u/New-Improvement-427

Explanations of Key Things:

1. Dlow mid elim: No doubt dlow will generally do very well, but have a feeling he's going to want to do a multi-set elim similar to his current showcase format. If this is the case, think it'll be fine but have a feeling the people I put above him are going to come with a strong 4 minute theme which will pull them ahead.
2. "[insert beatboxer] not in top 8?": Obviously some crazy beatboxers (and consistently good live ones) like Kaji, Blackroll, etc are not in my top 8 but this is more to do with who is in the top 8. With how stacked this year is, I have a feeling it's going to take a truly special elimination for anyone to make top 8 and not just a strong and consistent elimination, in particular I think people are going to need one of kind themes (river, osis, inertia) or unbelievable pop off moments (dlow, remix, pacmax, patbox, footbox) to separate from a crowd that is undeniably stacked.
3. Osis winning: His gbb 25 run got cut short and him preparing even harder for gbb 25 than he did for 24 (forgot who but someone said this about osis) along with him posting a ton of short snippets on social media has me thinking he has a LOT of material he's ready to pull out that's going to be a problem for most (you can't convince me "Hysteria" wouldn't beat 99% of routines anyone else is pulling up with once he finishes it). I also think Osis has one of the better matchups into dlow (who is ofc one of the biggest issues) compared to everyone else as he has a lot of sounds dlow can't counter (any poly, vibration bass, etc) and unique combos that would be on the much harder end of the spectrum to counter (obviously there's the inward bass counter but in the beat it would be so surrounded by other osis stuff that I dont think dlow would try for it); this would put dlow into a position where I think he'd know countering wouldn't be ideal and so he'd be forced into fully his own material and I think going routine for routine osis has a considerable edge as frankly I think dlow routines still leave some to be desired as compared to someone like osis. Similarly, if some other matchups happen I think osis still has good matchups: footbox I think is super in osis favor as osis can reach close to footbox levels of tech but with more power and stronger routines; river I think would be close but I think osis's consistency and clarity would be the deciding factor; Etc...

If you have anything in particular you want my reasoning for or some counter arguments lmk because Im happy to nerd out about any of this. This is all for fun so don't take it too seriously but hope you get something interesting out of this!