I think you get out of it what you put in...yea off the rip, there are fake arse peeps "everywhere"...cats that hate on you for whateva reason they have...
As far as rocbattle...its not a perfect science...show me a joint that is on the net...actually I think its one of the best things going...i'm ranked hmmm like at the time of this post...178...180 in the quarter...but last quarter I didn't rank at all...I got beat left and right...yea I won a few...and yea some battles are bogus...but the bottom line...if your beat is bangin' it won't lose...seldom does...a good beat is a good beat...a close battle well it may come up short against someone in the top ten...a recent battle with #1 had me come in with 50% of the vote but on the rating I must have lost...I know I had a better beat...he was clearing out old tracks and he said as much...I have no less respect for him (we both like tracks that are different) and no less respect for the other producers...50 % told me what I needed to know...its what I took back to my studio offline...I ask for commnets...unless your some mindless self centered metronome producer, you can get a lot out doing the same thing you probably do here..oh uh with the exception of listening to hundreds and hundreds (if you choose to do so) of producer tracks at any given time, having them critiqued and networking...personally I've gotten better...my ranking is important to me...as much as shooting a game of basketball down the street is against college and high school atheletes...its fun...I step up my game...I bring a real good game from time to time...even more enjoyable when they see that and acknowledge it...I can say a lot more...but 'll leave that for anotha post..for now I leave this: "NOT BEING ABLE TO GOVERN EVENTS, I GOVERN MYSELF." - MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
ah yea I think I voted on a battle or two woody...some nice ish...but don't get it twisted dog. lol

Peace - B Mac, it is what it is.