Ever just skip over Emails from people who you don't understand because of the way they try to convey their ideas? I think this is the same principle. There are people who live in Phoenix, Arizona, who I would never use to create voice files for any game I produce because, frankly, I cannot understand them. They would say, for example, "You go store for buy stuff me for?" What they meant was "Would you go to the store to buy stuff for me?" And they use such a heavy Mexican accent, and they ask their question so fast, there's no way I knew what they said. There's no way I would even contemplate having people pay for a game I produce if it sounded like this.
--- Laughter is the best medicine. 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 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] we need your help! >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. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 4:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] we need your help! > > >> Hi Claudio, >> >> Quote >> For the voice I se two possibilitys: >> 1. I take a synthetick language like "sapi" or 2. I'll record it with my >> voice. >> >> End quote >> >> Correct if I am wrong but your native language is German? If you are >> going to be making games globally then you will likely want to use a >> Sapi voice which is of good quality that is more or less clear and >> unaccented for your products. If your personal English and accent is not >> clear it could effect the over all end user experience. >> For example, Playing In the Darks racing game is an ok racing game. >> However, the one thing that killed it for me was the voice files for the >> directions, menus, and things. The guys accent clearly wasn't American >> which was a bit jarring to me, and I personally wasn't too fond of his >> voice. In hind sight Eloquence would have been preferable over the voice >> that was used. >> >> >> >> --- >> 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. 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]
