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This might not be popular, but I feel the same way about Mike P spitting video game nostalgia as I did about Sug, Chess, Guntitles, Nitty, even JC spitting about the same 3-4 movies.
 

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If Roc takes anything away from the Chess battle, he's going to need to step the creativity up just a little for Hollow.
 

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Mike P is like the second coming of TODD.

Good showmanship, good vocal projection, pretty strategic.
But these guys don't bring ANYTHING to the game.

Mike is too scared to be too white up there, but I think it can work. The whole "I’m trying to convince my friends to see me battle a guy named Twork" is a good example. The way he approached that angle was dope.

Otherwise his material isn't memorable imo. DBZ bars been around, plus Mr Wavy did a Hadouken bar in an old URL cipher at least a year before Mike made the URL.
 

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If Roc takes anything away from the Chess battle, he's going to need to step the creativity up just a little for Hollow.
He should step it down IMO. Just gun bar him to death. Hollow is going to take some weird "LOM helped Baltimore" angle that won't hit in the room at all. Roc just has to let Hollow flop and bark on him.
 

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He should step it down IMO. Just gun bar him to death. Hollow is going to take some weird "LOM helped Baltimore" angle that won't hit in the room at all. Roc just has to let Hollow flop and bark on him.

I guess. But just seeing how Chess was a bit more memorable than Roc was a bit disconcerting. What if Hollow ditches the drawn out angles and the goofy stuff, and just bombs on Roc with creative bars?
 

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Big T choking in battles isn't some minor thing. He stumbles, pauses, gets his spot and loses it again. It's sloppy. If Mike stays at his normal level of consistency for three, a choking Big T will ruin the battle. Mike requires a good opponent since he doesn't carry the battles. Big T is the wildcard with a bad history.

I think @theflyest said it similar... We have to stop judging potential when the countering evidence is strong.
Nah I definitely get it. But I look at the big t that battles suge....even that T 30's mike p. Idk I feel like he knows this is an important battle for him. I'd bet he does well and clearly wins:yeshrug:
 

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Nah I definitely get it. But I look at the big t that battles suge....even that T 30's mike p. Idk I feel like he knows this is an important battle for him. I'd bet he does well and clearly wins:yeshrug:

Yup. Big T isn't under contract with URL, so a great showing on URL allows Big T to ask the small leagues for more money for those BS one rounders.
 

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A good Big T battle is too far, few and in between to go with him.

Long time ago i stopped the if we get the (insert battler) from this battle then blah blah


We WILL NOT get those back. Those are dead, they're content with doing passable and getting the check. Thank God URL is starting to see that and one by one gave these lazy dudes the :camby:
 

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nikkas really hated that Mike P and NJT battle that bad? Wtf? I didn't think it was that bad. Some good shyt in that battle. I guess they felt it was overhyped maybe because everyone was saying Mike P won. Or he clearly said he did. And when the battle dropped, it was more so mixed reviews. nikkas have clearly made it known they don't shyt about DBZ and just love NJT's style so much they can't give Mike the win. Me, I got Mike 2-1 because he had the more cleaner performance. Got this rounds with no issue. NJT as the rounds went on seemed to be not as comfortable.
 

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nikkas really hated that Mike P and NJT battle that bad? Wtf? I didn't think it was that bad. Some good shyt in that battle. I guess they felt it was overhyped maybe because everyone was saying Mike P won. Or he clearly said he did. And when the battle dropped, it was more so mixed reviews. nikkas have clearly made it known they don't shyt about DBZ and just love NJT's style so much they can't give Mike the win. Me, I got Mike 2-1 because he had the more cleaner performance. Got this rounds with no issue. NJT as the rounds went on seemed to be not as comfortable.
It was a good battle but underwhelming if that makes sense
 

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Mike P is like the second coming of TODD.

Good showmanship, good vocal projection, pretty strategic.
But these guys don't bring ANYTHING to the game.

Mike is too scared to be too white up there, but I think it can work. The whole "I’m trying to convince my friends to see me battle a guy named Twork" is a good example. The way he approached that angle was dope.

Otherwise his material isn't memorable imo. DBZ bars been around, plus Mr Wavy did a Hadouken bar in an old URL cipher at least a year before Mike made the URL.
Don't disrespect Mike P like that breh.
TODD came in the game losing to created players and only started winning when he stole the signature moves from other nikkas.

Mike P was undefeated until he hit URL.
His writing is way more interesting than TODD's

Every battle he writes different and tries to work on his craft.
And he has his OWN moves, which TODD doesn't.

He's very calculated

If you peep his NJT battle he tried another approach every round.
1st round - performance (comeback of his performance move just another character)
2nd round - mimicking + signature style (comeback of his .44 surprisingly low multi syllable move)
3rd round - joke intro + slow heavy barring

He clearly approaches battles that way to see what works for him so he can grow as a battler.
He even says it all the time in his interviews "I'm getting better every battle"
Because he's still testing the water for what works for him every battle with the knowledge he got from his previous battles.
No other PG approaches a battle as calculated as he does.

Compared to TODD who just steals another nikka's signature move.

It's a difference
 
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