We Dub to Make it Our Own..

[shanvhere]

Wow.........mine was A LOT better than the last 2

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Grats to the winner!




Also...






"What did you expect? They'd come out quoting 'Macbeth'?"

Lol, no obviously not but if you are going play the part then you might as well play it right. Some of those in there sounded no better than Microsoft Sam reading the script. I just expected to be blown away by the winner and runner ups in comparison to the original and the original was better than most though then again that is just my opinion.

[Auleirra]

awww I really wish i could have seen mine....

i thought we could request ours here but not seeing anything on that
anyone know how you can get a copy or your entry?

[Rhomagus]

At first I thought I might have had a chance....

Then I heard the grand prize winner...
then the runner up...
then the runners up...

... I had absolutely no chance. I think they all did a tremendous job. Wouldn't be surprised if they had professional backgrounds in this sort of stuff. I was only half surprised to see Aniero up there, only because I wasn't sure if he followed XIV closely enough to have entered. After listening to his voice for years now I'm not surprised at all to see him up there.

Congratulations to everyone who won!

[KairiSgheart]

You know what's funny. the last runner up video on that list sound like Deckard Cain of diablo lol.

[Mamakat]

^ lol Deckard Bane

anyways, since some people might not check both of the dub forums, copying mine from the "show off your VA talent" thread.

I had my 2yr son help me out with mine I did it when the contest was first announced, and planned on changing it before I sent it. Time got away from me and I never got the chance to fix it or send it in. Thought I'd share it anyways. I was saying phrases and he was repeating me, and I attempted to mix it together (not well, hence having to re-do it :P)

http://soundcloud.com/kneufeld84/loganarrtrailerdub

[cyborgmermaid]

I knew I should've done my Lafalell voice instead of going for the rough and gruff trailer voice. Aqualin's rocked everything though. That is forever headcanon for Louissioux now.

[Jayrih]

Kind of disappointed that not one female entry made it into the top five. :/ Did we not have that many women enter, or did the devs just not want a girl VA?

[Macha]

Kind of disappointed that not one female entry made it into the top five. :/ Did we not have that many women enter, or did the devs just not want a girl VA?

Though I, too, would have liked to see a female entry at the top... they have a smaller pool to pick from.

Perhaps the voices were too soft...? They seem to have stuck with a particular voice type: US sports announcer / Action Movie Trailer. Sadly, that's very hard to pull off with a female voice.


For example, here is my entry: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20121173/Ma...e-Hyperion.mp3

Aside from the odd tinny noise that I didn't notice until I listened with headphones after I made my submission...

Compared to the winning entries, I lacked the enunciation, the power, and the emotion that the winners have. My voice is too soft, high-pitched, and thusly lacks that "epic movie trailer" touch; If I even attempted to go for that kind of quality, it would have been comical, but disastrous. Perhaps most of the other female entries had this issue too. We'll never know unless they post them.


I would have loved to win that moogle and soundtrack set, but I knew from the get-go that it was nigh impossible.

I don't think they were discriminating because girls, they just wanted to pick the voice that fits.

The winning entries are good, so let's just congratulate them -- you can't change the minds of the people who did the judging.

[ArkhamNative]

The winner did a great job but
NOT EVEN A SINGLE FEMALE WON! THAT'S BS.

Each one had great moments, but that grand prize winner all but nailed it.
... No, I take it back. The 5th time through it still gives me goosebumps. Sign him up. Use it.

I would have liked to have heard a female voice, too, but think of how many pros fall short portraying a believable strong woman warrior. And with that material, I think the males had a very strong advantage.