Suggestions, Comments & Problems: Feeding/flipping?

A lot of people always complain about this, and I agree myself tbh that it shouldn't be allowed unless you're doing like a 2 round battle where you both get the chance to feed off eachothers verses. Flipping is an art and if a flip is well delivered it can be the turning point in a battle.

But that's been the case on this website for years, I can't see the default rules changing any time soon tbh. It is what it is...

Its a shame. It makes me hesitant to drop my verse first.

Its not even about putting the "no flips" stipulation on my battles, as just think as a general rule flipping shouldn't be considered as standard. As its only a tool for one of the battlers to utilise.

yeah but in an actual freestyle its different and much harder to pull off. in a text battle its much easier  gives much more of an advantage to 1 person.

I've added lines that could be considered 'feeding' or counterish, but i never tried to break down an opponents bars to use them against him.

that is pretty lame since it can be so effective by even unskilled battlers. i see it as being looked down on as long  as both battlers don't agree to it, regardless of the rules on it.

From my point of view the rules should not be restrictive. You may have noticed this, that the default/house rules are very open - such as unlimited lines, flipping allowed and such. With only crew votes being disallowed by default.

There was a poll not to long ago, and excluding the few new members who were campaigning for change, pretty much everyone just said "But I think it should be allowed by default, but I always battle with the 'no flips' rule anyway so doesn’t bother me"

And most people ask for a specific number of lines in a call out, adding "no flips" is no hardship.


At the end of the day, if someone goes "who wants to battle, house rules" and never even bothers to check what they even are, its their own fault really.