theFRANCHISE

So it's been almost two weeks since I've taken the reins of the Hip-Hop Shop, and there's been changes, both good and bad, that need to be addressed.

In the process of reorganizing the HHS, I've moved threads from this lobby to either the Open Mic section or the Fight Club to further differentiate between the two.

From now on, all posting of lyrics/music/promotional/feedback threads are to go in the Open Mic section.

All battling-related threads are to go in the Fight Club section. These include lyrical call-outs and questions on battling. All open challenges, however, (minus lyrical call-outs) are to go in the Official Challenge Thread.

The lobby of the HHS will be established as a discussion area for any non-battle-related topics that deal with writing and/or recording songs. The lobby will be the place to ask questions about song format, structure, lyrics, or anything in general related to music or writing.

In addition to this reorganization, I've already established policies that I will have to enforce further, specifically the zero-tolerance racism policy and the voting deadline policy.

Now, the racism policy has only been tested once so far, and I was more lenient about it than some of the mods said I should've been this time around. But that was one occurrence. Best believe that zero-tolerance means ZERO-tolerance.

As for the voting deadline policy, I've been pretty lax with it lately, mainly because I've been so desperate for battles to take place in the Fight Club.

However, there's been a HUGE LACK of voting for completed battles, and TWO pending battles where one or both battlers are (assumed) no-shows.

I'm looking to find a resolution, but for now, currently active and pending battles will be suspended until then. I apologize to battlers that have already submitted verses, but until this problem can be solved, there's not much more I can do.

I will consider awarding wins to those battlers who have submitted verses thus far whose battles are suspended.

Meanwhile, as most of you have noticed, I have now actively taken charge of the official RRT mixtape project.

Though not much visible progress has been made, you'll all see the official blueprint I've been laying out in the coming days or weeks.

So far, the thread has been established to make everyone aware that the project is out there, and I've already thrown an open invitation on all those who wish to collaborate on it in any way, shape, or form.

Other than that, the HHS still is nowhere near where I want it to be. In my opinion, it's actually gotten worse because of how stagnant things have been in here.

I'm looking to bring a change, though, and that change will have to come soon, for better or worse.

Dat_Boi_X

my B on da one joint with D Dot... but today has been my most free day in awhile and then im back to being bizzy til about the 30th or 1st.whateva u doin with da currently closed threads, let me know. cuz today my best day to record somethin real quick or else im probly gonna have to wait til some time in august to be completely active agn

unstupidly

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