Jurgen appreciation thread

[Yohmi]

I don’t like Jurgen. I don’t like his design, and he doesn’t make me laugh at all. He’s the kind of character I’d love to see in a very minor role, because yes in that situation it works. But I mean, if he had a real german accent, if he had a very strong personal design, yes… but for me he looks more like a normal guy’s photo where teenagers have drawn funny things onto. He have no charisma at all…

[GuruGuru214]

For the most part, I like Jurgen okay. The one thing I don't like: his nipple rings. -shudder-

[Avistew]

I didn't care much about Jürgen in 203 but I loved him as a human in 302. I was sad we were supposed to turn him into a vampire.

[The Highway]

Originally Posted by Avistew

I didn't care much about Jürgen in 203 but I loved him as a human in 302. I was sad we were supposed to turn him into a vampire.

He was a pansy in 302

[Hayden]

Originally Posted by GuruGuru214

For the most part, I like Jurgen okay. The one thing I don't like: his nipple rings. -shudder-

Yes, agreed! I did not like those at all, they were one of the few things that I did not like. Nipples should not have piercings, and especially not the piercings that he had.

-shudder-[2]

[Guinea]

Human Jürgen all the way
Also, why are the umlaut dots missing on the ü, Telltale? I demand an explanation!

[Pantagruel's Friend]

Originally Posted by Avistew

I didn't care much about Jürgen in 203 but I loved him as a human in 302. I was sad we were supposed to turn him into a vampire.

I think "he" was awesome in 203. Where would this world be without an emo vampire?

[TashSunrider]

Being German and from Stuttgart myself I have to say I like Jurgen and the attention my hometown gets.
I like that he is a wimpy wussy Vampire and all that.

What i majorly dislike is the fake German accent and the inability to pronounce the German words in his lines. How hard can it be to get some German origin voice actor or at least ask some German for advice on proper words and pronounciation if you want to use that in your product?

Hell.. i bet you would have 100 volunteers that help you for free if you would ask for help.

Bad German accent is not funny for Germans cause half the time its incomprehensible what the character tries to say and i can't believe its funny for Americans cause they wouldn't understand fake or real German either way.

That being said:
<3 Jurgen and Stuttgart

[kane]

he wise in a wall let her you sand gunmen after that plus it so ovens the German ascent isolate really a gunmen ascent that is why it is fun

[Sausy Gibbon]

At least he has a better accent than most game Germans, where they only change the s's to z's. Ziz iz not how ze Germanz zould zpeak.

[Hayden]

Originally Posted by Sausy Gibbon

At least he has a better accent than most game Germans, where they only change the s's to z's. Ziz iz not how ze Germanz zould zpeak.

Yeah. You should change all 'th's into 'z's as long as it is a vowel that follows the 'th'.

Edit: Oh, and all 'g's are pronounced in the way that you would pronounce 'j' in the name 'Jacque'.

[Nagaoka]

Fake accents are funnier than real ones. I'm pretty sure it was intentional. Heck, for Team Fortress 2 Valve made sure the Sniper had a phony Australian accent, and most of TF2's creators are indeed Australian. Even the Scout from Boston has a mixed up partially-New Yorker accent.

Course that's Valve not Telltale, but I can guarantee it's the same deal. I thought they even made fun of his fake accent somewhere...can't remember though.

[GuruGuru214]

I think that the aim with Jurgen was less to have a German accent and more a vaguely European accent that was, for lack of a better word, flamboyant or even "metrosexual".

Which is actually far less fitting when we come back and see Jurgen's origins, but it would've been more off-putting to suddenly shift his accent in a later episode.

[SillyStell]

I always sorta thought the fake cheesey acent added to his character, although I can understand why you found it anoying. For some reason I really hate terrible brittish acents, sometimes in the right context it's funny but it mainly anoys me.

I think the best german impression in a game is the medic from TF2, but not being german even then I don't know if it's good or just insulting. Funny world an't it?

[Hayden]

Originally Posted by Nagaoka

Fake accents are funnier than real ones. I'm pretty sure it was intentional. Heck, for Team Fortress 2 Valve made sure the Sniper had a phony Australian accent, and most of TF2's creators are indeed Australian. Even the Scout from Boston has a mixed up partially-New Yorker accent.

Course that's Valve not Telltale, but I can guarantee it's the same deal. I thought they even made fun of his fake accent somewhere...can't remember though.

Ah, no! I hate it when people try to imitate our accent. Whenever they try to imitate our way of speaking, they try to force it. But people don't seem to get that the Australian accent is quite relaxed (I think it's actually proven that we use less muscles when we speak that Americans do). I think it's partially due to the Steve Irwin influence - that guy was one of the most famous Australians in history, but he always spoke very emphatically, and when people try to imitate the Australian accent they aren't actually imitating Australians in general; they're just trying to sound like Steve Irwin.

I don't know if that's actually the case (the Steve Irwin thing), but I do know that no-one can speak like an Australian unless they're actually Australian. The best interpretations I've heard have come from the comedians Arj Barker and Danny Bhoy, but even theirs' aren't brilliant or spot-on.

[Shwoo]

I agree, I can barely stand listening to Americans trying to do Australian accents, because they're always so off. The one time I heard an accurate Australian accent in an American cartoon, I was so happy. The character was voiced by an Australian.

But I don't mind if the accent is part of the joke, which is how I see it with Jurgen. I have a theory that Jurgen is actually American or something and pretends to be German because he thinks it makes him cooler, though that doesn't explain the zombies.

[Psy]

Originally Posted by Guinea

Human Jürgen all the way
Also, why are the umlaut dots missing on the ü, Telltale? I demand an explanation!

PacMan came by

[Hatley]

Originally Posted by SillyStell

For some reason I really hate terrible brittish acents, sometimes in the right context it's funny but it mainly anoys me.

Same here, I'm actually British and I usually find fake British accents insulting, there are a few times when I find them funny, but I've only played one game where I heard realistic British accents.

[puzzlebox]

Originally Posted by Hayden

Whenever they try to imitate our way of speaking, they try to force it. But people don't seem to get that the Australian accent is quite relaxed (I think it's actually proven that we use less muscles when we speak that Americans do).

That doesn't surprise me! "Australian" is a pretty lazy way of speaking... you don't really move your jaw much, and letters are often just treated as vague suggestions for pronunciation (e.g. saying "Straya" instead of "Australia"). I don't think you can do it right unless it's half-arsed.

Originally Posted by Hayden

I do know that no-one can speak like an Australian unless they're actually Australian. The best interpretations I've heard have come from the comedians Arj Barker and Danny Bhoy, but even theirs' aren't brilliant or spot-on.

The best non-Aussie Aussie accent I've heard is Michael Caine's at the end of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Very impressive.

[roumeaz]

Originally Posted by Shwoo

I agree, I can barely stand listening to Americans trying to do Australian accents, because they're always so off. The one time I heard an accurate Australian accent in an American cartoon, I was so happy. The character was voiced by an Australian.

But I don't mind if the accent is part of the joke, which is how I see it with Jurgen. I have a theory that Jurgen is actually American or something and pretends to be German because he thinks it makes him cooler, though that doesn't explain the zombies.

that realy would explain superballs presence at his castle