Congrats on making it to the Finals! Round submission deadline: January 24th by midnight Estern. Good luck fellas!

EXPO:

- He's known as Lockhart, and called Lock. He deleted his account after a loss, when you put your heart into something, you are passionate and wouldn't quit. 

- China recently landed on the far side of the moon, known as the "dark side" of the moon, it was their first moon landing.

- Sharpshooter, Face Buster, Hammerlock are all wrestling moves, that all pertain to guns.

Anything else? Just PM me!

Goodluck Lockhart.

GLOATS!

This was a very close one for me.. My choice edged this with a couple punches that i felt did the most impact..

WASTED..

Both had some nice bars, I just feel one's flow  was better and he had more punches that I could connect with. This could really go either way. Good luck to both participants and congrats to both for making it this far.

SEUL...... REALLY LIKED THA ''WHITE WATER RAFTIN'' OPENER, THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY FRICKEN SICK ACTUALLY.  THA ''ARMADA'' WORDPLAY WAS QUITE FORCED IMO, THA CONCEPT WAS NICE BUT FOR ME THA WORDPLAY MADE IT A LOWLIGHT.  NINTENDO BAR WAS FIRE AN ALL THA SET-UPS THROUGHOUT WERE PERFECTLY LAYED OUT.  THA ''NICKNAMED LOCK'' PART WAS A NICE IDEA BUT I FELT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN EXECUTED A LIL BETTER IF IM HONEST DUDE, JUS FELT A BUT WEIRD HOW IT WAS WRITTEN.  ''CHINKS ON THA MOON'' FUCKIN DEAD!!!.  ''DICK DARSTADLY'' LINE WAS A NICE LIL BITCHSLAP, AN TBH THA RELEVANT SHIT IN THA SET-UPS WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD HERE TOO.  CLOSER WAS OK............ LOCK...... FIRST LONG BAR WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY SOLID IN TERMS OF RHYMIN, LOVED THA CONNECTIN MULTI AT THA END ''RESIDENT EVIL - LEFT THA CATHEDRAL'', ''CONNECTED TO STEEPLES'' WAS A NICE PART IN THIS BAR TOO.  ''NATIONAL ANTHEM'' PART WAS KILLER TBH, THA WORDIN AT THA START OF THA BAR WAS A LIL WEIRD BUT IT FADED FAST AN JESUS THAT FINISH WAS FIRE.  ''BURY THA HATCHET'' PART WASNT THAT ORIGINAL TBH AND ''LABYRINTH'' HAS 3 SYLLABLES IN MY ACCENT SO IM GONNA HAVE TO PASS ON THIS ONE LOL. FINAL BAR WAS NICE, REALLY LIKED THA ''JASON'' PART YOU WORKED IN, ALSO LIKED THA PERSONAL FINISH WIT THA ''PAINN'' REFERENCE...... THIS IS A CLOSE ONE TO CALL, I FELT BOTH OF YOU HAD DECENT PUNCHLINES AND CONCEPTS THROUGHOUT YOUR VERSES, JUS FELT LOCK STAYED MORE CONSISTANT ON THA WORDIN SIDE OF THINGS, LOCK STRETCHED HIS BARS OUT MORE WHICH HELPED HIM EXECUTE BETTER, WHEREAS I FELT SEUL WENT FOR A HIGHER PUNCH COUNT AN A MORE STRAIGHT TO THA POUNT APPROACH..... I JUS FELT LOCK SLIGHTLY DELIVERED A BETTER 16 THIS TIME ROUND..... GL TO BOTH HERE, FAIR IS DROPPED!

...GLOATS...

BOTH DESTROYED THIS AMAZING GUYS KINDA REMINDS ME OF BLUE BUT HE WAS ASS AT AUDIO LOL GREAT TEXT PUNCHES ALL OF IT NICE TO SEE SOME PEOPLE STILL TRY AND NOT CHEAT ON THEMSELVES GOOD JOB TO BOTH RESPECT THE BATTLE

YOU LIVE IN MISSISSAGUSA I WENT TO WEST CREDIT ... LIVED ON DERRY RD MCLUGLYN

Yo this was a heatrock for real!

Seul - Structure was excellent multis were fine and the punches landed well literally nothing to complain about . maybe some concepts were a tad bit played but overall flames

Riep - same goes to you about everything i said to edge nothing bad in here you had one bar i wasnt feeling other than that the rest was flames 

One was consistent with punches the other was more incosistent but had harder punches. Toss up really im leaning this way 

Concepts:

Lock > Seul here, but just about. Both came with some out of the box ideas. Nothing in there that I would say isn't creative on both sides. However I felt Lock did so more consistently though Seul had the better links.

Execution:

Seul had lots of words with dashes, but I couldn't really follow all the inner rhymes which made it slightly choppy for me. Lock had smoother shit and was more cleaner but in terms of setups I think both were very consistent in keeping their links relevant.

Punches:

Seul had a better opening punch than Lock did. Seul had a more creative bar while Lock had a more aggressive one. Then Lock stepped it up big time with the whole Resident Evil bar which was fucking dope. Seul's Spanish Fleet bar didn't really hit for me with a lotta sting but the Nintendo one was sick. Everything after that was flames. Dick Dastardly was dope haha and the closer was nice. What I felt was Lock was more consistent from start to finish, and had the better closer, the PaiNN shit hit hard.

Overall:

Both had their strong points and low points. One started with sting but lost it then got it back. But one was more consistent throughout which got my vote. Fair's in, 10's.

LOSER: This was a good verse on it's own, the only reason you lost was the fact that your opponent was just a bit more creative in the way he had place his setups & punches. Good drop tho man.

WINNER: You had some dope lines in there, some concepts I've already heard before but they were somewhat recycled and refreshed. Towards the end it lacked creativity kinda, but the finisher was really solid.

This shit was mad close. Had to read both verses a couple of times. I like Seul’s style he brought.. Shit was a little lacking at the beginning but picked up some steam towards the end. No real heavy shots just a consistent run through. Couple personals lines, and the Amanda bust cannons kinda goofy. N doesn’t seem to roll off a toungue.. A little easy on the punch count. Just gotta get them shots off. The flow is there..he had 3 bars that I think stood out for him , “Chinks of the moon” and “Hammer-Lock”, White water-Rafting”..

Riep came with the punches. , Ashley left the Cathedral/ Connected to Steeples punches were nice. Liked the National anthem scheme but it lacked the big finish. Fresh concept on an Labyrinth bar lol.. A few wiffs here and there. Got them flashes of potential.

I think Seul edged it slightly on punch count, but I could see Riep taking it for some people. Different styles here but both were dope.

I had planned to drop a more in-depth vote on this, but now that I've spent so much time either forgetting about this battle or procrastinating this, it's going to be a lot shorter. Seul, you opened with some heavy, HEAVY lines, such as "White Water Rafting" and "Armada Bust," but after those, I felt that your punchline quality dropped off precipitously. Riep, you had the best bar of the battle (Water under the bridge), and while the general level of your verse wasn't as high as Seul's first couple of lines, it was more consistently strong. Fair's in.

nice