German Tourist Appreciation Thread

[jmm]

Though I'm happy for Majus, I disliked the character.

1) I had to turn on subtitles to understand what he was saying.
2) The visual design was, well, better suited for another kind of game.
3) In part 1 he wasn't "noir" enough. Later I found him completely out of place.

[Lena_P]

@taumel I was kidding And the OP assumed he was German, but he was just supposed to be "European", since we United States types always lump you folks into one, continent sized group. (Brits and Irish are obviously exempted, because they, usually, speak English so we sometimes watch their TV shows, if we're into PBS.)

[taumel]

Don't feed the prejudices.

[Amaterasu]

How did you manage to read that script with so many long words?! XD

[Irishmile]

Will you mention us in your Oscar speech Majus?

[Neelo]

I felt sorry for the poor tourist... but he was hilarious! I'll try to memorize the words so I can use them in real life... I'm pretty sure I won't see a battle between a space ape and a man wearing a funny hat so I can use that long word, but I'll be able to use ibbskibiddle.

[Iryon]

Originally Posted by Lena_P

Also, socks with sandals

In fact that's a very comfortable combination.
It gives you the feel of a warm sheltered foot combined with the natural ventilation of an (almost) bare foot.

[onlyamonkey]

I didn't like the high pitched voice and had problems hearing what he said. And I live in a country where I can speak 5 languages within 5 minutes on most streets. Plus there is no such accent.

[Lena_P]

Iryon, you're British, aren't you? /sarcasm

[onlyamonkey]

Originally Posted by Iryon

In fact that's a very comfortable combination.
It gives you the feel of a warm sheltered foot combined with the natural ventilation of an (almost) bare foot.

I also like it, but nothing screams tourist like socks and sandals.

[Iryon]

Originally Posted by Lena_P

Iryon, you're British, aren't you? /sarcasm

Well ... I AM from the British Zone of Occupation. Does that count?

[Lena_P]

That's like saying, "I'm not from Cincinnati, but I am from the Northern Hemisphere, does that count?"

...

The answer is no, and if you're from Canada, send me some smarties.

[Shwoo]

I loved how ambiguously European he was. He's the best character of the episode just for that.

Other than Sammun-Mak, of course.

So does Weltraumliebewachzauberkrieg mean anything? I see the German word for war, and if Google translate is working correctly, there's also something about a spell and a guard.

[McSmoke]

Aschaffenburg is in Germany btw.
Also, for me, as a german, I found it hilarious with which words they came up. I mean some of them didn't make sense at all, but they were pretty funny.

[serializer]

Originally Posted by onlyamonkey

I didn't like the high pitched voice and had problems hearing what he said. And I live in a country where I can speak 5 languages within 5 minutes on most streets. Plus there is no such accent.

You weren't supposed to understand everything he said, that was the point

And you are right, there is no-one else in the entire world with the same accent as Majus. That doesn't mean it's not authentic...

However, I did find the volume of his voice to be an issue, some lines were harder to hear over the background music than other characters (I've been finding problems with this generally so I might start a separate thread...)

[GinnyN]

I personally think the best thing about that guy is he's foreign for everyone in the world, even for Europeans.

[Epic Kiwi]

I recognized Majus' voice almost right away, especially since I had just been rewatching the 'I Wonder What Happens..' movies on my Tales dvd. When Sam started talking to the tourist I was thinking "Hmm this guy has an unusual accent, I wonder who-- SFDGSDF OMG IT'S MAJUS!!" It sounded like he was intentionally overexaggerating the accent which threw me off for a bit.

Anyway, it's so cool that they found a way to work him in an actual voice role. Telltale keeps on surprising me with their great use of inside humor.

[Vainamoinen]

Originally Posted by der_ketzer

He taught me new german words that I will frequently use in conversations from now on.

Oh no, he didn't!!
You already knew that...

[Vainamoinen]

Originally Posted by Shwoo

So does Weltraumliebewachzauberkrieg mean anything? I see the German word for war, and if Google translate is working correctly, there's also something about a spell and a guard.

It doesn't really mean anything, and translating the individual words (outer space - love - awake - magic/enchantment - war) wouldn't help you much. I find this to be a wonderful new creation that possibly plays with a lot of German stereotypes, German language peculiarities and preferred English loan words from German. But I'd be far too quick analyzing it to death. For once, I'll pass!

(Oh, and there's no "guard" in Weltraumliebewachzauberkrieg. Google is fooled by the syllable "wach" in this case, as "guard" is "Wächter" in German. Nonetheless, these words are indeed connected etymologically in German, as the guard ("Wächter") is of course always the one who has to be awake ("wach") all the time. So the German "guard" is actually a "be-awake". )

[julian]

"Zauberkrieg" really made me laugh, actually the whole word sums up the story and its elements quite nicely. But IIRC, the tourist showed some French-isms as well.