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0neder
Profile Joined July 2009
United States3733 Posts
April 02 2011 07:24 GMT
#181
So...for like a year or two Tasteless did almost no casting, and now his voice is more hoarse because he started casting again? Don't buy it, it's the smoking. I like Tasteless and he was what got me into pro BW on GOM back in the day, but I really miss his more alert humor and smoother voice from the old days.
maartendq
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Belgium3115 Posts
April 02 2011 07:26 GMT
#182
All of you should try teaching in front of a class for a couple of hours a day. Believe me, your voice will not be the same at the end of the week if you're not used to it. I personally don't teach (a lot of people in my family do), but I do have to give aikido class from time to time. My voice gets hoarse after an hour and a half. Hell, when I go to a party I can barely speak the day afterwards from having to shout above the music.. Tasteless has to cast for hours at an end, and tends to shout a lot. This will obviously put a lot of strain on his voice.
etceteraetcetera
Profile Joined June 2009
United States38 Posts
April 02 2011 08:00 GMT
#183
it seems more like he has a tv voice. smoking doesn't change your voice so much until you've been smoking for way longer than he has.

skip to past about the halfway mark, and you'll hear him talk, and this was a year ago. I remember watching the wcg from i think 2009 when he was commentating and I actually didn't know who he was but remembered his voice when I watched the GSL because he speaks so deeply when he's on the air.
Fraidnot
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States824 Posts
April 02 2011 08:15 GMT
#184
Unless he smokes infrequently it most assuredly is a contributing factor. Ever hear a screamo band after a few years? There's a Swedish band called Blindside that I grew up listening to thanks to my mom buying one of their albums for me on accident.

1997:
+ Show Spoiler [ warning screamo] +

2002:
+ Show Spoiler +




What I heard (and unfortunately can't confirm) was that the lead singer even had to go to the hospital after straining his voice to much during a performance. I don't know if they smoke or not but I do know they don't sound like a 60 year old chain smoker even after performing for years. I can't imagine that Tasteless is putting more stress on his voice then these guys yet he still sounds horse all the time now, maybe some damage was caused by casting while sick, but still they'res just no way that smoking doesn't have any influence.

I love Tasteless, i just hope he takes care of himself before he end up like Dick Vitale.
Clawlock
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia29 Posts
April 02 2011 12:39 GMT
#185
he got the black lung, pop.

but srsly i could swear he has emphysema developing. such a shame since his voice is the tool he needs most to do his job well.

he might also need voice training/therapy. thats what i had because I've a pissweak larynx and needed to re-learn to speak from my diaphragm to avoid chronic laryngitis.
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Cain0
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United Kingdom608 Posts
April 02 2011 12:46 GMT
#186
I think smoking must play a role in the way his voice has turned out to be honest. On some days, it sound decent enough but on others, it sounds rough to say the least. However, tasteless is 1 of my 3 favourate commentators along with Day9 and Artosis so I dont really care what his voice sounds like as long as I can understand him.
CoMMoDuS
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany507 Posts
April 02 2011 12:47 GMT
#187
after nada's body and tasteless' voice iam really looking forward to the "idras eyesight" thread.
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mcbrite
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany229 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-02 13:01:31
April 02 2011 13:00 GMT
#188
All these smoking comments are driving me INSANE!!!

I've been smoking for like 16 years now and my voice is, if anything, a tad on the higher side...

The effect that smoking has on a voice is ridiculously small! Almost non-existent! So stop talking shit without knowing anything... Then again, this is the internet, home of talking about everything without knowing anything...

Having said all that I would like to know what DID change his voice so drastically. That's a pretty extreme shift!

But: Chicks dig it, so more power to him. Also having a distinctive voice as a commentator is hardly a bad thing, isn't it?
sinjitsu_
Profile Joined June 2010
Australia196 Posts
April 02 2011 13:06 GMT
#189
yes smokers do get raspier voices.
Cwall
Profile Joined September 2010
United States64 Posts
April 02 2011 13:08 GMT
#190
Tasteless confirmed during a recent cast that his voice has changed only due to casting for so long. He even went to say that he doesn't even smoke, I believe.
dezi
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany1536 Posts
April 02 2011 13:09 GMT
#191
Tastless is a cyborg and has been replaced many times.
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SundeR.
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia112 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-02 15:00:15
April 02 2011 14:59 GMT
#192
He has stated on air that he does voice acting classes.

He is clearly talking out of his chest. Announcers everywhere do this, it's to give it a deeper tone, that's louder and clearer. It's called projecting.

This thread is creepy.
BalZer
Profile Joined March 2011
Italy44 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-02 15:25:39
April 02 2011 15:06 GMT
#193
On April 02 2011 23:59 SundeR. wrote:
He has stated on air that he does voice acting classes.

He is clearly talking out of his chest. Announcers everywhere do this, it's to give it a deeper tone, that's louder and clearer. It's called projecting.

This thread is creepy.



quote.
his new voice is just the result of the diaphragm use in the range of chest voice.
this sometimes may result in a deeper but hoarse voice in some subject who smoke and talk/scream a lot.
but if he would use his "throat-and non acting" voice, he would sound clear like the older videos.
so, yea, definitely just acting.

in fact:

On April 01 2011 06:24 btx0 wrote:
What happened between Aug 10, 2008 and Sep 21, 2008?
Check out http://www.gomtv.net/classic/vod/249 (skip to minute 6) and http://www.gomtv.net/classics2/vod/257 (skip to minute 3).


it's impossible that a voice can change like this in just 1 month, unless some serious injury happen, however is definitely possible to learn how to breathe and speak with diaphragm in just 1 mont.
FinBenton
Profile Joined March 2011
Finland870 Posts
April 02 2011 17:01 GMT
#194
Its just casting with high volume level for so long as he said on AIR that made his voice like that, I feel like he needs a long vacation. Hes voice was today even worse than normally.
DestroManiak
Profile Joined December 2010
257 Posts
April 02 2011 19:09 GMT
#195
a little off topic but it really bothers me that tasteless is standing up when he is on camera on the new gsl set
I feel very bad for him
he shouldn't have to stand up whenever we see him
Spitfire
Profile Joined September 2009
South Africa442 Posts
April 02 2011 19:33 GMT
#196
Dont see how it could be smoking, he's only, what, 26?

He's clearly a big fan of the God of War series, maybe he played it so much he started talking like Kratos.
Vari
Profile Joined September 2010
United States532 Posts
April 02 2011 19:38 GMT
#197
it's like some of you have never met someone who smokes

or someone who talks for hours upon hours a day at a high volume

moreso I am surprised at how many people think they know exactly how much a starcraft 2 caster smokes. is this info available somewhere? did his doctor post in this thread?
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Vari
Profile Joined September 2010
United States532 Posts
April 02 2011 19:39 GMT
#198
On April 02 2011 16:24 0neder wrote:
So...for like a year or two Tasteless did almost no casting, and now his voice is more hoarse because he started casting again? Don't buy it, it's the smoking. I like Tasteless and he was what got me into pro BW on GOM back in the day, but I really miss his more alert humor and smoother voice from the old days.

why don't you buy it?

he stopped doing something that would affect his voice, and then when he started doing it again it affected his voice.

where's the issue?
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entlassen
Profile Joined May 2010
United States139 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-04 19:28:25
April 04 2011 19:24 GMT
#199
On April 03 2011 04:39 Vari wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 02 2011 16:24 0neder wrote:
So...for like a year or two Tasteless did almost no casting, and now his voice is more hoarse because he started casting again? Don't buy it, it's the smoking. I like Tasteless and he was what got me into pro BW on GOM back in the day, but I really miss his more alert humor and smoother voice from the old days.

why don't you buy it?

he stopped doing something that would affect his voice, and then when he started doing it again it affected his voice.

where's the issue?



probably because his voice already sounded way different the first day he came back to casting, despite having rested his throat for a year. just pull up the 1st day VODs of GSL Open Season 1 and compare it to any of his old BW VODs; the voice had already degraded a ton even though he wasn't casting at all for the entire year prior to the start of the first GSL.
paschl
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany666 Posts
April 04 2011 21:09 GMT
#200
im speechless, that used to be tasteless voice?
i gotta smoke more!
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