Luke_Danger
05-17-2011, 09:16 PM
Subject:
Unit Quotes
Description:
I once suggested a while back a couple "stop poking me quotes" as a a bit of laid-back fun. Obviously I got a bit of a flame match with some folks, but I'm bringing up a more general topic this time.
What kind of quotes should be done besides the usual trained/select/move/attack/selected under fire? I'm personally thinking that a couple lines to acknowledge repeated clicking (IE, after selecting a bunch of move places in close succession a unit quips "Make up your bleep mind sir!" or old fashioned stop poking)? Should units be limited to a few and shared (such as in Tiberian Dawn) or should they have a wide variety of lines that are unique with a few basic acknowledgements shared between (Ex, C&C 3 KW).
Positive Effect:
A wider variety of unit acknowledgements and even some witty one-liner jokes thrown in for those who have nothing better to do while waiting for resources to come in isn't a bad thing and can be the host of some fun in-jokes. They can even be used to characterize the units more and give each one more of a personality than just the usual slog of lines by letting them bemoan their circumstances or call cliches of the RTS genre. This can also be used to wake a player up if they're clicking something over and over again as well. Given I often open up the editors to actually hear the lines sometimes, I noticed there's some nice effort in that for C&C3 (never could open the TT one though)
Negative Effect:
Time and resources, in my opinion, is the only downside as it's extra VA'ing. It's secondary, but if there's spare time and resources to do so I don't see why slipping in some gems for the fans or even just have the units call a player out is a bad idea.
Media:
Unfortunetly, the only ones that I could post would be SC2... and that's flame bait :P
Instead I'll put an example. For it I'm going to use a custom-unit I doodled with and made quotes for as I noticed an odd GDI hole in the TT lineup. This is a "Zone Ranger" which is basically the C&C 3 Sniper in lighter Zone Armor, just give him an Australian accent.
The Example:
Trained:
* "Ranger here."
Selected:
* "Zone Ranger, reporting."
* "Sniper on duty."
* "Need a scout?"
* "I'll spot for you, Commander."
Stop Poking Me:
* "What's the matter, mate? Australia just too [bleep]ing hard to invade?"
* "My drill sergeant once called a Koloa a teddy bear to its face. Should of realized that they survived the Red Zone Down Under."
* "Boom. Headshot."
* "Aiming for the groin works on everyone, male and female, don't think it doesn't!"
* "I've got great job security; long as there's two folks left in the world, someone wants someone else dead."
Move Order:
* "Moving to new waypoint."
* "Ah, there's a good spot."
* "New vantage point."
* "Creeping ahead."
* "Affirmative, HQ."
Repeated Move Order:
* "I need to stop in order shoot, sir. Identify final waypoint, over."
Attack:
* "In my scope."
* "Targeting enemy."
* "The enemy is mine."
* "Hope his mate didn't see me..."
Repeatedly Ordered to Attack:
* "Shhh! I can't line it up if you keep beeping me!"
Under Attack:
* [gunshot] "...Yup, he saw me!"
* "I've been spotted, need help now!"
Dead:
* "Motherf-"
Unit Quotes
Description:
I once suggested a while back a couple "stop poking me quotes" as a a bit of laid-back fun. Obviously I got a bit of a flame match with some folks, but I'm bringing up a more general topic this time.
What kind of quotes should be done besides the usual trained/select/move/attack/selected under fire? I'm personally thinking that a couple lines to acknowledge repeated clicking (IE, after selecting a bunch of move places in close succession a unit quips "Make up your bleep mind sir!" or old fashioned stop poking)? Should units be limited to a few and shared (such as in Tiberian Dawn) or should they have a wide variety of lines that are unique with a few basic acknowledgements shared between (Ex, C&C 3 KW).
Positive Effect:
A wider variety of unit acknowledgements and even some witty one-liner jokes thrown in for those who have nothing better to do while waiting for resources to come in isn't a bad thing and can be the host of some fun in-jokes. They can even be used to characterize the units more and give each one more of a personality than just the usual slog of lines by letting them bemoan their circumstances or call cliches of the RTS genre. This can also be used to wake a player up if they're clicking something over and over again as well. Given I often open up the editors to actually hear the lines sometimes, I noticed there's some nice effort in that for C&C3 (never could open the TT one though)
Negative Effect:
Time and resources, in my opinion, is the only downside as it's extra VA'ing. It's secondary, but if there's spare time and resources to do so I don't see why slipping in some gems for the fans or even just have the units call a player out is a bad idea.
Media:
Unfortunetly, the only ones that I could post would be SC2... and that's flame bait :P
Instead I'll put an example. For it I'm going to use a custom-unit I doodled with and made quotes for as I noticed an odd GDI hole in the TT lineup. This is a "Zone Ranger" which is basically the C&C 3 Sniper in lighter Zone Armor, just give him an Australian accent.
The Example:
Trained:
* "Ranger here."
Selected:
* "Zone Ranger, reporting."
* "Sniper on duty."
* "Need a scout?"
* "I'll spot for you, Commander."
Stop Poking Me:
* "What's the matter, mate? Australia just too [bleep]ing hard to invade?"
* "My drill sergeant once called a Koloa a teddy bear to its face. Should of realized that they survived the Red Zone Down Under."
* "Boom. Headshot."
* "Aiming for the groin works on everyone, male and female, don't think it doesn't!"
* "I've got great job security; long as there's two folks left in the world, someone wants someone else dead."
Move Order:
* "Moving to new waypoint."
* "Ah, there's a good spot."
* "New vantage point."
* "Creeping ahead."
* "Affirmative, HQ."
Repeated Move Order:
* "I need to stop in order shoot, sir. Identify final waypoint, over."
Attack:
* "In my scope."
* "Targeting enemy."
* "The enemy is mine."
* "Hope his mate didn't see me..."
Repeatedly Ordered to Attack:
* "Shhh! I can't line it up if you keep beeping me!"
Under Attack:
* [gunshot] "...Yup, he saw me!"
* "I've been spotted, need help now!"
Dead:
* "Motherf-"