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The Rookie Of The Year 2019
The Nominations
Through most of 2019 there were considered an insufficient number of promising new battlers to hold another Rookie tournament. However, in the early months of 2020 interest in the topic picked up, and about 8 names were brought up, with half of these falling out of contention for various reasons. Eventually four names were left – DiZzReSpEkT, Kiwi Peewee, The Saaxxx Baba and Zezmeril. DiZzReSpEkT had been inactive for long periods, but had shown very promising creativity behind his punches. Kiwi Peewee had only risen to become noticed with a victory over Rican in late December of 2019, although by the time the tournament began in March he had risen to be LBT Champion and a moderator and was considered by some a full-blown heavyweight. The Saaxxx Baba was best known for his sexually-minded presence in the forums, but this belied his tremendous elevation as a battler, which had seen him to a battle-of-the-card bout against REZN in the THC in December among several other impressive performances. Zezmeril had previously had an LB account many years earlier but had stopped using it after a few battles and so was determined to be allowed to enter. Kiwi was considered by most to be a sure favourite to win, and there was some talk of directly awarding him the title, but most users (including Kiwi) believed the 4 should be able to fight it out in a tournament.
The Tournament
Previous Rookie Champion Edgeworth was selected to host a four man tournament to find 2019's Rookie of the Year; unfortunately this could not be held in the official tourney brackets due to the concurrent One Bar Tournament #8. All battles were to be 16 lines as in 2018. The tournament was co-ordinated through this forum thread:
The Rookie Of The Year 2019 Tournament
The Result
After Zezmeril no-showed his semi-final with Kiwi Peewee due to a family crisis and DiZzReSpEkT lost a close bout with The Saaxxx Baba, the tournament was set for a Saaxxx vs Kiwi final. Both sides really delivered; Saaxxx's verse was hailed as perhaps his best yet with some terrific highlights, but Kiwi proved too strong for him and was scored as being narrowly in the lead by every voter. The bout ended in a flattering 100%-0% scoreline to Kiwi, and he was crowned Rookie of the Year for 2019, despite the fact that the battle finished during April of 2020.
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The Rookie Of The Year 2019
The Nominations
Through most of 2019 there were considered an insufficient number of promising new battlers to hold another Rookie tournament. However, in the early months of 2020 interest in the topic picked up, and about 8 names were brought up, with half of these falling out of contention for various reasons. Eventually four names were left – DiZzReSpEkT, Kiwi Peewee, The Saaxxx Baba and Zezmeril. DiZzReSpEkT had been inactive for long periods, but had shown very promising creativity behind his punches. Kiwi Peewee had only risen to become noticed with a victory over Rican in late December of 2019, although by the time the tournament began in March he had risen to be LBT Champion and a moderator and was considered by some a full-blown heavyweight. The Saaxxx Baba was best known for his sexually-minded presence in the forums, but this belied his tremendous elevation as a battler, which had seen him to a battle-of-the-card bout against REZN in the THC in December among several other impressive performances. Zezmeril had previously had an LB account many years earlier but had stopped using it after a few battles and so was determined to be allowed to enter. Kiwi was considered by most to be a sure favourite to win, and there was some talk of directly awarding him the title, but most users (including Kiwi) believed the 4 should be able to fight it out in a tournament.
The Tournament
Previous Rookie Champion Edgeworth was selected to host a four man tournament to find 2019's Rookie of the Year; unfortunately this could not be held in the official tourney brackets due to the concurrent One Bar Tournament #8. All battles were to be 16 lines as in 2018. The tournament was co-ordinated through this forum thread:
The Rookie Of The Year 2019 Tournament
The Result
After Zezmeril no-showed his semi-final with Kiwi Peewee due to a family crisis and DiZzReSpEkT lost a close bout with The Saaxxx Baba, the tournament was set for a Saaxxx vs Kiwi final. Both sides really delivered; Saaxxx's verse was hailed as perhaps his best yet with some terrific highlights, but Kiwi proved too strong for him and was scored as being narrowly in the lead by every voter. The bout ended in a flattering 100%-0% scoreline to Kiwi, and he was crowned Rookie of the Year for 2019, despite the fact that the battle finished during April of 2020.
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