Plus the biggest factor is you’re seeing it LIVE for free. URL has never done this before, that I can recall.
Essential The Official Battle Rap Random Thoughts Thread (URL, KOTD, UW etc...)
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Ardamus
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Welp except for Reloaded BUT thats if you copped the PPV from earlier.
I wanna say they tried that with a PG event but I might be wrong.
This sounds real c00nish.. For what it's worth beas and smack have built a million dollar platform, with multiple "employees" doing something they love..."Currently battle rap is mostly a pay per view experience"
So caffeine is gonna provide it for free?..........like......idk......YOUTUBE was
Im tired of being reminded how dumb people in battle rap are and how dumb they think fans are
Nah man these dudes are a cotdamn joke, i can already picture what that meeting looked like.... smack and beasley sittin in a corner quiet as fukk while real businessmen toss around words they don't understand and they just nod in agreement
Them numbers gotta be beautiful from caffeine.. I know them ppvs and the app bring in a nice ass chunk of residual bread... This is very interesting
T-K-G
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fukk outta here with that TLR shyt. I said nothing about race
if you align businessmen with another race than that's on you, im alluding to experience.I personally don't think they really try to figure out business models at the level they should be considering how big battle rap is. They always come off years late to the party with the stuff they try. They couldn't try this out with twitch tv years ago when they opened the doors to non-gaming content? Cuz that's the platform caffeine is biting from.
stepbackj34spud
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Yo what the fukk is going on???? What the fukk is this caffeine shyt? I’m bout to stop fukking with battlerap period. Who the fukk thought this was a good idea?
So now you can’t even go back and watch a ppv you purchase and half the card won’t be on the ppv? Yo this shyt is crazy. Battles being behind different paywalls and shyt. nikkas talking releasing soon after the event on the app.. nikka we are still waiting for most of the battles from the last app event and it’s been like 3 weeks smh. fukk this shyt.
So now you can’t even go back and watch a ppv you purchase and half the card won’t be on the ppv? Yo this shyt is crazy. Battles being behind different paywalls and shyt. nikkas talking releasing soon after the event on the app.. nikka we are still waiting for most of the battles from the last app event and it’s been like 3 weeks smh. fukk this shyt.
yeah man, im not feeling this no VOD shyt, how do you even do that in battle rap where its all about rewinding it back to decipher bars? foh, not feeling that unless its some throwaway battles with like dudes that drake is backing but if its major battles? what if i cant watch it live i just miss the battle?
Itll drop on the app later breh. I think people are just misunderstanding what is going on here. This really isn't gonna be any different than if you just didnt order a PPV if you miss it live.
Accepting battles against a no name like No Severe is why Verb, Surf, or Lux could give 2 fukks about battling JC
yeah
I think the problem is that you have people that like to watch battles on their terms and don’t want to wait for them to drop on the app. Some people may either have to work or just are not trying to watch an event for 6 plus hours.
Personally I enjoy the live experience.
stepbackj34spud
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Yea it’s fuxk JC at this point. He takes every little battlerap dollar. He’s a hoe for real.
Seems like Smack and them were so excited to be part of a business venture with Drake they didn’t think it through.
probably should have just let kotd have this look.
probably should have just let kotd have this look.
nice