Epic Brony Rap Tournament (Official Thread)

[NytMayr]

EPIC BRONY RAP TOURNAMENT
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Greetings and salutations! I really need to get a better catchphrase...This is NytMayr, here with the official thread for the idea that FlyingNinjaBannanas proposed in an earlier thread. And that idea is, as the title would heavily imply, a series of rap battles set up in a tournament-like format.

First off, let's list some rules.

1. Each person has 4 days [To much time? Too little?] to create and record their verse and give it to their competitor, who will then do the same thing until 4 verses [Too many? Too little?] are made. Each verse must be eight bars in length.

2. If a verse not submitted in the 4 days given without some kind of prior notification, he or she will forfeit and the other person will win.

3. If a notification occurs, the deadline will be extended for a maximum of one week. [Too much time? Too little?] Any later and the person absent will lose.

4. The rappers may not edit or change the beat given. If this occurs, you will be disqualified.

5. Mic quality is not a major issue unless it makes your voice nigh impossible to figure out.

6. Pretty much anyone can join, if they think they are able.

7. Verses must include some sort of pony-related material. This is a Brony rap tournament, after all.

As to the actual process that the match goes through, all of the rappers will be paired with one another in a tournament bracket setup, chosen by random. The order in which they will create their verses are also random. In addition, a beat maker will be assigned to each of the matches.

Once the match-up is decided, the beat maker will compose his or her piece and send it to both of the rappers. The first rapper will record his or her verse, and send it to both the beat maker for mastering purposes, and the other rapper, so that he or she can record their verse in response, and send it to both their opponent and the beat maker. Also, the announcer will send their audio pieces to the beat maker as well.

After all four verses and the announcer clips are recorded, the assigned beat maker will completely master the song and send it to the video producer, who will create the music video and such. Any required graphical supplements or details that the producer should be aware of should be brought up at this time, e.g. ponysona appearances, which username to use, etc. After the video has been completed, the video will be sent to me, in order to be uploaded to my YouTube channel.

Once the song has been uploaded, people watching the video will vote on who they think is superior. [Methods of voting?] After a voting deadline of some sort is hit, I will tally the votes, and whoever received more of them moves onwards in the tournament.

With all of that said, here are the people that are participating:

Project Manager: NytMayr
Announcer:
Video Producer: Frivolousmonkey
Beat Makers/Audio Masterers: NytMayr, legion2190, MYCUTIEMARKISAGUN, 3M0 DJ
Rappers: NytMayr, bigBerd, HumbleEarthBrony, FlyingNinjaBannanas, stormwind, soultensionbenjamin, Tremil, ChromaticChaosPony, [YellingAtCats?]

If you wish to participate, simply state as such as a reply to this thread. If you wish to apply for the position of announcer or video producer, a sample of your work in those fields is also highly recommended.

[bigBerd]

I'd like to participate as an emcee, good sir.

[HumbleEarthBrony]

I'll participate in this. I should have a mic setup by the time things get rolling.

[FlyingNinjaBannanas]

I am so in as an MC. Why wouldn't I in my position.

On another note, we need to advertise this if possible. I know there are more than a few Brony MC's that either aren't on here often or not at all. So I'd be nice to have them at least know that this is going on.

[NytMayr]

Indeed we do, and I've been working on that. Matter of fact, as soon as I can pull together a graphical supplement, I was planning on submitting it to EqD. Because, if there's one single method of nabbing the attention of lots of bronies, it's EqD.

[NytMayr]

As you can see in the first post, we still need beat makers, an announcer, and a video producer.

[LFP]

someone needs to do art, like this:

Every contest needs art!

[Gray Ham]

Youtube is probably the least efficient way to tally votes, btw.

[NytMayr]

Well, if you have a better suggestion, then by all means, what might work better?

[stormwind]

Definitely in on this. Prepare to be destroyed MCs

[Legion]

I'll hop on as a beatmaker, sure.

Prepare to be destroyed MCs

ಠ_ಠ

[stormwind]

so.... lets get this show on the road shall we?

[MYCUTIEMARKISAGUN]

Brony Rap Kumite needs beats, you say?

[soultensionbenjamin]

this sounds cool id love to rap this up


http://www.reverbnation.com/soultension

http://www.youtube.com/user/soultensionbenjamin/feed

[Tremil]

Id like to sign up as a rapper.

[3M0 DJ]

I could probably make some beats for this.

[stormwind]

c'mon people! Let's get this moving!

[soultensionbenjamin]

yeahh lets do this thing

[NytMayr]

Now, now then. Let's not get too hasty here. We only have four audio producers, seven rappers, and we're still looking for an announcer and video producer. I could probably take over the spot of announcer if need be, but I am, how you say, not good at video producing.

I also need to get off of my rear and get to advertising this thing.

[soultensionbenjamin]

whats a video producer need to do

[NytMayr]

...produce the video?

The matches are going to be put up on YouTube, so naturally, a graphic supplement would be nice. They'd just take the audio, any requested graphics, and put that together into some sort of aesthetically pleasing visual format. It's not my field of expertise.

[ChromaticChaosPony]

I can't rap very well. Should I try anyways for the sake of comedy?

[stormwind]

Sure chromatic. Join so i can rip you up

[Friv]

...produce the video?

The matches are going to be put up on YouTube, so naturally, a graphic supplement would be nice. They'd just take the audio, any requested graphics, and put that together into some sort of aesthetically pleasing visual format. It's not my field of expertise.

I can do that .

[ChromaticChaosPony]

Sure chromatic. Join so i can rip you up

I don't doubt that happening. Ok, it's on like donkey kong!