LBT #1 Contender's Match.

KillersForHire. 

Good luck, Rai.

How did I rob Row of a concept title he cheated to get in the first place? 

Expo: 

1. Shodan and Nicholas are like Locks butt buddies. This punch is about baseball. A pickle is where a runner gets caught between two basemen. Being in a pickle is like being in a sticky situation. 

2.scales are played on a guitar. This is how you solo in songs. 

Yeah, you too, Lock. Nice verse yo

Furies!!

And actually that was yu-gi-oh, Lock. No worries though. Shit bout to be lit son!!!!!

KILLERS

Good gawd!!  Punches All The Way Thru!  Both Verses Could Have  been 9's But Both Had a Few moments Of *Thumbs Down* but MAJORITY of these bArs We're CRACK!   Rai had the More Clever Personals IMO.  Can't take shit from locks Verse tho.  This Is battle had me on the edge of my seat! ! Can't wait to see the outcome. 

I'll be using the scorecard method for this. 0 = meh. +1 or higher = good bar, better bar means more points. -1 or lower = bad bar, worse bar means more negative points.

Riep

Rai, ya live in a log home, so I'll be "holdin the piece once I smoke ya inna-circle" like kickin' BACK WITH SOME NICE HIPPIES you'll hear the guns "take off a head before ya put to rest in the cabin" but you ain't CATCHIN' A FLIGHT WIT' ME!

- The setups in this bar were way, WAY more complicated than I'm used to seeing from you. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I don't want to risk having you lose the simple-but-effective touch that made you great. The execution was solid - not amazing, but good, and allowed to complex punchline to take full effect. +2

Ya drop bars about guns but ya accent for RAPPIN' IS QUITE SHITTY, ya couldn't make me picture a "Rai voice 'n a Tommy" with Liotta's ACTIN' IN VICE CITY!

- There's nothing particularly special about this bar. Just a basic jab with a nameplay for backup. It works well though. +1

You went by Hopps at first 'n still SPIT THE WACKEST VERSE, the "lie's scarrin' ya worse" than Tyler Durden's hand when soap gave HIM A MASSIVE BURN!

- Whatever I said about the previous bar also applies to this bar. +1

If we were in jail, Hopps knows I'd "draw on 'em, in the cell" fast as PRISON TATS THAT HURT, so you'd only see "H' in R block" filing ya INCOME-TAX RETURNS!

- I'm pretty sure I used a similar concept to this at one point lmao... but that aside, this also comes off as another good-not-great jab. The only thing that makes it SLIGHTLY better is that it has two conceptual setups, rather than just one. +1

He's known for obvious punches, none of the LINES HE DROPS ARE HARD he'll say shit like "I got the metal on wheels shows 'em what's in store, you'll think that I'M A SHOPPIN CART"! Against Rant, ya said "you couldn't holographic image with Pokemon", so I don't need to TRY TO DROP SOME BARS since ya not a "monster in the game", that's clear to see when you're not "SHININ' ON THE CARD"!

- This shit had my FAX MACHINE going wild. I'm a sucker for bars that quote something the opponent actually said in a battle and then clown on it. The execution wasn't greasy, but it was crystal-clear, with no flaws to note. The way the ending punch tied into both the general angle you were going for and the specific bar you were attacking, while being a clever double-meaning in its own right, was glorious. This earns you a solid +3.

Stop saying you've elevated, you claimin' that you're among the BEST'S A CROCK A' SHIT! The only thing you've developed since you've started? Is just a false SENSE OF CONFIDENCE!

- One of the first things that veteran battlers usually teach to novice battlers is that every line should end with a punch that's based on a double-meaning. I know that you're experienced enough to sometimes write bars that are good despite "breaking the rules," but even though this statement was aggressive and (in my opinion) totally accurate, it still lacked the impact that an actual punch would have had. In good conscience, I can't give this any more than a 0.

Total score: 8

Rai

Since you're using dead personals, I'll murder "those HORRENDOUS SCHEMES & TACTICS," bcuz you're "quick to dig up old skeletons" like "a FORENSIC TEAM IN ACTION!!"

- This bar is solidly executed, but the punchline is exactly the kind of shit that Rieper was talking about in his penultimate section. Quick to dig up old skeletons is so obvious of a lead-in to forensics that it hurts. The only worse way to spin that concept would have involved archaeology. With that said, it's an actual punch and it's written fairly well, so it gets a +1.

Lemme ask you this. Were you fucking Shodan, or Nich before he OPTED DISMISSAL? "I'm just tryna touch bases," no TALK W/A SIGNAL! Condoms everywhere... LOCK'S "IN THE MIDDLE" "Two men w/gloves on either side," yeah...you're really "CAUGHT IN A PICKLE!!"

- It's HARD to write bars that explicity discuss homoerotic scenarios without being pauseworthy, and I don't think you quite managed it here. You didn't really state that you were doing anything homo, but I think anybody who reads this bar is going to get the impression that it needed "no homo" at the end, and if it needs "no homo" at the end, it's probably homo. The concept didn't do much for me either. I'm torn between giving this 0 or +1, but the pauseworthiness of it brings my assessment down to 0.

He robbed the concept title off Row, although he never WON THE MATCH AT FIRST then "took the wages for himself" like "a BUM JUST SNATCHED A PURSE!!" but I wouldn't bank on that in the future if his boss CUT HIS ASS FROM WORK! So fuck the "fraudulent claims he deposits." He shouldn't "get credit for WHAT HE HASN'T EARNED!!!"

- Here's another example of painfully obvious setups. This whole bar was densely packed with them, and I'm not sure whether that made it worse or better. The way you kept the setups relevant to a single topic vastly improved the bar, but conceptually, nothing in this bar was particularly impressive. It was hella agressive though. I'm almost tempted to give this bar a +2, but the lack of actual impact behind the punch leads me to give it a +1.

You had to tag w/Seul to get your glory, & now you think "you'll be HAILED AS YOU STRING THEM BARS??" When you "wouldn't be a bad ass solo" "shredding SCALES ON A LEAD GUITAR!!!"

- What I've said about most of your other bars in this battle also applies to this one. +1

Came back from account deletion as Perplexity, it was LIES, ATLEAST ADMIT IT Seul covered for you, so that "you MIGHT COMPLETE YOUR MISSION," & that left me "unlimited ammo on you," like when "g.t.a. suPPLIES HAVE REACHED THE LIMIT!!!

- I've never played Grand Theft Auto, so I might be missing something here, but as I see it, this bar makes NO sense. How would you have unlimited ammo if your supplies have reached the limit? Wouldn't that result in you have zero ammo, which is the literal opposite of having no ammo? Regardless, even if the punch DID make sense, I STILL don't think it would be an impressive bar. Although it might earn you a hesitant +1 with an expo, as it stands, this gets you a 0.

bcuz we seen you "gain an advantage w/the con-Seul" when y'all "TRIED TO CHEAT THE SYSTEM!!!!"{console}//

- This is a super basic wordplay, and I'm pretty sure that I've seen it before. I'm not accusing you of biting by the way, just pointing out that it isn't anything memorable. 0

Total score: 3

Final assessment: Riep wins 8-3, with concepts far superior to Rai's and similarly skilled execution. Fair's in.

The whole last 4 lines is ONE bar. 

Guess it needs an expo.

In grand theft auto there are cheat codes where you get unlimited ammo. 

WASTED..

i gotta say i felt Rai more. 

KILLERS! 

sikk battle lovin the VICE CITY line from Riep but Rai came, saw and conquered ! my winner showed excogitate and less gasconading invited some idiosyncratic and magnanimous belonging to one's peculiar loser who had an individual character but not enough luminescent which the winner clear had as he jizzed all over this battle FAIRZ IZ JIZZINN !

Tough one to call. I feel as one had more dirt on the other but one was more consistent with his punches. Loser had some nice concepts and executed them well. Well the winner had lots of jabs leading to haymakers that connected. Fairs in fellas fire battle no doubt 

Meh this is very close.. My choice got this by having a punch that i felt was the best.. Other than that this can go either way..

Thought rieps tax return bar was fire and rai's gta/console bar was nice. I just felt that my winner had the upper hand when he brought seul into because i thought it was funny. Gb. Fv.

Keeping this concealed cause it's been covered in the other breakdowns. This was an easy decesion for me, winner was a step above imo, loser was a touch less creative with a shaky execution. Loser could win with stronger material which I've seen him drop. Fair's in fellas, good to see y'all battling.

Definitely tournament worthy both displayed top-tier work this got personal RaI was just hungrier here every line was thought out great execution and some monster punches loved it lock you have most certainly elevated your game verse is on point I just think you underestimated your opponent a bit though your personals were hittin the counters from Rai were too much respect to both