Rap battles on DDO should be freestyled on the spot

Rebuttals: " He is stating what "is," but the resolution requires him to argue what "ought" to be. This doesn't at all advance his position." What i said implies that because it's customary to freestyle battles, we should also freestyle on DDO not that it's a rule though. "could freestyle aimlessly, incoherently with nothing more than racial slurs. That doesn't demonstrate that I can rap about a diverse range of subjects" Of course not because your rapping only about racial slurs - nothing more. " This point can be extended to normal rap battles where an extra time commitment allows rappers the time to refine their arguments, allowing for creativity to thrive by virtue of the fact that time, effort and commitment come into play. " A decent amount of my raps on DDO are freestyled. I'll demonstrate later that putting in just as much commitment in free-styling than refining your raps will get more or less the same results if not better results. "He suggests that this view is universal, though this is hardly the case, as people learn differently and draw inspiration from different things, and some may need an external source of inspiration." Do these people immediately write it down so they won't forget? If not then that idea may be lost and other potential ideas as well. At the given moment, you should always write down your ideas so that you may revisit them later. This is called free writing. " There have been an assortment of rap battles conducted over DDO over a period of time from Mikal, Blade-of-Truth, and others [1][2][3] that were not "freestyles" that were quite well-done in both my and many other's opinions. " I don't consider Mikal a battle rapper, i think his raps need a lot of substance. I'll quote a line: "Don't get this twisted, the only reason I took this was because I was bored My bars are a weapon, and I'm going to slay you with them like they were a sword Run it through you were precision and on my own accord, then ripe our spinal cord. Run you over like a stampeding hord, then drop you on the ground like you were a league of legends ward" His last line is much longer than the 1st three and many of his bars are uneven. If he had the time to refine his raps then he clearly didn't do it. Blade's raps are much more solid and neatly done. "You start by calling me pretty, thanks for the compliment My complex content of comments prop me up like a monument The dominant, heat-seeking missile sent to destroy the incompetent You"re like an acre of land trying to claim you"re a continent" Now in his video rap battle, i disliked both Blade and Spaceking's videos because they clearly were not freestyling, but simply reading off of their lyrics. Since it's audio, flow will also be judged. The constant pauses and lack of emotion simply didn't build up momentum at all. When you do that, you look and sound like a robot. Blade's flow wasn't that bad, but it's underdeveloped. Would you rather have someone who does that or someone who simply stares at the camera and just raps a whole bunch of hard disses with a fluid flow and expresses various emotions with no rehearsal? Here's a presentation of the best rap delivery made by ShadowKingStudios http://www.youtube.com... Listen to how smooth his flow and transitions are, his rhythm is consistent with the beat itself. Imagine if he freestyled that on camera, i'm pretty sure his rap would be preferred over most rappers on DDO and i think even you would agree with me. Now lets look at one of my best rap battles and compare. This one was mostly freestyled on the spot and you can notice differences. I built up my momentum from dissing to being more aggressive and even more aggressive until finally i am on fire, totally giving the best in my last round (1). I start with "I'm callin out the unbelievers who blatantly diss religion denyin' the fact that their views are also a personal decision Claimin i'ma Christian raised that way, could be a satanist Sayin' family tradition matters, i guess also applies to an atheist N' to all agnostics dissin' a creationist as they persist n' persist Woah wait a minute, i thought ya'll said your uncertain he exists?" To this: "You said God's imaginary, let me ask you stuff to make you look like an imbecile, leavin' your mind swirled Voltaire said he'd destroy God's Word, how come his house is now the top Bible centers in the world? Allow me to quote Scripture: "the serpent'll crush his heel, but he'll crush his head If God deceased, how come we still break bread, widespread despite bloodshed? After i kill you in this rap battle, you might as well confess n' convert on your deathbed Difference between you n' haters tryin' to destroy God? Nothin! e'ery single one is dead!" to a more direct personal diss "Huts of deer skin? In the near East, clay houses were innovated! Why did I do that? To show this fool is ignorant and uneducated! Logic and reason? By who's logic could that be? let me illustrate let take a trip down your history" to this: "let's resolve this philosophical confusion, skeptics believe absolute truth is an illusion! You diss Christ n say he's a delusion, but after this you're getting a blood transfusion!" I should have written it like "let's resolve this philosophical confusion, skeptics believe absolute truth is an illusion! You diss Christ n say he's a delusion, but after this you be beggin him for a blood transfusion!" In any case, it still produced the same results. This is the most extreme round: "I'm the released beast choppin' you to pieces with dual blades, you won't be able to rationalize my cruel ways! This bloody massacre has been worse than the crusades, so i'ma free your soul by brutalizing your rib-cage! My lyrical style in it's agility will send volatile winds across the vicinity as i send 10,000 blows to your face! As i'm going so wild, so fast, like a wing chun master, i'ma shatter the backbone of your argument out of place! Forget the punchlines!, i send deadly fists n' hits as your skull splits to my metaphorical damage til each hand breaks!" "When i ask you "do you believe in a spiritual being called God?" You say "I don't know!" When i ask you "do you believe in a physical being called Santa?" You respond "Hell no!" So your inconsistent agnosticism with atheism are on death row! now watch them die slow! You shouldn't have faced me, cuz of now your in my way of a rap war, i'm just brutalizing! Your way past realizing that your just having a mental breakdown, your dehumanizing!" Finally: "So i will reiterate this, i got holy power emantin' from me that'll destroy the reaper! I might be a spiritual leader who trusts in God, but don't underestimate this preacher! I deliver verses full of fatalities leave you beyond galaxies, so learn from your teacher! From now, you'll be wakin' up every night as you respect n' fear my name: Truth_seeker!" This is an example of momentum building up in each round. I don't focus on writing perfect lines or concentrating on my lyrics calmly, i was literally pacing back and forth in my house just feeling the burn, being very aggressive and letting it all out while their raps constantly stay the same. I did not concede, i simply provided an exception which is very unlikely if the debate takes technically three days and even more so that you accepted knowing that you would have some time to respond. Con brings up the possibility of cheaters, but i'm not arguing that rounds should be 5-10 minutes, simply that you should freestyle even if it's set to 72 hours. Quality takes time, no argument there, but you should also implement what you already know beforehand. For example, when i faced Ajab on a scientific battle (2), i freestyled my lyrics while Ajab didn't and took the time to research his. Honestly, Ajab probably knows more about science than i do, but what happened? I dissed him using word puns, various other jokes, and scientific terms, had he responded sooner i would've dropped some more clever disses in my head that are now lost. He gave up and i got positive reviews. On the contrary, encouraging freestyle would help newer rappers practice. I never said that they had to freestyle during a rap battle. Like any practice, "warm ups" are essential. Wikihow recommends that you freestyle on paper before battling (3). "You could come up with three great bars, but if you see that the timer is running out and you only have 60 seconds to submit, you may be inclined to throw in filler words, and profanities tend to come to mind" Since you implied earlier than quality takes time, do you think that you can create quality in 60 seconds? Probably not, thus you have no other option but to throw in filler words. Con did not cite a statement by DDO proving that it stands for effort and putting effort into arguments. Even if he did, it would not apply to things such as rap battles as battles don't use arguments or sources. Troll battles cannot be avoided as nothing is being done to prevent them from being made, thus it's not relevant to discourage rap battles. It's also faulty to assume that battles do not bring intellectual debate and discussion, i have a battle where i debate the problem of evil while rapping at the same time (4). A study on freestyling shows this (5): "The findings suggest that the flowing, freestyling brain can relax its neural constraints to allow freer oral expression of words and ideas." Conclusion: Users should freestyle in rap battles to free their ideas. Sources: 1. http://www.debate.org... 2. http://www.debate.org... 3. http://www.wikihow.com... 4. http://www.debate.org... 5. http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com...