People ruining immersion

[Burgz]

Now, I want some on the public's opinions on this.

I'll go to Altar and RP as my Japanese character, my accent is not perfect, I am not an actor, but I'd say that it was good enough to be honest. Now one thing I really hate is when I go to Altar and you get some smart-ass that always goes, 'Japanese? You sound British to me'

Now I think this really takes the p*ss, I mean, for one it just ruins the immersion, because then everyone is just like 'wut?' IC and it just annoys the hell out of me.

Do you reckon this should be report worthy? Or allowed here?

Personally I don't because I'm trying something different to my usual RP style and I'm trying my best, so I mean, just keep your OOC thoughts...OOC.

Discuss, please.

[Upshot]

I don't really try accents because I suck at them, and sucking at them is pretty damn immersion breaking too. That's my opinion, anyway.

[Burgz]

I wouldn't say I 'sucked' at them though, it's not bad, I just wouldn't win any Oscars you know?

Then again, I've never asked anyone what they think of it

[Upshot]

Record your voice and listen to it back, you'll obviously sound 'very' different... It's how I realized to stop even trying.

'cry'

[Macbrine]

The same thing happens to me, my character is German, and i try mY best at the accent. It is obvious that im attempting a German accent, yet some people will refer to me as guy with bad accent. That not only pisses me off, but definitely ruins the immersion

[Burgz]

cry?

No-one has ever said to me, Your accent is awful, if it was that bad, it would have been mentioned, someone would have typed it OOC at the most

[Upshot]

'Cry' as in, I cried when I realized how I sounded attempting my accents.

[Burgz]

Oh haha.

Yeah I hate it Macbrine, I mean, yeah I could go around, talking in my monotone british accent, but where's the fun in that, what is the RP? I sound nothing like I'm in the military anyway

[Major Tom]

Bad accents are a big part of DayZRP. It adds charm.

It's obvious that not everyone is Russian or whatever, but you do your best to imitate the accent and if it's not convincing then that's not your problem. RP the character you want to RP. I think saying someone doesn't sound like their accent is stupid and yes, immersion breaking. In real life, it may be okay to question that kind of thing but in DayZRP, suspension of disbelief is required.

People need to stop being so fussy about accents. Not everyone is perfect.

[Burgz]

Exactly Tom, that is my point. I mean at the end of the day, the people who can't just RP with the person's bad accent are the ones who need to improve their RP imo

[Pixel]

When I was in the imperial dragons, people kept ruining my immersion saying stuff like "You sound British". It completly ruined it for me and was one of the reasons I left.

[Guest Pandi]

I agree with tom, I attempt to do a Somali accent but then sometimes I think it comes across as a Zimbabwe accent, Haha.

But in my opinion that is report worthy, People IG judging your accent and breaking the immersion pisses me of so much.

[Major Tom]

I guess it's similar to a player having a high pitched voice and someone mocking them for it. Calling them young, even though their character has a full grown beard and such. It's basing someones character off of real life limitations. Not fair at all.

[ShadowDrakgon]

I'm not perfect with my Russian RP but I still try even though people say you sound american. I just say my back-story is that I'm a Cherno-Russian but my mom was american so that's why I have a some american in my accent.

[Gustl]

Some people didn´t believe that I´m german and forced me to say to german swear words as proof...Don´t trust the people out there.Most are paranoid