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[YurigirlzCrush]

Certainly 'gravelly' I'd say.  'Gravelly layers'?  I think it's difficult to describe because it's actual audio effects, rather than anything organic (apart from Brendan's(?) original recordings ofc).  That's why us guitarists have ended up with pedals named things like 'flanger', 'wah-wah', and more boringly, 'envelope filter' lol.

 

Friend: "What's the flanger do?"

Guitarist: "Well... it flanges!"

*hits chord*

neeeeeeeeeoooooooowwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnngnnnnnnnwwwwwwwwwooooon

Friend: "Oh, I see!"

Guitarist: "Yea.  Flange."

 

 

*grins* that totally reminded me of a scene from my favorite anime where two guitarists were talking and the one goes "how do you make that 'myooon'! sound?"

 

I asked about the voices because I get stuck on certain bits of text that I just refuse to let go of. I got as far in the sentence as: She knew before she even turned that she would be facing a drell because of the...

 

and there I got stuck because I couldn't figure out how to describe that distinctive drell voice sound that they all seem to have, and I refused to leave it as simple as "the distinctive tone of a drell voice". I want description and I still haven't managed to figure it out in a way I like. you all gave some good suggestions but I just haven't been able to settle on one yet or make it fit in a way I like.

 

*sigh* I don't have this problem with bigger bits like scenes, or even entire chapters (obviously, given the number of times I rewrote the first four chapters of my ME story entirely), but when I want to describe something it totally hangs me up. because I cannot let it go. and I mean that literally. if I want a description of something and I try to skip it, it completely kills my enthusiasm for what I'm writing. like to the point where just opening the file makes me mad. I have a few stories I stopped writing completely because I got hung up on putting one thing or another into words and just lost all interest after that.
 

[Obsidian Gryphon]

Maybe you could try, low throaty resonance / timbre.

[MrStoob]

In other news, I watched the first few episodes of 'Dark Matter'.  Sci-fi, hints of Firefly/Farscape and intrigue enough, I'd recommend a look if you haven't already.  I'm always behind on these things so I may well be behind the times here again...  I particularly like 'Android' though.

[YurigirlzCrush]

I've been watching since the premiere. It has some promise. I like Zoie Palmer too (the android). I first saw her in Lost Girl. well actually I first saw her in a very small part in the movie Devil. but anyway, she's cool. and it took me all of four seconds to ship two and five. because my mind is weird that way. I can't watch any show ever without shipping the cute girls. *shrug*

[MrStoob]

I can't watch any show ever without shipping the cute girls. *shrug*

I have similar but different feelings about these things, though I suspect not quite in the same vain... 

[YurigirlzCrush]

I have similar but different feelings about these things, though I suspect not quite in the same vain... 

 

oh with me it's a total sickness. like seriously. even watching Girl Meets World with my little sister, I managed somehow to ship Riley and Maya together (not in a sexual way obviously because they're like 12 and that's gross) but I instantly envisioned them as eventually dating when they got older. *sigh* I do it in practically every show I watch. I'm broken that way.

[Fatiguesdualism]

Well goodness only knows how many trees I'm now responsible for having cut down , I really have to learn how to proof-read via a monitor -- for some reason I can't really 'read' unless it's on paper.  

 

re: Drell/Turian Voice -- I'd use 'dry' as part of the description (ie a dry bass or a dry baritone).  'Gravelly' was a good suggestion too!  As for the turian's I think the wiki uses the word 'flange' -- but there's nothing to say your character couldn't sound different.  Maybe what we hear is the drell/turian version of  'Received Pronunciation' ...let's have some alien species with more than one accent!  

 

re: Dark Matter -- Not wholly sold yet (but there's a dearth of 'space' sci-fi at the moment) so giving it a try.  Really hoping 'One' winds up 'on the wrong side of a bullet'  the guy is just too caring and whine(y) 

 

re: ME:Andromeda -- Finally saw the trailer and... ...I am really hoping that it isn't as 'American' (sorry! ) as 'Super-Mac's effort' was.  Also jet-packs?  Why did it have to be jet-packs?    

 

re: Fallout 4 -- Doubt you'll need to have played the previous games.  I've been playing them since the original and usually the acknowledgements to previous games were more 'tip of the hat' than necessary information.  

 

edit:  Just realised it's been nearly a month since I last posted!   Sorry folks! 

[Seracen]

I've been wary of "Syfy" originals, but the trailer for Dark Matter looks interesting enough.  I just started watching Sense8 last week, and it's fairly enjoyable thus far.

 

As for ME: Andromeda, I agree on hoping it isn't too "Western."  I like the whole "new frontier cowboy" motif up to a certain point, but only in the sense of discovery and wonder.  If it ends up being Fallout: New Vegas in space, I don't know how I would feel.  Then again, the sequel to "Prey" had that theme going on with open world bounty hunting (before it got cancelled), and I was interested to see that.

 

End of the day, as long as there's a sensible and cohesive whole to work with, I'll be happy.  But I agree, something like this deserves to be wider in scope than simple "Westerns and Americana."  Ah well...

 

As for pairings, I try not to invest myself too deeply anymore.  I always get burned when watching anime on the couplings, and they never come to fruition anyways...that's assuming the repressed characters make a choice to begin with, lol!  I suppose that's part of why I've always enjoyed fanfics so much.

[Obsidian Gryphon]

I don't watch tv programs much any more for years so any series that catch my attention is actually backlog. The ones I do try to keep track of now are mostly detective shows like Castle, Rizzoli and Isles. Recently caught on to Penny Dreadful so this is one added to the list. A very meagre list. I'm currently catching up on X-Files. Yes, I didn't watch the entire series. It was an ep snatched here and there, RL was busy back then.

 

Not much of a fan of apocalyptic setting in games. I tried the third FO title but I felt depressed playing it and never completed the game, so no FO for me. Nor am I a fan of zombies. I played TWD S1. That's enough for me. I need something with life, hope, mystery.    LIS, ep 4 please come out this month.  The traditional D&D / RPG games are out for me too. Bought Divinity Original Sin. It's toast after a couple of hours.

[Seracen]

I don't watch tv programs much any more for years so any series that catch my attention is actually backlog. The ones I do try to keep track of now are mostly detective shows like Castle, Rizzoli and Isles. Recently caught on to Penny Dreadful so this is one added to the list. A very meagre list. I'm currently catching up on X-Files. Yes, I didn't watch the entire series. It was an ep snatched here and there, RL was busy back then.

 

Not much of a fan of apocalyptic setting in games. I tried the third FO title but I felt depressed playing it and never completed the game, so no FO for me. Nor am I a fan of zombies. I played TWD S1. That's enough for me. I need something with life, hope, mystery.    LIS, ep 4 please come out this month.  The traditional D&D / RPG games are out for me too. Bought Divinity Original Sin. It's toast after a couple of hours.

 

Oh Lawdy...don't get me started on the infamous backlog.  I have the gamer's backlog, the anime fan's backlog, and the book backlog of DOOM!  I think I calculated that I'd watched an accumulated 1.5-3 years of anime, and my backlog is at least triple that!  Don't feel too bad about X-Files...it's hard to watch a 10+ season series from beginning to end, even if it's over the course of years.

 

Agreed on your reservations about Fallout though.  I enjoyed it to a certain extent, but the dreariness of the post apocalypse was depressing.  What got me through the game was the story and the mods.  The mods in particular spruced up the environment, and some of the story/character mods made it feel less lonely (my faves are the mods that give you an older sister, and allow you to romance Amata and take her with you on the adventure)...with cutscenes and running commentary throughout the game.

 

By comparison, New Vegas was a lot more colorful, and therefore hopeful.  This new iteration looks to be even more vibrant, so I'm willing to give it a shot.  Until I saw the trailer, I wasn't that enthused.  Metro: Last Light had vibrant colors, a thriving (relatively) underground civilization, and amazing story, so it redefined what I expected from post-apocalypse games.

 

But I digress: open world games should have a spirit of wonder and discovery, and that's something that Mass Effect captured for me.  Skyrim too.  As amazing as FO was, I had to play it based on my mood.  As for zombies...I've been burnt out on them for years, lol!

[YurigirlzCrush]

But I digress: open world games should have a spirit of wonder and discovery, and that's something that Mass Effect captured for me.  Skyrim too.  As amazing as FO was, I had to play it based on my mood.  As for zombies...I've been burnt out on them for years, lol!

 

*blinkblink* my mind refuses to process that last sentence. how can anyone not like zombies? you, sir, cannot be human!

[Seracen]

*blinkblink* my mind refuses to process that last sentence. how can anyone not like zombies? you, sir, cannot be human!

 

 

Lol, I barely went to see Warm Bodies b/c of zombie overload.  In fact, I haven't seen any new eps of Walking Dead since the first season.  Like I said, just too much exposure unfortunately.  The only zombie stuff I'll watch anymore is comedic stuff (Warm Bodies, Zombieland, Shaun of the Dead).

 

I think the last time I REALLY enjoyed zombie games was back during the original Dead Rising and Resident Evil 4 & 5.  Since then, the only other zombie game I've enjoyed is Dead Space 1 and 2 (which isn't REALLY zombies).  I refuse to play Last of Us, because it's just too depressing at this point for me.  I feel stressed out when I intake that many zombie stories (or near-zombie stories).

 

Again, not strictly zombies (more post-apocalypse), but I did manage to enjoy the Metro series.  But there was a dark sense of humor in retaliation against all the doom and gloom.  There was still a feeling of hope by the end of it all.  I know it isn't really the point, but the only zombie SHOW that I've had any fun with of late was the anime High School of the Dead (which is more an excuse for sexual comedy and over-the-top action than it is zombies).  That should let you know where I am with zombies at this point.

 

Sorry to get serious on you, lol.  It's just trends really.  I've become fatigued on certain story conventions.  It's affected everything from my tolerance for videogames to my enjoyment of certain forms of anime, whether zombie related, rom-com, or whatnot.

[MrStoob]

Sudden flurry of posts!

 

Penny Dreadful was mentioned... Just recently caught up to current (for the UK anyway) with one series finale to go.  'tis very silly (horror mash-up) but a lot of fun.  Good to see the Brit actors getting something fun to play with anyway (Canadian/British venture, I believe), and who doesn't like naked witches running about the place?  I'm always in two minds about Billie Piper though.  While most will know her first from Doctor Who, she's been doing the rounds in the UK for a long time (child pop starlet) and so has the ability grate.  We also call her 'Bingo' in our household, re: The Banana Splits.  

 

Edit: Sorry, had to find it.  Post-'Shampoo' shouty nonsense.  lol

[Obsidian Gryphon]

But I digress: open world games should have a spirit of wonder and discovery, and that's something that Mass Effect captured for me.  Skyrim too.  As amazing as FO was, I had to play it based on my mood.  As for zombies...I've been burnt out on them for years, lol!

 

I enjoyed space more than ground.   So yeah, I enjoyed wandering around in ME too. Didn't play Skyrim. ESIV Oblvion is the only game I played in the ES series and it put me off thoroughly. There's a lot of bad things in ESIV so I have no interest in Skyrim. Same thing goes for the The Witcher too. Played the first one when it first came out, toast after a couple of hours. Didn't like the game mechanics, didn't like the protagonist, and really disliked the stupid card collection. Nothing in it is appealing.

 

I'm of a mind to go back to FPS for a bit, like COD. I've gone up until Modern Warfare and then didn't continue with the series.

[YurigirlzCrush]

In fact, I haven't seen any new eps of Walking Dead since the first season.

 

I refuse to play Last of Us

 

*stares*

 

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*stares more*

 

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*opens mouth, can't find words, closes it*

 

...

 

seek help man!

 

*grins*
 

[MrStoob]

There's little point in me playing Last of Us (I don't have a PS anyway), I've seen too much of it already lol.  I did think it was particularly mean of YouTube's FineBrothers (React... videos) to get the 'Elders' to play through the first act of Last of Us, and it was the first I'd seen of that piece too.  Pretty impacting stuff.    One of the ladies said she thought it was disgusting though they didn't expand.

 

I've seen the first episode of Walking Dead and some bits and bobs from around the web (usually parodies or something).  The whole recent zombie phenomena didn't really catch me but I grew up on 80s horror (along with classic Hammer and the like too of course).

 

Oh and TES:IV vs TES:V.  I've played Skyrim to death, beyond reasonable amounts of time.  Oblivion... meh.  lol  It seems a lot of the gripes I would have had about Oblivion the first time around were addressed for Skyrim, particularly dialogue mechanics which are annoying in FO as well.  They're not really that comparable IMO.  Some cry 'dumbed down', I say 'stream lined'.

[Fatiguesdualism]

 

 

*snip*

 

Edit: Sorry, had to find it.  Post-'Shampoo' shouty nonsense.  lol

You, sir, are evil...no sorry you are E.V.I.L.     I had repressed all memories of that and you've just...just gone and uncorked the bottle!  

 

As for Fallout 3, it was a fairly big shift from its predecessors.  New Vegas was a lot closer to how the PC games felt, unsurprisingly considering who made it, so I'm really hoping Bethesda took some notes.

 

Agree with the 'space better than ground' mostly due to burn-out though.  Too many years of Pen and Paper in different fantasy settings, add too many CRPGs and...well...   It's gotten to the stage I haven't seen the Hobbit movies (despite persistent urging from a friend)  To be honest Witcher 3 is probably the first fantasy CRPG I've enthused about in years (last was DA:O), and is the sole reason why I'm still grinding through the first Witcher.

 

The Last of Us?  Holy [muffle]!  The story and atmosphere in that game is spot-on (IMHO) the writers for that really nailed it!

 

Writing related:  Working through the third edit of current chapter, was hoping to get it posted this weekend -- and then got 'asked' to go into work instead!    

 

p.s. @MrStoob 'Classic' Hammer.  I remember watching some of them late at night on the Beeb, right before they switched the signal off at night!  Good Times!  Wish they'd go back to doing that instead of showing that news channel of theirs!     24hr news = same stories every 30 minutes or so (according to 'Auntie' anyway!)

[YurigirlzCrush]

There's little point in me playing Last of Us (I don't have a PS anyway), I've seen too much of it already lol.  I did think it was particularly mean of YouTube's FineBrothers (React... videos) to get the 'Elders' to play through the first act of Last of Us, and it was the first I'd seen of that piece too.  Pretty impacting stuff.    One of the ladies said she thought it was disgusting though they didn't expand.

 

I've seen the first episode of Walking Dead and some bits and bobs from around the web (usually parodies or something).  

 

*clears throat* by... you've seen the first episode of Walking Dead, I assume you mean you saw it along with every other episode ever, right? otherwise... I've uncovered the presence of two aliens in the same thread! *calls FBI*

 

I watch the react series too. but I've been following the Teens React version of The Last of Us because they are so much better with the controls. one of the elders like... missed the entire police cars passing by the house, and the dog, and most of the other stuff in the beginning because they were facing the wall as they came down the stairs. and absolutely NONE of the elders were looking around once they were in the car so you could see what was going on in the setting around them.

 

and the elders seem like nice people, but you hear a lot of them say things are "disgusting" or "too much" and similar things when they react to stuff. it irritates me because some of them just seem to be the same close-minded old people that populate my neighborhood. the ones where entertainment peaked with Gone with the Wind and everything since just makes the world worse. some of them are much more open-minded, which is good (and a few consistently make me laugh), but there's a few of the elders where I roll my eyes as soon as they appear on screen, before they even speak. *eyeroll*
 

[Seracen]

As far as Walking Dead and Last of Us, I fully acknowledge the amazing story.  However, I just find them too depressing.  I guess you could chalk it up to how good the atmosphere is in both those works.

 

As for the Elder Scrolls and Witcher games...if gameplay was the problem for you, each new iteration is almost a complete different entity.  Witcher 1-3 each had a completely changed scheme.  The gratuitous sex was a turnoff for a lot of folks though, and it doesn't get any less flagrant in the subsequent games, although it is more avoidable to be sure.  Some folks complained about Skyrim's streamlining, but I think the gameplay was infinitely more approachable than back in the Oblivion days.  Then again, with modding, you can change that as well.  One of the craziest combat overhauls turned Oblivion into Devil May Cry, as far as gameplay was concerned.  Not my fave way to experience the Elder Scrolls, but an interesting tweak to be sure...

 

Definitely more a fan of open world sci fi romps, as opposed to ground based fantasy, but again that's more from fatigue as anything else, as others have stated.

[MrStoob]

and the elders seem like nice people, but you hear a lot of them say things are "disgusting" or "too much" and similar things when they react to stuff. it irritates me because some of them just seem to be the same close-minded old people that populate my neighborhood. the ones where entertainment peaked with Gone with the Wind and everything since just makes the world worse. some of them are much more open-minded, which is good (and a few consistently make me laugh), but there's a few of the elders where I roll my eyes as soon as they appear on screen, before they even speak. *eyeroll*

 

Yea, I know what you mean.  The 'I used to be in the army' dude is just in for the lols, while the native american looking dude is more liberal and considered.  It does make me lol when some of them start to 'oy vey!' about the place.  I'm of a generation somewhere in between yourself and the Elders, and we're quite a confused generation if I'm honest, with a mix of old and modern 'values'.  I can understand why they'd find manipulating the emotions to be rewarded with a dead daughter after all the tension offensive but other media has been doing similar for eons, and to be fair a modern game is quite immersive and a new phenomena.

[YurigirlzCrush]

*grins* I like the one guy with gray hair and a beard. I think he's the 'I used to be in the army' guy you mentioned. he just seems to have an awesome sense of humor and even though we're like 45 years apart in age or something I think I'd get along awesome with him. I like people who laugh freely. A sense of humor is an awesome (and essential) thing!

[Obsidian Gryphon]

Revising, editing and changing the early chapters of my fic even as I worked on the next chapter. In a way, this helps me to refresh my memory of what I wrote and make changes to line up the beginning with the rest of the story. Two years running and 94 chapters later, I forget bits. Although I'm not a good writer, I do think I have learned something in these two years or is it three.    Hence, I looked at the starting chapters and saw I had made a mess with some of the phrasing, sentence construction, etc. I'm surprised nobody hauled me up on those.

[MrStoob]

*grins* I like the one guy with gray hair and a beard. I think he's the 'I used to be in the army' guy you mentioned.

Yup that's who I meant.  Where relevant, he likes to drop in some procedure he used to know/use, "Apply pressure!  Apply pressure!" when someone is dying in a game or something lol.  He was terrible at COD when they played that and laughed all the way through but the native american guy seemed to score with a lady online lol.  Army dude also comes across as a bit well intentioned but dim... the type who would tell a joke until the eyes are all upon him and he realises that actually, the 'joke' is quite offensive then attempt to laugh that off similar tones of, "I was only joking!"

 

Character assassination!    

 

Oh, and grats to OG for:

a. being productive, and

b. being entirely on topic (first time that's happened in a while...)

 

inb4question:

My Astrid replacer from Skyrim.

[YurigirlzCrush]

 

Oh, and grats to OG for:

a. being productive, and

b. being entirely on topic (first time that's happened in a while...)

 

*blink* productivity? what's that?

 

and... there's a suggested topic for this thread? since when? *grins*
 

[Seracen]

Oh lord...just started getting into XNA/XPS modeling software, lol.  Here's hoping I can create some decent fanart to go along with my fiction...assuming I ever sleep again, haha!