JOJOsc2news Profile Blog Joined March 2011 2999 Posts Last Edited: 2012-03-01 00:15:54 #1 Do you know why Tychus was shot?

Let me tell you...

A conversation with Tychus J. Findlay voice actor Neil Kaplan





A majority of questions were collected from the TL.net community

Timestamps active in the video description for convenient selection



A majority of questions were collected from the TL.net communityTimestamps active in the video description for convenient selection

A TYCHUS Welcome

00:21



Growing up in California “The 70's were certainly a different time...”

01:10



“For the most part, it tended to make me dialect neutral”



Voice acting – The beginnings (featuring Chris Rock sneeze impression, as a comeback to his Oscar speech)

04:40



[Donald Duck Impression (WOW!)]

06:20 - 07:20



Difference between voice acting and movie/TV/stage

09:45



“When you're doing voice over, it's like you're talking into somebody's ear”



[Tricia Helfer (Voice actor of the Queen of Blades) about voice acting]

12:32



“To me voice over acting is the closest thing to being a 6-year old other than being 5. That is, it's all about imagination...” by Neil



Credibility of voice acting in Hollywood (Video games a viable medium)

17:20



by Neil “If you go to certain parts of the world and you ask who Crispin Freeman is, they'll freak out...”



People you would love to work with/loved working with

22:02



Working with director Andrea Romano on StarCraft: Wings of Liberty

24:30



“We (Robert Clotworthy aka Jim Raynor) never once spent a single moment in the booth together”



The working process with Andrea Romano in detail

27:27



“I don't recall ever once getting a line reading from Andrea Romano which is also a wonderful thing (...) [line reading] to a certain extent it's a little ego bruising, you don't trust me to get there?”



Revision to the script – What didn't make it into the game?

29:32



[Tychus voice: “I made a deal with the devil Jimmy, she dies, I go free” ]

30:40



Neil asks me: “Do you know why Tychus was shot?”

Deep character and story analysis and insights into Tychus J. Findlay HIGHLIGHT!

31:58



“...he is not seeing a Zerg, he is seeing a woman. He can't believe his eyes. That's a person and regardless what you think of the Queen of Blades. It was the Queen of Blades causing the destruction, not Sarah Kerrigan...”



“He could have pulled the trigger and killed them both but that's not who he is”



Tychus in your perspective while recording as compared to how he turned out

37:10



Was playing Tychus a highlight of your career?

38:30



“A lot of the stuff I had done was playing characters that already existed, for example playing Optimus Prime, The Green Goblin (…) but playing Tychus, that was mine and until they say differently, that's my character”



Continuing to work for Blizzard and continuing to work on Tychus?

41:05



“For all I know there may be the opportunity to work on one and not the other...”



Going to conventions and StarCraft II tournaments (e.g. announcing players)

42:00



“We (Robert Clotworthy and Neil Kaplan) think it would be a blast!”



How can people interact with you?

43:16



Twitter: @NeKap

Facebook: Neil Kaplan (Fan page)



Twitter: @NeKapFacebook: Neil Kaplan (Fan page) “Ask me questions, I am there every day.”



Does Blizzard own the voice of Tychus Findlay?

44:02



PIPA/SOPA/ACTA – a voice actor's perspective

44:25



What are you working on right now?

46:36



“Marvel will be releasing the DVD of the Iron Man Anime that I worked on (…) Guild Wars 2 and anything else at this point I am sworn to secrecy.”



Can you elaborate on your role(s) in Guild Wars?

47:48



Blizzard rewriting StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty because of Neil's voice acting

48:40



Message to the community

49:36



A TYCHUS Good Night (mind-blowing)

50:20



______________________________________________

______________________________________________ Getting in contact with Neil Kaplan:

Facebook

Twitter

______________________________________________

______________________________________________ Interview that was referred to:

SC2News interviews Neil Kaplan

______________________________________________

______________________________________________ Audiobook that was referred to:

StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils

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______________________________________________ Book that was referred to:

StarCraft II: Devil's Due

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______________________________________________ Interview recorded during the live show:

In The Spotlight ✉ Tweets @sc2channel ⌦ Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/JOJO ⌫ "Arbiterssss... build more arbiterssss." Click 'Profile' for awesome shiro art!

Bagration Profile Blog Joined October 2011 United States 18142 Posts #2 “...he is not seeing a Zerg, he is seeing a woman. He can't believe his eyes. That's a person and regardless what you think of the Queen of Blades. It was the Queen of Blades causing the destruction, not Sarah Kerrigan...”



“He could have pulled the trigger and killed them both but that's not who he is”



Damn, that's deep. Pity that Tychus was fated to die like he did. Damn, that's deep. Pity that Tychus was fated to die like he did. Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever

JOJOsc2news Profile Blog Joined March 2011 2999 Posts #3 On February 29 2012 03:27 Bagration wrote:

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“...he is not seeing a Zerg, he is seeing a woman. He can't believe his eyes. That's a person and regardless what you think of the Queen of Blades. It was the Queen of Blades causing the destruction, not Sarah Kerrigan...”



“He could have pulled the trigger and killed them both but that's not who he is”



Damn, that's deep. Pity that Tychus was fated to die like he did. Damn, that's deep. Pity that Tychus was fated to die like he did.



And this is just a short excerpt of the analysis. And this is just a short excerpt of the analysis. ✉ Tweets @sc2channel ⌦ Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/JOJO ⌫ "Arbiterssss... build more arbiterssss." Click 'Profile' for awesome shiro art!

ODKStevez Profile Joined February 2011 Ireland 1210 Posts #4 This is actually really good and to get really interesting people. Well done. Luppa <3

ShamTao Profile Joined September 2010 United States 417 Posts #5 Wow this is awesome! Great post. In the game of drones, you win or you die!

NoctemSC Profile Blog Joined November 2011 United States 759 Posts #6 I thoroughly enjoyed this interview.

Good job JoJo and thanks Neil! http://www.twitch.tv/noctemsc <--Most epic fun times

Acronysis Profile Joined November 2011 867 Posts #7 So awesome. What a cool person to interview =) Thanks so much JoJo. Him doing the Tychus voice made me shiver Xd The multiplying villanies of man do swarm upon him.

CrtBalorda Profile Joined December 2011 Slovenia 551 Posts #8 Waw this is awsome, gona listen to the weekend. 4th August 2012...Never forget.....

battyone Profile Blog Joined June 2011 United States 180 Posts #9 Tychus good night still gives me the nerd chills. I didn't realize how much I really liked good old Tychus until this interview, actually motivated me to replay campaign and finally do it on brutal. Let's Go Mets!

NeMeSiS3 Profile Blog Joined February 2012 Canada 2969 Posts #10 I'd be so down to subscribe to MLG arena if this guy announced it! FoTG fighting!

JOJOsc2news Profile Blog Joined March 2011 2999 Posts #11



I gave Neil the link to this thread, he will be delighted to see what you guys wrote ✉ Tweets @sc2channel ⌦ Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/JOJO ⌫ "Arbiterssss... build more arbiterssss." Click 'Profile' for awesome shiro art!

CaptainCrush Profile Blog Joined November 2010 United States 784 Posts #12 I love Tychus, that voice is so different from his natural voice though!!! Good stuff, I would have rewritten alot of scenes too after hearing him, he was the absolute perfect person to play Tychus.

Full.tilt Profile Blog Joined May 2010 United Kingdom 1608 Posts Last Edited: 2012-02-28 19:22:51 #13 Thanks for getting the recording up so quick!



Neil Kaplan is obviously a perfect guest, really talkative and happy to show off his voice acting talents, really great stuff, great work Jojo and thanks Mr Kaplan!

Mehukannu Profile Joined October 2010 Finland 421 Posts #14

I really hope Neil and Robert get to some tournament to do some cool player announcing. Wow, Really nice interview and the Tychus good night was freaking awesome!I really hope Neil and Robert get to some tournament to do some cool player announcing. C=('. ' Q)

negon Profile Joined February 2012 150 Posts #15 Awesome, thanks to the both of you <3. u sixpoll?

JOJOsc2news Profile Blog Joined March 2011 2999 Posts #16 On February 29 2012 04:30 Mehukannu wrote:

Wow, Really nice interview and the Tychus good night was freaking awesome!

I really hope Neil and Robert get to some tournament to do some cool player announcing. Wow, Really nice interview and the Tychus good night was freaking awesome!I really hope Neil and Robert get to some tournament to do some cool player announcing.



I am writing MLG and some others at the moment. I'm sure we can make it happen. I am writing MLG and some others at the moment. I'm sure we can make it happen. ✉ Tweets @sc2channel ⌦ Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/JOJO ⌫ "Arbiterssss... build more arbiterssss." Click 'Profile' for awesome shiro art!

dfs Profile Blog Joined June 2010 Russian Federation 1709 Posts #17 Wow, that was very interesting and insightful , thank you very much JoJo and Neil! Writer http://i.imgur.com/Q1jSb9X.jpg (c) Shiro; http://i.imgur.com/lSDLLKb.png (c) drav

Iron_ Profile Joined April 2010 United States 389 Posts #18 A look into the awesome voice actors... Hell, its about time!

schimmetje Profile Joined August 2010 Netherlands 1085 Posts #19 Huh, that was a really cool look into the job and the character from an actor's point of view. Also, having heard mr Clotworthy before, that cast seems to have been an awesome bunch of people. Thanks a lot for the interview :D Change to MY nostalgia? UNACCEPTABLE! Monkey paaaw!

Excalibur_Z Profile Joined October 2002 United States 11881 Posts #20 Typo in the OP by the way: Crispin Freeman is an extremely successful voice actor who has been in a ton of video games as well as animes. I know Namco hired him for a bunch of different titles over the years. Moderator

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