Here are the rules for the new and improved battle system on ELITE FRONT LINES:

1. You must have 4 wins or more on your RB battle record to start a new thread and to participate in a battle.

2. You must have a proper thread title when you post a new thread. (Example: The End vs. alldig)

3. In order to vote on polls you must be a registered voter or the system will not let you. (this is ELITE front lines)

4. Just because we have a new battle system, doesn't mean that you don't have to explain your votes. You have to reply to the battle thread you are voting on first (100 characters or more) and then you can vote on the poll.

5. Here is how the script works. You go into Elite Front Lines or any battle forum, type in the thread name, remember, it must be: Name vs. Name. Scroll to the bottom where you normally click "Submit New Thread", and check "Start a battle". The board will then take you to start a new poll. Your name will be in Option #2, But, in the first option you must put your opponent's EXACT NAME (copy and paste it if you have to). Then, Hit submit.. and the board will take you to the thread.

6. There is NO recycling allowed. Please use original rhymes/verses.

7. In your thread you must specify a line limit (ex: 14-20 lines)

8. There is absolutely no freeposting in any form.

9. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE WINS FOR NO SHOWS. If your opponent doesn't post a verse and you do post a verse you will be allowed to save your verse or parts of your verse for another battle.

10. REMEMBER ALL BATTLE RECORDS ARE UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY AFTER 5 POLL VOTES FOR EITHER OPPONENT.


IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW:
1. After 5 people have voted on the battle (with explainations) the poll AND the thread will automatically close. No more votes for that battle will be allowed.
2. If you win or lose a battle (a win is 5 votes) the script will update your wins or losses on your battle record AUTOMATICALLY.
3. You can keep track of your competition #, record #, thread id, etc, by going to: http://www.rapbattles.com/forum/stats.php
4. Users cannot vote for themselves, we have implemented Special PHP coding to stop this.

Note:
After you click "start a battle" when you make a new thread remember to:

1) KEEP the poll timeout set to the default option "0 days".

2) KEEP the "Allow multiple choice" UNCHECKED. If you check the box then the battle system will not recognize your battle poll.

I have seen people complaining that their poll closed early...that's because they set the poll timeout to 2 days or 3 days (DON'T MESS WITH THIS OPTION)

TO POLL VOTE IN ELITE FRONT LINES..
You must be a "Registered Voter" to vote on battles in Elite Front Lines. If you have 200+ posts PM me to apply for registered voter status. Then you will be able to poll vote on EFL battles.

From now on Front Lines are changing. There are a couple of new rules that I am putting into effect right now and I hope that you read and follow them or else you are getting banned.

1. Posting your link in others battles is fine. It is a good way not to get slept on. However, saying "hit me up and you got my vote" is not going to be tolerated anymore. After you give your vote just leave a link to your battle (note: do NOT post your link before both people drop their verses). No need to say "vote on this" or anything similar. Just drop the link after your vote and that is all. I am going to be checking this entire situation. If I see that someone voted for someone else only due to the fact that they voted for you, then you are banned. Whoever has the best verse deserves to win, NOT the person that gave you a vote in your battle.

2. Unexplained votes are done with. No more just saying "XXX took this easily.. Vote - XXX" Give actual reasoning to why you voted for them or it will be assumed as D/R voting and you will be banned.

3. Voting rings = banned for life. If you have a group of "AIM buddies" or "PM Pals" that you continually ask and get votes from, we are going to notice. We have shut down a few already and banned those members. If you feel the need to have your friends give you votes, I do not want you on this site.

I have played the nice guy on this site for far too long. Our Front Lines are embarassing not only to me, but to our Vets. People with skill are losing because of D/R votes and other bullshit. It is not being put up with anymore.

If you fail to follow these 3 rules I just put up, then you are banned. Period. If you notice someone breaking these rules then PM me and I will take care of it.


Update:
Apparently I have to add just a few more things to my original post.

4. If you PM everyone in Front Lines for a vote that is essentially spamming and border line d/r'ing so you will be banned.

5. If you don't want to read the rules and you post call outs in this forum, you are banned.

6. If you post complete non sense in this forum such as random letters, you are banned.

We have WAY too many fake vets running around in here. If you registered in June and have damn near 1000 posts.. something is seriously wrong. I am putting these rules into effect to help this situation and clean up the Front Lines.

1. I am bringing back our old rule of only 2 active battles at a time. You are not to have more than 2 battle threads happening at the same time (in the Front Lines) anymore. RBBL and RBTL are the only exceptions. IF YOU CHECK INTO A 3RD BATTLE THEN YOU WILL BE DQ'D IMMEDIATELY AND GIVEN A LOSS!! If someone makes a thread saying to battle you that you didn't agree to, DONT CHECK IN. Tell them that you are already in 2 battles and can't yet.

2. Another solution is to stop users from users upping their battles 25 times to get votes. From now on you are not allowed to UP your own battle more than 5 times. IF YOU UP YOUR THREAD MORE THAN 5 TIMES YOU WILL BE DQ'd. With rule #1 being in effect, there will be less battles to weed through in the Front Lines, so this should not be as big of a problem as you would imagine. If you need that one last vote, or more votes in general, you are to vote on someone else's battle and simply put a link to your battle after your vote as I stated in my previous announcement.

These rules will be active as of 6/16/03 so if you are engaged in more than 3 battles or have upped your thread 25 times already, you don't have to worry about being DQ'd. However if you do this after 6/16, then you will pay the consequences with a DQ.