Instigator / Con

K_Michael

1581

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debates

64.47%

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Topic

#816

Rap Battle

Status

Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics

Better arguments

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After 3 votes and with 7 points ahead, the winner is...

K_Michael

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Publication date: 04.28.2019 03:08AM
Last updated date: 02.26.2021 06:19PM
Type: Standard
Number of rounds: 4
Time for argument: Three days
Max argument characters: 30,000
Voting period: One week
Point system: Multiple criterions
Voting system: Open

Contender / Pro

Speedrace

1641

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debates

65.08%

won

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Round 1

K_Michael

04.28.2019 11:58AM

Con

A circle fails to contain a lightning bolt

Power must be contained, you dolt!

Lightning is dangerous, you'll singe all your friends!

Then again, you'd have to have real friends.

Perhaps, as a rule, you don't mind the danger

This masochistic attitude will leave you a stranger

Estranged little lightning bolt, you're deranged

When someone gets hurt only you will be blamed.

Forget your pic, it's just supposed to be slick.

Your "lightning"'s too much static for anything to stick.

Speedrace, you call yourself, an illusion of quickness

It's amazing you can drive with a skull of such thickness

I know of all the lies concealed behind a fake name.

I don't try to hide, because I know it's a mark of shame.

One more thing, before it's your turn, Speedrace.

You've got a name to uphold, so try to keep up the pace.

Speedrace

04.28.2019 12:30PM

Pro

I’ve got plenty of friends, so don’t project
Your life on mine, on my name put some respect
You were straightforward, allow me to be direct
You’ve got no chance; prepare to get wrecked

Talkin’ about my pic, what about your avatar?
A witch’s sidekick, does she keep you in a jar?
Lightning v crow, do you really wanna spar?
You’re already pretty black, do you need some more char?

Try to keep the pace? What a silly joke
I left you in the wind, on my dust you can choke
Try to follow me, you’ll meet fire and smoke
Close your mouth, boy, until I have spoke

You challenged me to this as if you could win
Here’s some advice: go back and think again
As long as I’m here, that’ll never happen
But I’ll go easy on you so the pain will lessen

Round 2

K_Michael

04.28.2019 05:36PM

Con

Someone needs to read up on ornithology

The mistake is so basic, you owe first graders an apology

My picture's not a crow, but its cousin, Corvus Corax

Your intelligence indicates you read Seuss books like The Lorax.

Try to insult me, but no, I'm a raven.

Lightning's always fleeting, just like this Speedrace craven.

Ravens are social, smart, tool-wielding, playful creatures

I chose my avatar well, I carry all of these features.

You perhaps, just might be familiar with the Flash?

The most redundant JL-er, Superman's twice as fast.

I've begun to see, it's the same with me.

While Speedrace creeps, I yearn to be free

This rap is beginning to bore

Only you could make this feel like a chore.

Burdened as I am by your existence

I continue onward on your insistence.

Speedrace

04.29.2019 11:13PM

Pro

If you measure your smarts by looking at a bird

Then you don't belong here, you're not even a nerd

SM's faster than Flash? Is that what you heard?

I'd go reread the comics, that's simply absurd

Lightning might be fleeting, but at least it has power

What can a raven do? Fly away and cower?

You're insignificant, over you I tower

You can't do anything except "caw caw" and glower

I'm a bore? You made a guy forfeit

A whole rap debate and you hadn't even started yet!

Stop lying to my face, you aren't even a threat

Coming up against me you're playing Russian roulette

Every time I talk, your prospects get bleak

Compared against me, your lines are so weak

All I have to do is put my tongue in my cheek

Sit back, relax, and let the leaderboard speak

*call 911 for burn injuries*

Round 3

K_Michael

04.30.2019 02:23AM

Con

I compare myself to corvids as an analogy

They're living, at least. You, by contrast, exemplify inanimacy

You're a fraud, farce, facade, inferior to fauna; faux fiery life.

Atmospheric flatulence with a brief downward flight.

Hah! Not a nerd, you say? Let my actions speak.

You don't know what you're Tolkien about, GEEK!

I own three swords, medieval and fantasy.

I read Stephen Hawking for fun, ya see?

I haven't counted my books recently, but my rough estimate's 103.

Don't even try to compare yourself to me; my room is a shrine of nerdy sublimity.

Do you read Shakespeare? Do ya even science?

For it seemeth to me that thou art in petty defiance.

Keep comin' back for more, ya poor little destitute

Intellectually malnourished, well here's your institute.

And if you doubt a word I say, I'll swear on your grave

Every word of it's true, I don't exaggerate, knave.

Speedrace

05.03.2019 02:20AM

Pro

Only 103 books? I've got 5 times that much

I just walk into a library and read one with a touch

I eat them up like candy, you're over here with a crutch

I'll take that handicap from you and still win; it'll be clutch!

I'm not a fraud, I'm as real as it gets

You're struggling to keep up; the shoe definitely fits

I can go through anything and still keep my wits

You'll give up a just a glance, I bet you have all the regrets

I don't even need 4 stanzas to beat you every time

I don't even have to try as long as I can simply rhyme

The way that I destroy you might as well just be a crime

How about you turn around and get a whole new paradigm?

Round 4

K_Michael

05.03.2019 02:52PM

Con

Am I supposed to believe that? Please.

I could surpass you with ease.

There's nothing you can say to prove it.

Get out of my shadow now, move it.

I don't believe for a second

that when academics beckoned

You responded as quickly as me.

That doesn't often happen you see.

With the Internet at your fingertips,

You can be as "smart" as you want

While your deflating ego squeals and flips

My literary prowess towers and taunts.

Speedrace

05.06.2019 02:31PM

Pro

You say I could be faking it, like I’m not good at reading
Yet you don’t apply that to yourself; isn’t that special pleading?
Don’t listen to him, voters, because he is misleading
He should have started out by simply conceding

I know why you chose a raven, and I think I agree
Smart, cunning, and curious is what you aspire to be!
That’ll be quite a quest, but you won’t catch up to me
You’ll just get scared and fly away, so soft and feathery

As this story comes to an end, just remember one fact
My opponent defends so much he barely tries to attack
I go in so fast he hardly has the time to react
He can only miss; my shots are always exact

TheUnderdog

02.26.2021 06:19PM

#17

Rap battles should be YouTube videos so we can feel the rhythm instead of having to guess for ourselves.

Speedrace

05.06.2019 04:31PM

#16

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@Ramshutu

Thx

Speedrace

04.29.2019 11:13PM

#15

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@K_Michael

Yep, I went there, you gave me the idea XD

K_Michael

04.29.2019 10:10PM

#14

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@Speedrace

I think it's funny that you can get to 14th place in 3 weeks. DART is still pretty small.

Speedrace

04.29.2019 10:08PM

#13

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@K_Michael

Who was laughing? Not me

It was only because I won a dud debate, full forfeit

K_Michael

04.29.2019 10:06PM

#12

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@Speedrace

And I'm at #35 now. Laugh all you want. At the time of my comment, the statement was true.

Speedrace

04.29.2019 09:55PM

#11

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@K_Michael

Actually, I'm #14 soooooooooooooooooooo

K_Michael

04.29.2019 08:39PM

#10

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@Speedrace

I just noticed that we're #21 and #22 on the leaderboard.

Speedrace

04.29.2019 08:20PM

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@K_Michael

You’re not losing any time though

K_Michael

04.29.2019 07:51PM

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@Speedrace

“The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.”
― Dante Alighieri

K_Michael

04.29.2019 07:31PM

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@Speedrace

Time is a precious commodity.

Speedrace

04.29.2019 07:28PM

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@K_Michael

Shhhhhhh, patience young padawan

Wrick-It-Ralph

04.29.2019 07:25PM

I'm going to attempt to lay down beastie and thorough vote for this.

Wrick-It-Ralph

04.29.2019 07:23PM

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@K_Michael

I like it.

K_Michael

04.29.2019 07:06PM

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@Wrick-It-Ralph

I now visualize every debate as two old guys yelling at each other over their fence/hedge while others spectate.
Now that is quality entertainment! XD

Wrick-It-Ralph

04.29.2019 07:04PM

Putting down my lawn chair.

K_Michael

04.29.2019 06:59PM

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@Speedrace

Remember what I said about pace?

Pinkfreud08

05.13.2019 12:46AM

Criterion

Con

Tie

Pro

Points

Better arguments

3 point(s)

Better sources

2 point(s)

Better legibility

1 point(s)

Better conduct

1 point(s)

Reason:

Countering Ramshutu's poor bomb, RM provided a decent reason for his vote being the rhyme scheme/flow made by speed race.

Ramshutu

05.06.2019 03:45PM

Criterion

Con

Tie

Pro

Points

Better arguments

3 point(s)

Better sources

2 point(s)

Better legibility

1 point(s)

Better conduct

1 point(s)

Reason:

Counter vote bomb

RationalMadman

05.06.2019 03:44PM

Criterion

Con

Tie

Pro

Points

Better arguments

3 point(s)

Better sources

2 point(s)

Better legibility

1 point(s)

Better conduct

1 point(s)

Reason:

Speedrace doesn't even try with the rhyme scheme or flow. Michael is at least employing internal rhyming and slight flow.