Wow. Can anyone believe it's almost been a year since ChemicalAlia agreed to have me do the voice replacement for her Female Spy model and our crazy journey began? Seems like just the other day. I can't even begin to describe how wonderful that year has been and how grateful I am for so many supporters in that time. I strive to get better and to challenge myself, and if you are reading this you have had a hand in that yourself.
Is there anything I can say or do to possibly express that wealth of pure gratitude?
So the narration's up if you haven't found it yet. I meant to post it to the blog first, but preparation for work this morning got my wires all crossed.
I'm pretty content with it and hope you all were too. As I said, I want to keep things interesting and keep pumping out a mix of different projects.
In other news, ChemicalAlia has shared a concept sketch for her female Engineer. It's exciting news and it's getting a great deal of positive response. As for myself, I've thought about auditioning for this one, but the final say is with Alia and her preferences.
Female Scout is proving to be even more of a royal pain than she was the first round of recording sessions I tried last year. In truth I feel that someone can do a better job (or let's say more fitting job) than what I've been producing for her. This isn't insecurity; just personal preference.
There's a gal out there who'll pick up the character and wow us all, I know it. And when she turns up, I'll be using her soundpack!
But enough on gender bends. There's still Portal to think about and something of a melodic project I've been eyeing for a while.
And about that last poll! I'm taking it seriously and considering all those options. We'll see what ends up on the channel next. For now, take care and stay crunchy in milk.
Family life beckons me away for long periods at a time. While I was away in Baltimore, someone had the audacity to fall ill... quite literally, in fact.
A maternal unit took a bad stumble and is in my diligent care until she fully recovers. So not big surprise that I haven't put things out as fast as I'd like to. I do have plenty on my plate, though. Like a fat man at a free all you can eat brunch... with Canadian bacon. Awww yeah...
We're pushing 70 out of 400+ female scout lines.
Finished some lines for Earthbound Fortress 2's episode 1, which is looking fantastic!
A contest is ready for almost immediately after Female Scout Soundpack release.
More Glados lines will be shared soon.
And just in time for 3000 subs, my first non video game project in a while:
My narration of the popular alphabet book, The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey!
Should have it up in the next day or two; a refreshingly morbid turn away from TF2 for the moment. I'm trying to get back to what my Youtube Channel was about in the first place: exercising and doing a variety of different types of projects, getting feedback, and learning. I love the TF2 and Valve community, and there'll always be some fun new thing from me in time, so no worries if you're feeling cheated at all. Let's all have fun hearing about 26 little children finding a land made out of candy and puppies and free amusement park rides.
Another small update on things in this little neck of the world.
Female Scout's chuggin' along... Valve time, people. Valve time.
For those following my blog and Twitter, I may have some special tidbits for you that I wont be sharing with those following my YT account. So aren't YOU special?! More on that at a later date.
New soundpack idea bubbles in my brain, but I shant release details until I'm sure I want to do it.
Otakon 2011 fast approaches. I'll be there with bells on my toes and horn-rimmed specs on my face, so you just might catch me in the cosplaying crowd - or at least my business car
So seeing as how this is a blog by a voice-over enthusiast, I feel obligated to share the following with you. This was posted on Erin Fitzgerald's deviantart account. Her most notable roles include May Kanker and Nazz from Ed, Edd, & Eddy and Morrigan in MvC3.
This is her plea to those of you (including myself) who torrent anime illegally.
You can should read it HERE, but the TL;DR is try not to do it, anime watchers. It hurts the profits for the American dubbers which in turn hurts voice actors payment and getting hired. These are fun shows to watch for free, but dubbers need dosh to keep buying rights to NEW animes to dub.
In short, please think before you torrent - for the children.
Thank you for your support. In other news - - KITTY TIME! ^___^
It appears as though I'm starting to finally catch up on some of my projects. Allergy tests are finally done with, revealing that I am allergic to something all year round!
One of them on the list was cockroaches... I shiver in my boots at the prospect. Bleck.
Creepy little buggers...
So now that I'm aware of my triggers, all I need do now is stay the fuck away from them as best I can so I don't launch my throat into a hellish blood storm.
I've since started up on more soundpack progress. Female Scout will, unfortunately take some time. And I'm going to use math to show you!
Female Spy Lines = 249
Amount of Time to Complete Pack = 2.5 months
Female Scout Lines = 450+
Completed Lines = 30
I punch those numbers into my calculator and I get a kick to the teeth.
What truly holds up the progress on the pack is the level of energy that should be present throughout. The overall character is an irritating one, a pestering kind if know-it-all mentality that is entirely distasteful. That's why we LOVE Scout. He's an ASS.
But here's the tricky thing: in entertainment media of any genre women aren't typically get assigned these roles. Ever. When men are young jerky upstarts with class clown antics, it's charming and humorous. When women are assigned these traits, it's unappealing, grating, or marginalizing for that character. It's sad, but true: as far as the media is concerned, women are not allowed to be dicks. That's why they're called "dicks".
I had a professor who worked for a big player in network TV (I'm not Allowed to Be giving out Certain names). Charged with the duty of creating a villain for a new game they were producing, he designed a woman of high class and wit with flawless comedic timing and a tragic backstory. She was sharp. Demeaning. Delicous. And what did they tell my prof?
Make it a man.
Now before the war of the sexes sprouts in anyone's mind, let me say this:
Nelson rating demographics taken from children ages 8-13 show that the majority of that group's audience are male. And a survey conducted of that target group concluded with unwavering results that young boys did not like powerful women figures in their television programming.
And these are children. Food for thought, America.
Anyway, that's about as political as I'll ever get on this blog. I'm just in this for the fun.
In the meantime, enjoy the progress being made with the Glados lines for Dr. Hoove's custom Portal 2 map!
Gender is irrelevant to Glados; women burn just as easily as men.
