EDIT: Because of far higher sudden popularity among VA's than anticipated, note that we won't have much dialogue available for you at this very moment. More dialogue will be organized and made ready for recording over the course of the coming days and weeks.

By all means though, feel free to apply and/or register at our forums, just a little patience is required.





Hello everyone,

I am Maegfaer, one of the developers of the Middle Earth Roleplaying Project (MERP), a total conversion of 'The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion' with the aim of re-creating the world as described in J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy. Our team currently has over 30 active(!) developers, and our game world is seven times bigger than the original game!

We have reached the stage where we require voice acting for many characters (ranging from young advlts to old people, both genders, with many different accents depending on where they live and what they do, we have a world to fill!) in the game, and soon also for famous characters like Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn (similar how they were in the movies) etc. Since we aim to create a high quality game, we also value high quality voice acting, so we could use your help!

Are you an experienced voice actor and in the possession of a good microphone, and would you like to provide the voices for one or more characters in one of the biggest and most anticipated non-profit gaming productions ever seen? Then just reply to this message with some basic information about yourself along with a voice sample, or apply directly at our forums, and we will contact you as soon as possible!

We hope to hear from you soon.

Regards,

The MERP Team



We have so much dialogue, but I'll post some example dialogue for your samples. These are random conversations between characters who live in Bree, a village with common folk, many of them farmers. Gender doesn't matter, we need both, as many different types of characters must be able to have these conversations. Accents do not really matter as long as they are not very strong:

"Been a lot of them Rangers wanderin' around Bree Land lately. Hope they don't stay too long; they're strange folk they are and naught good will come of their company."

"Seen old Stider lurking about recently near the Pony; wonder what he's up to. A strange one he is, never says much save to tell some old tale 'round the fire; just sits quietly by and watches things; makes me uneasy he does."

"Been a lot of folks coming up from the south these days. They've made quite a stir they have, what with the stories they tell. Seems things are gettin' pretty rough down the Green Way. Well, I hope these southerners just move on through; 'ill news is an ill guest" they say and their pressence in Bree doesn't sit well with me; not one bit."

"Knew a friend once who went up to Dead Man's Dike. Told me stories of that place as would freeze your veins. And he said them Rangers was there too, fightin or huntin or some such thing."

"I don't like these southerners that're comin' up the Green Way. That one that's taken to stayin' with Bill Ferny has the most disturbin' air about him; naught but trouble can be had with his lot around."

"I know he isn't the most warm of fellows, but that old Strider that visits the Pony ain't all that bad once you get to talkin' with him. Tells some fine stories he does, like the one about that fellow Beren who took the jewel from that wicked kings crown so as he could marry his love, the daughter of an Elven king? That's one of my favorites he tells!"

"Never been to Bree you say? Well, then the one place you need to go is the Prancing Pony. Butterbur ain't the sharpest of fellows, but he's got some fine ale and nice rooms if you need a place to lay your head and rest your feet."

"Bree has been here for as long as anyone can recon. Longer even than the Kingdom that had its seat up north 'round Dead Man's Dike. Ain't many loremasters or scholars in these lands but there is old Aldor who lives just outside of Bree. His family's been tellin' tales of the old days for as long as there's been old days to tell about."



Since we are a non-profit project, we currently don't have someone in the team with professional experience concerning voice acting. If you are willing and have enough spare time and are enthusiastic about this project, you might get the lead in handling everything concerning voice actors in MERP. Just contact us at our forums if you are interested.


Additional information about MERP:

http://merp.straygenius.com/forum/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tzCuSssDps
http://www.moddb.com/mods/merp-middle-earth-roleplaying-mod
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=29214


Some screenshots:

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3889/003zul.jpg
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5617/001bzv.jpg

Oh, oh gosh. *wub* Yes sign me up please. I would love to help voice MERP. I'll find the time. :foodndrink: When you get around to the famous characters, I would dearly love a chance at Galadriel.

Here is a link to my VAP Archive on TESA: http://www.invision.tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/topic/1077-whogurus-archive-female-imperialaltmerbosmer-etc/

There are samples and the like at the bottom of the first post.

It will take a while before we get to Galadriel! In general, we try to give each important character a unique voice. So unless you are able to impersonate two different voice types that both sound natural, you'll have to choose between non-important characters and Galadriel.

I like your voice a lot, though in some samples there is some slight background noise from the microphone. I am fairly confident this can be filtered with an audio editor though, but we have people in the team who know a lot more about that.

Could you please register at our forums? Several members in the team agree that you qualify, so you'll be accepted as voice actor!

:lmao: Some of those lines were recorded with my old mic. XD Which had some noise issues. That's since been replaced so noise shouldn't be an issue. I'll head over and register. Thank you! :foodndrink:

I just wanted to say that I listened to some voice clips because I was curious and your voice acting is amazing. You sound like a professional... story-teller almost, in your trailer work. :thumbsup: Really great, you sound like you'd be the person who tells the history of the land like in the Hollywood movies, sort-of like the person who voiced the beginning of the first LoTR movie. It set the mood for something being very epic.

Yet your other voices were also very well done, I was shocked by how good the Redguard voice was, too.

I'd like to toss my hat in too as a LOTR fan and a long time fan of the MERP project. If I can be of use let me know. http://www.invision.tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/topic/731-darkriders-archive-male-breton-imperial-orc-etc/ If you'd like additional samples of something specific just ask. :foodndrink:

Splendid! We will certainly be able to use your help, your voice acting is very good! Will you be able to stick to the project for a long period of time too? We need consistent voices ofcourse.

It would be handy if you'd register at our forums, we are setting up the voice acting forums right now and will fill it with more and more content the coming days.

I've been working on the same mod for 3 years, if I volunteer I'm committed. :lmao: I'll be around whenever you guys have need and I'll register on your board in the meantime. :dance:

I did an http://www.onmvoice.com/play.php?a=35037 I did several lines with different voices and accents. I haven't done any noise removal or sound amplification. But if you accept me and need me to do noise removal and such I will be more than happy.

I can't really put my finger on it why, but it's not the same quality as Bethesda's voices. Could it be the microphone quality? It's obvious that it is a recorded sound file, while it should sound like it's being said by someone in the same room.

It's the mic. I can't really afford a new one, but if you guys could help me out on editing it in something like Audacity, I'd be more than willing to oblige. On my own I can do some amplification and background noise removal, but it's not near perfect.

I'm in! Samples below. Can't wait to help!

Great actor, wanted him for my own project at one time, scoop him up while you can :lmao:

Definitely accepted! Awesome!

Could you please register at our forums? You'll get access to the voice acting forums the moment we spot you, but note we are in the process of designing them at this very moment.

I can't edit the OP for some reason, so I'll post it here:

EDIT: Recruitment halted until further notice!