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Author Topic: Let's Read Boatmurdered  (Read 5778 times)

drageuth

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Let's Read Boatmurdered
« on: August 29, 2014, 02:58:40 pm »
Hello everyone.  With the new edition of Dwarf Fort up, I thought it was time to retell one of the older and more legendary stories.  So I've been doing a dramatic reading of Boatmurdered, over on youtube.

I'm 6 years into it, and doing another year every day.  I'm already past the rule of Stark Raving Mad, and things are starting to get good.

You can find the playlist Here.  I hope you all like this, and that it brings back good memories, and inspires even more chaos and magma flooding in your games!
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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2014, 03:50:35 pm »
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Re: Let's Read Boatmurdered
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2014, 07:48:39 pm »
You have a very good voice for this, good pacing, too.  I read well, but I sound permanently congested.  People are always asking if I have a cold.  Subbed!
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Re: Let's Read Boatmurdered
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2014, 08:47:58 pm »
I concur, very good reading voice and pacing.
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Re: Let's Read Boatmurdered
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2014, 09:51:55 pm »
oh boi.  I spend all day in classes listening to music or youtube videos, so this is awesome.  I blow through 4 to 6 hours of footage a day on the really bad ones.
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Re: Let's Read Boatmurdered
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2014, 02:56:20 pm »
Thanks everyone!  I'm really glad everyone's enjoying my work, it's a real pleasure to read this lovely old tale.

Today's episode is up!  It marks the completion of Project: Fuck The World, and the official first of many of Boatmurdered's magma baths.

Tomorrow's episode is the rule of Astronautonomicon
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Re: Let's Read Boatmurdered
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2014, 07:09:41 pm »
Yes, yes, yes. Yes and yes, yes, yes.

You have a wonderful "radio announcer"-esque voice that makes the series really enticing. This is a very beautiful idea.
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Re: Let's Read Boatmurdered
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2014, 01:02:47 am »
What an excellent way for me to learn the tale of Boatmurdered without any of that tiresome "reading" business. Thank you.
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« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2014, 02:52:12 pm »
Today's episode is... weird.  And only loosely canon.  But it's hopefully at least entertaining.

I'm glad to hear that some of you are hearing this story for the first time!  New listeners is what keeps a story alive and circulating, and I'm proud to help perpetuate this one.
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« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2014, 04:15:10 pm »
Quite a good voiceover.

I was just expecting it to be akin to the notorious voiceovers for Quarter Life: Half-Way To Destruction and Half Life 2: Full Life Consequences.
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« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2014, 05:01:31 pm »
Quote from: Ivir_Baggins on August 31, 2014, 04:15:10 pm
Quite a good voiceover.

I was just expecting it to be akin to the notorious voiceovers for Quarter Life: Half-Way To Destruction and Half Life 2: Full Life Consequences.

Thank you :)

To be fair, I'm not sure I could do a better job with Half Life Full Life Consequences.  Voicework can only go so far with content that bad.  Plus, I don't have Gary's Mod.
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« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2014, 05:36:25 pm »
This is great! I'm a fan of how you had the relevant images in the background, that must have taken lots of time. I also like how some rulers have different ways of speaking to show their diverse personalities where a less adventurous voice actor would have just maintained a flat tempo.
I think the only criticism I have is that in StarkRavingMad's case your accent is actually TOO smooth. I always pictured StarkRavingMad as being near perpetually teetering on the brink of rage with a guttural, colloquial accent such as Scottish or cockney. Sure that would be tricky since you have a defined and smooth American accent but I'm just nitpicking.

You sir are doing justice to the most famous and infamous fortresses of all time.
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« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2014, 05:47:49 pm »
Quote from: MrCompassionate on August 31, 2014, 05:36:25 pm
I think the only criticism I have is that in StarkRavingMad's case your accent is actually TOO smooth. I always pictured StarkRavingMad as being near perpetually teetering on the brink of rage with a guttural, colloquial accent such as Scottish or cockney. Sure that would be tricky since you have a defined and smooth American accent but I'm just nitpicking.

Stark Raving Mad was modeling his writing style off of Deadwood's Al Swearengen.  I tried, and couldn't quite manage a Swearengen impression, but I did try and stick fairly close to the cadence and tone.
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« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2014, 02:20:32 am »
Quote from: drageuth on August 31, 2014, 05:47:49 pm
Quote from: MrCompassionate on August 31, 2014, 05:36:25 pm
I think the only criticism I have is that in StarkRavingMad's case your accent is actually TOO smooth. I always pictured StarkRavingMad as being near perpetually teetering on the brink of rage with a guttural, colloquial accent such as Scottish or cockney. Sure that would be tricky since you have a defined and smooth American accent but I'm just nitpicking.

Stark Raving Mad was modeling his writing style off of Deadwood's Al Swearengen.  I tried, and couldn't quite manage a Swearengen impression, but I did try and stick fairly close to the cadence and tone.

That explains a lot! Never seen Deadwood before (yes it is quite uncomfortable living under this rock thanks for asking) but that does solve the mystery of why he uses the word cocksucker so often. Anyway time to listen to the rest!
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Re: Let's Read Boatmurdered
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2014, 01:20:54 pm »
Today's episode is up!  It almost seems laid back compared to yesterday's.  But that also means it's a lot less 'experimental.'

Tomorrow's episode is Cross Quantum, the last canonical/complete ruler of Boatmurdered's first thread.
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