Specifics

In a twist on the usual poetry competition, House Odan-Urr has decided to host a (relaxed) rap battle competition that will put competitors head to head. A more advanced IRC rap battle contest will be set up if there is sufficient interest.

Platform

Discourse Forum

Details

Subscription to the competition itself is not required but participants must register prior to the start date via the Registration Form in order to enter the competition. Once registered you will be assigned an opponent with a competition thread created in Discourse. Both participants to a particular battle will be notified via email.

Each competitor will make two posts in the rap battle, first poster will be determined randomly. There is no minimum length for the posts, but keep the grading criteria in mind. Posts too short or too long in length should be avoided. Look at this example from the Youtube series Epic Rap Battles of History for an idea for what a completed battle will look like.

The competition will begin on 17 August with the posting of the match threads in Discourse. The identified first poster will have 72 Hours to post his/her first verse. The second poster will have 72 Hours from the time of the first post to post his/her verse and so on until both competitors have posted twice. (So, the format will go Rapper A, Rapper B, Rapper A, Rapper B). Failing to post within 72 Hours will result in a forfeit, but the other poster must still complete both posts to be eligible. So for example, if a Rapper A completes his first post and Rapper B fails to post within 72 hours, Rapper A still has to make a second post in order to complete the competition. References to your opponent "choking" are authorized when an opponent times out.

Competition will be graded by a panel of no less than 3 judges on humor, originality, complexity (rhyming structure, use of metaphor, etc.) and the "Oh snap!" factor of how burned your opponent was ;) The judge panel will be announced at a later date.

Contact Turel if you have any questions