The Gauntlet
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Printed Date: 27 March 2026 at 2:30am
Topic: The Gauntlet
Posted By: Cuba
Subject: The Gauntlet
Date Posted: 24 August 2015 at 10:48pm
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I'm throwing down the gauntlet... If anyone is bored or lacking inspiration, or looking for a challenge then step inside. I'll be issuing a CALL TO ARMS which will be open challenges to all site members, but I will also hand out direct challenges to those who want them. Who'll be first to take the challenge? Some admin...when you accept a challenge if you could post "I'm picking up The Gauntlet" with a link to this thread. For the CALL TO ARMS if you post in the thread title C2A: then the thread title with The Gauntlet link in. Hopefully by doing this we'll increase awareness and participation. ------------- 
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Posted By: Storm $hadow
Date Posted: 24 August 2015 at 11:00pm
| Will love to join but still, my activeness is unstable... |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 24 August 2015 at 11:08pm
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Flame, go drop on the Identity Crisis cypher... Storm, the point is you can do something quick & easy. Go write a quick 16 lines focusing on flow and multis. -------------
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Posted By: Storm $hadow
Date Posted: 24 August 2015 at 11:17pm
| Mmmmmmm... Still need a guide to do that perfectly so i will have to back down for now |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 24 August 2015 at 11:26pm
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Just give it a go!! There are tips in the elevation centre and tutorials to give you an idea about multis...there's no excuse!! -------------
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Posted By: Storm $hadow
Date Posted: 25 August 2015 at 12:31am
| Lol.. Okay, let me check it out |
Posted By: Hyperactive
Date Posted: 25 August 2015 at 3:44am
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I'm in. |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 25 August 2015 at 7:21am
Go and write a 16 line verse using one of the aliases from round 2 of Heat Wave...doesn't have to be one of the battles set up, I.e. You can diss Iron Man as the Hulk -------------
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Hyperactive wrote:Posted By: The Rap Daemon
Date Posted: 27 August 2015 at 10:04pm
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I don't understand this fully... May you enlighten me? |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 27 August 2015 at 10:41pm
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I issue you with a challenge, you go and do it -------------
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Posted By: The Rap Daemon
Date Posted: 27 August 2015 at 10:50pm
| Alright.... I'm in??? |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 28 August 2015 at 8:02am
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Go and feed three open mics then drop a verse (16 lines max) dissing Wayne Rooney -------------
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Posted By: King Soul
Date Posted: 28 August 2015 at 8:05am
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What exactly is this? I might be interested if I know what's going on. -------------  |
Posted By: AshleyKaos
Date Posted: 28 August 2015 at 8:19am
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I'm bout it lol why not ------------- NUMBER 1 FEMALE MC TILL THE DEATH OF ME |
Posted By: Sky Scrapur
Date Posted: 28 August 2015 at 2:40pm
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I'm lacking inspiration...right now i feel powerless -------------  |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 28 August 2015 at 7:12pm
I don't know how else I can explain it...read the other responses in the thread. It's random challenges you get assigned, it's for fun, nothing else. -------------
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Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 28 August 2015 at 7:12pm
Go and write a verse about someone in a powerless situation, could be a rape victim or a slave, or whatever. Aim for 16-24 lines. -------------
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Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 28 August 2015 at 7:14pm
Go and drop 16 lines on the alliteration cypher :evil smiley: -------------
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Posted By: Captive
Date Posted: 30 August 2015 at 3:40am
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Fuck it .. What you got for me? (preferrably audio) -------------  |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 30 August 2015 at 11:34am
26 bar alphabet cypher...so as many a/b/c words as you can manage in each line going through the entire alphabet. Enjoy!! P.S. If I don't see people actually going and fulfilling these challenges I am going to stop wasting my time here & baring in mind this is one of the most simple and straight forward things we had in mind for LA it's not massively encouraging for the mod team to bring more fresh ideas to the table... You get the LA you want -------------
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Posted By: AshleyKaos
Date Posted: 30 August 2015 at 1:38pm
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Evil smiley? Lol ------------- NUMBER 1 FEMALE MC TILL THE DEATH OF ME |
Posted By: Captive
Date Posted: 30 August 2015 at 2:40pm
Ive been wanting to do this for years .. Aight give me a day or two cuz shit .. Thats maaadd bars .. Im doing it tho ------------- |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 31 August 2015 at 11:21am
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Don't worry about taking a bit longer for audio, I know it takes a bit more effort to pull something together...my comment was directed more generally. -------------
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Posted By: Slip
Date Posted: 22 November 2015 at 3:06am
| hit me |
Posted By: Stalin
Date Posted: 22 November 2015 at 9:23am
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What I get Cubes? ------------- +Sick-Witted+ |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 22 November 2015 at 9:50am
Pick any of the challenges I've set other people in this thread and complete it today -------------
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Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 22 November 2015 at 9:50am
Write a verse about Life in Syria -------------
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Posted By: Absolute Abomination
Date Posted: 22 November 2015 at 11:24am
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Hit me. Bare in mind I haven't done much in terms of diversity so a lot of your ideas will probably be difficult for me to do well. Still I'll give it a go. ------------- Show me a fortress and I'll show you a ruin. |
Posted By: Slip
Date Posted: 22 November 2015 at 1:41pm
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Not to be rude cube But dude your gettin lazy If I wanted to pick my own task to conquer maybe I wouldn't bother to ask you notta I'm more of an original type it's not like me to mimic I slaughter any topic when I drop it on the mic from start to finish Sorry for the mishap this ain't ment to be a diss track Converting my opinions into rhymes no offence I hope you get that So please hit me with somethin fresh and new so I could spit that Rip that flip that kick that give back 100 percent effort whenever I hit that |
Posted By: Senor Perfecto
Date Posted: 22 November 2015 at 4:20pm
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Yo... Slip... lay-off Cuba... The dude's setting challenges Which are not getting completed by these bunch of amateurs, Inactivity damages the site... but this is straight-forward, Mods inspiring Members as well as trying to maintain order, LA's bored of chit-chat so quit Rap or spit back, With a diss-track whose last three lines don't rhyme with six thats, I'm a sick Cat and Slip's wack... but at least he endeavoured, You get an "F" for skill but I give you an "A" for 100% effort... Adios...  -------------  |
Posted By: Slip
Date Posted: 22 November 2015 at 5:34pm
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if he were to challenge me with an actual obstacle its probable id be phenomenal in any type of topical but to scroll back and look for somethin set for someone else i dont consider that as inspiration if he really wants to help so i kindly hinted with manners sayin please as if matters i need somethin to go on and i could write a couple chapters im more active then most on this site at the moment so the least yall could do is gemmie somethin to flow with im not tryna diss im tryna whip up some imagery if i had some food for thought you'd probably get a delivery but instead i got mr senor perfecto hungry to diss me |
Posted By: Slip
Date Posted: 22 November 2015 at 5:35pm
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all im askin for is a shot at the gauntlet gemmie somethin good cuba
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Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 22 November 2015 at 6:37pm
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Write a verse while only rhyming on 4+ syllable multi...since you seem to be struggling with that. P.S. post it in the open mic, not in this thread or it'll be considered trolling. -------------
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Posted By: Slip
Date Posted: 23 November 2015 at 1:10am
| i gave it a shot but dam 4 syllable multi action aint easy |
Posted By: Ridley Squat
Date Posted: 28 November 2015 at 7:32pm
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Yo, Is this still a thing? If so I'm ready for my assignment boss. 
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Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 29 November 2015 at 8:52am
Write an open mic verse dissing Slip  -------------
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Posted By: Absolute Abomination
Date Posted: 29 November 2015 at 9:29am
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And me? ------------- Show me a fortress and I'll show you a ruin. |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 29 November 2015 at 10:27am
Open mic verse from the perspective of an Aborigie -------------
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Posted By: Absolute Abomination
Date Posted: 29 November 2015 at 10:44am
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Assuming you meant aborigine im all over it. ------------- Show me a fortress and I'll show you a ruin. |
Posted By: Ridley Squat
Date Posted: 29 November 2015 at 7:58pm
| On it |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 29 November 2015 at 10:10pm
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Open challenge to all: Go and vote on the Heat Wave topical final -------------
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Posted By: Absolute Abomination
Date Posted: 30 November 2015 at 9:42am
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how we expected to have time to vote on ~20 bar drops if they don't have time to vote on <10 bar battles that have been sitting there for weeks... ------------- Show me a fortress and I'll show you a ruin. |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 30 November 2015 at 4:41pm
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Because if everyone waited for someone else to vote on their battle first everyone would just be waiting around... Plus member activity on tournaments directly affects my motivation to run future tournaments Plus it's a final...it should be a high quality battle that's an interesting read and an opportunity for people to learn. Plus I just challenged people to do it...which is the purpose of this thread, the challenges aren't always "go and write this" -------------
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Posted By: The Rap Daemon
Date Posted: 16 December 2015 at 10:28pm
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YO! THE GAUNTLET IS BACK, AND THIS TIME, I'M RUNNING IT!! (Don't fret). Anyone wants to be challenged and have there skill tested? Wanna prove your excellence!? Then THE GAUNTLET is the place to be! Just ask for a challenge, and I can give you a day or a week challenge for you to complete to fulfill ANY of your peculiar desires! Also, I will be hosting an open-to-all-members CALL TO ARMS challenge monthly, where a BIG challenge(s) will be set for EVERYONE to "CALL" to.. So, let's go!!! ------------- Faggot |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 17 December 2015 at 10:15pm
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Moving this to the Magazine board so hopefully it gets more visibility. -------------
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Posted By: The Rap Daemon
Date Posted: 17 December 2015 at 10:36pm
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Alright here's a challenge for you to complete in a week: 1.) Write or record a 16-32 diss against Kanye West OR against yourself. 2.) Feed 5 Open Mics and/or battles. 3.) Contribute at least one verse of any length in 3 Cypher Games OR battle someone. Also Cuba, can I make a Gauntlet Ranking Thread for people who participate so everyone can keep/see a record of how 'well' they have done in The Gauntlet, where they get a point for each numbered challenge they successfully complete? Makes The Gauntlet challenges sort of like an on-going competition like the battlefields are with their rankings.. ------------- Faggot |
Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 18 December 2015 at 6:04pm
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In principle I like the idea...the difficulty is how do you make your challenges equal? Maybe track it for the CALL TO ARMS you do...one response = 1 point then you can allocate 5 bonus points as you see fit. (So if someone smashes it, give them all 5...or you could give 1 to 5 people, or only 3 in total if you see fit). I think The Gauntlet should be just random 'sharpen your sword' / 'give me something interesting to do' type thing. -------------
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Posted By: The Rap Daemon
Date Posted: 06 January 2016 at 11:40am
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Just a reminder that this is open for EVERYONE if y'all didn't see this.. And Djflame, what happened? ------------- Faggot |
Posted By: Arthur
Date Posted: 01 February 2016 at 1:56am
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this thread could do with some challenges. fuck it, let's issue some. these are just things that i want to see. you guys don't even have to do any of them. they ain't gonna be easy, but i want to see some shit on LA in 2016. ok firstly to all site members, win February's OM King. to The Law, win the Text title before 2016 is over. to Cuba, Enter and win the next topical tournament whenever it is. to Neek, have the audio title reinstated and win it before 2016 is over. to CHAIN, drop a sequel to Power 101 that is every bit as good as the first one. to Beans, become Ranked number one (all time list) on the site before 2016 is over. to Trizzy Tre, write a reply battle verse to Orion before 2016 is over. i'll add some more if i think of them.
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Posted By: Venomonology
Date Posted: 01 February 2016 at 2:23am
I got this
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Posted By: The Law
Date Posted: 01 February 2016 at 2:33am
If I do get the belt. I want you to be my first title defense. Some great challenges there.
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Posted By: Cuba
Date Posted: 01 February 2016 at 7:54am
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Damn @ you throwing down the gauntlet to me on my own shit...fair play though -------------
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Posted By: Beans
Date Posted: 01 February 2016 at 7:53pm
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On it Arthur....and I'll be winning that belt ------------- 1-2 Season 1 Final Champ |
Posted By: CHAIN
Date Posted: 02 February 2016 at 7:56am
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@Arthur I don't believe in recreating special moments. And I would be forcing my pen. It has to be organic. So I'm not going to do that lol. I'm sorry. ------------- |
Posted By: The Law
Date Posted: 06 February 2016 at 8:45pm
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Challenge for the whole site (including myself). Feed and/or vote on an least one Open Mic/Audio Mic or battle a day. The days that your able to get on LA, of course.
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Posted By: Neek
Date Posted: 29 July 2016 at 6:04pm
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I wanted to bring this back as its the reason I returned to LA in the first place. Crimson Juice - drop a fire ass WD or a KOTOM before this months ends. LP - write and record a song and upload the stems to emcee lounge using mediafire dot com (mix down each track by itself and put it into a folder) Ch3kk G - drop a fire ass song about the best parts and worst parts about your city. Droidian - drop an audio freeverse over Empire State of Mind. you can get the other three (beans and the other two dudes) to join as well and make it a real festive vibe. goodluck folks. ------------- #Bananas 
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Posted By: Crimson Juice
Date Posted: 30 July 2016 at 9:18pm
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Neek I'm going to try and meet this..peace. ------------- "You need to learn how to make an exit, before you can dare make an entrance". |
Posted By: Beans
Date Posted: 30 July 2016 at 9:24pm
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Neek i challenge you to record a compliment track on Game, Trizz and SS ------------- 1-2 Season 1 Final Champ |
Posted By: Rutter knows best
Date Posted: 30 July 2016 at 11:36pm
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Bit of a long shot on that tbh, i'm not a big alicia keys fan either. ------------- #bananas 
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Posted By: Droidian
Date Posted: 31 July 2016 at 12:38am
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i got something cooking, RKB -------------  |
Posted By: Lord Puente
Date Posted: 31 July 2016 at 3:46am
| excited to see how these all turn out. |
Posted By: Exoduzt
Date Posted: 31 July 2016 at 4:57am
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Droid vs BG (text) Chekk vs Neek (audio) for real who doesn't want to see this??? Trizz vs Rutt Beans vs end food battle re match -------------  |
Posted By: Lord Puente
Date Posted: 31 July 2016 at 5:12am
| I think bg perma banned |
Posted By: Neek
Date Posted: 31 July 2016 at 5:16am
drop a 32 bar OM about your feelings towards the presidential divide in the united states of America and the effects you think it will or wont have on your generation. ------------- #Bananas
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Posted By: Droidian
Date Posted: 31 July 2016 at 3:09pm
done x 2 😉 ------------- |
Posted By: Crimson Juice
Date Posted: 31 July 2016 at 3:37pm
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^^lol.."I'd buy that for a dollar".. X3 ------------- "You need to learn how to make an exit, before you can dare make an entrance". |
Posted By: Lord Puente
Date Posted: 28 August 2016 at 2:17am
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just finished recording and saving all the stems, uploading them now to mediafire per request, will post in emcee lounge as soon as stems are done uploading! -------------  |