2016 We Change LB

[Mindless]

Originally Posted by Iman

@Punk I'm not solely blaming the battlers. What I am saying is you can't put all of the blame on Letsbeef staff. They can only do so much.

You can't put any blame on the staff. It's all on the owners and investors.

[S O U L R I T E]

@Mindless who are the owners and investors? I hear Pugz's name a lot

[Denton]

If we get coders and some active members back on LB. There's a chance. I love this site. And I love each and every one of you homos

[Shodan]

85 members have read this thread. That's more than enough to get this shit going again

[Obey]

As much as I think this Marilyn Manson colored layout needs a change, we all need to put in a change too. As Esso said, no one's signing up for shit. Regardless of the admins whereabouts, even before, people wanted to battle. Everyone got so hooked on the ''they don't care, so we don't'' that no one wants to battle. Last 2 months I've dropped about 7-9 opens, I seen @ILLoKWENT doing a shitload now too. Manhattan hopped on a few, just battle people and you'll see activity rise and the competitive nature grow back. People sign up and see the new people battling and see nothing worth looking for. Lets get back to just fuckin battling lol.

[Godbody]

Originally Posted by Iman

Admins and mods can do everything in their power, but if the members don't battle then the site will remain the way it is. So you can't put it all on the staff.

Since we're being honest, I don't think these avenues would be so necessary if the site's users were still participating like they used to. Letsbeef was going to grow to other platforms regardless, but I think the lack of activity as far as on-site battling only coerced them further to focus on these different endeavors even more.

Ijs.

This has to be the dumbest shit I've ever read

Battlers have been waiting patiently for years. This version of LetsBeef launched in 2006. We were promised a new version in 2010. So I waited 4 years from 2006 to 2010, and I waited 5 more years from 2010 to 2015. You can't blame the battlers for getting sick of a website that hasn't changed in LITERALLY 10 years. That's fucking ridiculous. A lot of websites do a huge makeover every 2-4 yrs. This hasn't seen 1 makeover in 10 yrs. And don't call the red skin a makeover.

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Originally Posted by Mindless

You can't put any blame on the staff. It's all on the owners and investors.

this..

[GuN EyE]

Originally Posted by COFFIN DODGER

more like fb groups ??? the ones i am in are full of africans with names like ' prince shady mbele ' or shady patrick zimbali who know nothing about battling but always win as 100 other africans think they are dope lol ? and judges who are the same ... no knowledge of metas ,wordplay etc but will give a win for someone who managed to rhyme 2 words together , and the one who bought battle bars loses because his bars were way to complex for their simple minds ? and just chatting about my experience , i seen plenty of good bars lose to the person with most fb friends or is a pal of the judges .....thats why i dont really battle on fb any more . lb is the place to battle esp with text , dont fuck up that part of it plz dude.

I feel you!

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develop a mobile friendly version instead of messing up with the format

[Mob_Figure]

GoldMic did this and shut down like a yr later, maybe two. But ultimately the site was inactive after the first yr.

[LBTRAGIK]

If people would actually get more active on the battles then running there mouth in these threads it might go somewhere

[UhMAZING]

Some of the dumbest shit I've read is in the OP. Why not just focus energy and attention into bettering the site before you do anything. No one wants to come to this shit anymore because everything is just all talk and no action. The only thing that has changed on LB is this dumb ass red and black layout, and less people are frequenting LB because there is nothing to offer or draw in potential battlers as an incentive to stay.

Battling is Battling, whether it be Live battling or Online battling as in LB's case.

I would focus on both platforms of battling. Seeing as how half the shit on this site don't work anyways, why not just scrap all the useless shit that does not work and stick with the basics. Divide the site into 2 sections, making a forum or arena for "Live" battles where users can watch, discuss, share, etc.. anything to do with Live battles. Keep the Audio and Text arenas associated with "Online" battling and just integrate both genres, if you will.. into 1 integrated Rap Battle Website.

This shit isn't hard to figure out or execute, it's just the lack of motivation from owners/admins,mods,etc to put the work into making something better. This site has declined rapidly in the 3 years I've been here, yet I still come here because this site offers things other battle sites that are more forum based don't offer.

Even a option to create a "Live" battle online via Webcam and microphone would be an interest to this site. I know, that concept is basically Lb's tinychat. No one wants to come to a battle site just to have to go to another 3rd party site just to have a "Live" battle online. If 2 people wanted to battle on webcam the battle, someone could just send an invite for a cam battle, once the opponent accepts the invite the battle becomes live and users that are currently online could view the battle and vote live at the end of the round(s). If LB can create a chatbox for the forums page why can't a forum or thread be created for only cam battles, with a chatbox embedded so users can talk shit, give opinions, etc while a battle is happening and upon completion gets voted on with the same voting system already in place with Audio and Text battles.

I don't believe anymore of this hype about LB changing until I see it. The OP on this thread was posted a month ago, I've been active almost everyday of the last month and have not seen Pugz on here once. So much for "being around more"... or if anyone has any questions or comments to "hit him up"??.. lol, That's rich considering the numerous complaints I've seen from members saying "I hit up Pugz but he never answers me". You can't just say you'll do something and then not do it, well...you can but then all credibility as a dependable and reliable person goes out the window. Something else is always more important than the members of a site one is trying to keep afloat. Ironic.


P.s.

To the 30 "Active" members who have stuck around, don't expect any of these promises of a better LB to happen any time soon. I've been holding my breath for 3 years.