I would advise you to reconsider adding swearing on the example script as to not confuse any who might submit their contribution. If you have some moral issues with this well I can just say that even though it is pretty black and white morally, this is a game about war after all. You're already finding joy out of seeing sentient beings shot at and die so...

Also, I have another suggestion. I would recommend not explicitly encouraging but nevertheless allowing non-English words/phrases in English submissions. As a bilingual person myself I say it is just silly. Most people who speak two or more languages usually throw bits of their native one as a slip of the tongue, not on purpose, as it would just confuse others and honestly, I think it just makes you try too hard to be unique and 'quirky'.

Originally posted by TheGames:

Also, I have another suggestion. I would recommend not explicitly encouraging but nevertheless allowing non-English words/phrases in English submissions. As a bilingual person myself I say it is just silly. Most people who speak two or more languages usually throw bits of their native one as a slip of the tongue, not on purpose, as it would just confuse others and honestly, I think it just makes you try too hard to be unique and 'quirky'.

I agree with this, and I'll change it. I mainly wrote that because I'm so used to hearing the Counter Strike voices from the mod I made sometimes revert to their home tongue. The French voices did it the most.

Valve's direction with those voices were probably either, someone that was still learning English and only knew it to a moderate level, or someone that was only speaking English so the radio operator (or player in this case) could occasionally understand what they were trying to say. Either way, it gets the point across pretty easily that someone hails from a specific place when they sometimes speak a different language, and people seem to really like the CS:GO mod even if it might not actually portray the target accents very well. Some of the Long War voices did this too, so I just figured it was normal.

Originally posted by TheGames:

I would advise you to reconsider adding swearing on the example script as to not confuse any who might submit their contribution. If you have some moral issues with this well I can just say that even though it is pretty black and white morally, this is a game about war after all. You're already finding joy out of seeing sentient beings shot at and die so...

The part about profanity in the example script is kind of complicated for me. I'm aware that this game involves killing sentient beings, and that said beings are also probably acting against their own will (e.g. Chimera Squad). But I grew up in a somewhat strict Christian household, so the subject is pretty sensitive. However, you will never hear me say that a VA needs to tone down the swearing, as I'm aware that it can increase the impact and overall affect of a voice line. The ground rules in the guidelines even say it's allowed. Not to mention, the base-game voices already do it plenty anyway. I just don't do it myself.

I'm also aware that typing profanity probably isn't the same as saying it aloud. It's a multifaceted subject for me, which is why I wanted to spare everyone from giving out my life story. This project is supposed to be about a mod for a video game, after all.

Swearing is allowed, but it's not in the example script. End of discussion.