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[Bleachrude]

 Again, what exactly was WRONG with her voice-acting?

It was completely neutral in tone and sounded like she was reading a script but AGAIN, this _IS_ considered what made Walter Cronkite (considered by far the greatest news reporter of all time) the most trusted man in America.

I'm not sure why people think reporters SHOULD have emotion in their reporting (seriously, there is many a debate in journalism circles about this)

[RenownedRyan]

Now she just needs to apologize for how awful her character was.

[Gnaeus.Silvanus]

RenownedRyan wrote...

Now she just needs to apologize for how awful her character was.

FTW 

[Shallyah]

I think the problem most people have with Ms Chobot is that Bioware spent resources into getting her ingame while things like... yes, I'm going to say it, Tali, TALI, didn't get an ingame model.

It honors her to apologise for what she did or said, and I guess it's not her fault that Bioware thought she was worth the resources spent, so as far as I'm concerned, she's alright.

Modifié par Shallyah, 03 avril 2012 - 01:10 .

[Searchnresq]

chiliztri wrote...

Landamskarn wrote...

I thought this was going to be about the voice acting. 

Me too

SAME!!

[sfam]

Taboo-XX wrote...

sfam wrote...

I'm really not into hating. Jessica apologized - good on her. We all make mistakes and we all get our feelings hurt. Give her some space already.

We should take that into consideration for everyone involved in this ending debacle.

TOTALLY agree.  If Bioware comes out and apologizes and says, "Hey, we blew it. Mucho apologies, we'll try to fix it" I think most of us would say, "Well alright then, we will happily await the fix!"

But the whole artistic integrity junk, especially when there are stock photos of Tali, is just not washing.  If they just end up "clarifying" the myriad of crazy torqued up problems with the ending, they won't be fixing things. They will rightly come of as defensive, and nobody will give them a pass.

Modifié par sfam, 03 avril 2012 - 01:10 .

[alsonamedbort]

To be fair, a LOT of the criticism of her came way before she opened her mouth and said anything (which wasn't very smart).

However, so many of the responses here are baffling. You were so pissed that she bashed the fan base and took those comments at complete, 100 percent face value. But when she apologizes later and offers an explanation for why she responded rashly, you immediately assume she is lying, forced to apologize by BioWare, etc. Honestly I think if she groveled in front of some (not all) of the posters on this forum and begged for forgiveness it wouldn't be enough.

[RenownedRyan]

Bleachrude wrote...

 Again, what exactly was WRONG with her voice-acting?

It was completely neutral in tone and sounded like she was reading a script but AGAIN, this _IS_ considered what made Walter Cronkite (considered by far the greatest news reporter of all time) the most trusted man in America.

I'm not sure why people think reporters SHOULD have emotion in their reporting (seriously, there is many a debate in journalism circles about this)

I debate the most trusted man in America thing.  You hear that tossed around a lot, but everyone I talk to about him seems to remember him as being creepy.  Regardless, I imagine that Cronkite dropped the flat tone when engaging in personal conversation.

[Ashilana]

Bleachrude wrote...

 Again, what exactly was WRONG with her voice-acting?

It was completely neutral in tone and sounded like she was reading a script but AGAIN, this _IS_ considered what made Walter Cronkite (considered by far the greatest news reporter of all time) the most trusted man in America.

I'm not sure why people think reporters SHOULD have emotion in their reporting (seriously, there is many a debate in journalism circles about this)

Did you really just compare her to Walter Cronkite?  I think my brain just melted.

[Legendaryred]

Honestly i don't know why they keep bringing the attack on the Bioware female employee up. It was during DA2 and it made top comment on reddit, just because of a bunch of anons that were trolling, we all fans over here get labeled as bad people who send death threats.

[Jackal7713]

I think she's doing something stand up. She said something, then said she was wrong about it and said sorry. Could she have done a better job VA, sure. I respect her a hell of a lot more then Colin Moriarty.

[KevShep]

Ashilana wrote...

SgtGlory wrote...

The people that bashed her after her first post should be going back and apologizing. There's no excuse for name-calling/personal abuse. She owned up to name calling, time for her detractors to do the same

The problem is... a limited number of people insulted her and her response was to insult anyone who was disappointed in the ending.

 She needs to apologize for Emily Wong not being there instead! She wanted to be in Mass Effect 3 so much that she (Chobot) did not care if we never saw Emily again.

If Jessica Chobot was not there then we would be having the option to not only have Emily Wong there on the Normandy but also romance her....but no Chobot wanted to be in a Video game.

[sfam]

alsonamedbort wrote...

To be fair, a LOT of the criticism of her came way before she opened her mouth and said anything (which wasn't very smart).

However, so many of the responses here are baffling. You were so pissed that she bashed the fan base and took those comments at complete, 100 percent face value. But when she apologizes later and offers an explanation for why she responded rashly, you immediately assume she is lying, forced to apologize by BioWare, etc. Honestly I think if she groveled in front of some (not all) of the posters on this forum and begged for forgiveness it wouldn't be enough.

Agreed.  People should back off already, both about her comments and her voice-overs.  She's human, so are we - accept her apology as she intended. This is hardly an unforgiveable thing.  

[pomrink]

i wish felicia day was in this instead of chobot, thatd be awesome

[Esquin]

Stanley Woo wrote...

Jealous Beauty wrote...

Out of curiosity, how did these forums react to Felicia Day in the DA2 DLC? Did she catch the same level of flak as Jessica Chobot?

No, she did not.

Although in fairness that's probably because Felicia Day can act. Jessica felt so 2d and shallow. There was no heart, no emotion in what she was reporting. She'd talk about the deaths of millions as though it were a big gaming anouncement. Thats what a lot of people disliked I think. She kept the same persona she uses for game reporting and tried to use it to report on war and suffering. That does not work.

[Bleachrude]

Ashilana wrote...

Bleachrude wrote...

 Again, what exactly was WRONG with her voice-acting?

It was completely neutral in tone and sounded like she was reading a script but AGAIN, this _IS_ considered what made Walter Cronkite (considered by far the greatest news reporter of all time) the most trusted man in America.

I'm not sure why people think reporters SHOULD have emotion in their reporting (seriously, there is many a debate in journalism circles about this)

Did you really just compare her to Walter Cronkite?  I think my brain just melted.

I compared her reporting the news flat and tone less with Cronkite and Cronkite WAS flat and toneless..Seriously, fire up youtube and watch/listen to any of his news reporting...you cant get more monotone than that....

That ironically is what made his reporting of Kennedy's death so much of a gut punch...

[Russalka]

RenownedRyan wrote...

Now she just needs to apologize for how awful her character was.

'Blame the people that got her into the game.

[Joccaren]

chiliztri wrote...

Landamskarn wrote...

I thought this was going to be about the voice acting. 

Me too

ME3
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YEAH! (Really bad, I know).

Well, good on her for apologising. I hadn't read that blog post, but its the exact same thing I hated MovieBob for when he made his Twitter post. She at least has apologised. Forgiven for that? Yes. Allowed on my ship? Oh hell no.

Also, does anyone else find it either creepy or narcicistic that she was going to romance herself in game? Just me?

[Johcande XX]

Bleachrude wrote...

Amagoi wrote...

Really, just more of the same that happened with Mark of the Assassin. I said before when it came out, and I'll still say it; Shoehorning celebrities into games for the sake of cameos or to sell a few more copies for their fans will never work. It doesn't work in movies, and I've never heard of it happening in books, so why should it happen in games?

Martin Sheen
Adam Baldwin
Seth Green

All of these characters these celebrities played could've been done by other less known voice actors...

You just named a group of talented celebrities whose job is to act / VA.  I imagine he meant cameo in the regard that it adds nothing to the story or game experience and is only their as a nod or wink to an organization or fanbase.

But I disagree, in some movies and other media cameos can work, as long as they're handled with a little finese and their being there doesn't seem illogical or silly in the context of the story.  An IGN reporter cameo-ing as a ANN reporter? 

[humes spork]

Bleachrude wrote...

It was completely neutral in tone and sounded like she was reading a script but AGAIN, this _IS_ considered what made Walter Cronkite (considered by far the greatest news reporter of all time) the most trusted man in America.

Go hunt down video of Cronkite reporting on the Kennedy assassination or the Apollo program, just to name two things straight off the top of my head. Neutral and carefully-elocuted is not equivalent to unemotional.

[Kanon777]

Loading_Ammo wrote...

Attacks on a female BioWare employee......ok i've obviously missed something,what is she on about ?

Oh boy i think its better if you dont even know. This community is ****ing crazy

[afarkas1]

I get why people here aren't a huge fan of her character, but it's possible to be critical without sounding hateful and vindictive. She chose her words poorly, she apologized, and if you don't like her character, leave her on the citadel. No need to get up in arms over a completely optional part of the game.

Lets stick to more important stuff. Like fixing the endings.

[pacientK]

Didnt know who Chobot is before after reading that she will be a journalist instead of whatshername from ME1. Now i know and couldnot care less about her and IGN.

[Legendaryred]

tobito113 wrote...

Loading_Ammo wrote...

Attacks on a female BioWare employee......ok i've obviously missed something,what is she on about ?

Oh boy i think its better if you dont even know. This community is ****ing crazy

No, it was a post on reddit which called the employee a cancer to the gaming industry and blah blah blah.

[FataliTensei]

Stanley Woo wrote...

Jealous Beauty wrote...

Out of curiosity, how did these forums react to Felicia Day in the DA2 DLC? Did she catch the same level of flak as Jessica Chobot?

No, she did not.

Felcia day can actually act...