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Do you think PI should be voice acted?

Yes, it should.
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Voice Acted PI - What do you think?
What the title says. Do you think PI should be voice acted? Since voice acting requires efforts and time, I thought it was the case to see if fans(and a given number of voice actors) would be interested.  :)

This is not a VA topic so don't move it - by the time of writing it's unclear if PI's VA will ever start.
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Yes, that would be great. But I'd rather see Blue Planet voice-acted first!
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Re: Voice Acted PI - What do you think?
Please post your opinion here, don't vote-and-run...someone voted "No, it shouldn't" and I'd like to know why...
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Re: Voice Acted PI - What do you think?
I personally would like to see it get voiceacted, but you should seriously consider red-flagging the author about it first. It's his baby, after all, not yours, and as an FSCRP guy, you know how discourteous it is to change too much without the creator's approval. Talking to him might yield better results out of the voiceacting if it does end up happening, so you don't really have anything to lose.

 

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Re: Voice Acted PI - What do you think?
Voice acting and restoring are two separate things. They combined only once, in Warzone, although the voice acted version is still in the limbo. No doubt CP5670 will be strongly encouraged to supervise the work, but there's nothing wrong in VAing a campaign.

Derelict was voice acted without the original creators knowing, for example.
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Re: Voice Acted PI - What do you think?
Yes, that would be great. But I'd rather see Blue Planet voice-acted first!

BP voice acting is closing in on completion (at least in the recording phase.)

I'd be happy to recommend our best actors for the PI effort.

 

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Yes, that would be great. But I'd rather see Blue Planet voice-acted first!

BP voice acting is closing in on completion (at least in the recording phase.)



That's great news, replay 8 or 9 is gonna be good!  :yes:
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Re: Voice Acted PI - What do you think?
BP voice acting is closing in on completion (at least in the recording phase.)

I'd be happy to recommend our best actors for the PI effort.

Hey, those are good news! :)

I'm waiting for you... ;)
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Re: Voice Acted PI - What do you think?
BP voice acting is closing in on completion (at least in the recording phase.)

I'd be happy to recommend our best actors for the PI effort.

Hey, those are good news! :)

I'm waiting for you... ;)


Let me speak to Rian. She's honestly a lot better organized than me.

 

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The original Derelict voiceactors weren't really notified because, frankly, nobody noes where they are.

CP, one the other hand, is still an active member here.
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Axem - Sorry to post again when I said I was leaving for good, but something was nagging me. I don't want to say it in a way that shames the campaign but I think we can all agree it is actually.. incomplete. It is missing... Voice Acting.
Quanto - I for one would love to lend my beautiful singing voice into this wholesome project.
Nuclear1 - I want a duet.
AndrewofDoom - Make it a trio!

 

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Re: Voice Acted PI - What do you think?
I'm kind of getting a bit wary of the whole "everything must be voiced!" trend that seems to be popping up around here recently, and this is coming from someone who's (technically) the moderator of the voice acting subforum.  I've never had any trouble getting immersed in a good campaign that wasn't voiced, and I feel like jumping all over each and every new campaign coming down the pike only helps to promote the "I'll only play voiced campaigns" viewpoint that's disturbingly manifested itself at certain points in the past.  While good voicework can certainly benefit a campaign to a certain extent, the opposite can also be true of mediocre or downright bad work, and one has to weigh any potential gains against the large amount of man-hours and organizational headaches that naturally come with such projects.  I certainly think that high-profile projects like Silent Threat: Reborn and Diaspora practically require voice work, based on what they're specifically trying to achieve, but I don't see how that necessarily carries over to your garden-variety campaign release.

All of that being said, I voted for the last option.  Do what you will, since my original enjoyment (and/or frustration) of the campaign won't be affected either way by whether or not someone starts working on voicing it.

 

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Re: Voice Acted PI - What do you think?
The Procyon Insurgency and Blue Planet have been the two really big-ticket, well-received campaigns of the last while, it seems.

 

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Re: Voice Acted PI - What do you think?
Clearly - most members recommend playing AoA to new people to FS first after FSPort and FS2.  :nod:

 

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Re: Voice Acted PI - What do you think?
Well, and Derelict and Transcend.

I'd save PI.

 
Re: Voice Acted PI - What do you think?
I actually wish all campaigns included voice acting.  Granted I do recognize that it takes an extreme amount of time and effort to do.  However it is always easier IHMO to listen to dialogue than it is to read it when your dodging missiles and gunfire.

 

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I'd save PI.

Yes - PI is in my opinion, the hardest user-made campaign out there to complete successfully without cheating. Train before the trial of fire . . .  ;)

 

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Re: Voice Acted PI - What do you think?
I'm kind of getting a bit wary of the whole "everything must be voiced!" trend that seems to be popping up around here recently, and this is coming from someone who's (technically) the moderator of the voice acting subforum.  I've never had any trouble getting immersed in a good campaign that wasn't voiced, and I feel like jumping all over each and every new campaign coming down the pike only helps to promote the "I'll only play voiced campaigns" viewpoint that's disturbingly manifested itself at certain points in the past.  While good voicework can certainly benefit a campaign to a certain extent, the opposite can also be true of mediocre or downright bad work, and one has to weigh any potential gains against the large amount of man-hours and organizational headaches that naturally come with such projects.  I certainly think that high-profile projects like Silent Threat: Reborn and Diaspora practically require voice work, based on what they're specifically trying to achieve, but I don't see how that necessarily carries over to your garden-variety campaign release.

All of that being said, I voted for the last option.  Do what you will, since my original enjoyment (and/or frustration) of the campaign won't be affected either way by whether or not someone starts working on voicing it.

But as voice synth is no longer working in 3.6.10, (granted Microsoft Sam/Mary/Whoever aren't great). A voice-acted campaign is much more appreciated.
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If you're going to voice act a campaign it should be done before the release not after.  Backfitting voice acting can change the whole pace and feel of the campaign as well as tying up resources that could be used on an in-progress campaign.
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If you're going to voice act a campaign it should be done before the release not after.  Backfitting voice acting can change the whole pace and feel of the campaign as well as tying up resources that could be used on an in-progress campaign.

Really? What resources?

 

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voice actors, a coordinator as well as someone to refred the missions to include the voice files.  Also when you start modifying the original campaign you add the possibility of introducing errors that would need to be fixed.
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