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Male Voice Acting Poll
🕑 Added 2020-11-15 05:01:00 +0000 UTCHello everyone. The inclusion of male VAs in certain projects seem a rather contentious issue, enough so to make the VA community in general discuss it frequently on twitter at least, and I have always been unsure as to whether it's a genuine position maintained by consumers of my work as well or if it's, as they call it, a "loud minority".
I reckon as well that it's more nuanced than simply "love" or "hate", where circumstances can push people one way or the other. This came to mind as I was writing the Tifa Blender Project script, the first draft of which burdens Don Corneo with rather extensive voice work, with some warning sires blaring in my head. In the past, I have received both good and bad feedback pertaining to male VA, with certain variation depending on the nature of the work in question, so I figured it was time for a poll. As such, I have devised a multiple-answer poll below which I hope can capture whatever feelings you have on the matter.
"Male Voice Acting" is henceforth referred to as "Male VA".
I have split the poll into subsections in an attempt to make it less messy:
1: "Human" in this poll is defined as human characters, such as the Illusive Man, Tidus, Maleshep, Don Corneo, dirty old Train Dude, Albert Wesker, Genn Greymane and other distinctly human characters that you technically could see if you walked into town today.
2: "Monster" in this poll is defined as monstrous characters, like Minotaurs, nekkers, regenerators, Nemesis, Doom demons and other fantasy creatures that possesses sentience, but is of lesser intellect, possesses a manner of singular-mindedness or have issues that make communication otherwise difficult.
3: "Alien/Fantasy" in this poll is defined as humanoid but still distinctly different characters featured in sci-fi, fantasy and other settings that makes them stand apart from humans. This includes Vorchas, Batarians, Krogans, Wookies, "Grey Aliens", Warcraft orcs and trolls, and Skyrim orcs - reaching all the way over to the brutish bulk of the Yahg and Tauren.
Note that this is a multiple-answer poll, so you're able to state your preferences across the spectrum and the other answers:
Comments
Brad
Yeah that stuff ruins a lot of Studiofowl videos for me, that and the horrible female voices they tend to use.
QuaziChocolate
Yeahh mostly grunts and growls and a roar when they nut are good, hearing a guy moan only works for women lol
hans erhard
in most cases a loop is between 5 to 10 seconds. In one session the loop will be played dozen of times. in that case i only enjoy female voices without lines. The issue is tenfold if you have multiple windows open.
DH
Indeed. The "generally like/dislike" questions at the start will serve to gauge people's experiences with it in the industry. It's definitely something that is heavily reliant on script writers to actually pull off, and ironically speaks very little of the ability of male VAs to deliver the lines well.
Bluey
in majority of animations, you never hear the male,and to me thats odd,why shouldnt he be allowed to enjoy it too? its cool to hear them grunting to
Leine Adlin
In theory I like spoken male VA. In practice, I can't name very many SFM artists who can reliably write dialogue that doesn't detract from the video when I hear it.
0zman2
I like when men say dirty and nasty things to girls, it intensifies the scene. Also add sound of male arousal to know when they are cuming mixing with the sound of moaning of the girls at the same time.
ADLegend21
men should talk more. makes it feel more authentic than just silent faceless dude fucking well-known woman.
