TF2 Sniper: British or Australian.
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If anyone takes offence at the Sniper's accent they should really take offence at everyone who isn't the Pyro. =p The Demoman doesn't use an accurate Scottish accent, the Medic's German accent is by no means accurate (but then, Robert Atkin Downes can't fake accents even if they're meant to be serious), Heavy's Russian is also exaggerated, so really, you can't raise question marks with one and just blindly accept the other.
Wow, I'm surprised. I didn't think there could be any doubt that he was Australian. I mean, he's the perfect stereotype, talks about how that's how things are done "in the bush", he says "mate", "crickey"... Never crossed my mind that one might think he could be British.
I think they pretty much went with Americans for every characters voice acting... Also I dont think they ever meant to make them all have realistic accents its all pretty much for comic valueJun_Jun said:I'm an Aussie and he sounds like a Brit that has been smacked in the head a bit too much with a cricket bat, really doesn't sound like an Aussie to me, I thought Valve would've been able to scrounge up a Aussie just for the voice acting, guess they went with an american :/
His "Meet the sniper" video is set in Australia.
He has an Australian accent (Its similar to British but if you are from either you can tell the difference)
He uses Australian phrases and slang (G'day)
All his items are Australian themed (Sydney sleeper ect)
His bio says he Australian.
He might not sound perfectly Australian but that's more to do with the fact his voice actor (John Patrick Lowrie) isn't a Australian.
He has an Australian accent (Its similar to British but if you are from either you can tell the difference)
He uses Australian phrases and slang (G'day)
All his items are Australian themed (Sydney sleeper ect)
His bio says he Australian.
He might not sound perfectly Australian but that's more to do with the fact his voice actor (John Patrick Lowrie) isn't a Australian.
As dumb as it is to assume someone is Australians just because they drive through (what one assumes is) the Australian outback (to spite it obviously being monument Canyon of Colorado) it's just as bad to say he isn't Australian just because he is driving through America.octafish said:
He's an international assassin, and several TF2 maps are clearly set "somewhere in the American Midwest" also the locale for all those wile E coyote cartoons. He is driving to work, though phoning home on a payphone... I wonder if he did a collect call?
I don't get why I heard so often Australians being so touchy about their accent, far out of proportion it compared to other cross national accents/impressions:
You don't hear Americans constantly bitching about Greg House's accent
You don't hear Brits bitching about Downey jr's accent in Sherlock Holmes
Where is this wonderful Australian sense of humour? The thick skinned, salt-of-the-earth, practical types? I think the last thing we want are slick metrosexual business types, we have enough of them already and I think anyone would choose Paul Hogan over Rupert Murdock, any day of the week, any decade.
Nice avatar, love Chris Morris.Kushan101 said:
There are kinds of accents within the Australian accent depending on class/heritage so I think the guy who voices Sniper does it well, not everyone sounds the same here. Some of Sniper's phrases are very outback Australian in particular... I grew up in rural Australia and they're mostly familiar to me. I wouldn't be expecting a perfect depiction of an Aussie from the bush from a game like TF2 anyway. All the characters with known origins are stereotypical in some way or another.
With that in mind, Scout is most definitely from Boston, not anywhere in NYC.
Ive allways argued that he ISNT australian.
In the TF2 Universe, Ever single Australian Is 1: Very Muscular (Sniper isnt)
2: Has a large Moustache (Even the women- Sniper doesnt)
3: Enjoys Lager (Sniper is never- EVER- seen with alchohol)
4: Has exteme ammounts of Chest Hair (Presumably, sniper doesnt)
5: Follows a King, Elected by a Kangaroo Boxing match. (Sniper clearly yells "GAWD SAVE THE QUEEN" at the start of some rounds, so why would he "Save the Queen"? It would be weird for a Utopia of Burly men and women to follow a Foerign Monarch, wouldnt it? And this is also considering that even in the real world, Australiant dont follow the Queen of England)
And remembering that Australians are the best in the world in "Every single way", i expect that it wouldnt be too uncommon for people to try and jump on the bandwagon and say "Im Australian! Im Awesome!"
The only evidence that goes for him being Australian is that in his Concept Bio it said hes from Australia.
And it wouldnt be the first time that ValVe has taken back what theyve said about TF2 Lore; For example, The Pyro, Man or Woman? ValVe is constantly saying "He" and "She" and even "It" at times.
But i wouldnt nessicaraly say hes British.
In the TF2 Universe, Ever single Australian Is 1: Very Muscular (Sniper isnt)
2: Has a large Moustache (Even the women- Sniper doesnt)
3: Enjoys Lager (Sniper is never- EVER- seen with alchohol)
4: Has exteme ammounts of Chest Hair (Presumably, sniper doesnt)
5: Follows a King, Elected by a Kangaroo Boxing match. (Sniper clearly yells "GAWD SAVE THE QUEEN" at the start of some rounds, so why would he "Save the Queen"? It would be weird for a Utopia of Burly men and women to follow a Foerign Monarch, wouldnt it? And this is also considering that even in the real world, Australiant dont follow the Queen of England)
And remembering that Australians are the best in the world in "Every single way", i expect that it wouldnt be too uncommon for people to try and jump on the bandwagon and say "Im Australian! Im Awesome!"
The only evidence that goes for him being Australian is that in his Concept Bio it said hes from Australia.
And it wouldnt be the first time that ValVe has taken back what theyve said about TF2 Lore; For example, The Pyro, Man or Woman? ValVe is constantly saying "He" and "She" and even "It" at times.
But i wouldnt nessicaraly say hes British.
Is Hugh Laurie's accent bad? I thought it was quite good. Same with Ewan MacGregor's. I posted the Downey clip because it is the most comical Australian accent I have ever heard. Especially when compared to the one he uses in Tropic Thunder which was pretty spot on.Treblaine said:
The fact that Engy is Texan has been proven by lore. Engy's Ancestor is definitivley shown as Texan (Due to a Australium "Mutation"). I mean, its possible that hes Part Canadian, but it would be irrelivant in the greater scehem of things.DarkRyter said:
