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Are you saying that when you go into the booth to do the actual lines, they don't give you context?

That is exactly what happens. Often they don't know basic information about their characters like the character's name or motivations.

They make the artists just do the line over and over and over again with different inflections and use the one that fits best.

There is no monetary incentive. It's about control. Many people in business don't think that artists and actors are worthy of being paid let alone treated well.

if you record all the line in the game you still get a pretty basic concept of whats is happening story wise

Maybe you do get an idea of what the game is about but probably not. There could be dozens of other characters where you never hear their part of the conversation. And if it's a game with a branching story you may record all kinds of different lines, some of which may not be used. And finally you're probably recording the lines out of order.

The point is they want to be told who their character is before they agree to the role, just like any other actor. Some actors have been asked to spend a whole day spouting racist, misogynist, and homophobic lines. Something they would not have agreed to if they knew ahead of time. And once they're in the booth it's not like they can refuse. The pressure to continue is immense. This is the kind of unfair and inhumane treatment the strike is trying to bring to an end.

why just don't have them sign a waver or something

Oh, they sign a contract, certainly. None of this makes sense except that they don't think actors can be trusted. It's pretty degrading actually.

How much better than before? Can you go into more detail about what you did to achieve that?

Thanks. That's very interesting to read about.

I wonder what all they removed. Was it just the code that ran the rangefinder?