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REN DMC VS SKAMZ #3

Battle Result

Official Battle Result

Clash Summary

REN DMC vs SKAMZ was the PenGame Season 4 Final on the Road to Wembley, with £5,000 on the line. SKAMZ won the coin toss and chose to go first, framing the battle as the last stage of his redemption run. REN came in as the showman, the viral name, and the battler who had already turned crowd control into a weapon throughout the tournament.

This final was closer than the final decision makes it look. SKAMZ had a strong first round and a very effective second round, especially with the “green men” video angle and the attack on REN’s image. But his third round collapse changed everything. He forgot material, restarted, stumbled again, and eventually only delivered a short, damaged round.

REN capitalised perfectly. His first round used the “dad/milk” angle and immediately turned SKAMZ’s own opening into a father-son story. His second round answered the sexuality/green-screen angle with control and rebuttal energy. His third round became a victory lap: legacy talk, PenGame influence, props, reloads, dads, and the final “SKAMZ, get out of here” chant.

The judges all gave it to REN DMC, making him the PenGame Season 4 Champion.

Performance Analysis

SKAMZ

SKAMZ started strong. His first round had a good angle around REN being favoured by the room, the judges and the platform. He also used the “dad” angle well, asking why REN keeps calling himself his dad if he also disappeared like the real father figure in the story. It was sharp, personal and easy to follow. His second round was his best. The “green men” / music-video angle was theatrical, visual and damaging because it attacked REN’s image as a ladies’ man and showman. SKAMZ managed to use props/screens against the battler known for using props/screens, which made the round feel dangerous. But the third round cost him the final. He forgot material, dropped momentum, and even admitted the bar slipped his mind. In a final, that became fatal. The judges made it clear: when you forget your lyrics in the final, especially after being warned not to drop the mic, the battle swings away from you.

Lyrical Themes: redemption, REN being favoured, father/dad angle, missing-father trauma, sexuality/image attack, green-screen/video exposure, anti-REN crowd chant, family insults, final-round pressure.

REN DMC

REN looked like the more complete finalist. He was not just rapping; he was producing moments. His first round turned SKAMZ into his “son”, brought out milk as a prop, and mocked the absent-father angle without losing control of the room. It was disrespectful, but also structured as a full concept. His second round showed composure. SKAMZ had attacked him with the green-men video angle, but REN responded with PlayStation/button control, football references, “fake smoke” bars and a direct warning to people interfering. He turned the stage back into his space. His third was the real championship round. REN used it to explain his PenGame legacy: first viral moment, first reload, influence on props, conviction and crowd performance. Then he closed by exposing SKAMZ’s dad angle and turning the final into another chant. It was not just a battle round; it was a winner’s speech with bars attached.

Lyrical Themes: father-son angle, milk prop, PenGame legacy, crowd control, SKAMZ choking, influence on the league, absent father angle, props, viral history, champion status.

Key Technical Highlights

SKAMZ

Strong second round

The green-video angle was his clearest major attack.

Good first-round framing

He challenged REN’s favouritism and “dad” persona.

Direct disrespect

He came to damage REN’s image, not just out-rap him.

Momentum issue

The third-round stumble damaged the whole battle.

Final-stage mistake

Judges treated the forgotten lyric as decisive.

REN DMC

Best championship composure

REN handled pressure and chaos better.

Stronger final round

His third felt like the real closing statement.

Crowd control

He again turned the room into part of his material.

Legacy angle

He convincingly framed himself as the battler who changed PenGame.

Official result

REN won the final and became Season 4 champion.

Indexed Bars & Breakdown

SKAMZ

Matchup status

"Wagwan REN, what’s this? The first time that I had to meet y’all."

SKAMZ opens like this is the first real confrontation between them, setting the final up as a proper introduction.

Appearance/hairline angle

"I’m already too old and you’re losing hair — alopecia."

An appearance/hairline angle, aimed at REN and then extended to the judges.

Room-control joke

"REN’s like Markz and the judges, none of these brothers here got no hair."

A room-control joke. SKAMZ brings the host and judges into the punchline to get an early reaction.

Favouritism

"Because you lot want him to win, clearly."

SKAMZ directly addresses the feeling that REN is the favourite. This becomes one of his strongest first-round themes.

Anti-gimmick angle

"Change your name. This is not Entertainment Game."

A solid anti-gimmick angle. SKAMZ says REN’s style is more entertainment than pen game.

Rapper/audience attack

"How the fuck do you lot even rate this lame?"

He attacks both REN and the audience for supporting him.

Food/cooking flip

"Why people with the food, when he cooks, it’s plain."

A food/cooking flip. SKAMZ says REN might “cook”, but the material itself is plain.

Absent-father angle

"Stop saying you’re my dad, because that shit gets me mad."

This is the main emotional angle of SKAMZ’s first. He rejects REN’s father-son framing.

Absent-father punchline

"If you’re my dad, why did you go get milk and not come back?"

A strong absent-father punchline. SKAMZ flips REN’s “dad” angle into abandonment.

Authority check

"If you’re my dad, why are you on PenGame? Run my stats."

He questions REN’s authority and says the performance record does not support the father-role claim.

Prize money closer

"I’m gonna need half of the bread if you actually win this match."

A clever closer. If REN is his “dad”, SKAMZ wants child-support money from the prize.

Image/video attack

"Dancing with the next man’s wild."

SKAMZ opens round two by attacking REN’s music-video/image angle.

Sexuality insult

"This guy’s gay or they’re not right, and I guess they’ll do anything for clout."

A sexuality-based attack, framed around the video material. It is battle insult material, not a factual statement.

Justification

"You tried to expose my shit, now I gotta be here to expose you too."

This is SKAMZ’s justification for the round: REN exposed him, so now he is returning fire.

Video-exposure angle

"He got dancers for a video, and I was low-key confused."

SKAMZ sets up the video-exposure angle in plain terms.

Central punch

"He made them dance and twerk, but they was all dudes."

The central punch of the round. It attacks REN’s image and tries to embarrass the video concept.

Green screen detail

"He made them wear green too."

A detail that makes the angle feel specific and visual.

Proof/showmanship

"I even put it on the big screen, so try and tell me that’s not you."

SKAMZ uses proof/showmanship against REN, which is smart because REN usually wins with that type of theatre.

Comic-book flip

"REN DMC has a Spider-Man track, so mandem know if you’re green, he’s goblin."

A comic-book flip: green screen / Green Goblin / Spider-Man. One of SKAMZ’s better constructed lines.

Credibility

"Anything that he says is void."

SKAMZ says the exposure cancels out REN’s credibility.

Image attack

"I thought he was a ladies’ man, but I guess it’s all hype."

A direct attack on REN’s image with women.

Superhero/colour flip

"He likes white men and green, I guess that he wants Green Lantern’s light."

Another superhero/colour flip, keeping the green theme going.

Mock support

"I won’t even discriminate, bro-ski, I won’t even give you advice."

SKAMZ frames the angle as mock support, which lets him keep attacking without pretending to be neutral.

Rival chant reference

"I really hate this pair, I ain’t gonna ask you lot to say get out of here."

He references REN’s usual chant tactic.

Chant steal

"I’ma make REN get out of here."

SKAMZ tries to steal REN’s own finishing device and turn it against him.

Crowd control

"Anyone still fucking with REN after this round, just get out of here."

A strong crowd-control attempt. He tries to make the audience pick a side.

Trolling impact

"Was all of that trolling worth it? I made you nervous."

SKAMZ opens the third by claiming his previous angles got under REN’s skin.

Tournament path

"Could have been cooking up DRIZZ, I said I got REN DMC."

He references the tournament path and says REN was the target he already damaged before.

Unbeatable myth

"You saw what I did last round, so stop calling me his kryptonite."

SKAMZ says he proved he can hurt REN, rejecting the idea that REN is unbeatable.

Moving on

"No more green jokes, I’m tired of them."

He tries to move away from the angle, but the round immediately loses momentum after the stumble.

Family angle

"Say goodbye to Alara."

A direct family/daughter angle. This should be treated carefully as battle material, not a factual claim.

Family/relationship insult

"His BM’s on point up already."

A crude relationship/family insult aimed at REN’s private life.

Stumble/end

"Time."

The damaged ending matters. The round was too short and visibly incomplete, which is exactly why the judges punished him.

REN DMC

Appearance/occasion

"You always come out your house like say it is a regular day."

REN opens by attacking SKAMZ’s appearance and lack of occasion dressing.

Appearance/occasion

"REN DMC, I can see that you made some effort today."

He gives SKAMZ backhanded credit for dressing up for the final.

Fashion jab

"More time you be stepping in grey."

A fashion/image jab, saying SKAMZ usually looks dull or plain.

Appearance/braids

"Try test me, it’s gonna get messy, just like them terrible braids."

An appearance punch that links directly into SKAMZ’s hair.

Absent-father angle

"Your father left and he never turned up to your football practice."

REN moves into the absent-father angle immediately, making it the core of round one.

Father figure claim

"But I was there for you, son."

He positions himself as the replacement father figure.

League relevance

"When you first came PenGame, I kept you active."

REN claims he helped build SKAMZ’s PenGame relevance.

Father/abandonment threat

"So disrespect me and I’ll just leave and I’ll never come back, kid."

He weaponises the father/abandonment angle, threatening to repeat the emotional damage.

PTSD punchline

"Nah, that’s PTSD. I’m joking, I ain’t gonna move like your dad did."

A dark punchline. REN says he will not abandon SKAMZ the way the angle suggests his father did.

Father figure attack

"He ain’t a man and he ain’t your dad, so how can you call him pops?"

A harsh attack on the father figure in SKAMZ’s life.

Milk prop

"Here’s the milk that he never brought back."

The milk prop is the biggest moment of the first round. REN literalises the absent-dad joke and brings the room into it.

Corner shop angle

"When he said he’ll come back from the corner shop."

He completes the classic “went to get milk and never returned” angle.

Father role

"I’ma look after you now that I know you’re one of my kids."

REN turns the insult into a full character role: he is now SKAMZ’s battle dad.

Tournament callback

"I would’ve given you the money if I didn’t have to take care of my other son, DRIZZ."

A tournament callback. REN says he has already adopted/handled DRIZZGB too.

Parental discipline

"Here are the rules: hands by your side when I’m talking to you."

A parental discipline bar, keeping the father-son concept consistent.

Parental authority/mum

"If I’m in bed with your march, better knock three times while I walk in the room."

A crude mum/parental authority angle, adding sexual disrespect.

Status/shoes

"You could never walk in my shoes."

REN attacks SKAMZ’s status and experience.

Chant/elimination

"When I say SKAMZ, get out of here, I’m kicking you out of the tournament too."

REN previews the chant and ties it to elimination.

Football imagery

"They say REN don’t ball, but you ain’t seen none of my recent clips."

REN opens round two by answering the “green/video” angle with football imagery.

Bravery/weakness

"They know I got balls, but all I’m seeing is a neeky bitch."

He flips “ball” into bravery and calls SKAMZ weak.

Relationship insult

"Your girl’s for the streets, but the streets don’t want her, so you can keep her."

Relationship insult with a twist: even “the streets” reject her.

FIFA flip

"If your ex try passing my circle, she won’t get a shot, this ain’t FIFA."

A football/FIFA flip. REN says SKAMZ’s ex cannot enter his circle or get a chance.

Obvious/uncool

"I ain’t got to prove it’s a square. Everybody in here knows that you are one."

A square/control-pad/personality insult. He calls SKAMZ uncool and obvious.

Loss/controller

"You’re gonna get an L2."

A PlayStation button flip, turning “L” into loss and controller language.

PlayStation control

"I just showed you the buttons on the PlayStation. Do you see the way I control him?"

One of REN’s strongest rebuttal bars. He says SKAMZ is reacting exactly how REN wants.

Top Boy reference

"I rap, but you act. It be looking like Sully vs Kano."

A Top Boy reference. REN makes the clash feel like real rapper versus actor/persona.

Credibility check

"So what if I slap you? Would your boys back you? Here is the answer: they won’t."

A credibility check. REN says SKAMZ’s people would not really step in.

Fake-toughness

"You act like you’re on stuff. You’re just an e-cigarette, on nothing but fake smoke."

A clean fake-toughness bar. “Fake smoke” is a strong image against SKAMZ.

Interference warning

"Certain man better not back. I got smoke for you if you interfere."

REN warns the room and SKAMZ’s circle not to get involved.

Performance jab

"You better sober up. It’s knee deep in the evening. Why you looking like you just woke up?"

A performance/appearance jab, saying SKAMZ looks sloppy or unprepared.

Army/champion

"Me on my ones, see, I’m an army. I’m Muhammad Ali."

REN says he does not need a team. He is both army and champion fighter.

DJ/sabotage

"Certain man tried sabotage me, but none of them man can sabotage me."

He addresses the beat/DJ issue and frames himself as unfazed.

Prize-money/mum

"If I win the 5K, tell your mum do not approach me."

A prize-money/mum angle, saying SKAMZ’s family should not come after the winnings.

Posty judge-name flip

"If I step in her room, I’md make her say East London like Posty."

A Posty judge-name flip and sexual mum joke, tying the panel into the bar.

Stumble punish

"That was a dead song. Choking so much, must be learning from Efton."

REN opens the third by immediately punishing SKAMZ’s stumble.

Age challenge

"PenGame’s boying me. I’m battling kids that’s half my age."

REN frames the final as him being forced to beat younger challengers.

Motivation flex

"I ain’t even inspired to do this."

A status flex. REN says SKAMZ is not enough motivation.

Dancing rebuttal

"What you gonna do to me here? Get your men to try dance on stage?"

A direct answer to SKAMZ’s green/dancing angle.

Graves/victory image

"Najee, the joke’s on you. I’m about to merc you and dance on graves."

REN flips the dancing accusation into a death/victory image.

8 Mile/control warning

"It’s not 8 Mile, you’re not Eminem, so please do not lose yourself."

A strong warning after SKAMZ’s choke. REN says this is not a film moment where losing control becomes heroic.

Identity/self-worth

"If I lose this clash, I’m still REN. I don’t need to prove myself."

Champion-level composure. REN says his name is already secure.

Legacy introduction

"Let me just reintroduce myself."

This sets up the legacy section of the round.

Viral history

"I was the first one in PenGame to go viral."

REN claims historic importance to the platform.

Reload record

"First one to get a reload with my first bar."

A major legacy claim: REN says he helped define the format’s reaction culture.

Clash impact

"Came back again, didn’t win, but I still had the most good clash."

He acknowledges previous losses but says his impact still outweighed the result.

Beats legacy

"After me, them man using lots. Before me, they had no sound on beats."

REN claims he changed the technical/performance style of PenGame.

Props legacy

"After me, them man using props."

A direct legacy claim. REN says the prop era followed him.

Conviction legacy

"Before me, they had no conviction. After me, they’re improving lots."

He frames himself as the reason the whole league developed.

League dominance

"They think Markz is running this league, but really and truly, who’s the boss?"

A bold champion statement. REN says he shaped the league more than the host.

Father angle shift

"Now everyone’s talking mumsies. Why’s nobody exposing dads?"

He switches the common mum-angle into a father-angle, bringing the battle back to SKAMZ’s weak point.

Broken family contradiction

"Your dad ain’t in the picture. You didn’t come from a broken fam."

A personal/family contradiction angle. Treat this as battle material, not verified fact.

Storyline completion

"Plot twist, I am your father now."

REN completes the father-son storyline he started in round one.

Signature chant

"SKAMZ, get out of here."

The final chant. This is REN’s signature tournament weapon, and using it in the final made the win feel sealed.

Judgement Summary

Winner: REN DMC

The judges gave the final to REN DMC. Flowdan said that when you forget your lyric, “you might as well just go to your bed,” and gave REN the battle, praising the army fatigue look and stage control. Kenny Allstar said SKAMZ nearly had it and was close to getting REN out of there, but the dropped mic/forgotten material was fatal in a PenGame final. Posty praised the disrespect and said SKAMZ was sick too, but gave it to REN.

Battle Stats

Date10-08-2024
Views613K
League2023 Tournament