Bottom line is it's hard to want to put a bunch of effort in to a battle with the following results.
A) you write some fire for a guy that no shows and you have to post one of your best battle verses ever as a cypher
https://www.letsbeef.com/cypher_deta...on=lb&id=57850
RIP guts
B) you have a dope battle that either gets 4 votes or you have to spend 3 days spamming the chat, forums, and ims fishing for votes
C) you have a dope battle and get 10 to 15 votes and no constructive criticism or feedback and a few days later it never gets mentioned again.
Like writing a hot verse takes time and effort. If its audio it requires even more steps. The payoff is very little. It's why guys like me only step up at tourney time. At least then theres a chance more people will see it, prediction threads might talk about it. And maybe, just maybe, I'll get a colored word under my name.
The ends just dont justify the means anymore. I'd rather freestyle on discord that takes bo forethought or planning. I get instant feedback and interact with other spotters in real time.