What is meant by being "utterly pants"? That's one I've never heard before. Thanks.
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Look around you and find a dose. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] we need your help! > Agreed tom, clarity is very necessary, and I've certainly encountered > people > with such accents at my un (though as I said, not counting my russian > friend). > > In fact, I would not use someone with a highly pronounced newcastle accent > (a jordy accent as it's known up here), in a game because unless your used > to it, it can be slightly uninteligeable. > > My main disagreement was with your example of topspeed 2 as being unclear > and unatmospheric, ---- personally I didn't have a problem with the voice > in > the game, and I actually felt the european English gave things a nice > Grandprix type atmosphere, sinse I personally always associate motorracing > with continental europe. > > the fact that I'm utterly pants at racing was my main obstacle in topspeed > 2. > I also didn't find the accent there unclear at all. > > Obviously though, there's going to be a fair amount of individuality in > this, and I will admit I generally prefer humans to synths, ---- unless > they > are very bad human voices, or very good synths such as the scansoft > voices. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 6:41 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] we need your help! > > >> Hi Dark, >> Well, my issue with accented English was more to do with clarity rather >> than to do with acting and context. By all means if you have need of a >> Russian spy like in a James Bond type setting get a Russian to play the >> part as it will sound more authentic. If you are doing a game on World >> War II and you need a person to play the part of a German officer then >> by all means get someone with a Germanic accent. Accent really depends >> on the type of story or setting being told. >> One of my friends, Silvia, was from Germany, and she was pretty clear. >> Her English was very clear and her accent was not very strong. However, >> I did meet others in college who had very broken English and a very >> thick accent of their native language and it was difficult to always >> piece there words together with the accent and broken English. That >> would not be good in a game. >> >> Dark wrote: >>> I must admit, I disagree with you here tom. >>> >>> It's probably something to do with being English and getting lots of >>> american films, tv etc, but I have no problem with accents so long as >>> the >>> speech is understandable. >>> >>> One of my very best friends is russian, and though she's lived in the uk >>> sinse she was twelve, she stil has a noticeable russian accent, ---- >>> actually if I ever need a female barbarian warrior for a game I was >>> going >>> to >>> ask for her voice tallents (a roll she'd fulfill very well, though >>> slightly >>> type cast, lol!). >>> >>> Obviously there is situational type casting, ---- afterall if your yee >>> old >>> arthurian England knight is speaking with a German accent, there's >>> something >>> wrong, but generally I don't mind. >>> >>> In fact, ---- appologies for saying, but i find American accents in very >>> Arthurian or tolkeen like fantasy slightly incongruous. Not off >>> putting, --- >>> I'd just prefer an English accent in that context given the choice sinse >>> it >>> seems to go with the genre for me, ---- the way a very English cowboy in >>> the >>> old west would just sound wrong. >>> >>> I fully agree with you on the clarity issue though, if an accent is so >>> pronounced as to be unclear to non-natives of that accent, it's not >>> going >>> to >>> be great in an audiogame. >>> >>> beware the Grue! >>> >>> Dark. >>> >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.8/1362 - Release Date: >> 06/04/2008 11:12 >> >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. 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