[darkrei9n]

You could clear your cookies. Should also unblock it.

[mercurius]

[WeekendWarrior]

Thom12255 posted:

spoilers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ-06...eature=related

OH
WE GONNA ROCK DOWN TO
ELECTRIC AVENUE

[Lambeth]

dumbidiotretard posted:

because they knew pc players would be too fat and lazy to get up to go get free games

Okay yeah this is probably true for me

[Arachnidus]

Thom12255 posted:

spoilers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ-06...eature=related

wait really

that's actually the voice

ha

haha

[dumbidiotretard]

lol one of the comments on that vid
   Dear Commander Shepard,
I am a Prothean prince* who has recently inherited a planet worth 205,000,000 galactic credits. If you were to pay me 100,000 credits now and wipe out the Reapers on my planet I would gladly give you a 50% return of my promise return value.
Please reply urgently.
Best regards   

Edited:

Arachnidus posted:

wait really

that's actually the voice

ha

haha

i dont get the problem you people seem to have with the voice

[milktree]

fucking brainwashed community

[Wulfram]

I like it.     It's not an accent you hear often in video games unless there is TOKEN AFRICAN GUY. It makes it a bit more...exotic and mysterious. Also, I just kinda like African accents.   

[Arachnidus]

dumbidiotretard posted:

lol one of the comments on that vid
   Dear Commander Shepard,
I am a Prothean prince* who has recently inherited a planet worth 205,000,000 galactic credits. If you were to pay me 100,000 credits now and wipe out the Reapers on my planet I would gladly give you a 50% return of my promise return value.
Please reply urgently.
Best regards   

Edited:



i dont get the problem you people seem to have with the voice

I don't have a PROBLEM with it, I just think it's kinda funny. It's a complete 180 from how I envisioned a    Prothean    would speak. It's not the accent, it's that it's too human. Turians and Drell have that throaty, reverberating quality to their voices. Asari tend to have a seductive yet dignified tone. Volus and Elcor...well, that should be obvious. Hanar are unique because of their very nature, and their "speech" reflects that. Vorcha, Batarians, they all have distinctive qualities to them.

But not the    Prothean   . It just sounds like some random African dude, with no inhuman qualities to it. Maybe that's intentional, but I was expecting a bit of a difference. I like the voice as it is, I just find it kinda funny because of how unexpected it was.

[darkrei9n]

milktree posted:

fucking brainwashed community

Or someone whos actually tired of the shitstorms caused everytime a company tries something. It's getting to the point that if a company even thinks of releasing a game a shitstorm will come up.

[Thom12255]

Wulfram posted:

I like it.     It's not an accent you hear often in video games unless there is TOKEN AFRICAN GUY. It makes it a bit more...exotic and mysterious. Also, I just kinda like African accents.   

   It just feels really strange coming out of a Prothean though. I don't think Bioware could ever live up to my expectations for them and that is why this whole thing never should of happened. I can't listen to the beautiful Vigil theme now without thinking about a bob-sled team   

[darkrei9n]

Arachnidus posted:

I don't have a PROBLEM with it, I just think it's kinda funny. It's a complete 180 from how I envisioned a    Prothean    would speak.

   I think the issue is that everyone expects an ancient dead race to sound powerful and ancient, not African. Personally I think its a welcome change from the stereotype of what a ancient race should sound like.   

[Ven Kaeo]

GetBent posted:

Well, looks like they're all 360 and PS3 versions

I suddenly don't care about this event.

If I lived in the area I still would.

Console players are somewhat more susceptible to "OMG SPECIAL STUFF" than PC players. Thus... get there before anyone else take all the copies and ebay/craigslist them for $90-$150 a pop. PROFIT.

[dumbidiotretard]

Arachnidus posted:

I don't have a PROBLEM with it, I just think it's kinda funny. It's a complete 180 from how I envisioned a    Prothean    would speak. It's not the accent, it's that it's too human. Turians and Drell have that throaty, reverberating quality to their voices. Asari tend to have a seductive yet dignified tone. Volus and Elcor...well, that should be obvious. Hanar are unique because of their very nature, and their "speech" reflects that. Vorcha, Batarians, they all have distinctive qualities to them.

But not the    Prothean   . It just sounds like some random African dude, with no inhuman qualities to it. Maybe that's intentional, but I was expecting a bit of a difference. I like the voice as it is, I just find it kinda funny because of how unexpected it was.

maybe the voice files are before they did something to the voice post-recording or something

[milktree]

darkrei9n posted:

Or someone whos actually tired of the shitstorms caused everytime a company tries something. It's getting to the point that if a company even thinks of releasing a game a shitstorm will come up.

except that this issue is definitely worth having a shit storm over. repackaging a lore-critical character to be sold as $10 day 1 dlc is crossing the line and is absolutely unacceptable.

[Arachnidus]

dumbidiotretard posted:

maybe the voice files are before they did something to the voice post-recording or something

Perhaps, but the game's gone gold, hasn't it? Unless the DLC would bring new VO files, but, somehow, I doubt that.

[-Ben_Wolfe-]

darkrei9n posted:

   I think the issue is that everyone expects an ancient dead race to sound powerful and ancient, not African. Personally I think its a welcome change from the stereotype of what a ancient race should sound like.   

It's funny that some people get upset based on how they assumed it would be like.

Zezibesh posted:

Anyone else hope we get to see more Spectres? All we've met in the games apart from Nihlus (not his fault, he was onscreen for about two minutes) have been awesome.

Nihlus, Saren, Tela Vasir, and    the leaks mention a salarian Spectre named Jondum Bau   

[GetBent]

Arachnidus posted:

I don't have a PROBLEM with it, I just think it's kinda funny. It's a complete 180 from how I envisioned a    Prothean    would speak. It's not the accent, it's that it's too human. Turians and Drell have that throaty, reverberating quality to their voices. Asari tend to have a seductive yet dignified tone. Volus and Elcor...well, that should be obvious. Hanar are unique because of their very nature, and their "speech" reflects that. Vorcha, Batarians, they all have distinctive qualities to them.

But not the    Prothean   . It just sounds like some random African dude, with no inhuman qualities to it. Maybe that's intentional, but I was expecting a bit of a difference. I like the voice as it is, I just find it kinda funny because of how unexpected it was.

You can definitely hear a sort of echo, it's not just some African dude talking.

[ironman17]

Arachnidus posted:

I don't have a PROBLEM with it, I just think it's kinda funny. It's a complete 180 from how I envisioned a    Prothean    would speak. It just sounds like some random African dude, with no inhuman qualities to it.

I'm sure there's a quality in his voice, some sort of effect that makes the voice seem alien. I don't know how to describe it, but it's there, we can hear it.

Is an "echo" the right word to describe it, though? When I think of echo, I think of the voice repeating somewhat, bouncing off the walls of a large confined space. I don't sense that aspect in his voice, though I don't think "warble" or "bubbling" is the right word. It's kind of like being underwater, only it's clearer whilst still retaining the effect.

[Mr. Scorpio]

-Ben_Wolfe- posted:

It's funny that some people get upset based on how they assumed it would be like.



Nihlus, Saren, Tela Vasir, and    the leaks mention a salarian Spectre named Jondum Bau   

god this is like when people started defending Other M's portrayal of Samus

[Canuhearme?]

mercurius posted:

She can't stop embracing eternity.

[Darth_GW7]

milktree posted:

except that this issue is definitely worth having a shit storm over. repackaging a lore-critical character to be sold as $10 day 1 dlc is crossing the line and is absolutely unacceptable.

If you're so pissed off then don't buy it. Your choice.

[Broguts]

One of my Taekwondo instructors is African and his first language is french.

Every time I hear the     Prothean's    voice I will hear my instructor yell "HEY! HEY! TURN DA HEEP! GO! GO!"

[Ven Kaeo]

On the horizon today it looks like a 90% chance of Shitstorm with a 1% chance of Dinglehail and moderate to severe Shit Lightning. Bring your umbrellas with you today folks it's going to be a shit-tastic day.

[-Ben_Wolfe-]

ironman17 posted:

I'm sure there's a quality in his voice, some sort of effect that makes the voice seem alien. I don't know how to describe it, but it's there, we can hear it.

Is an "echo" the right word to describe it, though? When I think of echo, I think of the voice repeating somewhat, bouncing off the walls of a large confined space. I don't sense that aspect in his voice, though I don't think "warble" or "bubbling" is the right word. It's kind of like being underwater, only it's clearer whilst still retaining the effect.

Flanging is what I think you're thinking of (the same method is used for turian vocals):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanging

[dumbidiotretard]

they should just remove his vocie fiels entirely and make him use sign language

[Psyche]

I will enjoy this add-on more if he actually makes subtle clever references to Bob Marley songs or Jamaican related things in game.

[Raidyr]

dumbidiotretard posted:

"yeah but all africans have a flanging voice this isnt special!"
"WHY CANT HE BE AMERICAN!"

Should have a Texan drawl.

[Arvuti]

drinking on the job, heavy risk but the prize.

[GetBent]

Psyche posted:

I will enjoy this add-on more if he actually makes subtle clever references to Bob Marley songs or Jamaican related things in game.

If it was a Jamaican accent, sure.

[milktree]

Arvuti posted:

drinking on the job, heavy risk but the prize.

what the hell is shepard doing with her glass

[bambouchacka]

Never mind the glass, what's up with her right arm??

[Fables]

bambouchacka posted:

Never mind the glass, what's up with her right arm??

I think Gardner is wondering the same thing.

[dumbidiotretard]

Psyche posted:

I will enjoy this add-on more if he actually makes subtle clever references to Bob Marley songs or Jamaican related things in game.

why would a kenyan voiceactor reference anything from jamaica?
they aren't remotely related... at all

[Glicerart]

My first gold item. From about 20 Veteran crates I think:

[27X]

mercurius posted:

Lets talk about the multiplayer. I think it's a huge mistake that they didn't allow us to unlock all classes. My point is that they are still able to collect viable information from the gameplay statistics to balance the final product. I heard an update for your game on the X360 costs the company 40000 bucks. So they better get it done in less than 3 updates. What needs to be nerfed and buffed in my opinion: Stasis is a litte bit OP, especially agains phantoms. I took 8 of them out alone yesterday. Slightly nerf required. Other similar powers (Concussive shot, Energy Drain etc.) need a slight buff to stun Phantoms. This one change will make other classes viable for Gold and not drop Asari Adept into oblivion. Charge and Nova is slightly OP as well, vanguard will be hard to balance. My point is that every class should be able to reach the highest score at the round end, play what you enjoy and not what gives you the highest score.

It's 10000 per region minimum, so 70 grand for all regions.

[Psyche]

dumbidiotretard posted:

why would a kenyan voiceactor reference anything from jamaica?
they aren't remotely related... at all

Well thats what he sounded like to me. I'm sorry that I can't tell the difference between different african accents.

[Lambeth]

Nevermind her right arm, who's that creepy bastard in the window

[Vassikin]

milktree posted:

what the hell is shepard doing with her glass

She's trying to use it like a magnifying glass.

[Cuel]

Arvuti posted:

drinking on the job, heavy risk but the prize.

thank god for the kasumi dlc with the bar
so much drinking