Deep...Close one to call, but i felt Prose kept up with the meaning behind the picture a little better.
Storytelling/Progression - Deep...co-sign with wigsplit, both were good in this cat
Emotion - Intricate...Both had deep emotion involved but Skillz edged it with more detail.
Imagery - Deep...Good Imagery from both but Deep's was a little easier to follow and put the story behind the picture
Poetic Techniques - Intricate...Showed more versatility throughout his verse
Ending - Intricate...Possibly the hardest cat to pick a winner from, both had a pretty solid ending but felt Skillz was a little more in depth

Overall: Solid reads from both, two different approaches, liked the God direction Deep took, also liked the direction Skillz took. Deep had the more simplistic style which worked nicely & made the story a little easier to follow. Skillz went for a more complex style which he pulled off well. Close one to call but after counting up the cat breakdown. Vote goes to: Intricate_Skillz. Good shit.

**Mayneak** · 10-02-2011, 09:47 AM

Rhyming Scheme/Flow - Intricate...Both had a decent flow but felt I_S was a little smoother.
Vocabulary - Intricate...Felt he had more of a detailed verse in terms of Vocab, embraced me a little more also.
Topic/Meaning - Deep...Close one to call, but i felt Prose kept up with the meaning behind the picture a little better.
Storytelling/Progression - Deep...co-sign with wigsplit, both were good in this cat
Emotion - Intricate...Both had deep emotion involved but Skillz edged it with more detail.
Imagery - Deep...Good Imagery from both but Deep's was a little easier to follow and put the story behind the picture
Poetic Techniques - Intricate...Showed more versatility throughout his verse
Ending - Intricate...Possibly the hardest cat to pick a winner from, both had a pretty solid ending but felt Skillz was a little more in depth

Overall: Solid reads from both, two different approaches, liked the God direction Deep took, also liked the direction Skillz took. Deep had the more simplistic style which worked nicely & made the story a little easier to follow. Skillz went for a more complex style which he pulled off well. Close one to call but after counting up the cat breakdown. Vote goes to: Intricate_Skillz. Good shit.

**Ill Phenom** · #12 10-02-2011, 03:48 PM

Rhyming Scheme/Flow - Skillz - This was a close cat. I Felt the style that Deep prose used at times made the flow awkward for me while reading it.
Vocabulary - Skillz - Again another close cat. But he consistantly had good vocab throughout his whole verse.
Topic/Meaning - Prose - I liked both of these, I felt Prose had the slight edge in this cat. Very close though.
Storytelling/Progression - Prose - Agreed with what Wig had said about having to go back and read skillz to take it all in. Felt proses came through more fluently.
Emotion - Tie - Close cat. Neither of you edged out the cat.
Imagery - Skillz - I felt the wording that skillz used painted a better picture for the topic he brought. There were points in his verse were you can see exactly what he wanted you to.
Poetic Techniques - Skillz - This part of the verse was very good in this aspect. Both took different approaches but skillz did bring a more poetic approach
As one is cloaked with a robe, to signify priority,
One is de robed, to persway my thoughts of not informing me,
Yet my mind stands firm, as this statue alone, symbolizes minority?
Ending - Prose - I felt that both could have ended their drops a bit better, but prose gets this for his last 4 lines. His seemed to have more of a closing feeling to it.

Very close battle here. I am leaning more towards Skillz On this one.

**Ill Phenom** · 10-02-2011, 03:48 PM

Rhyming Scheme/Flow - Skillz - This was a close cat. I Felt the style that Deep prose used at times made the flow awkward for me while reading it.
Vocabulary - Skillz - Again another close cat. But he consistantly had good vocab throughout his whole verse.
Topic/Meaning - Prose - I liked both of these, I felt Prose had the slight edge in this cat. Very close though.
Storytelling/Progression - Prose - Agreed with what Wig had said about having to go back and read skillz to take it all in. Felt proses came through more fluently.
Emotion - Tie - Close cat. Neither of you edged out the cat.
Imagery - Skillz - I felt the wording that skillz used painted a better picture for the topic he brought. There were points in his verse were you can see exactly what he wanted you to.
Poetic Techniques - Skillz - This part of the verse was very good in this aspect. Both took different approaches but skillz did bring a more poetic approach
As one is cloaked with a robe, to signify priority,
One is de robed, to persway my thoughts of not informing me,
Yet my mind stands firm, as this statue alone, symbolizes minority?
Ending - Prose - I felt that both could have ended their drops a bit better, but prose gets this for his last 4 lines. His seemed to have more of a closing feeling to it.

Very close battle here. I am leaning more towards Skillz On this one.

**RhetoriK** · #13 10-02-2011, 06:13 PM

Rhyming Scheme/Flow - Intricate Skillz,

Vocabulary - Intricate Skillz

Topic/Meaning - Deep Prose

Storytelling/Progression - Deep Prose

Emotion - Intricate Skillz

Imagery - Intricate Skillz

Poetic Techniques - Intricate Skillz

Ending - Deep Prose

Well matched battle. I really liked the creative angles taken by both. I feel that the storyline was stronger from prose, but the development, description, and imagery were stronger with Intricate. The word choice and verbage at times were a deadlock, but ISkillz was more consistent. Prose had the better ending of the two. When his ended I felt that I had read a story from end to end. With Int's I wanted more when it was over. Thats a powerful difference in storytelling and its has to be a careful descision by the author when picking angles creativley. Loved the reads.

Vote-Intricate Skillz

**RhetoriK** · 10-02-2011, 06:13 PM

Rhyming Scheme/Flow - Intricate Skillz,

Vocabulary - Intricate Skillz

Topic/Meaning - Deep Prose

Storytelling/Progression - Deep Prose

Emotion - Intricate Skillz

Imagery - Intricate Skillz

Poetic Techniques - Intricate Skillz

Ending - Deep Prose

Well matched battle. I really liked the creative angles taken by both. I feel that the storyline was stronger from prose, but the development, description, and imagery were stronger with Intricate. The word choice and verbage at times were a deadlock, but ISkillz was more consistent. Prose had the better ending of the two. When his ended I felt that I had read a story from end to end. With Int's I wanted more when it was over. Thats a powerful difference in storytelling and its has to be a careful descision by the author when picking angles creativley. Loved the reads.

Vote-Intricate Skillz