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kalindi ([info]kalindi) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2005-08-28 18:55:00


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Entry tags:assburgers made me do it, not good with criticism, person: grantm, wankers who will not shut up

More GrantM voice-actor wank. Because he never stops wanking!
Remember GrantM, soon to be professional voice-actor for ADV and Funimation, the 20 yr+ who doesn't want to be famous, but wants to work on 'fan favorite' anime and get recognition from the internet anime community? Well, he hasn't stopped wanking. His LJ's deleted once again. I'm taking bets for Internet dollars that he'll bring it back anyway.

GrantM has ended up on Wikipedia (temporarily) and Encyclopedia Dramatica, and most likely UrbanDictionary. I suppose it's some form of popularity, but I doubt it's the kind he wanted.

However, Grant continues to hop from forum to forum, asking the same questions, ignoring all advice, and pissing off forum regulars. His most recent outings? Why, the Newgrounds forum of course, because how better to get Internet Popularity [TM] and recognition from Funimation and ADV than voice-acting for a Flash Movie?

Grant submits his voice-acting samples to get into the Voice Acting club on Newgrounds. He ends up being rejected, with the same advice that the AOD, the VAA, and the Toonzone people gave him, and some confused but polite boggling at his reasons at wanting to be a VA.

Grant also asks 'I've just got one small request here (although none of you will probably listen to them, I'm not surprised). Please stop talking about what pro work you've done or going to do, it makes me feel inferior, in fact that's what got me worked up when I was on the VAA'. Of course, this doesn't go over very well with the Newgrounds VA group.

He also wonders [different board] whether Asperger's would affect his voice-acting or chances of being hired. Grant's self-diagnosed.

Bonus thread. Grant thinks he may have an ego problem - you do know he wants to be a VA for ADV or Funimation, right?

I can't keep up with this guy. He's all over the place.

[edit: one anon had this to say 'I swear, he's like the kid who keeps slapping himself and going "WHY AM I HITTING MYSELF STOP IT!111"'

I couldn't have put it better myself.]




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[info]senor_pinata
2005-08-29 05:10 am UTC (link)
Logically, I realize I should be feeling pity for this guy, as he's obviously messed up. BUT I CAN'T. IT'S TOO ENTHRALLING.

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(no subject) - [info]snarky_bix, 2005-08-29 06:12 pm UTC

[info]dawnswalker
2005-08-29 05:13 am UTC (link)
His Aspergers shouldn't be a problem, but his complete inability to get a clue just might be a roadblock.

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(no subject) - [info]nima_skysong, 2005-08-29 06:08 am UTC
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[info]typofrog
2005-08-29 05:20 am UTC (link)
Oh noes! I want to be an actor and it has given me an EGO PROBLEM! Whatever shall I DO? *woe*

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[info]luthe
2005-08-29 05:21 am UTC (link)
::sigh:: Self-diagnosed? Oy vey. That's a problem.

If he *does* actually have Asperger's, then yes, he'll have a problem, as Asperger's sufferers tend to have problems with controlling the volume and affect of their voice. However, I think this guy is just suffering from the lack of a life.

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(no subject) - [info]mistal, 2005-08-29 05:27 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2005-08-29 06:03 am UTC (link)
In at least one thread on one forum, he did say that he asked his parents about the Asperger's diagnosis and they told him he was diagnosed by a doctor at age 5. I can't find that thread now for the life of me, though, because he has circled the earth and back with his posting and it all blurs together.

Some people have been baiting the poor fellow, sending emails claiming to ADV talent scouts and the like. Yes, he needs a spanking with the clue paddle, but that's just cruel.

Sorry about the mosue post. I don't have an account here since I don't post much.

-- Lizzu

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[info]gun
2005-08-29 06:39 am UTC (link)
Oh my god: he is the same age as me. SAME AGE. My god. Oh god.

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[info]imperialgirl
2005-08-29 06:51 am UTC (link)
You know, I sympathize to a degree with people who want to get ahead fast, but making an UTTER ASS OF YOURSELF on message boards where people you might someday want to work with hang out is beyond stupid. And yet, like the proverbial train wreck, it's damn entertaining.

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-08-30 01:58 am UTC

[info]sneakykitty
2005-08-29 07:10 am UTC (link)
Gaah, this kid makes me want to tear my hair out. They all try to be supportive of him and encourage him, and he's all, "Oh, I'm no good anyway, I've never taken an acting class, BUT I MUST BECOME A VOICE ACTOR A.S.A.P. BECAUSE PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN ME ARE DOING IT". Buh?

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(no subject) - [info]koipool, 2005-08-29 07:31 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2005-08-29 08:13 am UTC (link)
Y'know, if GrantM took all the time he spends being an obsessive wanky dumbass and used it for something productive, he probably could've solved world hunger by now.

-H.C. Mouse

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(no subject) - [info]nima_skysong, 2005-08-29 07:21 pm UTC
Egomaniac much?
[info]antimatterspork
2005-08-29 08:28 am UTC (link)
This guy has the biggest difference of actual ego vs deserved ego that I've ever seen. Sad, yet fascinating.

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lroy
2005-08-29 08:48 am UTC (link)
"I have a dislike for people who abuse their egos...but I think I may be developing an ego problem."

I almost mis-read "egos" as "eggos". Now I'm hungry for waffles and activism. Seriously, won't someone please think of the Eggos?

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(no subject) - [info]typofrog, 2005-08-29 09:15 am UTC
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[info]spleen
2005-08-29 09:30 am UTC (link)
If he spent half the time he spends on messageboards on actually working to improve his talents (or "talents", I should say), he might actually have a shot. He's that single-minded and unable to exhaust his energy.

Sigh. He ought to do voiceovers for Duracell bunny commercials. "With these batteries, I can annoy the Internets on and on and on and on and on..."

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[info]kats_kradle
2005-08-29 09:50 am UTC (link)
What is it about people who flaunt their "delicate ego's" that makes me want to kick the egos so damn much?

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(Anonymous)
2005-08-29 11:32 am UTC (link)
Another Poster: Cristina and Kagome both have a lot going for them and some great talent, which is why I'm glad to see all the time they've spent and work they've done is begininning to pay off. I hope to soon hear of the same happening to many other online VAs I've met.

GrantM: I know, but like I said I want to go pro as soon as possible, and the fact the Kagome is only 2 years younger than me concerns me.

But I guess I'd better stop all this before I get disliked here"

I swear, he's like the kid who keeps slapping himself and going "WHY AM I HITTING MYSELF STOP IT!111"

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[info]manic
2005-08-29 11:44 am UTC (link)
I hope to work for ADV Films and Funimation as an anime dub VA soon since I like anime and I would would really like to do anime dubs and DVD audio commentaries since their VAs often do them.
However I've developed a negative reputation on the net because of how I'm approaching wanting to be a VA


Yay! I was waiting for the Funimation foot to drop! Because that's how he'll get famous and become an idol at Anime Conventions.

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[info]komorebi
2005-08-29 12:33 pm UTC (link)
I can't believe the sheer volume of people who don't understand just why simply e-mailing a company or ADR actors over and over with "OMG HIRE ME NOW PLZ I LIEK TEH NARTUO!11!!oneneon~" won't get your foot in the door on voice acting gigs. I mean, it's not generally how you successfully get a job anywhere else, why is it such a special thing here?

Ah, how easily I forget, these folks haven't really run into Earth Logic or cluebats in any other areas of working. Sigh.

Oh noes, people younger than me are succeeding! Help, help, I'm being outdone! ... the hell.

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[info]komorebi
2005-08-29 01:19 pm UTC (link)
: At 8/23/05 05:15 PM, GrantM wrote:
: : Also I kinda pissed off quite a number of people on the Voice Acting Alliance forums
:
: Pissed them off? Did you spam thier posts? or Send Demented Voice Acting Tracts?
: Or did you argue that you argue with them over your voice acting?(I did that once)


It was really more to do with the threads I made.


*dies and iz ded*

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[info]blackjackrocket
2005-08-29 02:00 pm UTC (link)
What the hell is with the mini-wank about if AS exists or not? I mean geez, sociopaths? The fuck?

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[info]jaseroque
2005-08-29 04:58 pm UTC (link)
http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=147669 All and any sympathy are gone with this thread. Gone. 'Coz dude, there is a difference between being unable to pick up social clues/self-obsessed and just a plain asshole.

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[info]issendai
2005-08-29 05:50 pm UTC (link)
During the first GrantM wank, I wasn't convinced that he had Asperger's, but after watching the "giving homework to Asperger's children who want to be child authors is cruelty!" wank going on at [info]otf_wank, I'm starting to wonder. He's got the perseveration, the total lack of perspective, and the ability to waste huge amounts of energy on exactly the wrong goal.

...Which doesn't prevent me from wanting to spank him in the not-fun way.

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[info]raisedhackles
2005-08-29 06:10 pm UTC (link)
What amazes me is that he hasn't appeared at the FUNIMATION Forums.
You know...a company that actually has it's own forum...and what's this?!
A Dub discussion subforum! *headdesk*

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(no subject) - [info]psychofangirl, 2005-08-30 09:40 am UTC

[info]alina_kalime
2005-08-29 07:26 pm UTC (link)
I love how he just randomly brings up his birthday. It's like he's trying to illustrate that since he was born Christmas Eve, he's the VA equivalent of Jesus or something.

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[info]jira
2005-08-29 07:36 pm UTC (link)
-_-;;

I have no words. Just. STFU. Please. You give me a headache, grant.

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dracothelizard
2005-08-29 07:38 pm UTC (link)
Doesn't he just have anything better to do? School or something? College? A life?

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[info]ladylance
2005-08-29 08:03 pm UTC (link)
I'd feel sorry for him...except I don't. THe people on that VA club on Newgrounds seemed for the most part to be rather wtih it and offered some decent advince...and then he goes and whines. And whines some more.

I'm with all of them--he's never going to cut it because he doesn't have thick enough skin to handle the zillions of rejections he'll get before (and even if he ever gets) that first yes.

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