Why is Delvin the only person in the game with that accent?

Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:58 am

Even his brother doesn't have it.

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Liv Brown
 
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Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:14 pm

Gor blimey me ol' china, Don'tcha know. Ee's the only geeza wot came over from the smoke (London).
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Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:37 pm

Coz he's been trained in speech by Danny Dyer.
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Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:04 am

As small of a technical over sight as it was, that really bothered me. Delvin has that whole 'Guy Ritchie Movie' vibe, and his brother is just.... 'meh'. They should've given Glover a thick cockney accent and some better damn clothes.

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Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 12:14 am

Delvin should've been a marriage option. :yes:

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Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:56 pm

Same reason Brynjolf had Morrowind Nords' Scottish accent, proabably. Next game might have all Bretons with Delvin's accent, for all we know.

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Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:46 am

Bryn's accent was really the only thing I liked about him. I could listen to him talk for hours, just don't ask me to care about the actual words he's saying. That is until you finish the TG missions and the most he'll say to you is, "Sorry lass, I've got important things to do." Yeah Bryn, I can take a hint. :angry:

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Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:21 am

Because he's a stereotypical cockney crook!
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Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:19 am


I am with you on this! If you're playing on computer, there's actually a mod to fix the not talking to you thing, as I understand it's not supposed to be that way. If I ever do the TG again, I will download that mod.

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Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:20 am


Whaddya mean thick accent.. he's literally the only character who doesn't have an accent!

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Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:03 pm

Don't the dunmer of Solstheim have a similar accent? Or is that the same voice actor?

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Breautiful
 
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Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 11:36 pm

Because Delvin is really Jason Statham.

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Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:02 am

For some reason I thoroughly enjoy the way Farengar Secret-Fire's voice sounds! It's the only one I've heard like that. And one of the gurad voices I like. They're my favorite

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Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:35 pm

I don't know but it's never really bothered me. I quite like the accent even though I'm from Cumbria at the opposite end of England.



I sometimes take jobs just to hear a decent English accent.



Anyway, MouseMage, you watch yourself out there boss!

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Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:00 am

It's the worst tho. He sounds like a native french speaking person trying too hard. He's voicing some other npcs, like the Silver-Blood guy (who also sounds horrible when saying Madanach "was supposed to be under control"), and this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FrgUJLoFzE



So wrong indeed.

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Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:31 am


I think Farengar's voice is perfectly suited to who he is and how the player is intended to perceive him - an aloof court mage who thinks of you as a servant to his far more important needs. He's supposed to be annoying, sounds like some great voice acting to me.

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Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:30 pm

I was hoping that Brynolf was raised in High Rock. It would open up the opportunity for great voice actors such as Sean Connery if ever a game is to be set in High Rock. It would certainly add flavour to the game IMO.


The Imperials have always had a very English accent, whether it be the royal family or Imperial officers, so maybe Delvin's accent is connected to the slums of Cyrodiil such as the Waterfront in the Imperial City. That was a haven for the Thieves Guild and their entry point.
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Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:54 am

Actually, if you go into the "Wretching Netch Cornerclub" in Raven Rock you'll find that the owner/ bartender,Geldis Sadri has the same "cockney" accent as Delvin..I don't know if it's the same voice-actor but the accent is there. :nod:

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Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:38 am

I totally agree. Like his voice is straightforward, or cocky without changing tone or anything, just depending on the context. I think that's partially why I enjoy it so much. I think that's really cool.

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Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 4:17 am

In the games, Imperials only started using English accents in Obllvion and even then it was just the women. The old accents used are American accent that lean towards British received pronunciation, intentionally or otherwise (I've heard that some Americans in the north east speak that way).



That's a different voice actor and a less consistent one at that. I liked it when he said "mudcrads" in way that sounds like "moodcrabs" (i.e. the sound in "book" rather than an "uh"). You start hearing that in the Midlands, not from native Londoners. Although I suppose that accent may exist somewhere in England.

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Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:02 pm

And even then, it was just Breton women's reused voice. Probably. There are still files in the game with a bunch of Breton men voiced by Wes Johnson in his Imperial voice, so *shrug*


B'yeah, Imperials have had wonderfully American accents since Morrowind. I was so happy when it returned for Imperial women in Skyrim. They sound so cool.~

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Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:39 pm


That's what I was thinking. :D

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Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:25 pm



In Morrowind, to me they seemed like an American attempt of a well spoken English accent. Whether it be the the Breton agent (Imperial as in the ruling class and not the common Cyrodiil folk) at the beginning when you sign you papers, the guards saying "move along" or characters such as the Imperial Guard in full Adamantium Armor called Apelles Matius.
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Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:45 pm

Yeah, same here I always thought that accents in Morrowind were always like an American-English accent sort of thing.

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