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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: CRAP Poll 77C Part III Subsection 2 Paragraph 19: Them Thar Words
 At The Bottom Of The Screen
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:47:28 -0700
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On 10/13/2024 10:43 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> 
> How about a short CRAP poll for once? I know, you're looking askance
> and saying, "You? Short? I don't think so. This is going to be a
> five-page essay and have thirty options to chose from." But just you
> watch! It's gonna be real short!
> 
> 
> 
> Here we go:
> 
> Subtitles: On or off?
> 
> 	0) Off
> 	1) On
> 	C) I never play games were people speak

1

See "Loudness War" "Why you can't hear dialog in movies" "Bad sound 
mixing" and why "everyone mumbles"

At least most games let you drop music and effects down vs. dialog. 
However in games it's often dubbing as they can't or won't make 
characters actually look like they're people talking.  Some games you're 
lucky if their lips move at all.  Losing some at best and at worst all 
the non-verbal ques hurts a lot for understanding.

I actually have fairly good hearing for my age (I took one of those tone 
tests with my kids, I was put at about 35 yr old and I'm in my 50s, my 
kids were above their actual age on degradation.) I somehow avoided 
damaging it too much.

-- 
-Justisaur

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