Pants equals bad, smelly and generally rubbish. I suspect this is an englishism, the way ornary is strictly Us.
Beware the Grue! Dark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 10:46 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] we need your help! > What is meant by being "utterly pants"? That's one I've never heard > before. > Thanks. > > --- > Laughter is the best medicine. Look around you and find a dose. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > 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" <[email protected]> >> 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 __ [email protected] >>> 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 __ [email protected] >> 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 __ [email protected] > 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 __ [email protected] 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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