Thread:SoothSaiyaman!/@comment-29961628-20171117184724/@comment-29961628-20171119171000

Alright, to be fair, I think I need to clarify my position a bit. Evidently my phrasing didn't convey what I was trying to get across.

I have my own writing style. And I am not like Grav or Flats or whoever with those types of lyrics. My writing style goes for a simple, understandable format that is meant to be quick and just fun to read. There are so many battles that you have to look deep into for hours just to understand the references, that I really wanted to do it simple. Especially for these two, since I know people know some about Beethoven, but I don't think most would know much about Pyotr.

Before I go to make any rap battle, I usually go through each person's individual wikipedia page, as well as sometimes watch some documentaries. With that said, I could do these itty bitty references, but I really would rather people just be able to look at something that was easy to understand and that I'd be confident people would be able to relate to and maybe laugh at than something that a low % of the readers would get and would leave others scratching their heads over.

With that said, I do try my best to include references that others would get if they knew a lot about them. With this battle, however, I did not know squat about either going into it. Truth be told, I try to dabble into sections of history that I do not have knowledge on. So yes, that would bleed over in the writing. Because even if I read about both of them, I will not know the really detailed things about classical music.

And it doesn't come down to not researching the detailed stuff, don't get me wrong. If I didn't have any interest in research, I wouldn't do battles. I like learning. But I do rap battles or fun. Rap battles are not what I really consider to be my future career. BUT, I know a lot of people DO consider it that way, and I mean no offense to anyone that does.

I've dealt with criticism with my real life career stuff, writing novels, plenty of times. And when I made my reply to you back on the wikia, I was not trying to put you down or in any way degrade your opinion regarding my battle at all. All I was saying that there are plenty of people who make the in-depth battles that you like or that do it better than me. I don't need to be told that a lot of my things are either wrong or not that good, but that's the point. I'm making them because I just have fun writing to a beat and posting it. If 9 people hate it and 1 likes it, that's cool with me. But in the end, I'm enjoying it. My style isn't for everyone, trust me, there's been people who've said worse than you about it lol. I was just saying that if it irritated you over my inaccuracies or anything in between in the battle, you didn't have to continue to read my future battles.

I value rap battles. I value the wikia, but it's not my life goal or my life in general. I consider it a hobby. And with school, my writing, my family, my dog, my gf, my games, etc, I don't have the time to spend a month and a half non-stop researching obscure documentaries or pages about who I'm writing for and spend time constructing the most logical thing.

With your rewrite, I can acknowledge that it was much better. But with that said, you had more knowledge than I did. I mean the German lyrics I didn't even understand. And that's honestly the thing. People who didn't know German would be like ? and would either have to look it up or not bother, and that takes away from the battle I'm going for. You had lots of classical references, but very few would know that unless they interest themselves with it.

I never claim I'm amazing, or that I'm going to get everything right. Sometimes, my battle are better than others. I bit the bullet when you said what you said because of course not everyone will like my stuff, and it was obvious that I missed the mark with the construction of the battle. That's on me. And all there's to blame is that my knowledge of the subject was very slim. But I wanted to try my best, and I saw some people enjoyed it. And above all else: I enjoyed it.

I can be mediocre at certain battles, but I'm not out to be amazing or to please anyone. I'm just trying to do something in my free time to maybe make a few people laugh or enjoy.

I apologize if whatever I said offended you, but it was never meant to be such a way. I am disappointed in myself in some ways for making something that not everyone likes, since I'm a perfectionist. But that said, I am smart enough to get that I'll sometimes miss the mark on my goal, or I'll just make something someone else had a better vision of. I mean you aren't the first, you won't be the last. With any type of art, there will always be criticism. And I took yours into account for the future.

I hope this won't come between us in any way. And if you want to check out my stuff in the future, feel free. I would happily still talk to you and stuff, because you seem like a cool guy. I was never mad at you, I was just trying to explain my position lol. I hope this did just that.