Using the Forums = skill level???

[Subreal]

yet you have more text battles than me.

[Insuppressible]

close to 500 yea..
nothin serious just enjoying this site in whatever spare time i have

[WarSand]

L0L u w0t m8

[A - SAVAGE]

Peoples who use the forums more get shown favoritism and less harsh feedback from voters. As a new comer from another site this is what I've noticed.

Originally Posted by Subreal

look i stay witta 40 GLOCK you'll get hit wit like FORTY SHOTS i'll "walk in ya crib" "eat ya food" plus "sleep in ya bed" i'm like GOLDY LOCKS !!!(no homo) look HOMIE STOP! cuz if i SQUEEZE GHATS? YOU'LL BREATHE LESS this nigga-scared front like hes on his "grizzly" but is only a "little-bear" so i can "SEE" THAT "YOU" "B.S" !!!(C.U.B.S) nigga i'm from ah ROUGH HOOD wit bitches dat SUCK WOOD AND FUCK GOOD how do u plan to melt-the-readers when "welcome greeters" cant look at ya verse and tell you "WHATS GOOD" !!! u against me? the GUN'LL SCORTCH you'll "get 5" like ah "open-fist" my flows-legit you wouldn't be "close-2sick" if you was an UNDERSCORE !!!(2sick_) look you WACK DUDE i CLAP TOOLS dat'll off-ya-head for lots-of-bread, the glock'll-sread like BAD NEWS !!!...jabbin the mic

I'mma post this shit here so everyone can see, smh, looks just like some bnas n macc shit

way better than macc/bnas shit

I don't think this is a matter of the use of the forums. I think those who take the site more seriously, and subsequently battling more seriously, are more likely to engross themselves more so with the site. They take the time to become more familiar with it, because they are also taking the time to better their individual craft. It isn't that the use of the forums is a determinant of skill level, it is that those who are more skilled, are more skilled, because of a better use of their time on that site, which, inevitably leads to a stronger understanding of the specific sections of the site. And a more frequent use of the forums.

[NOBLE]

Originally Posted by A - SAVAGE

Peoples who use the forums more get shown favoritism and less harsh feedback from voters. As a new comer from another site this is what I've noticed.

So you're saying people are less inclined to vote against those they are familiar with and forum use helps familiarize people? I do agree that familiarity factors into people's biases, but not necessarily forum familiarity. LB has a certain format which people who have been here longer understand and utilize more, and sometimes newcomers coming from other sites might be at a disadvantage towards even if their verses are solid simply because some voters aren't familiar with their format. Things like capitalizing end rhymes, signifying wordplay/metaphors with quotations, even sometimes down to the style and bar structure. I experienced the same thing when I first came here and eventually adapted my style towards that. I don't think people are voting thinking "hey, I know that guy from the forums, so he gets my vote." I think it's more like "that guy's style/punch structure more so resembles the structure of people that are considered great on LB so he must be the winner." It's more about familiarity with style--and I'm not saying that's necessarily a good thing either.

Originally Posted by A - SAVAGE

Peoples who use the forums more get shown favoritism and less harsh feedback from voters. As a new comer from another site this is what I've noticed.