EPTHow did that happen?
Tasteless' voice
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Coolwhip
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SecretA5DC
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Durn
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TheRhox
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stephls
United States241 Posts
I think you voice might just get deeper with age.. Or maybe he purposely has a "TV voice" | ||
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djcube
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TheBJ
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CruelZeratul
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TryThis
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dogmeatstew
Canada574 Posts
and smoking indeed. | ||
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cocosoft
Sweden1068 Posts
On April 01 2011 06:06 stephls wrote: Haha!Puberty? Also, Im not sure if the smoking had that big effect on his voice. | ||
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Darneck
Sweden1394 Posts
Is this video only 1 year later than the one OP posted? His voice really changed quite a lot in just one year if so. | ||
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Wolf
Korea (South)3290 Posts
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Hellie
Sweden94 Posts
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ICA
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Sounds like smoking for sure, don't believe this is due to puberty. Keep it going dude. | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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rO_Or
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CyberPitz
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DocHolliday
United Kingdom51 Posts
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synapse
China13814 Posts
On April 01 2011 06:15 DocHolliday wrote: Does everyone that says its because (or partly because) of smoking even know if this is true? or are these just assumptions? It's widely known among... well, anyone who's been here for a while. | ||
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Gheed
United States972 Posts
On April 01 2011 06:15 DocHolliday wrote: Does everyone that says its because (or partly because) of smoking even know if this is true? or are these just assumptions? He does smoke, if that's what your asking. I don't know how anyone could know for a fact why his voice is different unless they were his doctor or something, though. | ||
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Vod.kaholic
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Elite__
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Hadron.
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nam nam
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Befree
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Yamulo
United States2096 Posts
On April 01 2011 06:06 stephls wrote: Puberty? I think you voice might just get deeper with age.. Or maybe he purposely has a "TV voice" no he is an avid smoker. | ||
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gogogadgetflow
United States2583 Posts
Alternative theory: lots and lots of partying | ||
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
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Theo
United States151 Posts
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Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
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Xinder
United States2269 Posts
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GGQ
Canada2653 Posts
Thanks for going and being our English SC caster, Nick! I've watched him cast over the years and never noticed the difference, but going back now it's almost unrecognisable lol | ||
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
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Uncultured
United States1340 Posts
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btx0
Germany184 Posts
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). | ||
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udgnim
United States8024 Posts
his knowledge and passion just seems to come through a whole lot more while watching him talk about BW players | ||
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Phant
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zeru
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AndreiDaGiant
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Thrill
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If you have experience with the entertainment industry, you know that this is commonplace damage caused by doing a show while having a sore throat for extended periods of time and not resting. It would be unthinkable for an opera singer to perform with any sort of throat infection due to the (subtle) impact it could/would have on pitch. "Lesser" singers can afford to do gigs with infections since they're able to rest their voice later and recuperate but Nick has been casting every day for extended periods of time with colds, never allowing his [vocal] system to recover. Obviously, if you combine this with an active nightlife where you shout at the top of your lunges to make yourself heard in a club with loud music, you've got a recipe for a "smokey" voice. Smoking itself doesn't help of course but it's hardly the main cause of the changes. I think both his tones are great for casting and he's completely done away with his slight lisp. He really was the ultimate shoutcaster and could be once more if he decided to follow the development of code S level builds a bit closer (although i hardly blame him for not doing so given the fickle nature of SC2, the constant patches and the apparent success of simply brute forcing in so many cases). <3 Tasteless. | ||
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Rabbitmaster
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slicknav
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Indrium
United States2236 Posts
Tasteless said while casting the GSL that it's not smoking, it's the talking. "I don't smoke that much." Please stop purporting it as a fact. You need to smoke for decades to cause that. | ||
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Uncultured
United States1340 Posts
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leungwk01
United Kingdom1260 Posts
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vicariouscheese
United States589 Posts
Also, most peoples' voices still change until they're like 30ish- just nowhere near as quickly as through puberty- and then again later in life due (although pretty sure that one is just due to muscle deterioration) | ||
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Redox
Germany24794 Posts
On April 01 2011 06:24 btx0 wrote: http://www.gomtv.net/classics2/vod/257 (skip to minute 3). Its like this video has the exact moment of his voice change. It changes at about 3 min. Although in the beginning its already quite different from the voice in the OP. | ||
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LoLAdriankat
United States4307 Posts
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bwally
United States670 Posts
On April 01 2011 06:34 leungwk01 wrote: He said it was because he has done so many commentary since wcg 05 so its changed his voice. It seems to change during 2008 to what it basically is now so I doubt anything before that matters. | ||
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sc2olorin
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On April 01 2011 06:28 Thrill wrote: Lots of misconceptions here. Your voice doesn't change this much from smoking. If you have experience with the entertainment industry, you know that this is commonplace damage caused by doing a show while having a sore throat for extended periods of time and not resting. It would be unthinkable for an opera singer to perform with any sort of throat infection due to the (subtle) impact it could/would have on pitch. "Lesser" singers can afford to do gigs with infections since they're able to rest their voice later and recuperate but Nick has been casting every day for extended periods of time with colds, never allowing his [vocal] system to recover. Obviously, if you combine this with an active nightlife where you shout at the top of your lunges to make yourself heard in a club with loud music, you've got a recipe for a "smokey" voice. Smoking itself doesn't help of course but it's hardly the main cause of the changes. So do you know whether the damage to his voice/throat would be permanent? Or would it be able to recover given an extended resting period? Just wondering. | ||
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Dragar
United Kingdom971 Posts
On April 01 2011 06:46 sc2olorin wrote: So do you know whether the damage to his voice/throat would be permanent? Or would it be able to recover given an extended resting period? Just wondering. Voices are complicated; overuse can often cause permenant damage. I suspect he'll never sound like he once did, even with a great deal of rest. | ||
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RedusK
United States37 Posts
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). This nails it. No way smoking or aging or partying or anything explains that big a difference over just 1 month and 11 days. He just started making a conscious effort to deepen his voice because it sounds more attractive to people. Simple as that. | ||
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LittLeD
Sweden7973 Posts
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Morphs
Netherlands645 Posts
Much of voice development is practise. I don't think smoking or drinking has made that much of a difference... I'd say it's practise indeed. | ||
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
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dlax
United States37 Posts
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Roxy
Canada753 Posts
On April 01 2011 06:05 SecretA5DC wrote: Smoking. cock? USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS COMMENT User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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vyyye
Sweden3917 Posts
Here's a pretty exaggerated example. Obviously much, much worse but you can hear the similarities. | ||
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koolaid1990
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Kazeyonoma
United States2912 Posts
I think that more than the smoking or the aging or whatever that made his voice this way, but hey as long as he's comfortable with it, tasteless is tasteless, raspy voice or not! | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
You're an idiot. | ||
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IMHope
Korea (South)1241 Posts
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BryanSC
United States455 Posts
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R A V
United States217 Posts
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Skyze
Canada2324 Posts
Maybe I should start smoking.. i hate my voice, might make it more manly lol | ||
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Datum
United States371 Posts
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Motion
Germany183 Posts
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hidiliho
Canada685 Posts
On April 01 2011 06:17 Vod.kaholic wrote: Does anyone know if he's still smoking? Who knows. Hopefully he doesn't become Voiceless. | ||
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Candide
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Ncage
United States91 Posts
On top of that though, if your job is shoutcasting for numerous hours every day, it is going to affect your voice unless you have a near obsessive mentality to attempt to keep it pristine. Drinking, smoking (I don't actually know if Nick smokes but everyone seems to think he does), and yelling are only going to further affect speaking range and quality. | ||
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cyclone25
Romania3344 Posts
Notice the smoke during the first minutes of the cast. | ||
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CoFran
Canada342 Posts
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Varpulis
United States2517 Posts
lol, he probably couldn't figure out how to make it red. it's even funnier because the mods gave him a temp for it, with the real mod font: On April 01 2011 07:09 Roxy wrote: cock? USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS COMMENT User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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Kazeyonoma
United States2912 Posts
On April 01 2011 07:28 hidiliho wrote: Who knows. Hopefully he doesn't become Voiceless. During one of his casts THIS season, he talked about the small coke cans and how perfect they were, gave some commentary about obesity in america and excessively large drinks, and mentioned that he smokes regularly but he feels he's healthier than a 400 lb man. He then spent a day defending his smoking habits on twitter. | ||
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PokePill
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GhostFall
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Antisocialmunky
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Vei
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Bill Murray
United States9292 Posts
he strained a vocal chord... that, or lilsusie is a vocal-chord-succubus I'll let you decide. | ||
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entlassen
United States139 Posts
the "talking too much from casting, not from smoking" excuse that tasteless gave last month is BS and nothing but an excuse from a smoker who's in heavy denial (like most smokers are). consider the following: 1) Tasteless took a very, very long break between BW casting and SC2 casting. yet the first thing people noticed on Day 1 of GSL Open Season 1 was how shitty his voice had become. he had been unemployed and not actively casting for months and months, so surely his voice would have had the proper rest. instead it got worse. i wonder what could possibly have caused it? 2) Pull up a VOD of that GSL Day 1 cast (back on September 4th). Compare it to a recent VOD. has his voice gotten worse in those 7 months of active casting? no. voice degradation from too much talking is clearly not the issue. of course talking that much can't help, but it's clearly not the primary factor at work here. | ||
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Arkless
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Torpedo.Vegas
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Mooncat
Germany1228 Posts
Predicting Anytime over Flash & Mind!? o.O Predicting sAviOr to be the one to dominate the group? Calling a group with Much, NaDa and Boxer the "group of death"!? I think the question is not how long he has been smoking but WHAT has he been smoking... | ||
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rfoster
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HunterStarcraft
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abominable
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he had an extreme cold/cough and carried on casting for weeks, as a result he's never recovered from the croaky sound. i think a few weeks rest might give him some improvement, but it sounds very much like a combination of a bad cough and the casting that's caused damage to his vocal chords. | ||
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teamsolid
Canada3668 Posts
On April 01 2011 08:11 Mooncat wrote: Sorry for derailing but... wtf is with his analysis of the first two groups?(didn't watch the rest of the video) Predicting Anytime over Flash & Mind!? o.O Predicting sAviOr to be the one to dominate the group? Calling a group with Much, NaDa and Boxer the "group of death"!? I think the question is not how long he has been smoking but WHAT has he been smoking... Flash wasn't anywhere near as dominant as he is now. He was a decent player infamous for his cheesy wins vs Bisu, but no one would've though he was Bonjwa material. Meanwhile Anytime was pretty much a beast. Seems very reasonable. | ||
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Gov
United States121 Posts
On April 01 2011 08:11 Mooncat wrote: Sorry for derailing but... wtf is with his analysis of the first two groups?(didn't watch the rest of the video) Predicting Anytime over Flash & Mind!? o.O Predicting sAviOr to be the one to dominate the group? Calling a group with Much, NaDa and Boxer the "group of death"!? I think the question is not how long he has been smoking but WHAT has he been smoking... You are assuming that he had the information he would have today back when he made those predictions, I'm sorry but time doesn't work like that | ||
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ReacH.
Scotland333 Posts
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PowerKock
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No jokes. I do use steroids. and voice change is a side effect. | ||
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v3chr0
United States856 Posts
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RoarMan
Canada745 Posts
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sc14s
United States5052 Posts
edit: his voice is sexier now. Noone likes high pitched male vocals. BE A MAN | ||
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udgnim
United States8024 Posts
On April 01 2011 08:11 Mooncat wrote: Sorry for derailing but... wtf is with his analysis of the first two groups?(didn't watch the rest of the video) Predicting Anytime over Flash & Mind!? o.O Predicting sAviOr to be the one to dominate the group? Calling a group with Much, NaDa and Boxer the "group of death"!? I think the question is not how long he has been smoking but WHAT has he been smoking... uploaded by MickeyToss on Mar 13, 2008 | ||
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Tingles
Australia225 Posts
I smoked a pack a day for 2 years and continued half a day after that for 1.5 more and my voice didn't change any more than it would just by general growth. It's probably a combination of smoking / casting / being the most bad ass mother fucker ever. | ||
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byce
United States98 Posts
On April 01 2011 06:17 synapse wrote: It's widely known among... well, anyone who's been here for a while. 3000+ posts means you're always right! ... Smoking and drinking just doesn't destroy your voice like that in such a short period of time, even if you're smoking two packs a day. Every day, you watch him talk nonstop for 2-5 hours and you wonder why his voice is shot? He seems like the kind of person that's pretty talkative in life outside of work, too. Some people are implying that he has a lot of partying in his past, and that just doesn't even matter: it wouldn't do this to your voice. It's from casting. | ||
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TERRANLOL
United States626 Posts
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EpicQQ
Canada154 Posts
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pookychoo
New Zealand96 Posts
lol, jk I love tasteless and he is a totally legit baller for reals | ||
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Zerum
Sweden348 Posts
On April 01 2011 08:03 entlassen wrote: hmm let's see, he's a smoker who defends his smoking habits and claims it's not affecting his body or health. gee, sounds like the vast majority of smokers out there. the "talking too much from casting, not from smoking" excuse that tasteless gave last month is BS and nothing but an excuse from a smoker who's in heavy denial (like most smokers are). consider the following: 1) Tasteless took a very, very long break between BW casting and SC2 casting. yet the first thing people noticed on Day 1 of GSL Open Season 1 was how shitty his voice had become. he had been unemployed and not actively casting for months and months, so surely his voice would have had the proper rest. instead it got worse. i wonder what could possibly have caused it? 2) Pull up a VOD of that GSL Day 1 cast (back on September 4th). Compare it to a recent VOD. has his voice gotten worse in those 7 months of active casting? no. voice degradation from too much talking is clearly not the issue. of course talking that much can't help, but it's clearly not the primary factor at work here. What you haven't consider is that he also did allot of voice over work in Korea besides casting starcraft and I assume that what his job was between his BW casting and SC2 casting. | ||
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snapski
Croatia70 Posts
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CodECleaR
United States395 Posts
On April 01 2011 09:01 snapski wrote: Smoking weed or cig? :0 I'm curious. | ||
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Zim23
United States1681 Posts
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leser
Croatia239 Posts
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MavercK
Australia2181 Posts
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Ben...
Canada3485 Posts
Also, look at Rachael Ray(I know she's terrible but it's an example), she was known for practically yelling on her show and she ended up having to have surgery and taking vocal lessons to help with the damage caused. It's part of any profession where you have to talk like that. | ||
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Aquafresh
United States824 Posts
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RedMosquito
United States280 Posts
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entlassen
United States139 Posts
On April 01 2011 08:58 Zerum wrote: What you haven't consider is that he also did allot of voice over work in Korea besides casting starcraft and I assume that what his job was between his BW casting and SC2 casting. key word being assume. unfortunately your assumption is wrong. if you followed his twitter or saw any of the interview videos of him artosis put up on scforall in the period between when gom classic got axed (september 2009; http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=101934 ) and gsl (september 2010), you would know that he was literally unemployed doing nothing. when the sc2 beta came out in spring, that's all he did, and he said so as much on his twitter & interviews. well, i guess you could count peddling his t-shirt website as being self-employed, but that hardly entails any voice work. | ||
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Mooncat
Germany1228 Posts
On April 01 2011 08:24 Gov wrote: You are assuming that he had the information he would have today back when he made those predictions, I'm sorry but time doesn't work like that On April 01 2011 08:17 teamsolid wrote: Flash wasn't anywhere near as dominant as he is now. He was a decent player infamous for his cheesy wins vs Bisu, but no one would've though he was Bonjwa material. Meanwhile Anytime was pretty much a beast. Seems very reasonable. As far as I know this was in 2008. At that time Anytime was nowhere near being a favorite against either Flash OR Mind. Anytime was still "ok" but he had his prime in 2006 iirc. Furthermore 2008 was the year of sAviOr's slump. He was not the favorite in this group, and I'm saying that as a huge sAviOr fan. Boxer in 2008, as much as I respect him for what he's done for the scene, was just plain bad in comparison to his competition. NaDa was a little better, but he too was boasting a 42% win rate in 2008, not what you would call "group of death" material. While Much certainly had his moments, he was never really good over an extended period of time. Apart from that his PvZ was always pretty terrible and he had Jaedong in his grp... So, defend him as much as you like I guess, but I think I'll stick to my humble opinion that his analysis of those groups was wrong. | ||
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ccHaZaRd
Canada1024 Posts
smoking + casting so much for years + age + not enough tea | ||
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Airship
United States465 Posts
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
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MuTT
United States398 Posts
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Sneakyz
Sweden2361 Posts
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keV.
United States3214 Posts
I've seen this rasp come from simply smoking in many people IRL. It's not uncommon. | ||
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goiflin
Canada1218 Posts
His new voice is perfectly fine, though :/ | ||
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TheBanana
Norway2183 Posts
On April 01 2011 21:15 Mooncat wrote: As far as I know this was in 2008. At that time Anytime was nowhere near being a favorite against either Flash OR Mind. Anytime was still "ok" but he had his prime in 2006 iirc... Anytime made it to the semi though. | ||
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HEROwithNOlegacy
United States850 Posts
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Termit
Sweden3466 Posts
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DND_Enkil
Sweden598 Posts
On April 01 2011 09:06 Ben... wrote: It comes from having to talk (loudly) so much for his job. My uncle has the same type of voice. He's an auctioneer who sounds quite similar to Tasteless. Your vocal chords can only handle so much before something gives. My uncle's vocal chords got so swollen that he was forced to have surgery done, and take over a month off with minimal talking to let them rest so he wouldn't cause even worse damage to his voice. Also, look at Rachael Ray(I know she's terrible but it's an example), she was known for practically yelling on her show and she ended up having to have surgery and taking vocal lessons to help with the damage caused. It's part of any profession where you have to talk like that. Yeah this, most likely also combined with talking loudly (commentating) while having an infection. Smoking might be a factor but hardly the biggest one, know plenty of people who smoke a ton and no one has had any noticeable voice change in that short a time. | ||
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MilesTeg
France1271 Posts
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TimeSpiral
United States1010 Posts
There are control techniques one must use in order to preserve their vocal mechanisms when doing things like singing, lecturing, or in this case, casting, on a regular basis. If the techniques are not implemented, or you're using destructive methods, it can wreak havoc on your voice, for real. Additionally, there are certain things you cannot do if you want to maintain optimal vocal clarity and endurance. One of those things is smoking. Obviously this is not a catch all, and you'll see ridiculously awesome singers that smoke, but they are exceptions (Layne Staley comes to mind, of course.) I thought I remembered hearing Day9 mention that his brother was attending a vocal coach to help preserve his voice. I don't recall precisely, but if that is true, that is an excellent move. | ||
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OldBamboo
United States42 Posts
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Ohdamn
Germany765 Posts
http://www.gomtv.net/2010gslopens1/vod/1148 (you have to jump to about 20min) so funny :D | ||
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kellymilkies
Singapore1393 Posts
On April 02 2011 00:06 kellymilkies wrote: I can't believe all the jobbers who are talking bad about Nick in this thread considering how much he spend his time casting and bringing us great games. He does NOT take drugs. It's just smoking cigarettes. And it is not like he is an addict who has one stuck between his lips all the time. Stop exaggerating things and making a big deal out of nothing. And his voice is so husky and deep not because of smoking (though I make fun of him about it all the time) but simply because he has been commentating for so long. It's called shout-casting for a reason and for a period of time his voice was so evidently strained. TBH Nothing wrong with his voice now. Sure it is different but his voice is still AlmightyTasteless. -No. That kills your voice. Tried and tested more than 3 times. Your voice dies if you are casting the next day and you do Hookah. Plus he doesn't like it lol. Peace. | ||
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kellymilkies
Singapore1393 Posts
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Indrium
United States2236 Posts
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Sein
United States1811 Posts
It's most likely due to multiple factors, and there's no need to isolate just one of them. Yes, long-term smoking will damage your vocal cord and most likely make your voice deeper and hoarse, but it's not always a clear-cut case. There will be people whose voice don't change much even after years of smoking. Same with long-term casting/commentating. Years of speaking loudly for hours each day can change your voice, but there are also plenty of people whose voice don't change. An example is many of those Korean BW casters who have been yelling louder than most western casters for years and still managed to retain their voice. Repeatedly getting respiratory infections can also permanently change your voice for obvious reasons. You could just have a weak immune system or you could not be taking a good care of yourself. | ||
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FezTheCaliph
United States492 Posts
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Neino
Norway295 Posts
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kaztah
Norway1221 Posts
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kellymilkies
Singapore1393 Posts
On April 02 2011 00:13 FezTheCaliph wrote: I remember seeing someone comment about Tasteless's voice, saying his voice is more a result of lots of rough use without using proper voice maintenance for someone who is constantly talking and shouting as often as he does. He uses his diaphragm to cast. A method he has also very kindly taught to me. That means he does not damage his throat while he is casting (Most of the time) and that's how most high-level shoutcaster survive... or they wouldof died by now. Good example of casters who uses diaphragm to cast would be TotalBiscuit. | ||
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Indrium
United States2236 Posts
On April 02 2011 00:18 kaztah wrote: Well if you watch the vods of his old casts, it's quite often he talks about how he lost his voice or he has to drink hot water to keep his voice going. Add several years of this with few breaks and add the fact that his voice was maturing at the same time, it's no wonder he has a much different voice now. Honestly I don't care how he sounds, as long as he keeps being a baller. Tasteless will not answer my question about how to achieve his level of baller-ness. It's very disheartening. But I like his voice now. It's got a lot of character to it. | ||
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TimeSpiral
United States1010 Posts
On April 02 2011 00:18 kellymilkies wrote: He uses his diaphragm to cast. A method he has also very kindly taught to me. That means he does not damage his throat while he is casting (Most of the time) and that's how most high-level shoutcaster survive... or they wouldof died by now. Good example of casters who uses diaphragm to cast would be TotalBiscuit. What she means by this is that they are using a vocal technique that pushes and controls the airflow with your abdominal muscles as opposed to your chest or your throat. Good singers will do this to help preserve endurance, sonic consistency, and maintain proper pitch. Most singers who are untrained will strain their voice A LOT by using improper breathing and airflow techniques by "pushing and pulling" the notes from the chest and throat ... bah. This is too hard to explain :/ *fail* | ||
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
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Vash2940
United States13 Posts
On April 01 2011 22:28 OldBamboo wrote: It looks like he's lost some weight, too. Anyone else notice that? He needs to take better care of his voice if he expects to keep doing this. I'd switch to smoking hookah (no tar and less nicotine than cigarettes) and start chewing Airwaves gum before commentating. Oh man I hope this is an April's Fools post. A hookah session is wayyyy worse then smoking cigs. The amount of smoke you inhale is so much more, and if you think there is no nicotine or tar in there you are mistaken. Also, because it is water filtered, it is NOT healthier. Please look this up on google before you tell more people about this. Hookahs are on par, if not worse then cigs. | ||
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Kilby
Finland1069 Posts
I know people who have smoked for 30+ years and their voices don't have the hoarseness (a word?) of Tasteless'. I would guess the reason with Tasteless is just insane amounts of casting with incorrect use of speaking voice. I think I read somewhere that he's taking lessons now to learn the proper techniques regarding how to use his voice so that's a good thing. | ||
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xsevR
United States324 Posts
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Demonzii
Netherlands180 Posts
We all know that tasteless just wanted chuck norris his voice. Thats the story, chuck would gladly give it to him, in exchange of nerdism | ||
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tomoe251
United States9 Posts
 But someone should reach out to him. I've seen patients with laryngeal cancer and one of the hallmark signs is sudden voice change . . http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003054.htm Not sure if anyone discussed this since there are 8 pages here already, but it's a real concern. It could be nothing or it could be major. | ||
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LagT_T
Argentina535 Posts
On April 01 2011 22:17 MilesTeg wrote: I'll take Seth Rogen Tasteless over virgin Tasteless anyday. Indeed sir, indeed! | ||
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Logros
Netherlands9913 Posts
On April 02 2011 00:18 kellymilkies wrote: He uses his diaphragm to cast. A method he has also very kindly taught to me. That means he does not damage his throat while he is casting (Most of the time) and that's how most high-level shoutcaster survive... or they wouldof died by now. Good example of casters who uses diaphragm to cast would be TotalBiscuit. Haha that's funny to read, I play a metal(core) band and I know that vocalists that scream/grunt also 'sing' from their diaphragm in order to not fuck up their voice. | ||
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danbel1005
United States1319 Posts
Seriously I liked it before and I like it now. Its alright as far as he keeps talking. I think this is what he does best. He is doing a great job anyways. GOGO Tasteless Fighting !!!! | ||
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ZUR1CH
United States108 Posts
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trancey_
Germany729 Posts
On April 02 2011 06:22 Logros wrote: Haha that's funny to read, I play a metal(core) band and I know that vocalists that scream/grunt also 'sing' from their diaphragm in order to not fuck up their voice. http://www.ehow.com/video_2385244_sing-diaphragm.html mystery solved. what a voice change | ||
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echO [W]
United States1495 Posts
I honestly don't think people are talking bad about Nick, who can? It's just people are concerned for his well being and are expressing it. Whether they are expressing it properly and are being understood properly, thats a different matter. | ||
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Better than IdrA
Ukraine50 Posts
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Utinni
Canada1196 Posts
On April 01 2011 06:13 CyberPitz wrote: This is not smoking....this is the same thing that happens to singers in a band when they have to scream/talk very loudly for hours and hours a day. It's true, even in that interview they say he was casting non-stop for long periods of time. It just happens some times. | ||
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KevinIX
United States2472 Posts
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United States44321 Posts
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speakerbox
Canada453 Posts
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Duka08
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I like his new voice better anyway. His voice was really smooth, but I do enjoy the deeper pitch of his current voice. Plus if he still had his old voice his laugh would sound way too much like Day9's and I'd get more lol'y than I already do when he laughs hard enough that they sound the same. | ||
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HentaiPrime
Canada85 Posts
do you guys think jason lee always talked the way he does now? | ||
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IPS.Mardow.
Germany713 Posts
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ZUR1CH
United States108 Posts
On April 02 2011 07:14 HentaiPrime wrote: lol @ smoking do you guys think jason lee always talked the way he does now? Great example -- love me some Jason Lee in the Mallrats era. People who think smoking caused his voice to change that dramatically clearly are not smokers themselves. They'd realize how ridiculous it is to presume smoking makes your voice change that dramatically in one year. Completely silly assumption. As I said, smoking alters your voice over decades, not a handful of years. Having a profession that is based on constant talking and yelling, however, will certainly damage your vocal chords in a short amount of time. | ||
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raf3776
United States1904 Posts
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Reason.SC2
Canada1047 Posts
That said, its not a bad thing at all... a voice like that gives character. I don't mind it one bit | ||
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Lennon
United Kingdom2275 Posts
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RHMVNovus
United States738 Posts
http://www.gomtv.net/2011gstl1/vod/60831 I'm aware he had been casting for a while before that. A healthy fatigued voice is hoarse, yes. But not that hoarse. | ||
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MangoTango
United States3670 Posts
This quote needs to be posted more. Thanks kelly for the clarification. | ||
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badwater
Canada77 Posts
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
 Artosis, "People talk about is, saying its from smoking, thats actually not true, it is from shouting" | ||
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Roe
Canada6002 Posts
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Basileus
United States103 Posts
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Vietnam9021 Posts
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10340 Posts
that deepness and sometimes the gruffness present in his voice these days are fitting for a casters' job; you got to sound manly/epic/aggressive, etc. during intense parts of a match | ||
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Roe
Canada6002 Posts
On April 02 2011 15:15 Garnet wrote: Is there a way to improve his voice though? or will he have to live with it forever? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_therapy_(transgender)#See_also this is all i could find. I used to know a girl who went to a 'voicologist' or voice therapist because her voice was going through what tasteless sounds like while growing up, but I couldn't find what that was. | ||
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teamsolid
Canada3668 Posts
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henreiman
United States407 Posts
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Steel
Japan2283 Posts
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cheesemaster
Canada1975 Posts
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Sixotanaka
Australia191 Posts
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applejuice
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Smoking absolutely aggravated it. Smoking will cause inflammation of the vocal cords. Which I guess is not going to help his voice recover!!! Just a thought!!! | ||
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echO [W]
United States1495 Posts
On April 02 2011 15:39 applejuice wrote: Smoking absolutely aggravated it. Smoking will cause inflammation of the vocal cords. Which I guess is not going to help his voice recover!!! Just a thought!!! I don't think anyone would disagree with you there. Smoking definitely doesn't help. But after it from the man himself it's definitely not the central cause as to why his voice is the way it is. | ||
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FinestHour
United States18466 Posts
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MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
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Bill Murray
United States9292 Posts
I wish people would quit bringing up smoking his voice is like a manly flowing river of awesome | ||
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United States3733 Posts
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Belgium3115 Posts
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etceteraetcetera
United States38 Posts
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. | ||
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Fraidnot
United States824 Posts
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. | ||
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Clawlock
Australia29 Posts
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
United Kingdom608 Posts
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CoMMoDuS
Germany507 Posts
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mcbrite
Germany229 Posts
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? | ||
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Australia196 Posts
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Cwall
United States64 Posts
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dezi
Germany1536 Posts
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SundeR.
Australia112 Posts
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. | ||
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BalZer
Italy44 Posts
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. | ||
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Finland870 Posts
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DestroManiak
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I feel very bad for him he shouldn't have to stand up whenever we see him | ||
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Spitfire
South Africa442 Posts
He's clearly a big fan of the God of War series, maybe he played it so much he started talking like Kratos. | ||
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Vari
United States532 Posts
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
United States532 Posts
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
United States139 Posts
On April 03 2011 04:39 Vari wrote: 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. | ||
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paschl
Germany666 Posts
i gotta smoke more! | ||
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RawRr
Canada3 Posts
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OldBamboo
United States42 Posts
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Duka08
3391 Posts
On April 02 2011 17:00 etceteraetcetera wrote: 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. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a32_8jofQVA&feature=relmfu 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. Actually after watching this again and realizing how recently it is (I remember watching this live!! The good ole beta days..), I'm pretty confident his casting voice is an "on-air" voice where he's speaking differently. Actually I'd be curious to find any VERY recent (well post-GSL times) vids of him in casual conversation using regular voice. Might put some of these claims to shame. | ||
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Pervect
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On April 09 2011 16:19 Darneck wrote: Is it just me or does tasteless voice actually sound pretty "clean" like his old one on GOM atm? I thought the same thing. | ||
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United States832 Posts
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United States155 Posts
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Vei
United States2845 Posts
On April 09 2011 16:29 Kryptonite wrote: i think he just loses his voice very easily and results in the raspy tasteless voice this not everyone can handle mass talking dudes, u needa realize that. | ||
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United States1213 Posts
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United States48 Posts
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Australia377 Posts
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dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
It's been said by him and many others that he just loses his voice easily now. His voice sounds just like it did in BW here at the finals. | ||
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Darneck
Sweden1394 Posts
On April 09 2011 16:58 Sensator wrote: Your voice changes throughout your life, keep in mind that different microphones make your voice sound different as well (even codecs change the way your voice sounds). Thing is that artosis voice has basically sounded the same forever now ^^ | ||
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Sloptart
United States6 Posts
User was temp made admin after this post | ||
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United States26 Posts
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KimJongChill
United States6429 Posts
On April 09 2011 17:08 Sloptart wrote: I liked tasteless's earlier voice. User was temp made admin after this post wat. | ||
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Demand2k
Norway875 Posts
Some few people has bodies that can tolerate it, but his can't. And as a commentator he should find some other central stimulant to (ab)use, that doesn't hurt the cast. | ||
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Chriamon
United States886 Posts
On April 01 2011 06:15 DocHolliday wrote: Does everyone that says its because (or partly because) of smoking even know if this is true? or are these just assumptions? Tasteless himself said he hardly smokes, and that people who say his voice changed because of smoking are crazy, he mentioned it during one of the GSL casts. | ||
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Meta
United States6225 Posts
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HaNdFisH
Australia119 Posts
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Cops
United Kingdom172 Posts
This was from just 5 days off? I think he needs to take breaks more often. | ||
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Cythe
United States47 Posts
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LoLAdriankat
United States4307 Posts
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sjschmidt93
United States2518 Posts
like this one his voice has changed a lot. I think it's just the commentating. | ||
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Day[9]
United States7366 Posts
Nick had the hardest time w/ his voice probably 2-3 years into his BW shoutcasting career when he was traveling around a TON to venues that didn't have modern casting setups. For virtually every event, you have a "line in" to your headset. That is, whenever I talk, I can hear myself in my own headphones. Unfortunately, Nick's early venues didn't have appropriate line-in setups, or had no headset at all. When that's the case, it's REALLY difficult to control the volume of your voice. Moreover, Nick grew to popularity because he was both extremely knowledgeable about SC1 and would get appropriately excited and shout during moments of action. Combine that w/ the no line-in and BOOM voice disappears after just one day. I still remember Nick calling me and telling me how stressful it is when he REALLY wants to make the cast good, but is REALLY concerned about losing his voice. It makes it a rough balance. So, Nick started to take voice acting lessons to learn to control his voice better. Over time, it's gotten MUCH much better. However, the honest truth is that when you're talking as much as Nick, your voice gets hoarse really easily. Spend one hour somewhere kinda loud and it's doom time. I remember I was taking a bus back from downtown and it was extremely hard to hear so I was talking pretty loudly. Next day when I woke up, BOOM voice gone. I play Ultimate Frisbee on the weekends and yell a bit w/ excitement. Next day, BOOM voice gone. Gotta be careful in casting. Your voice is your baby! | ||
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LightWireEX
United States387 Posts
And he's right, I've been smoking for the same amount of time and I have no rasp in my voice (because of the fact that I'm not commentating everyday of my life). Nick had a few days off etc and he commentated the GSL WC finals and he sounded exactly like he did when he was younger. It's a lot different after spending weeks casting matches for Code S. | ||
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BrodiaQ
United States892 Posts
On April 10 2011 13:21 Day[9] wrote: His voice changes have nothing to do w/ smoking or any assorted craziness. It's just what happens when you talk a TON. You have to be super absurdly responsible about taking forced rests of silence and drinking stupid amounts of water all the time. I seriously have to guzzle like 3 gallons of water every day to make sure my voice doesn't fry out. When my voice does fry out, I sound exactly like Nick :D. Nick had the hardest time w/ his voice probably 2-3 years into his BW shoutcasting career when he was traveling around a TON to venues that didn't have modern casting setups. For virtually every event, you have a "line in" to your headset. That is, whenever I talk, I can hear myself in my own headphones. Unfortunately, Nick's early venues didn't have appropriate line-in setups, or had no headset at all. When that's the case, it's REALLY difficult to control the volume of your voice. Moreover, Nick grew to popularity because he was both extremely knowledgeable about SC1 and would get appropriately excited and shout during moments of action. Combine that w/ the no line-in and BOOM voice disappears after just one day. I still remember Nick calling me and telling me how stressful it is when he REALLY wants to make the cast good, but is REALLY concerned about losing his voice. It makes it a rough balance. So, Nick started to take voice acting lessons to learn to control his voice better. Over time, it's gotten MUCH much better. However, the honest truth is that when you're talking as much as Nick, your voice gets hoarse really easily. Spend one hour somewhere kinda loud and it's doom time. I remember I was taking a bus back from downtown and it was extremely hard to hear so I was talking pretty loudly. Next day when I woke up, BOOM voice gone. I play Ultimate Frisbee on the weekends and yell a bit w/ excitement. Next day, BOOM voice gone. Gotta be careful in casting. Your voice is your baby! Well I guess thats that. Really glad that Tasteless's voice isn't wrecked by smoking but by Starcraft. lol. And Day 9 plays Ultimate? Even more awesome than he was. | ||
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deth
Australia1757 Posts
On April 10 2011 13:23 LightWireEX wrote: The thoughthammer has spoken!!! And he's right, I've been smoking for the same amount of time and I have no rasp in my voice (because of the fact that I'm not commentating everyday of my life). Nick had a few days off etc and he commentated the GSL WC finals and he sounded exactly like he did when he was younger. It's a lot different after spending weeks casting matches for Code S. I'm only just now watching the vod's of the WC finals, came into this thread to say exactly that, Nick's voice was much closer to his younger voice. | ||
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LightWireEX
United States387 Posts
On April 10 2011 13:44 deth wrote: I'm only just now watching the vod's of the WC finals, came into this thread to say exactly that, Nick's voice was much closer to his younger voice. Yeah really, it was almost scary, like a ghost of the past was commentating the match or something. I was pleased. The outside arena+youngtasteless made it feel like a BW finals. | ||
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AdriftSC
Sweden66 Posts
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acrimoneyius
United States983 Posts
Personally I love tasteless no matter how fragile his voice gets. | ||
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-eXalt
United States462 Posts
On August 29 2011 17:48 AdriftSC wrote: Tasteless voice seems to be getting worse and worse, he can barely raise his voice now during the MLG That's what happens when you have to cast ALL weekend and talk to fans nonstop. Give him a break, it will get better just needs a few days. Also see day9s post above and nice necro T_T | ||
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desRow
Canada2654 Posts
On April 10 2011 13:21 Day[9] wrote: His voice changes have nothing to do w/ smoking or any assorted craziness. It's just what happens when you talk a TON. You have to be super absurdly responsible about taking forced rests of silence and drinking stupid amounts of water all the time. I seriously have to guzzle like 3 gallons of water every day to make sure my voice doesn't fry out. When my voice does fry out, I sound exactly like Nick :D. Nick had the hardest time w/ his voice probably 2-3 years into his BW shoutcasting career when he was traveling around a TON to venues that didn't have modern casting setups. For virtually every event, you have a "line in" to your headset. That is, whenever I talk, I can hear myself in my own headphones. Unfortunately, Nick's early venues didn't have appropriate line-in setups, or had no headset at all. When that's the case, it's REALLY difficult to control the volume of your voice. Moreover, Nick grew to popularity because he was both extremely knowledgeable about SC1 and would get appropriately excited and shout during moments of action. Combine that w/ the no line-in and BOOM voice disappears after just one day. I still remember Nick calling me and telling me how stressful it is when he REALLY wants to make the cast good, but is REALLY concerned about losing his voice. It makes it a rough balance. So, Nick started to take voice acting lessons to learn to control his voice better. Over time, it's gotten MUCH much better. However, the honest truth is that when you're talking as much as Nick, your voice gets hoarse really easily. Spend one hour somewhere kinda loud and it's doom time. I remember I was taking a bus back from downtown and it was extremely hard to hear so I was talking pretty loudly. Next day when I woke up, BOOM voice gone. I play Ultimate Frisbee on the weekends and yell a bit w/ excitement. Next day, BOOM voice gone. Gotta be careful in casting. Your voice is your baby! I'm glad this thread got bumped because I never saw this post. 5/5 | ||
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Sweden66 Posts
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Vei
United States2845 Posts
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Fkyx
United States109 Posts
After reading Day9's reply, a lot of my questions about Tasteless' casting have been answered. It makes sense now why he doesn't show nearly as much excitement during the games as he did in BW. I was kind of missing those things, but in the end, I'd rather have it this way. Tasteless is a great caster and everyone should love him! | ||
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Pulzlulz
Germany412 Posts
On August 29 2011 18:03 Fkyx wrote: I love Tasteless' voice. After reading Day9's reply, a lot of my questions about Tasteless' casting have been answered. It makes sense now why he doesn't show nearly as much excitement during the games as he did in BW. I was kind of missing those things, but in the end, I'd rather have it this way. Tasteless is a great caster and everyone should love him! Which reply? nvm, found it | ||
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marttorn
Norway5211 Posts
Haha, makes me think of those people complaining about Tastosis taking breaks yesterday. Some were even saying it's easy to cast for that long, it's just "talking and watching starcraft" -_-;; | ||
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Sweden21 Posts
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sixfour
England11061 Posts
On August 29 2011 18:18 marttorn wrote: Haha, makes me think of those people complaining about Tastosis taking breaks yesterday. Some were even saying it's easy to cast for that long, it's just "talking and watching starcraft" -_-;; i kind of wish that in that situation, if tasteless' voice was that bad (only caught bits of it as I was mostly on the other stream, but it did seem even worse than usual), then if artosis was ok they'd have had JP or someone else (incontrol or gretorp were doing nothing by then, right?) fill in for him. personally i think that'd be an improvement as i don't find tasteless entertaining/funny and he adds nothing on game knowledge that artosis doesn't cover | ||
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Sweden1303 Posts
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Sweden7024 Posts
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LtCalley
United States244 Posts
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Canada2574 Posts
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BFCrimson
United States176 Posts
On August 29 2011 18:42 LtCalley wrote: tasteless acts/talks like a stoner a lot IMO. lol not saying it's bad thing, that is just my observation Think he used to smoke a lot but I hear its much stricter in Korea as far as that goes so I figure he doesn't as much now. I think I remember him posting happy 420 in the long ago days when he still posted on TL | ||
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Switzerland1983 Posts
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Linwelin
Ireland7554 Posts
On August 29 2011 18:47 BFCrimson wrote: Think he used to smoke a lot but I hear its much stricter in Korea as far as that goes so I figure he doesn't as much now. I think I remember him posting happy 420 in the long ago days when he still posted on TL Or you can just go back and read Day9's answer | ||
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OopsOopsBaby
Singapore3425 Posts
On August 29 2011 18:47 BFCrimson wrote: Think he used to smoke a lot but I hear its much stricter in Korea as far as that goes so I figure he doesn't as much now. I think I remember him posting happy 420 in the long ago days when he still posted on TL thats false. close to 50% of the male south korean population smokes. and cigarettes are really cheap and readily available. tasteless does smoke alot. | ||
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BFCrimson
United States176 Posts
On August 29 2011 18:58 OopsOopsBaby wrote: thats false. close to 50% of the male south korean population smokes. and cigarettes are really cheap and readily available. tasteless does smoke alot. If you took the time to read the quote, I was clearly refering to marijuana. And to the poster above you I never said a word about how it may have affected his voice, was just responding to the guy I quoted. Anyways.... | ||
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Ryuuka
Sweden87 Posts
I understand you can lose your voice when you talk/shout as much as they do but as I said, I never really hear any other shoutcaster lose their voice the same way, maybe I've just missed it. I know everyones different so it might just be that :p | ||
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United States318 Posts
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sephius
United Kingdom200 Posts
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United Kingdom143 Posts
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United Kingdom223 Posts
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Norway593 Posts
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Italy548 Posts
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Canada4 Posts
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oZe
Sweden492 Posts
He's just been talking so much it's like he's been lifting weights with his vocal cords. | ||
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Rabbitmaster
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On August 29 2011 21:05 oZe wrote: It is not due to smoking. A friend used to smoke over a kilo of hasch & marijuana a year for over a decade. That's about 10-15 major league baseball bats a day. Several of my friends are heavy tobacco smokers. Not a single one sounds even remotely like tasteless. He's just been talking so much it's like he's been lifting weights with his vocal cords. Are you aware that different substances can affect different people in different ways? Not all people who smoke get lung cancer for example. | ||
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Germany1342 Posts
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Andtwo
United States126 Posts
Honestly, a vocal warmup would help. I hope that he's doing one. Water helps, tea (NOT CAFFEINATED) helps. If he's having any sort of acid reflux, that's really hurting him too. The biggest thing he's doing though is he's talking too much for one breath group. Notice how when he's casting, he keeps talking and talking and then his voice gets softer and more hoarse? It's because he's so excited about a cast and needs to keep saying things that he talks for too long in one breath group. This can really hurt your voice. | ||
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Australia3152 Posts
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Am0n3r
United States254 Posts
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Slovenia46 Posts
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Poland1811 Posts
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DharmaTurtle
United States283 Posts
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Finland579 Posts
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Denmark2087 Posts
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Gackt_
335 Posts
There was some GSL episode ago when he did that "You lost your passion" joke and said ironicly that he was sorry that his voice isnt what it used to be and that he made a surgery. That surgery part might be true tho... hmmm. Anyhow the newer voice makes him sound funnier I enjoy it. | ||
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Canada111 Posts
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LetoAtreides82
United States1188 Posts
On August 29 2011 21:26 AikaEU wrote: smoking has nothing to do with his voice change. just too much casting. Then how do you explain the fact that Artosis still sounds as good as he did ten years ago? Artosis is just as loud during casting if not louder than Tasteless. | ||
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Germany6146 Posts
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cocosoft
Sweden1068 Posts
On August 29 2011 22:27 LetoAtreides82 wrote: Tasteless has casted a lot more than artosis.Then how do you explain the fact that Artosis still sounds as good as he did ten years ago? Artosis is just as loud during casting if not louder than Tasteless. | ||
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marttorn
Norway5211 Posts
On August 29 2011 22:27 LetoAtreides82 wrote: Then how do you explain the fact that Artosis still sounds as good as he did ten years ago? Artosis is just as loud during casting if not louder than Tasteless. Then how do you explain the fact that a page or so ago day9 straight up said it wasn't smoking. I'd imagine he knows a bit more about tasteless than you do | ||
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Laquendi
Finland35 Posts
On August 29 2011 19:11 BFCrimson wrote: If you took the time to read the quote, I was clearly refering to marijuana. And to the poster above you I never said a word about how it may have affected his voice, was just responding to the guy I quoted. Anyways.... Non-native english speakers might not know drug related slang since it's not exactly taught in schools. | ||
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PartyBiscuit
Canada4525 Posts
On August 29 2011 22:27 LetoAtreides82 wrote: Then how do you explain the fact that Artosis still sounds as good as he did ten years ago? Artosis is just as loud during casting if not louder than Tasteless. Tasteless does smoke, but some people's vocal cords are weaker than others. Day9 always loses his voice during MLG, so does Tasteless. They're not able to keep going like Artosis or Husky as long. | ||
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Lorch
Germany3682 Posts
On August 29 2011 22:37 Laquendi wrote: Non-native english speakers might not know drug related slang since it's not exactly taught in schools. So if you don't know what a stoner is, atleast that's what I think is what you refer to as "drug related slang", why don't you look it up or ask instead of making an assumption that may or may not be falls. Just make sure you know what you are doing before you post, if I don't fucking know what someone is talking about then I don't respond to it. OT: A shit lot of smoking can make your voice deeper and what not, but listening to tasteless it's quiet obvious that he doesn't treat his voice the way someone who talks that much should. Yes smoking doesn't help it at all, but it sure as hell isn't the reason for it. Smoking is a bad habit and may (or may not) cause cancer and what not, but it sure isn't the thing to blame for everything. Oh and talking about stonercaster, there is a reason why djwheat is called djwheat, why day 9 has red eyes every second daily and at every event he casts and why tastosis sometimes giggle like little girls. | ||
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pryde089
England7 Posts
If you're reading this thread Tasteless, I just wanna let you know that my ears will follow your casts to the end of the earth. Keep it up! | ||
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insaneMicro
Germany761 Posts
On August 29 2011 22:46 Lorch wrote: So if you don't know what a stoner is, atleast that's what I think is what you refer to as "drug related slang", why don't you look it up or ask instead of making an assumption that may or may not be falls. Just make sure you know what you are doing before you post, if I don't fucking know what someone is talking about then I don't respond to it. OT: A shit lot of smoking can make your voice deeper and what not, but listening to tasteless it's quiet obvious that he doesn't treat his voice the way someone who talks that much should. Yes smoking doesn't help it at all, but it sure as hell isn't the reason for it. Smoking is a bad habit and may (or may not) cause cancer and what not, but it sure isn't the thing to blame for everything. Oh and talking about stonercaster, there is a reason why djwheat is called djwheat, why day 9 has red eyes every second daily and at every event he casts and why tastosis sometimes giggle like little girls. This is getting really offtopic, but I highly doubt Artosis or Tasteless would come to work stoned, even less in Korea of all places. (The general sentiment is that there are close to no drugs in Korea due to strict laws and relative isolation, not sure how accurate that is though. I've never been there.) | ||
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Attican
Denmark531 Posts
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lowkontrast
United States855 Posts
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Alpino
Brazil4390 Posts
On August 29 2011 22:52 Attican wrote: Slightly off topic but does anyone else think Tasteless sounds like Seth Rogen, or am I utterly alone? He kinda does (: | ||
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tripledoubles
Australia213 Posts
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Trinz
Australia72 Posts
On August 29 2011 22:52 Attican wrote: Slightly off topic but does anyone else think Tasteless sounds like Seth Rogen, or am I utterly alone? No Seth Rogen tries to sound like Tasteless because he is a wannabe baller | ||
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AdriftSC
Sweden66 Posts
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Striding Strider
United Kingdom787 Posts
On August 29 2011 22:52 lowkontrast wrote: LOL | ||
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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