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How do I vote here?
I've been around the online rap battle thing for a decade or so. I'm not trying to argue with you but rather give you a different perspective.
I listen to pretty much only metal, hard rock, post grunge, etc. I like bands like Metallica, Pantera, Avenged Sevenfold, Mudvayne, Slipknot, Mushroomhead, Parkway Drive, White Chapel, Thrice and so on and so forth. I could list bands for days. I can tell you which guitarists played with what bands which years. I can name what song is from what album by what band.
What little rap I do listen to is artists like Merkules, Chris Webby, Token, Royce Da 5'9, J Cole, etc. There is a small niche of hip hop I like that I can listen to and not forget I'm listening to it.
So...
I don't see what that has to do with my voting.
I don't see what that has to do with "the culture."
This is a lame ass online rap battle website. The third one I've been on because they all go under. Even this one will.
I don't write like anyone else on the site. I've never cared to write punchlines. I don't use wordplays. I just do whatever I feel like doing with total disregard for votes.
I don't critique anyone on what they're doing. I barely even vote. I just mind my own business and read the forums. I read battles and don't vote. I laugh at shitty battles. I cringe at even shittier battles. Sometimes I vote when both people message me. I've been in the FVC like 4 times. I know how to write "correctly" for LB. I don't. What's the point if it's not "me?"
Taking all this in, what kind of music or what someone is into doesn't correlate to their ability to vote. Most people who are "hip hop heads" don't even understand proper writing. Memorizing Tupac's lyrics doesn't make you a better battler. These "nerds" exist becuase they understand the formula needed to write good punchlines. The puns behind it all. There is a fine tuned technique to writing clever shit. I don't have that technique. I can write entertaining lines but not good ones. That's why I do my own thing. I don't vote much. Not becuase I'm not into "real hip hop."
BECAUSE NO ONE FUCKING LISTENS.
90% of people here are convinced, like you, they are the best. Not a bad attitude to have. However, when a vote is dropped against them, they instantly disregard it as ignorance. I must not know what I'm talking about.
That right there answers your question.
How do I vote here?
I don't.