It's Time for the GOAT Debate

[RhymeSmoke]

Originally Posted by Godbody

I'm seeing a lot of recency bias in your list..like I said earlier, Real Talk would probably have a slot in all 3 of those categories. People were dominant in different eras. At one time Danger Rich, Saint C, & Tha Duke ran the audio section & had some dope diss tracks too. Meta 4/So Amazin/Mahvulus, YOU WISH/UNKNOWN ARTIST had their stretches of dominance regardless of if they won a tournament or not. Illimit is another dude I'd throw up for text/audio/track.

Imo the GOAT picks weigh more if you're looking at people active from 2006 - 2014 because the talent pool was so much bigger back then vs the 2014 - 2022 talent pool & that's not a shot at anyone who's been winning tourneys post 2014 but we've been complaining about the site being dead since the early 2010's which is around the time there was a mass exodus of talent.

At the very least we're comparing an era that had 500 active members, 40-50 dope ones, 64 man tournaments to an era with 50 active battlers, 10-15 dope ones, struggling to fill 16 man tournaments. 2014 - 2022 was favorable to everyone who participated in 5 tournaments a year because when you're dealing with 16 - 32 people you already have better odds than the 2006 era battlers qualifying for a spot in a 64 man tournament.

And early LB would completely wash tf out later LB...word up

[RhymeSmoke]

Originally Posted by Godbody

I'm seeing a lot of recency bias in your list..like I said earlier, Real Talk would probably have a slot in all 3 of those categories. People were dominant in different eras. At one time Danger Rich, Saint C, & Tha Duke ran the audio section & had some dope diss tracks too. Meta 4/So Amazin/Mahvulus, YOU WISH/UNKNOWN ARTIST had their stretches of dominance regardless of if they won a tournament or not. Illimit is another dude I'd throw up for text/audio/track.

Imo the GOAT picks weigh more if you're looking at people active from 2006 - 2014 because the talent pool was so much bigger back then vs the 2014 - 2022 talent pool & that's not a shot at anyone who's been winning tourneys post 2014 but we've been complaining about the site being dead since the early 2010's which is around the time there was a mass exodus of talent.

At the very least we're comparing an era that had 500 active members, 40-50 dope ones, 64 man tournaments to an era with 50 active battlers, 10-15 dope ones, struggling to fill 16 man tournaments. 2014 - 2022 was favorable to everyone who participated in 5 tournaments a year because when you're dealing with 16 - 32 people you already have better odds than the 2006 era battlers qualifying for a spot in a 64 man tournament.

And early LB would completely wash tf out later LB...word up