9. TheReturn 11-3 Vs. 10. Vigil 26-18

Extreme Venom · 10-24-2006, 11:45 PM

RSTL RULES AND REGULATIONS

RULES AND REGULATIONS - THERE'S SOME NEW SHIT SO CLICK AND READ

The Standard League Rules will still be Enforced

Due Dates

VERSES DUE: Saturday, 11:59PM PST/2:59AM EST
Verses posted after the deadline will not count!

VOTES DUE Monday, 11:59PM PST/2:59 EST
Votes posted after the deadline will not count!
[list][*]Check-in (Posting in your match to show that you are aware the match exists) is encouraged but not required.
[*]Verses must incorporate at least one of the provided topics and must be at least 16 lines and must not exceed 64 lines.
[*]Anyone who does not post at least 4 rap lines, incorporating at least one of the provided topics, is considered a no-show.
[*]RECYCLING IS NOT STRICTLY PROHIBITED. You may not use any verse that you have previously used within the league at any time. Whether it was a no show, tournament verse recycled for the league or visa versa or any verse that have ever been used within the league perimeters.
[*]During check-in, you can ask your opponent to agree to a line limit (Minimum 16) and if your opponent agrees, Moderators will hold both participants to that limit.
[*]Posting between 4-15 lines is considered a “show” but will not result in a match. If you post 4-15 lines, and your opponent posts between 16-64, you will lose the match but you will remain in the league. If you post 4-15 lines, and your opponent does not show, you will “Win by no-show”.[/list]
Voting:[list][*]If you do not show you can still vote and post the links in your match to receive full voting points. In addition, if you do not show, yet vote on at least 4 matches (Or, every match available, should there be less than 4 matches to vote on) you will remain in the league.
[*]Votes must be hidden! To hide a vote, first thing you type in your reply is a bracket “[“, the word “hide” and end bracket “]”. The last thing you type in your reply is a bracket “[“, a backslash “/”, the word “hide” and end bracket “]”. Unhidden votes will not count towards the match or towards your vote requirements.
[*]No second chance votes! Editing votes for any reason must be approved by mods and explained in reason for editing.
[*]No bias votes! If you have a personal investment in wanting someone to lose, whether because that member voted against you once, or you just don’t like that person, whatever the reason, do not vote in the match. If have a personal investment in wanting someone to win, whether because they’re crew member, or because you want to face that person in the next week’s brackets, whatever the reason, do not vote in the match.
[*]”Bias” must be confirmed by a Moderator.
[*]If there is a match which you will not be able to vote on, due to “Bias” of any type, state so within your match prior to Verses Due Deadline. If this reduces the number of matches available for you to vote on to the point where you are unable to vote on at least 4 matches, the point scale will be adjusted according to how many matches you do vote on.
[*]3-ways are inevitable. In order to provide a tie-breaker in a 3-way, you are now required to indicate in what order the contestants finished (1st, 2nd, 3rd).
anyone who does not show or vote is suspended one week and must sign-in again to be inserted the following week.[/list]

Topics: Ranks and Topics

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TheReturn · 10-25-2006, 02:18 PM

The topics somewhat resemble pure shit this week. And I did nothing to help better them.

1. 15. Ribonuclease 8-5 Vs. 16. R3DRUM 1 -0
2. RSTL CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. Mr. Mynd 1 3 -2 Vs. 2. Sacrifice 8 -1
3. 13. Blackwell 0-2 Vs. 14. Got Life? 31-19
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TheReturn · 10-25-2006, 05:21 PM

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach.
Bertrand Russell

Live life to the fullest...that's what I've always been told,
I think it starts when you're old
In the waning years of your life when it's dark and it's cold.
Cause when you were younger,
You never wondered about your heart and your soul,
And why so often we're sold
On doing things we spoke against until our coffins are full.

See, I never lived life fully, shit I never lived a life at all
I'd scream and yell my head off everytime my wife would call,
And everytime she'd bawl, meaning every single night was long,
I sat alone, dropping bottles on the porch till the night was gone.
How do I right this wrong? I'm just hoping life goes on
Sitting in this rocking chair, as I let God write my song,
I stumble into a drunken stupor,
And it's nothing new but, I was just expecting somethin' super.
I can't live to the fullest if it's always been rough and gruesome.
Cause ever since the drugs and boozin',
I've been living a life impaired, my kids and wife are scared,
And it'd be tough to lose 'em.
So I decided right there not to spend my time despaired,
And took a drive to clear my mind in this nighttime air.
The street lights that glared, luminated the path I traveled down,
Bathing the road in yellow, urging vibrance on my saddened frown.
The essence of the depressants hit me, a maddening sound
As alcohol burst into my veins, like flames from a dragon's mouth.
Time started dragging out,
While my conscience chased my actions
In this twisted game of cat and mouse.
Back at the house my baby girl's asking why her Dad's been out,
My wife's trying to console her, but even she seems to have her doubts.
I'm ready to get past it now, as for Lady Liquor - I'll close her
The fighting will cease, hell I forgot what we were bickering over...
You hear this whiskey whispering don't ya?
I'm afraid I do, cause I don't say this shit when I'm sober.
So I'll start listening closer, make sure my kids get their composure.
I'll start to fight the urges when they're callin' out.
And live to show my kids what their father's really all about
Truly a good man, the epitome of lost and found,
Until these dreams got my thoughts spinning all around.
I lose control, test my driving on some faulty ground
And go right over a bridge, knowing that I'm coffin bound.
Hours later when they dragged my carcus out,
Everyone had heard, already they were talkin' down
Hearing the story of a drunk's suicide, they start to frown.
But they don't know the truth,
Cause these rumors made me the fallen victim of a smaller town.

Live life to the fullest...that's what I've always been told,
I think it starts when you're old
In the waning years of your life when it's dark and it's cold.
Cause when you were younger,
You never wondered about your heart and your soul,
And why so often we're sold
On doing things we spoke against until our coffins are full.

I never enjoyed life, I spent it preaching what I never did,
But I thank God I never preached how I dared to live...

...We'd all be fucked up

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Vigil · 10-27-2006, 11:32 PM

My Art of Living

There's a feeling in me, and i usually have wait for it
that tells me one day I'll be one of the greatest poets.
Maybe its fate that I know it,
I just hope it'll never be too late to blow it.
I've question myself if its passion I'm filled with
or if writing is just me coping with the distractions of my illness.
But I guess,
I rhyme for reason and thats the only reason I rhyme.
and I write to make sense of my meaningless time.
I don't know where I'm at
so I try to look busy by reading the signs,
hoping people won't notice me
just as long as I keep my feet in the lines.
I need to rewind,
and turn my volume low and turn the noise down
cause the bass in my thoughts is too loud
its keeping my voice down.
You ever met a man picking his own lock?
Hi.
I rather kick in than knock.
Life is a slippery slope
so you might as well fall quicker
than trying to grab onto invisible rocks
ain't no use in hanging on for your life for a short while
we all fall
some of just go willingly and with more style.
All artists decay and embrace death
without leaving a trace of their breath.
That's why you'll find me with black lungs
and my back sprung when i go down under
cuz you can't play the odds, were all outnumbered.
You can pray to god but he can't hear you
life is truly a forest with too many bushes to clear thru
and from listenin to tsarion I've learned the hory spirit appears in the mirror view.
Over the years,
I've burned what i've read, and learned from whats said
and I've realized if you turn down life, you turn up dead.
There's somethings you just can't take back,
and 98 percent of me believes heaven sent me
to make a splash and create a ripple effect that will last for centuries.
But I know the pool of greatness is 6 feet deep
and there isn't enough room to swim
and only enough time to get your feet wet.
Everytime I think about ultimate death I get in a deep sweat.
And I'm afraid the end of the rope
may come sooner than expected,
leaving me without a clue as to what death is.
I keep thinking non-stop
if truth were antique then my head is a pawn shop.
I can't keep looking over my shoulders, I need to move fast
cuz the man who continues to look back runs into his past.
But it's hard keeping your head up
cause when you have ocd you get mental hiccups.
I was born with this state of mind, and a revolutionary spirit
and I was born with thick skin but I don't usually wear it.
After taking turns in this twist
I've learned you get what you resist.
Ain't no use in playin the odds, the whole pack is a flop
the frontline is the bottomline and the back is the top.
I've learned to let the pen think, its a zen thing
so im letting pain wash over me till im soaked in cleansing.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Vigil · 10-29-2006, 06:23 PM

votes

RSTL CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. Mr. Mynd 1 3 -2 Vs. 2. Sacrifice 8 -1
RSTL #1 CONTENDERSHIP: 3. Street Poet 3 -0 Vs. 4. SD-11 3 -0
15. Ribonuclease 8-5 Vs. 16. R3DRUM 1 -0

TaLi RodrigueZ · 10-30-2006, 12:36 PM