TeamSpeak

The other day, I was at bugis again. Patrick was doing battleground runs, and using this kickass software called TeamSpeak. It's for commucation using microphone, and especially important during combat. You don't just stop and type long detailed instructions when there's a change of plan in combat, and short messages just won't do. It's an awesome team gaming tool, really.

But there's a damn messed up/funny part about it: Different accents.

Firstly, it's the way words are phrased. Ivan was playing the other day with TeamSpeak - he was trying so hard to "follow" their way of speaking, even though his english isn't that good. He ended up sounding really wierd, going "Hey what's up guys" and stuff. I admit I speak really bad english to my friends, but we still understand each other.

The unfamiliarity with the american accent plus the somewhat flawed voice quality - you just don't know what're they saying sometimes. All you'll hear is "Ok guys blah blah blah.. Team one's gonna blah blah blah blah with team two.. okay? CHAAARGE!!!" and wonder what the hell is going on. And that's about it. Everyone talks about stuff happening beside them/next room afterwards.

It gets funnier. Patrick started typing out chinese swearing words! What an asshole! So the other foreign players were trying to pronounce it.  Then, he taught them "nee ta ma der wang ba dan"(you son of a bitch). And the guy went "No way dude, I'm not saying anything with wang in it". Priceless!

I don't care, I'm gonna get a microphone too!

1:01 PM - 4/8/2006 - post comment