Question...especially for the Non American members

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Originally Posted by Esso

I know there’s a lot of the member base that doesn’t live in the US so I wanna ask y’all this...

If an American (or anyone else) makes a punch that’s based on a concept rooted in American (or their native) culture, pop, sports, customs, etc that might not apply or be well known in your country, how much does it affect how you judge the bar? Do you look at the craftsmanship of the bar and look into the concept to judge it accordingly or do you just look at it as not hitting because the topic matter isn’t familiar?

i have a few issues with this esp with @Rieper lol and i told him about it too. for me i just refrain from voting itself coz even if i do try to get into the technicalities of the punch the fact that i do not resonate with it makes me a little biased and/or still in the dark about how good or bad the punch concept may actually be. Also one of the major reasons i do not use wordplays (or even curent affairs concepts related to my part of the world at all) anymore at all coz shit just does not cut it for different accents and nationalities here even tho it may seem legitimately fine to me. Globalization is yet to hit letsbeef thats for sure.

[The Saaxxx Baba]

Originally Posted by Esso

I know there’s a lot of the member base that doesn’t live in the US so I wanna ask y’all this...

If an American (or anyone else) makes a punch that’s based on a concept rooted in American (or their native) culture, pop, sports, customs, etc that might not apply or be well known in your country, how much does it affect how you judge the bar? Do you look at the craftsmanship of the bar and look into the concept to judge it accordingly or do you just look at it as not hitting because the topic matter isn’t familiar?

i have a few issues with this esp with @Rieper lol and i told him about it too. for me i just refrain from voting itself coz even if i do try to get into the technicalities of the punch the fact that i do not resonate with it makes me a little biased and/or still in the dark about how good or bad the punch concept may actually be. Also one of the major reasons i do not use wordplays (or even curent affairs concepts related to my part of the world at all) anymore at all coz shit just does not cut it for different accents and nationalities here even tho it may seem legitimately fine to me. Globalization is yet to hit letsbeef thats for sure.

Originally Posted by Aggo

It's not american/english. It's just anything I dont understand. When rant makes a bar about quantum mechanics and string theory and the punch is a wordplay on the guy who invented it, I score that lower too. I just cant relate.

What the fuck? Didn't get smart line deducting points.

Originally Posted by Aggo

It's not american/english. It's just anything I dont understand. When rant makes a bar about quantum mechanics and string theory and the punch is a wordplay on the guy who invented it, I score that lower too. I just cant relate.

What the fuck? Didn't get smart line deducting points.

[The Saaxxx Baba]

Originally Posted by 2FUEL

To be perfectly honest, the same question can be asked of the American based community, who, for the majority over the years I’ve been here, deduct points and score you low for using a bar/punchline-reference on something they don’t know about. Almost as if: if it’s not American, it doesn’t exist sort of mentality.

Granted not everyone of the American members do this but the majority have done and continue to do so.

Myself, if it’s a sports reference I’ll look it up, though for the most part if it’s something I’ve no knowledge of, I would usually discount the bar until I gather more info on it from the member who wrote the bar, as to what it’s about. Though as @EtH had stated, you’re not going to be at a live battle with google at the ready or after a battlers round jump on stage and ask him/her “yo, when you said x y an z, what did you mean?”

This.

[The Saaxxx Baba]

Originally Posted by 2FUEL

To be perfectly honest, the same question can be asked of the American based community, who, for the majority over the years I’ve been here, deduct points and score you low for using a bar/punchline-reference on something they don’t know about. Almost as if: if it’s not American, it doesn’t exist sort of mentality.

Granted not everyone of the American members do this but the majority have done and continue to do so.

Myself, if it’s a sports reference I’ll look it up, though for the most part if it’s something I’ve no knowledge of, I would usually discount the bar until I gather more info on it from the member who wrote the bar, as to what it’s about. Though as @EtH had stated, you’re not going to be at a live battle with google at the ready or after a battlers round jump on stage and ask him/her “yo, when you said x y an z, what did you mean?”

This.