i didnt have a clue who she was before ME3. her voice acting was ok in my opinion but not great and i think it was a bad mistake killing off emily wong an established character on twitter and including allers as an embedded reporter.
shes copping a lot of flak from working for IGN and their attitude to fans dissatisfied with the ending, if it wasnt for that most people would be very meh about her.
Does anyone else feel sorry for Jessica Chobot?
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#202
Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:35
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Orthodox Infidel wrote...
wantedman dan wrote...
BDelacroix wrote...
prizm123 wrote...
who is jessica chobot? i had never heard of her until this game
Me too.
The terrible voice actress of the terrible character Diana Allers; also an IGN "journalist."
To be fair, she's not an actress of any sort.
True that.
#203
Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:40
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I've stopped visiting IGN, but I figured she'd be "just okay" as a voice actress after hearing her speak in a couple of IGN videos. She would actually have enthusiasm in them, so I'm not sure why her voice acting in this game sounds like she's incredibly bored every time she delivers a line. Even though I don't feel any particular way about her, I think some of the hate she's gotten has gone beyond bad taste, but ah...Internet.
...I'd still think it would be kind of funny if you could send her out the airlock though, perhaps with a song from the Gong Show playing when you hit the button.
...I'd still think it would be kind of funny if you could send her out the airlock though, perhaps with a song from the Gong Show playing when you hit the button.
#204
Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:42
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Karmicmoogle wrote...
Emily Wong is dead??? Have they no shame
It seems not. Killed by a tweet? Are you F***ing kidding me?
#205
Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:44
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The problem is, that such a character is just pointless to begin with.
They should have put the time, money and effort, they invested in her into the important characters, like...uh..I don't know...making a decent picture for Tali or even reveal her face in a good scene or so...
They should have put the time, money and effort, they invested in her into the important characters, like...uh..I don't know...making a decent picture for Tali or even reveal her face in a good scene or so...
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:44
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I was unaffected by her VA performance, and unnerved by her outfit.
I'm sorry, I know raising morale is important and everything and this shouldn't come off as a degradation of Jessica Chobot herself, but Diana Allers outfit was... Just short of Asari-pole dancer stripperrific and it made it hard to take her character seriously.
Every time she interviewed me I couldn't help but ask the question, "Why am I being interviewed by a prostitute?" She doesn't look like what I expected from a news journalist, especially in Mass Effect, one of things I liked most about the world. And I know this is going to sound crazy, was the tastefulness of the outfits.
Sci-Fi games have a tendency to make future fashion look like modesty and formal wear were antiquated notions of the past. Mass Effect gave both men and women truly businesslike wear.
Whereas Diana Allers comes into my cabin with a dress that I could mistake for a very long shirt, cut down low. I appreciate fanservice as much as the next guy but I can't treat ****ty outfits professionally.
I'm sorry, I know raising morale is important and everything and this shouldn't come off as a degradation of Jessica Chobot herself, but Diana Allers outfit was... Just short of Asari-pole dancer stripperrific and it made it hard to take her character seriously.
Every time she interviewed me I couldn't help but ask the question, "Why am I being interviewed by a prostitute?" She doesn't look like what I expected from a news journalist, especially in Mass Effect, one of things I liked most about the world. And I know this is going to sound crazy, was the tastefulness of the outfits.
Sci-Fi games have a tendency to make future fashion look like modesty and formal wear were antiquated notions of the past. Mass Effect gave both men and women truly businesslike wear.
Whereas Diana Allers comes into my cabin with a dress that I could mistake for a very long shirt, cut down low. I appreciate fanservice as much as the next guy but I can't treat ****ty outfits professionally.
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:46
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I just read her last blog post, and I retract my defense of her. Fire away.
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:46
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To be fair, it was a series of "tweets" (in-universe, QEC broadcasts from Earth) on the first day of the invasion in LA. Ended in an epic way too. Think "Ramming speed!"thesnake777 wrote...
Karmicmoogle wrote...
Emily Wong is dead??? Have they no shame
It seems not. Killed by a tweet? Are you F***ing kidding me?
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:46
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Atraiyu Wrynn wrote...
I just read her last blog post, and I retract my defense of her. Fire away.
What is it?
EDIT: Oh dear lord, now I do hate her.
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#210
Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:48
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I agree with OP, it is not Chobot's fault, it's Bioware's for coming up with such a stupid character and picking an even worse person to voice act it, It would have been much better if Emily Wong was on the ship instead, would make for some interesting drama.
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:49
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Sgt Stryker wrote...
To be fair, it was a series of "tweets" (in-universe, QEC broadcasts from Earth) on the first day of the invasion in LA. Ended in an epic way too. Think "Ramming speed!"thesnake777 wrote...
Karmicmoogle wrote...
Emily Wong is dead??? Have they no shame
It seems not. Killed by a tweet? Are you F***ing kidding me?
It doesn't matter, Emily Wong desrved an appearance in ME3, not just killed on Twitter. Really!? Imagine if it had been like Grunt or someone killed on twitter. Just a horrible idea.
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:49
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Karmicmoogle wrote...
Emily Wong is dead??? Have they no shame
Not in game = never happened )
Twitter is not really a thing to make mass effect canon history
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:50
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Fruit of the Doom wrote...
Atraiyu Wrynn wrote...
I just read her last blog post, and I retract my defense of her. Fire away.
What is it?
EDIT: Oh dear lord, now I do hate her.
Link, please!
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:51
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xXDarkNewDayxXx wrote...
Fruit of the Doom wrote...
Atraiyu Wrynn wrote...
I just read her last blog post, and I retract my defense of her. Fire away.
What is it?
EDIT: Oh dear lord, now I do hate her.
Link, please!
http://www.ign.com/blogs/jess-ign
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:51
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Atraiyu Wrynn wrote...
I just read her last blog post, and I retract my defense of her. Fire away.
Looks like she could do with lessons on how to be civil.
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:52
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wright1978 wrote...
Atraiyu Wrynn wrote...
I just read her last blog post, and I retract my defense of her. Fire away.
Looks like she could do with lessons on how to be civil.
I think she is more in need of basic English lessons.
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:53
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What. A. Turd.
An ugly, unpolished turd of a woman.
I repeat: KILL IT. With fire.
An ugly, unpolished turd of a woman.
I repeat: KILL IT. With fire.
#218
Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:54
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I didn't even know who she was before I saw this thread. That explains the odd reporter character who I told to take a hike since I didn't want to turn the Normandy into a reality show.
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:54
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Fruit of the Doom wrote...
I think she is more in need of basic English lessons.
Is it sad if I can't tell if she meant to say babsolutely or not? Like it's some new cross between babe and absolutely? She sounds kind of like a person that would make a "cute" word like that. Gah
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:55
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Going a bit off-topic and speaking of al-Jilani, whilst she didn't get much time I was impressed by the bit she did get. After her appearences in the other games I was rather touched by the ME3 encounter (may have just been the result of a paragon choice, I can't remember now). Well played.TODD9999 wrote...
As for the use of Allers vs. killing off Emily Wong and barely using al-Jilani, I don't know that it was the greatest decision, but eh. And that was certainly not her fault. So, yes, I do feel bad for her. Maybe this wasn't the most amazing voicework I've heard, but it was okay; I can't blame her for getting in the game; and all the other problems with Allers and the game as a whole have nothing to do with her, so she's getting undeserved vitriol.
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:56
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I dont hate her one way or another but her characters roll felt forced. I dont understand why shes in the game at all. There was pre-existing characters that would have filled her shoes just fine. perhaps these pre-existing characters physical features were not good enough for bioware? Maybe bioware owed IGN a favor or just wanted to get on their good side? I have trouble just believing that a bioware employee said "You know what this game really needs? jessica chobot"
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:56
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Mannie89 wrote...
Dat @ss
only good thing about her character.
I sort of feel sorry for her because I'm sure like Felicia Day who really loved Dragon Age and got the chance to do her character (that sounded dirty) in the xpac and jumped at the chance. I think with Chobot it was a few things.
1) Terrible voice acting
2) bland character
3) Killed off the other reporter to make room for her
4) she's a freaking LI? Really? Jack gets a crappy dance, Miranda gets what a few lines of dialog and a fade to black, Jacob gets to cheat on you, thane dies, and kelly is all PSTD out of her mind and wont return to the normandy. But this chick gets the LI treatment?
5) the IGN factor
she was just a strange, useless character. They could have given her lines/place to the reporter you punched. Have you and her mend the fence and become friends as she grows to understand your gruff nature. It would have had context back to ME1 and made more sense then the Chobot.
also it pisses me off that Chobot got more lines then miranda, Jack, Jacob, Thane, and Grunt (more then I think all of those combined if you exclude maybe the ending phone call). Some really great characters got the shaft so she could get the spot
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 06:59
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Well, really, her performance wasn't that different from any other 3rd role character, it's normal. But her whole plotline seems some stupid "okay, let's end farnservice" thing, not her fault, really.
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 07:02
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I don't feel sorry for the character. If not for IGN's attitude toward us, I would feel sorry the real person only in that, as my friend pointed out, she came out looking more like Snookie than herself.
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Posté 02 avril 2012 - 07:07
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"also it pisses me off that Chobot got more lines then miranda, Jack, Jacob, Thane, and Grunt (more then I think all of those combined if you exclude maybe the ending phone call). Some really great characters got the shaft so she could get the spot"
THIS.
THIS.
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