The Great Father decrees:
This is a 3 section battle.
Part 1- Topical. The topic will be determined and revealed in timely fashion. 6 bars.
Part 2- A standard 6 bar battle.
Part 3- One bar to showcase ability with a punchline.
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Rules for participants-
Topical writing is to be concise, written in prose, and formatted to APA Standards. Assistance to this style can be found at the following:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Battle writing is to be a standard 6 bar( as in 12 line) battle. A mark must be made to allow easy differentiation from the prior topical 6 bars. No use of bold, italics, or different font in an attempt to manipulate the eye towards certain words. Additionally, punctuation can only be used when it is grammatically correct.
The 1-2 punch is to follow the same rules as the battle.
The check in must include at least two voters to be excluded from participation.
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Voter Rules-
Your post count is irrelevant. Your vote must be detailed and include the following concepts to be validated.
Topical:
*- Relevance to topic
- Candace and parlance (how well it reads)
Battle:
*1- Punches
*2- Metaphors
3- Personalization
4- Readability
*5- Ease of readability in relation to flow
6- Humor
Punchline:
*1- Punches
2- Humor
Each of the following sections must be covered, and citations for reasoning must be listed for each category with an asterisk.
Your final vote will be determined on a combination of the overall factors. If any other reasoning is used as additional guidance to the final vote, it must be unbiased to either competitor and stated clearly.
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The Due Date is: Two Weeks after topic has been set up and bot competitors have listed their check-ins and two voter omissions have been established.
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The Great Father decrees-
This is my check in. The two voters I bar from voting in this battle are sintro and kontext.
To my opponent- you get to pick the member who chooses our topical point.