Where should I advertise auditions for the Xanadu dub?

[SamIAm]

The Xanadu English dub-project is getting close to liftoff.

Getting enough skilled actors and actresses to make this work is going to be tough. I desperately want to avoid scraping the bottom of the barrel and begging you guys at the 11th hour to get takes from your in-laws or whatever. Achieving a decent overall result is going to require spreading the news of the dub auditions far and wide, and I'm hoping you can help me with this.

First of all, the project is going to have its own (modest) homepage, so getting the word out is mostly going to be a matter of spamming the link together with short, sweet, somewhat tailor-made introductions.

I am going to post on here, RHDN, Voice Acting Alliance, the Somethingawful Creative-Commons forum, 4chan (gulp), the HG101 forums, and maybe spam Assembler, Sega-16, shmups.com and Nintendoage to start with. Where else should I post?

I believe it would be in our best interest not to post in the forum of any official Falcom site, or that of any affiliated localization company. While I would guess that Falcom wouldn't mind our fan-translation, I don't want them to be in a position where they have to choose whether to actively condone or condemn it.

Are there any big Ys fan forums? What about places for people who like the kind of old-school PC games that Falcom used to make? Given the non-profit, pro-sharing nature of this project, I don't think folks would find anything too terribly offensive about a spammed link even if the forum was only marginally related.

What I'd really like to find are bulletin boards for actors, or student actors. I'm sure that in practically every town, there is at least one theater troupe full of talented people who would get a kick out of reading a few lines for a fan-project like this.

I might make a craigslist ad to post in the art/media/design section of a few big cities.

If you know anyone personally, I dearly hope you'll be willing to pass the word along when the time comes.  O:)

But yeah, any suggestions? 

[HuMan]

I half heartily recommend the double-edged sword that is YouTube. There's a small percentage of true voice talent there, the trouble is finding such actors/actresses and whether they'd be willing to work on a video game project.

[SamIAm]

I suppose it couldn't hurt to send someone on youtube a message if it looked like they would be good. It's not very efficient, though.

I see that there is a reddit for voice actors, so that's one more place.

Thanks!

[technozombie]

If you want to spread the word throughout the gameing-verse then you might consider posting to neogaf

[SamIAm]

Good call! I've never posted there, but I've definitely heard of it. Thanks!

[technozombie]

Its hard to get an account if you dont have one already. You should apply for one now.

[ashrion]

Really necessary?
I do not like anything when voices in the original language is translated into other.
I have not played many games in English by the filthy overdubs, as snatcher games are unplayable MegaCD just for that, apart from being a bad cutreport.
Because only a subtitle can not do and longer, their original voices, with good Japanese players are the ones that have to have the game.
It is much more effort and for me is to kill the game.
All English speakers you have the obsession that everything has to be in English, and that to me is a lack of respect for original work.
I played and completed many jrpg in Japanese, and I'm not dead.
Work in zeroigar is perfect...
jrpg list destroyed by a pathetic voice-overs, usa-uk is immense, really after all the great work, will do that?
It is my opinion, not have the slightest sense to do so, I want the game to their original voices, I do not care even but are subtitled intros and only has the game, but destroy these two games with English dubbing, it seems incredible and horrible.

[deubeul]

I thought the same before playing the Ys 4 english translation.

Now I'm confident the Xanadus dubs will be top notch quality, knowing Sam's hard work, his love for  Falcom games, and his will and talent to be the most respectfull possible to the original work.

However Elmer, if the subs insertion on SGX/SCD combo you evoked in another thread is doable without not much work, it would be more than awesome!!! 

[SamIAm]

You will have two choices:

1. Use the dub.
2. Print out the script and read it while you play.

Subtitles are impossible on this hardware and with these two games. There are no resources to do it with.

I would much rather do subtitles myself. It is much easier for me. However, I want people to be able to play the games without using a paper script.

EDIT: I just saw deubeul's post.

Thanks, man.

Elmer will have to comment on SGX subtitles. However, it seems that the cutscenes may not be consistent enough in formatting for it to be an easy job.

[BigusSchmuck]

You could always ask Joe to see if he's interested. I'm sure his Macho Man impersonation would go over real well. Not to derail this topic any further, but how was subbing done in Dracula X?

[deubeul]

Elmer will have to comment on SGX subtitles. However, it seems that the cutscenes may not be consistent enough in formatting for it to be an easy job.

Far for being a problem. How could one be picky, we're about to be able to play two, not one, TWO of the best RPGs of the PcE in english!! (sometime I still  not realize that it's happening )

[Necromancer]

You will have two choices:

1. Use the dub.
2. Print out the script and read it while you play.

Or  3. Saddle up your high horse and play the original game as-is, unsullied by some crazy english speaker.

Seriously, this guy can go pound salt.  What kind of a$$hole pops into such a thread and automatically labels Sam's fine work as "filthy, disrespectful of the original, pathetic, and horrible"?

[lukester]

There is definitely some interest in this translation on 4chan's /vr/ board. Lots of Falcom and PCE fans there.

[Black Tiger]

ashrion is still mad that elabit kicked out of his facebook group.

[Lost Monkey]

Really necessary?
I do not like anything when voices in the original language is translated into other.
I have not played many games in English by the filthy overdubs, as snatcher games are unplayable MegaCD just for that, apart from being a bad cutreport.
Because only a subtitle can not do and longer, their original voices, with good Japanese players are the ones that have to have the game.
It is much more effort and for me is to kill the game.
All English speakers you have the obsession that everything has to be in English, and that to me is a lack of respect for original work.
I played and completed many jrpg in Japanese, and I'm not dead.
Work in zeroigar is perfect...
jrpg list destroyed by a pathetic voice-overs, usa-uk is immense, really after all the great work, will do that?
It is my opinion, not have the slightest sense to do so, I want the game to their original voices, I do not care even but are subtitled intros and only has the game, but destroy these two games with English dubbing, it seems incredible and horrible.

Ok, so this isn't for you.  It's not like they are going to replace all existing copies of this game with the dubbed version... Ride your penny farthing home - bu-bye.