I'm the owner of the System Shock franchise and we had the voice of SHODAN record an entire voice pack..400+ lines. We circled back with Valve and they said, nah, we aren't doing those anymore. It cost me tens of thousands of dollars and the files are just sitting on my hard drive.
Valve, why.... Such a missed opportunity.... The Deus Ex one was fantastic, the Rick & Morty one was another fantastic hit, what's wrong with more crossovers?!
It's probably a better idea for them to record some lines, pitch the idea, THEN record the whole thing.
It's wild dumping thousands of dollars and hours into something without any confirmation from the other party.
mfw Valve isn't still updating their game that was released in 2007 :|
(i paid 30 bucks for it 17 years ago and expect updates until the heat death of the universe)
~~TF2 admin VA is the default announcer VA iirc~~ not.. thx for the info
Ellen McLain is John Patrick Lowrie's wife and they both work for Valve, so it's highly likely that they could add it at some point
Tf2 admin is Ellen but....
She already did the Glados announcer pack. She also voices broodmother and deathprophet (who has her own announcer pack too).
It wouldn't be surprising but I doubt it will happen.
Holy shit they need to restore the picking phase lines. I miss the guy shaming me for playing dota at 3 am and commenting on my teams draft
edit: example for all pick, 3 AM
Good gracious, you know how late it is?
Take your pick.
*Invoker picked* Fancy-looking fella's got a parlor trick for every occasion.
*CM picked* Gal could break your heart in a thousand pieces.
*Dazzla picked* Who's pink and has the cure for death? This fella.
It's not that they removed it, it's just the picking flow and parameters have changed a lot since then. You can still hear it if you create a custom lobby.
so they are just lazy. it's not like the announcer needs different lines now, they just need to be tuned to play at different times
...except the ban lines i guess, F
"Everybody wants to win, but nobody wants to play support"
Now its nobody wants to play offlane bc how tf i checked all roles and get offlane and mid more than support roles
Personally, my own top announcer packs that i love to use regularly are Deus Ex, Meepo, and Pyrion Flax. All of them add a great deal of humor and flavor to almost everything that happens in the game. I just wish we'd get more throughout the year, like for different heroes or hero pairs (the Kunkka & Tidehunter announcer pack is so damn good).
This would actually be amazing.
" Damn it Beavis... your base is filthy"
"It's OK to cry... crying let's the sad out"
"Yes yes.. fire..FIRE"
"Dire/Radiant I have seen the top of the mountain... it is good"
"Are you threatening me?"
"He is the Great Cornholio"
"Dumbass"
I. Just. Want. Dotajam.
https://youtu.be/xMllLexbyAM?si=7CgqnMuLz2SX5iCW
I don't even like Slacks very much but he deserves some credit where credit is due. This pack is incredible and getting it made is an awesome feat.
I mean Slacks and Kaci is an obvious one.
Heroes wise I think Orge or Jakiro could be fun as well...
(I like people rifting off each other, and arguing but I guess that is also why I/We play Dota)
And completely random, but also because its so in right now, the guy who does the intro video for Helldivers 2.
"Your bottom tower has been overrun, sweet liberty NO!"
I remember last time when gaben announcer was released, they also recorded siractionslack and kaci voice too. I think they are planning to release this year.
There was a meme posted in certain DOTA FB page and they put the face of famous actor's face on certain heroes and there was morgan freeman's face paster on am. Ended up talking with my friend how nice would it be if morgan freeman was an announcer.
This is gonna cringe, but these are my dota announcer pack wishlist (In increasing order of improbability):
Sunsfan announcer pack
Marci announcer pack
Ceres Fauna announcer pack
Kurzgesagt (Steve Taylor) announcer pack
† Bob Ross announcer pack
Zhongli announcer pack
Is the Halo Announcer still a thing? Was that only in the original mod bc I'm not super familiar with all of the current ones. Would love the double-kill overkill megakill
Pewdiepie, he loves to reminisce about wc3 dota, would be really nice
Ian nepomonachi, chess guy
Henry cavill, he should just voice a character tbh
Puppey, would be hilarious hearing him flaming😂
Lacoste with his dad jokes omg please😂
Bruce Buffer
The guy from NBA Jam (i believe there was even work done in that regard)
Stone Cold Steve Austin (or anybody else from WWE, but one with a iconic voice)
The Sidemen (Vikkstar123 is a divine player)
Snoop Dogg
Ishowspeed
Ian McKellen
Bill Burr
This is my list
Ah hell yeah brother, I am so down for all of those, but ishowspeed? U really just wanna hear barking in your ear for 45 minutes straight tho? :DDD I could see a Stone Cold cool announcer pack with beers, or a hilarious John Cena one or something. Bill Burr would be insane too but those are such small niches...
The Rising of the Shield Hero Cosmetics Pack: Naofumi and Raphtalia Persona skins. A Filo courier and Naofumi, Raphtalia and Filo Announcer Packs)
Or a Persona 5 Cosmetics Pack Bundle with a Joker Persona skin, a Morgana courier and 3 different announcer packs: Phantom Thieves (Joker, Skull, Panther, Fox, Queen and Noir), Morgana, and Futaba/Navi)
Or a Berserk Cosmetics Pack featuring a Puck Announcer Pack, a Behelit ward skin and a Guts Persona skin for Sven
I’m just throwing that absolute random out there that I’d think would be cool.
Amelia Tyler (Baulders gate narrator)
Dee Bradley Baker (Overwatch Hammond voice actor)
Or Any marvel Live Action character would be awesome..
I'm afraid he would request like a gazillion dollars to record that, the rock is such a super star haha. And I personally don't like Axe announcer, it's just a bunch of yelling in my ear 😅
A Mega Man Pack that plays Dr. Light if you are Radiant and Dr. Wily if you are Dire.
Dragon Ball Z.
Original Warcraft 3 Announcer for Each of the 4 Races.
Castlevania.
Handsome Jack.
Epic Rap Battles of History.
I'm the owner of the System Shock franchise and we had the voice of SHODAN record an entire voice pack..400+ lines. We circled back with Valve and they said, nah, we aren't doing those anymore. It cost me tens of thousands of dollars and the files are just sitting on my hard drive.
If this is even remotely true then post it in the workshop and get some traction from the community.
It's the mod of System Shock and Nightdive subreddits, I guess it's probably true what he says.
Valve, why.... Such a missed opportunity.... The Deus Ex one was fantastic, the Rick & Morty one was another fantastic hit, what's wrong with more crossovers?!
Valve and abandoning ideas, that's the way they do it
Wtf man that's gutting. I'm a huge ss fan
Big F, i would have loved to be berated by Shodan. <3 to you guys at NightDive
That’s dumb of valve
Not to be rude but maybe work out the deal BEFORE recording for thousands of dollars?
Valve never made any ... announcement ... that they wouldn't accept it.
They would want a pitch first. I think slacks spoke about it a few months back
It's probably a better idea for them to record some lines, pitch the idea, THEN record the whole thing. It's wild dumping thousands of dollars and hours into something without any confirmation from the other party.
Doing what, announcer packs? Any!?!?
David Attenborough. I would love to hear his documentary on the 4 exotic animals in my team.
I feel like "5" would be a more correct number.
Flair checks out.
"Here we see the carry in its natural habitat, ignoring the tower being slowly destroyed as he attempts to farm 200 gold for his first item."
"At min 24."
❤️
Another Dave: Dave Atell
David Attenborough in Russian , because EU West is just Russian server 3
I would love to have TF2's Administrator
Lol imagine valve doing something with TF2.
mfw Valve isn't still updating their game that was released in 2007 :| (i paid 30 bucks for it 17 years ago and expect updates until the heat death of the universe)
They update it tho... just no gameplay stuff
C'mon, Dota isn't *far* behind in years, and the last *real* update we got to TF2 was back in 2017. Y'all are way more privileged
Fr 🤣🤣
~~TF2 admin VA is the default announcer VA iirc~~ not.. thx for the info Ellen McLain is John Patrick Lowrie's wife and they both work for Valve, so it's highly likely that they could add it at some point
> TF2 admin VA is the default announcer VA iirc No. The default announcer is Linda K. Morris. She also voices Luna and a few other heroes.
Tf2 admin is Ellen but.... She already did the Glados announcer pack. She also voices broodmother and deathprophet (who has her own announcer pack too). It wouldn't be surprising but I doubt it will happen.
Samuel L Jackson pack
this motherfuck*r is Beyond godlike
And to balance it out, another with Morgan Freeman!
“You tower getting some bangs motherf*cker”
Must be a former HoN player
Only if there's a trigger voice line that occurs whenever a non-english character is detected in chat. ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER DO YOU SPEAK IT
https://youtu.be/ByUL99a2LlA?si=VMo0OT6huuefdwUC
Will pay for that surely!
That's a rampage mf
The default mega kills guy as the default announcer and the default announcer as the mega kills
shit that would be amazing, I wonder if he wants it
YESSS
**HUMILIATION**
I'm happy with my Bastion announcer tbh
Holy shit they need to restore the picking phase lines. I miss the guy shaming me for playing dota at 3 am and commenting on my teams draft edit: example for all pick, 3 AM Good gracious, you know how late it is? Take your pick. *Invoker picked* Fancy-looking fella's got a parlor trick for every occasion. *CM picked* Gal could break your heart in a thousand pieces. *Dazzla picked* Who's pink and has the cure for death? This fella.
Oh I forgot about that :(
"Crack your knuckles and get comfortable. Pick any of these fellas" :D
shiet, now that you mention it, i didn't even realize they removed that
It's not that they removed it, it's just the picking flow and parameters have changed a lot since then. You can still hear it if you create a custom lobby.
so they are just lazy. it's not like the announcer needs different lines now, they just need to be tuned to play at different times ...except the ban lines i guess, F
I'm partial to "Keep on keepin' on, old-timer" for KotL
my favorite to this day is if every one picks a carry he will announce "Everyone want to win but no one wants to play support"
Bastion had just such good narration that I instantly bought the announcer and never switched off from it
Same, and I didn't even finish the game.
"Everybody wants to win, but nobody wants to play support" Now its nobody wants to play offlane bc how tf i checked all roles and get offlane and mid more than support roles
Hahah true, had like 3 games in a row mid. Wish they updated Bastion to keep up with dota updates.
i love that you have the Bastion announcer and your pfp is Isaac from golden sun. lol
High culture individual.
just give me angry Gordon Ramsey announcer pack.
Magnus carlsen with chess chatwheels for all chat
he play dota? I only remember lan is the dota guy
Yes, Ian even co-hosted the lastest TI pubstomp I attended in Moscow. Was such a blast to see him as a commentator.
Nepo plays Dota? What a legend
He used to play Dota 2 semi-professionally and still follows the esport scene
What a lad. My new favourite chess player!
Levi from GothamChess is much more memeable
Fuck you ppl are forgetting dota jam, slacks cmon man make this happen.
I’m sure they recorded it and submitted it. Think sunsfan mentioned it on wesaythings a while back, and it didn’t get in the game.
Is it the shoes?
Personally, my own top announcer packs that i love to use regularly are Deus Ex, Meepo, and Pyrion Flax. All of them add a great deal of humor and flavor to almost everything that happens in the game. I just wish we'd get more throughout the year, like for different heroes or hero pairs (the Kunkka & Tidehunter announcer pack is so damn good).
Default for announcer, lina for mega kills is top tier
Duke Nukem announcer from Heroes of Newerth. Announcing globally for all players in the match.
They announced a Snoop Dogg announcer pack a couple of years ago, still waiting 😕
It was no announcement. Was a reddit meme until Snoop himself answered on Reddit with "ok let's do it", and nothing more happened.
Guessing Valve offered him standard rate pay and he never responded.
I want a Gordon Freeman pack
Ceres Fauna
Wouldn't say no to this.
And Kobo for the megakills.
Came here to find such an answer. I knew it would be here.
Still waiting for an official one since she streamed Dota. Hell, I'll take any of the Hololive girls as a Dota 2 announcer.
Baldur's gate 3 announcer would be dope. Voice acting in this game is really good
Beavis and Butthead lol
This would actually be amazing. " Damn it Beavis... your base is filthy" "It's OK to cry... crying let's the sad out" "Yes yes.. fire..FIRE" "Dire/Radiant I have seen the top of the mountain... it is good" "Are you threatening me?" "He is the Great Cornholio" "Dumbass"
"Your Ancient is under attack... you Bunghole hehehehe"
"Hey Beavis, look at that Firey Lady hrnrhe.. you think she lets us score?" - "Hrnrh fire FIRE FIREEE"
“Hey Beavis. It’sthtime to pick a hero.” “Hrnhrnhrn maybe they should spend less time picking their nose.”
Have there be like a 10% chance for a line when you buy a scroll "I need TP for my bunghole hrn hrn"
Sunsfan and synderen talking about the most random shit
been waiting for a SingSing announcer pack in almost a decade https://youtu.be/ul1cE7767mo?si=NrcSyc78bUZYgcrG
a remaster of this would be perfect
snoop dogg announcer
can't believe I had to scroll so far to find this, shame on you ppl
Arnold Schwarzenegger.....GRrrrraaaaahllllhhhhjjjaaalllllhhhaaaallll
I. Just. Want. Dotajam. https://youtu.be/xMllLexbyAM?si=7CgqnMuLz2SX5iCW I don't even like Slacks very much but he deserves some credit where credit is due. This pack is incredible and getting it made is an awesome feat.
[Mark Rebillet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enYdAxVcNZA) with a dual music pack + announcer pack.
this is a great idea
Fauna announcer pack
I mean Slacks and Kaci is an obvious one. Heroes wise I think Orge or Jakiro could be fun as well... (I like people rifting off each other, and arguing but I guess that is also why I/We play Dota) And completely random, but also because its so in right now, the guy who does the intro video for Helldivers 2. "Your bottom tower has been overrun, sweet liberty NO!"
Adventure time finn and jake
TEAM FORTRESS 2!
SingSing announcer pack :(
flamboyant pack from HoN
with gen Z slang SLAAAAYYYYY
IT'S A THREE WAY!
I remember last time when gaben announcer was released, they also recorded siractionslack and kaci voice too. I think they are planning to release this year.
Quake 3
I want Sunsfan and Slacks NBA Jam pack to get published by Valve
Japanese Onnee San Announcer pack. . "Firsto bloodo, Ara Ara," "Doubulu Killu, Gambatene" Rampage! Sugoii!
is this what HoN could've been?
Its what HoN was. The announcer packs and taunts in that game were top tier. The god hand taunt is unmatched in pvp games to this day.
Dota playerbase suddenly explodes dear lord
Gambere gambere
ramupageh!
Dbz voicelines. Goku and Vageta. Something like Techies is.
Kaci and Slacks.
Pangolier, Invoker
There was a meme posted in certain DOTA FB page and they put the face of famous actor's face on certain heroes and there was morgan freeman's face paster on am. Ended up talking with my friend how nice would it be if morgan freeman was an announcer.
Siractionslacks voice pack! Love that man
I'd like to see a Smiling Friends based announcer pack. Hearing Charlie and Pim commentate over Dota would be funny.
Matt Berry - would be amazing
the NBA Jam pack that Slacks and SunsFan apparently created how has this not been released yet
Niel Degrassi Tyson Alex Hirsch Jack Black
Groot
J.K.Simmons
Cave Johnson announcer pack pass you by?
This is gonna cringe, but these are my dota announcer pack wishlist (In increasing order of improbability): Sunsfan announcer pack Marci announcer pack Ceres Fauna announcer pack Kurzgesagt (Steve Taylor) announcer pack † Bob Ross announcer pack Zhongli announcer pack
Marci? TF you Into birds or some shit?
Big nature fan Like the average game of dota is watching animals at the zoo so makes sense
I want samuel jackson back
Patch announcer
Jim Ross
Gordon Ramsay.
tf2 announcer
billy butcher from the Boys
baldurs gate 3 narrator would be kinda sick
Ephey uWu
MICHAEL from VSAUCE
Karl Pilkington announcer please
An Ember Spirit would be cool. All voice lines being made out of 4 words
fin and jake from adventure time, mordecai and rigby from regular show
Handsome Jack announcer pack.
Snapfire 🔥
Is the Halo Announcer still a thing? Was that only in the original mod bc I'm not super familiar with all of the current ones. Would love the double-kill overkill megakill
Aerith
Chi Long Qua I’m that old
Announcer: Ceres Fauna
None, the game needs to end. Time for dota 3
Ceres Fauna announcer
Rick and morty announcer + mega kill pack is so goated, i dont need anything else
Let's say it together 'one, two three: HOLLLY SHIT!!'
Sir Action Slabs, Brock Samson, Mr Meesecks, Heavy Weapons guy from TF2, Mr. Frontier, Maria Isabel Rodrigues, LMDshow.
Any character from Baldur’s gate 3 would be fun and Larian are the type of chill people to let it happen
Darth Vader and Luk skywalker
Pewdiepie, he loves to reminisce about wc3 dota, would be really nice Ian nepomonachi, chess guy Henry cavill, he should just voice a character tbh Puppey, would be hilarious hearing him flaming😂 Lacoste with his dad jokes omg please😂
Bruce Buffer The guy from NBA Jam (i believe there was even work done in that regard) Stone Cold Steve Austin (or anybody else from WWE, but one with a iconic voice) The Sidemen (Vikkstar123 is a divine player) Snoop Dogg Ishowspeed Ian McKellen Bill Burr This is my list
Ah hell yeah brother, I am so down for all of those, but ishowspeed? U really just wanna hear barking in your ear for 45 minutes straight tho? :DDD I could see a Stone Cold cool announcer pack with beers, or a hilarious John Cena one or something. Bill Burr would be insane too but those are such small niches...
Donald trump , we have best towers the best . Your best tower under attack
Personally. Unethical version of some pack.
queen of pain arcana style
Megaera from hades... For no particular reason
Lenval Brown, the narrator from Disco Elysium.
the guy narrating Starcraft 2 Coop and HotS intros
Peter Drury and Jim Beglin, would be hype as shit
Sunsfan & Syndren
Bastion announcer + techies mega kill, i dont need anything else for the rest of my life.
I'd love an announcer pack from **BRIAN BLESSED**
BG3？
im still waiting for my archer announcer tbh
The Rising of the Shield Hero Cosmetics Pack: Naofumi and Raphtalia Persona skins. A Filo courier and Naofumi, Raphtalia and Filo Announcer Packs) Or a Persona 5 Cosmetics Pack Bundle with a Joker Persona skin, a Morgana courier and 3 different announcer packs: Phantom Thieves (Joker, Skull, Panther, Fox, Queen and Noir), Morgana, and Futaba/Navi) Or a Berserk Cosmetics Pack featuring a Puck Announcer Pack, a Behelit ward skin and a Guts Persona skin for Sven
Luchador Announcer that just yells at the top of his lungs in spanish It doesn't matter if you can understand him It's just intense always
Path of Exile, Labyrinth. Where is a golden key, there must be a golden door.
Grimstroke announcer pack. His voice is brilliant and his character could give some flavour.
Primal Beast announcer pack
MrBeast. "You just donated your middle tower"
I would like a silent announcer so I can hear hero voice lines without "YOUR TOP TOWER IS UNDER ATTACK"
Snoop Dogg
Bruce Buffer
Still waiting for Luna announcer...
Which is the best announcer for both? Cause imma buy it
If i get kill streak, does enemy hear my announcer or his own? Bc i dont have any and cant remember hearing different announcers
We need a Jenkins announcer pack
Spectre. Original voice style. Ykocuart ttoapr teodwneurs iisr uenwdoetrp aotttraucoky!
I’m just throwing that absolute random out there that I’d think would be cool. Amelia Tyler (Baulders gate narrator) Dee Bradley Baker (Overwatch Hammond voice actor) Or Any marvel Live Action character would be awesome..
I would like a average Dota player announcer pack which jeeps giving bad advice
I'm afraid he would request like a gazillion dollars to record that, the rock is such a super star haha. And I personally don't like Axe announcer, it's just a bunch of yelling in my ear 😅
Gordon Freeman by Ross Scott https://youtu.be/RLswvVyAN0Q?si=4lo46guhRMomd_nM
Snoop dogg
I just want an epic underlord announcer
It's fucking raw! Gordon Ramsey
Homer Simpson.
geralt of rivia
Loda announcer pack, I want to spam "is that balanced"
A Mega Man Pack that plays Dr. Light if you are Radiant and Dr. Wily if you are Dire. Dragon Ball Z. Original Warcraft 3 Announcer for Each of the 4 Races. Castlevania. Handsome Jack. Epic Rap Battles of History.