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D) Someone copy-pastes a whole verse verbatim but never tries to claim it as their own and explicitly tells people what they’re doing before, during and after doing it

This just sounds like you making excuses for Locchart now. He doesn't start the battle by saying "I bit this entire verse" anyone reading it would assume they are his bars, that's why people are voting for him and saying how funny the rhymes are etc... "never claiming them as their own" is ridiculous when you literally post the verse as your own in a ranked battle. Anyone replying to the blind open would also have no idea until they waste all their bars for the battle to get closed without votes.

By this logic anyone could break any rule and when they get caught just claim it was a "joke".

I think the original rules that are posted make a lot more sense and leave a lot less room for bias interpretation. Maybe that's why it's setup so it can't be changed.

[Preem]

D) Someone copy-pastes a whole verse verbatim but never tries to claim it as their own and explicitly tells people what they’re doing before, during and after doing it

This just sounds like you making excuses for Locchart now. He doesn't start the battle by saying "I bit this entire verse" anyone reading it would assume they are his bars, that's why people are voting for him and saying how funny the rhymes are etc... "never claiming them as their own" is ridiculous when you literally post the verse as your own in a ranked battle. Anyone replying to the blind open would also have no idea until they waste all their bars for the battle to get closed without votes.

By this logic anyone could break any rule and when they get caught just claim it was a "joke".

I think the original rules that are posted make a lot more sense and leave a lot less room for bias interpretation. Maybe that's why it's setup so it can't be changed.