Ted & Sarah: The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion

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SavingPrincess

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A while back I did a piece [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.190959-Hey-Dragon-You-Can-Have-Her-The-Elder-Scrolls-IV-Oblivion?page=1] on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion that seems to have become quite infamous. A lot of people didn't read it because they are afraid of lots of words together on a single page... so I give you my friends, Ted and Sarah, as we listen in on Sarah's recant of playing the game:

 

Meggiepants

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When Sarah says "Baby Eater" it is terribly unnerving.

The end was the best part.

But I don't think this will work. Mostly because when people say TL;DR what they mean is, "My attention span is less than a gnat's. If it can't be read in 10 seconds or less, I ain't reading it. Not only that, but I am going to waste 10 more seconds telling you that."

Since your video is more than 10 seconds, you are going to run into the same problem.
 

Tharwen

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Sarah makes some good points but she sounds like a *****...
 

Meggiepants

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Tharwen said:
Sarah makes some good points but she sounds like a *****...
Yeah, she does a bit. The guy sounds so calm and reasonable. But she sounds a bit shrill and whiny.
 

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meganmeave said:
Tharwen said:
Sarah makes some good points but she sounds like a *****...
Yeah, she does a bit. The guy sounds so calm and reasonable. But she sounds a bit shrill and whiny.
Yeah, the limitations of computer voices be damned, I loved how bitchy she sounds when she says "really?" every ten seconds. :)
 

D_987

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I doubt the reason people didn't read your article wasn't because there was a lot of words, more because the writing style as a whole doesn't flow and is therefore difficult to read in the first place. You hold a rather controversial opinion that seems almost on the verge of trolling, especially some of your comments within that thread - so why would people bother to read through an overly long (as in it was padded), poorly written (style-wise) article bashing a game they like?

This video holds a similar problem in that those robot voices are difficult to hear, and not exactly pleasant to listen to for any kind of sustained time period; the fact they cannot show emotion means the voices become repetitive and it all blends into itself. If there were subtitles it might be easier to watch, but otherwise I'm not going to torture my ears to hear your opinion on something I've already played...
 

SavingPrincess

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D_987 said:
I doubt the reason people didn't read your article wasn't because there was a lot of words, more because the writing style as a whole doesn't flow and is therefore difficult to read in the first place. You hold a rather controversial opinion that seems almost on the verge of trolling, especially some of your comments within that thread - so why would people bother to read through an overly long (as in it was padded), poorly written (style-wise) article bashing a game they like?

This video holds a similar problem in that those robot voices are difficult to hear, and not exactly pleasant to listen to for any kind of sustained time period; the fact they cannot show emotion means he voices become repetitive and it all blends into itself. If there were subtitles it might be easier to watch, but otherwise I'm not going to torture my ears to your opinion on something I've already played...
D, if I tried to write/do anything in an effort to please you specifically, my tiny brain would explode. I will never reach the level of awesomeness that you require to enjoy something... so I don't try. ;)
 

Tharwen

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meganmeave said:
Tharwen said:
Sarah makes some good points but she sounds like a *****...
Yeah, she does a bit. The guy sounds so calm and reasonable. But she sounds a bit shrill and whiny.
"Really?"

"Really?"

"Really?"
 

Meggiepants

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SavingPrincess said:
meganmeave said:
Tharwen said:
Sarah makes some good points but she sounds like a *****...
Yeah, she does a bit. The guy sounds so calm and reasonable. But she sounds a bit shrill and whiny.
Yeah, the limitations of computer voices be damned, I loved how bitchy she sounds when she says "really?" every ten seconds. :)
I was going to ask if there were different voices to choose from and you chose that one on purpose.

It does not bode well for my gender that even a female computer voice sounds shrill when arguing a point. ;)
 

Meggiepants

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Tharwen said:
meganmeave said:
Tharwen said:
Sarah makes some good points but she sounds like a *****...
Yeah, she does a bit. The guy sounds so calm and reasonable. But she sounds a bit shrill and whiny.
"Really?"

"Really?"

"Really?"
Ha ha! I know.

I surely hope Princess isn't modeling this on a real lady, because she would make my "Persons to avoid because they make you want to put an icepick in your ear" list.
 

Tharwen

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meganmeave said:
Tharwen said:
meganmeave said:
Tharwen said:
Sarah makes some good points but she sounds like a *****...
Yeah, she does a bit. The guy sounds so calm and reasonable. But she sounds a bit shrill and whiny.
"Really?"

"Really?"

"Really?"
Ha ha! I know.

I surely hope Princess isn't modeling this on a real lady, because she would make my "Persons to avoid because they make you want to put an icepick in your ear" list.
Right up there next to Justin Bieber and [Xbox live user XXXX]?
 

Dexiro

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The reason people don't like reading long articles like yours are because trying to decipher walls of text on a screen can be hard on the eyes.

I have no problems reading novels and stuff, but if i were to read one of them from a screen i'd probably end up with a bad headache.

Also people don't actually have that opinion about Oblivion do they? I'm not the biggest fan of it myself, but hating on it because you're given no backstory is just finding excuses :p
 

SavingPrincess

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Tharwen said:
meganmeave said:
Tharwen said:
Sarah makes some good points but she sounds like a *****...
Yeah, she does a bit. The guy sounds so calm and reasonable. But she sounds a bit shrill and whiny.
"Really?"

"Really?"

"Really?"
Hahah the "really's" were intentional... after hearing her say it a couple times, I decided it was so annoying and bitchy that I HAD to have it in like six more... :)
 

Tharwen

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SavingPrincess said:
Tharwen said:
meganmeave said:
Tharwen said:
Sarah makes some good points but she sounds like a *****...
Yeah, she does a bit. The guy sounds so calm and reasonable. But she sounds a bit shrill and whiny.
"Really?"

"Really?"

"Really?"
Hahah the "really's" were intentional... after hearing her say it a couple times, I decided it was so annoying and bitchy that I HAD to have it in like six more... :)
And for that I hate you.
[sub][sub][sub][sub]Not really[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub]
 

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Well, because I actually bother to read reviews, this was my first time watching the video. And I must say it made me laugh my head off! Love your work, and you manage to pull out all the crap in a game. Impressive work :p
 

Meggiepants

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Tharwen said:
meganmeave said:
Tharwen said:
meganmeave said:
Tharwen said:
Sarah makes some good points but she sounds like a *****...
Yeah, she does a bit. The guy sounds so calm and reasonable. But she sounds a bit shrill and whiny.
"Really?"

"Really?"

"Really?"
Ha ha! I know.

I surely hope Princess isn't modeling this on a real lady, because she would make my "Persons to avoid because they make you want to put an icepick in your ear" list.
Right up there next to Justin Bieber and [Xbox live user XXXX]?
Indeed.

Along with certain female politicians who over exaggerate the Northern American accent, Fran Drescher, Jar Jar Binks, Rosie Perez and Gilbert Gottfried. Some of those voices could strip paint.

All this talk reminds me of this video I saw once...
I like some of these artists he's imitating, but it's still funny. He actually is pretty good at doing these voices.
 

The Catalyst

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Does the fact that I'm mentally unstable have anything to do with the fact that I like Oblivion?

Oh yeah, robo-***** needs to get her... ...hands, on Fallout 3. There's all the back story you need, you're a kid in a vault and Liam Neeson is an ass.
 

Tharwen

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meganmeave said:
Tharwen said:
meganmeave said:
Tharwen said:
meganmeave said:
Tharwen said:
Sarah makes some good points but she sounds like a *****...
Yeah, she does a bit. The guy sounds so calm and reasonable. But she sounds a bit shrill and whiny.
"Really?"

"Really?"

"Really?"
Ha ha! I know.

I surely hope Princess isn't modeling this on a real lady, because she would make my "Persons to avoid because they make you want to put an icepick in your ear" list.
Right up there next to Justin Bieber and [Xbox live user XXXX]?
Indeed.

Along with certain female politicians who over exaggerate the Northern American accent, Fran Drescher, Jar Jar Binks, Rosie Perez and Gilbert Gottfried. Some of those voices could strip paint.

All this talk reminds me of this video I saw once...
I like some of these artists he's imitating, but it's still funny. He actually is pretty good at doing these voices.
That was quite good.

*sigh* Comedy, how I love you...