Originally Posted by Nick Fletcher.

With text battling, I guess I have a different approach than people who audio battle because you need a different style.

I generally find the most recent say 3-4 battles of the guy I'm facing and skim them just to get an idea of how good they are. That tells me pretty much the level of quality I need to bring. No point in wasting good punches on below average battlers.

Then I just key up the verse, hitting them with what's on the surface - signature, avatar, username and custom title. I don't go at records or post counts because that is sad. Nameplays, generally no more than 1 every 10 lines. Avatar can bring one punch, I don't generally go for any more than that. Same with custom title. Same with signature, unless they have a long one with a variety of potential.. which in that case I might throw a second punch on it.

The rest is then filled in with standard punches and throwaways if I don't know them. I've battled that much now though that I can get personals on practically everyone. If that is the case, I'll exhaust every personal and if I still need a couple more punches... back to standards and throwaways.