Voice acting elimination thread

[Guandao]

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) - 41
Bismarck (German) - (32-3)=29 I'm not a big fan of the vanilla voice actors. He's ok, but I've read some criticism of his voice by German speakers online.
Boudicca (Welsh) -15
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 39
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 40
Maria I (Portuguese) - (37+1)=38 BNW's voice actors were great in general, and Maria's is no exception.
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 40

 

[Kimiimaro]

I wonder wheter I should end this thred when the top five voices will be revealed, since all of them are really good and fit very well their leaders, or whether I should continue until the end.

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) - 41
Bismarck (German) - 29
Boudicca (Welsh) - 15-3=12 - The others are better...
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 39+1=40 - Back in the 40 club.
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 40
Maria I (Portuguese) - 38
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 40

 

[God of Kings]

I wonder wheter I should end this thred when the top five voices will be revealed, since all of them are really good and fit very well their leaders, or whether I should continue until the end.

We should probably end with the top five, seeing how there's not much interest.

 

[Kimiimaro]

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) - 41
Bismarck (German) - 29
Boudicca (Welsh) - 12-3=9 - Seventh place is good enough for her.
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 40
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 40
Maria I (Portuguese) - 38+1=39 - Being one of top five, I'll help her to reach the fourty club. The way how she changes her voice when angry is really awesome.
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 40

 

[Guandao]

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) - 41
Bismarck (German) - (29-3)=26 Just felt like lowering this vanilla leader's score. It's an okay voice for me, but not too memorable compared to those with higher scores.
Boudicca (Welsh) - 9
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 40
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 40
Maria I (Portuguese) - (39+1)=40 Might as well make the best Civ5 female voice actor have an equal score to most of the males.
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 40

 

[Kimiimaro]

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) - 41
Bismarck (German) - 26
Boudicca (Welsh) - 9-3=6 - A very nice voice, but the others seem to be better...
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 40
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 40+1=41 - When you have a feeling that the fat guy wants to jump on you from you screen and strangle you, you know this voice actor made a perfect job.
Maria I (Portuguese) - 40
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 40

 

[Guandao]

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) - 41
Bismarck (German) - 26
Boudicca (Welsh) - (6-3)=3 Might as well downvote her, but Bismarck is next...
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - (40+1)=41 His voice actor did a great job of capturing his scheming personality.
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 41
Maria I (Portuguese) - 40
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 40

 

[Kimiimaro]

Ok, I've decided that after the sixth place will be officially eliminated, I'll end this thread with the top five choices. The reasons are two: the first is the top quality of the voice acting of all the remaining leaders, which makes them hard to decide which one is "the best" and which one is "the worst", since all of them are actually the best. The second reason is low number of people participating. After the top five will be revealed, the final results will be posted and the voting will be closed.

Also, Boudicca ends seventh!

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) - 41
Bismarck (German) - 26
Boudicca (Welsh) - 3-3=0 (ELIMINATED) - Her voice is good, but I have the feeling that the others are better.
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 41
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 41
Maria I (Portuguese) - 40+1=41 - I would upvote Pedro to have 41 points too, but I'll give it to his grand-grandmother, because ladies first.
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 40

 

[Guandao]

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) - 41
Bismarck (German) - (26-3)=23 Best vanilla voice actor is good enough for the Chancellor. It's no coincidence the rest are all BNW leaders, the voice acting improved over time.
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 41
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 41
Maria I (Portuguese) - 41
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - (40+1)=41 A point for capturing Pedro II's weary personality.

 

[Kimiimaro]

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) - 41
Bismarck (German) - 23-3=20 - His voice of the Iron Chancellor is good, but it isn't enough to catch the voice of mad Maria, hard-working and weary Pedro, warmongering librarian Ashurbanipal, fat and strong Gajah Mada, or...
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 41+1=42 - The old and scheming doge Enrico Dandolo.
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 41
Maria I (Portuguese) - 41
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 41

 

[Kimiimaro]

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) - 41+1=42 - I really like the mighty voice of the warmongering librarian.
Bismarck (German) - 20-3=17 - The best vanilla voice actor, but sadly, his voice isn't enough to beat the rest here...
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 42
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 41
Maria I (Portuguese) - 41
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 41

 

[Guandao]

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) -42
Bismarck (German) - (17-3)=14 Heinz Becker should be proud his voice work made it this far, according to us, he's the best vanilla voice actor. But he can't beat these BNW voice actors.
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 42
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - (41+1)=42 I love his deep bellowing voice, a great fit for a leader of his particular body size. The fact they used Javanese instead of something like modern Indonesian language is the icing on the cake.
Maria I (Portuguese) - 41
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 41

 

[Kimiimaro]

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) -42
Bismarck (German) - 14-3=11 - A great voice, but the others deserve to be in the top 5 more.
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 42
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 42
Maria I (Portuguese) - 41
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 41+1=42 - He has the voice old, tired, hard-working emperor who doesn't like his work, and yet he does it for his people.

 

[Guandao]

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) -42
Bismarck (German) - (11-3)=8 He's not as great as these other voice actors.
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 42
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 42
Maria I (Portuguese) - (41+1)=42 A poor leader choice for Portugal, but she had a great voice actress who captured her personality well.
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 42

 

[Kimiimaro]

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) -42
Bismarck (German) - 8-3=5 - Let's finish him, end thus end this thread...
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 42+1=43 - It's very fitting for this old and scheming man. Also, I love his reaction to war. "Gavè svelà i vostri propoxiti masa presto, amigo mio!"
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 42
Maria I (Portuguese) - 42
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 42

 

[Guandao]

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) -(42+1)=43 Assyrian Scholar-king with a voice that gets pretty intimidating and scary when pissed off.
Bismarck (German) - (5-3)=2 As before, it's time for this thread to end...
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 43
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 42
Maria I (Portuguese) - 42
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 42

 

[God of Kings]

Let me finish this thread:

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian) - 43
Bismarck (German) - 2 - 3 = ELIMINATED No more base civs
Enrico Dandolo (Venetian) - 43
Gajah Mada (Old Javanese) - 42
Maria I (Portuguese) - 42 + 1 = 43 Poor leader choice, but excellent voice actor
Pedro II (Brazilian Portuguese) - 42

This thread can rest, since the Civ V forums in general don't see much traffic anymore

 

[Kimiimaro]

With Boudicca ending sixth, this thread can finally rest in peace!

Here are the final results!

Top 5 :
- Ashurbanipal (Akkadian)
- Enrico Dandolo (Venetian)
- Gajah Mada (Old Javanese)
- Maria I (Portugese)
- Pedro II (Brazilian Portugese)

6) - Bismarck (German)
7) - Boudicca (Welsh)
8) - Shaka (isiZulu esijulile)
9) - Oda Nobunaga (Japanese)
10) - Askia (Zarma)
11) - Darius (Aramaic)
12) - Theodora (Greek)
13) - Dido (Canaanite/Phoenician)
14) - William (Dutch)
15) - Augustus Caesar (Latin)
16) - Pocatello (Shoshone language)
17) - Ahmad al-Mansur (Moroccan Arabic)
18) - Harald Bluetooth (Danish)
19) - Kamehameha (Hawaiian)
20) - Gandhi (Hindi)
21) - Harun al-Rashid (Arabic)
22) - Napoleon (French)
23) - Gustavus Adolphus (Swedish)
24) - Catherine (Russian)
25) - Attila (Chuvash)
26) - Ramkhamhaeng (Thai)
27) - Maria Theresa (Viennese German)
28) - Montezuma (Nahuatl)
29) - Suleiman (Turkish)
30) - Sejong (Middle Korean)
31) - Ramesses II (Egyptian Arabic)
32) - Haile Selassie (Amharic)
33) - Hiawatha (Mohawk)
34) - Casimir III (Polish)
35) - Pachacuti (Northern Quechua)
36) - Genghis Khan (Mongolian)
37) - Wu Zetian (Mandarin Chinese)
38) - Alexander (Greek)
39) - Elizabeth (British English)
40) - Washington (American English)
41) - Pacal (Yucatec Mayan)
42) - Nebuchadnezzar II (Akkadian)
43) - Isabella (Spanish)

It seems that the work of BNW voice actors was really good when the weakest of them, Ahmad al-Mansur, ended 17th of 43, and the top 5 is filled with BNW voice actors!

Let's hope that this style of dialogs, when leaders actually talk with you, will return in later Civ games.

Admins, you can now lock this thread.

Thank you all for participating!