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    Nolan North is an American voice actor, known for both the quality and quantity of his roles, and is now a winner (and loser) of multiple "Northies" from giantbomb.com.

    The 2012 Northies

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    #1  Edited By JZ

    So Spec Ops: The Line wins this right? Unless anyone has a better one?

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    #2  Edited By toowalrus

    If we're gonna have a thread about this, it would've been nice to have poll with all of the choices in it... 

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    #3  Edited By chaser324  Moderator

    Yeah, taking a look on IMDB, he's been in quite a few games this year, so this probably should've been a poll.

    Spec Ops seems like his biggest role though, so maybe that wins by default.

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    #4  Edited By breenmachine

    @TooWalrus: I agree. We need choices! AMERICA MUST CHOOSE

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    #5  Edited By nightriff

    Spec Ops but what else has he been in? I thought it was a off year for him where last year is was in fucking everything

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    #6  Edited By Ghostiet

    The only big thing he really had this year, if I recall, was Desmond. Even if he had something huge like Drake again, Walker from Spec Ops still wins. It's a really powerful performance.

    Seriously, if we're not awarding Walker, this year's Northie should go to Troy Baker. He's been in everything this year and in the previous one. And I refuse to believe that he played the Scoundrel in Diablo III.

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    #7  Edited By Fredchuckdave

    GOT THE FUCKER!

    Also probably the Northiest version of Desmond yet, complete with snark, silliness, and daddy issues.

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    #8  Edited By JZ

    Well the winner is not Guild wars 2 or assassin's creed 3 that's for sure.

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    #9  Edited By toowalrus
    @Ghostiet: IF he did, that wins.
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    #10  Edited By JZ

    So we should have the bakeys

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    #11  Edited By Giantstalker

    I've played plenty of Guild Wars 2 this year, the entire time as a male human.

    That's a LOT of Nolan North. Man. . .

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    #12  Edited By Ghostiet

    @TooWalrus: Apparently he really played the Scoundrel. This is as fucking amazing as North voicing The Penguin, because he sounds nothing like himself.

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    #13  Edited By toowalrus
    @Ghostiet: What's your source? I just read (on some messageboard found through Google) that it was Troy Baker... 
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    #14  Edited By JZ

    Well it isn't most nolan north it's best.

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    #15  Edited By Raven10

    Looking through the IMDB page I think it's pretty easy to say Spec Ops wins regardless of the fact I haven't played many of the other games. In fact I would place that pretty close to the top of best performances he has ever done.

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    #16  Edited By Ghostiet

    @TooWalrus: Yeah, it was Troy Baker. I wrote a clusterfuck of a post. I meant to say that I refuse to believe the Scoundrel is voiced by Troy Baker and that the Northies should go to Troy Baker this year because he voices fucking everyone in this year's games. I'm terrible at writing.

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    #17  Edited By Fredchuckdave

    Travis O' Touchdown once played the lead guy in the Saboteur, who needs legitimate accents? "Ho ho, that went fuckin' well"

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    #18  Edited By toowalrus
    @Ghostiet: It was half my fault, maybe I read you're first post wrong. Anyway, Nolan's dad is going to be crushed when he founds out Troy Baker won the Northie this year.
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    #19  Edited By Ghostiet

    @TooWalrus: He'll feel better after Troy Baker gets invited for an interview and Patrick calls him an asshole, with uncomfortable stares and silence following. Yes, I went there.

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    #20  Edited By BlackLagoon

    @Ghostiet said:

    Seriously, if we're not awarding Walker, this year's Northie should go to Troy Baker. He's been in everything this year and in the previous one. And I refuse to believe that he played the Scoundrel in Diablo III.

    I think Laura Bailey should be nominated too, she's been showing up everywhere for a while now.

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    #21  Edited By Ghostiet

    @BlackLagoon: Oh my fucking Christ. Baileys. This shit writes itself.

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    #22  Edited By Yummylee

    Frankly I just wish that they'd move on from the jokey Northies award and would set up an actual ''best voice performance in a video game'' award or something.

    My such nominations would be (from what I've played this year, which unfortunately doesn't include Spec Ops):

    • Brian Bloom as Jackie Estacado. EDIT: Or maybe David Hoffman for his Johnny Powell performance instead... Someone from The Darkness II would have to be on here in any case.
    • James McCaffery as Max Payne.
    • Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack.
    • Melissa Hutchison as Clementine.
    • William Salyers as Mordin... ? A lot of great performances in Mass Effect 3, though William's was one such that I distinctly remember enjoying. Done a very good job in carrying the torch from Michael Beattie in Mass Effect 2.

    I didn't actually put that much thought into this list mind you, and only started it up... literally whilst I was in the middle of writing this post.

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    #23  Edited By ozzdog12

    @JZ: Uncharted: Golden Abyss.....THE Nolan North role

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    #24  Edited By musubi

    @JZ: TANGO FUCKING DOWN. (a.k.a Yes you are correct Spec Ops wins)

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    #25  Edited By EquitasInvictus

    @Ghostiet said:

    @BlackLagoon: Oh my fucking Christ. Baileys. This shit writes itself.

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    Even more the reason for Laura Bailey to usurp Nolan North.

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    #26  Edited By Benny

    It's absolutely spec ops. The best "GAAWWWDD DAAAMNIT!" since Marcus Fenix. And the way he changed it up throughout the course of the spec ops campaign was brilliant both on his part and the writer's for having that idea.

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    #27  Edited By Animasta

    it should be the bakers, because troy was in way more and had much more unique performances (I had no idea he was in Binary Domain until the credits where I saw he played the stiff british guy and I was all dang)

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    #28  Edited By JZ

    No the bakeys

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    #30  Edited By aceofspudz

    I second the motion to have a general voice-acting category, but I think it should be named after Nolan North.

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    #31  Edited By JZ

    The golden drake award.

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    #32  Edited By EquitasInvictus

    This year is probably the end of the Northies. I mean we're already two years removed from Nolan North talking to Nolan North and I don't think we can do better than that.

    I'd like him to officially lose the Northies to another ubiquitous voice actor/actress and have the Northies officially discontinued.

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    #33  Edited By Aegon

    The Nolan North Award for Voice Actor in Fucking Everything.

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    #34  Edited By Fredchuckdave

    @BlackLagoon: She's no Jennifer Hale

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    #35  Edited By BlackLagoon

    @Fredchuckdave said:

    She's no Jennifer Hale

    Hale has some big franchises on her resume, to be sure, but in terms of number of sizable roles this year? I don't think she comes close to Bailey... She's friggin' everywhere, she even still does dubs of niche Japanese games.

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    #36  Edited By pyromagnestir

    @Yummylee: Mordin was voiced by a different guy? I didn't notice any change at all. And I second the notion of a proper Best Voice Acting category.

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    #37  Edited By jeanluc  Staff

    We really need to have a catigory that branches out from just Nolan North. He is in everything but so is other voice actors like Troy Baker and Yuri Lowenthal. I also think we need to give female VAs more credit.

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    #38  Edited By TheHT

    @Ghostiet said:

    @TooWalrus: He'll feel better after Troy Baker gets invited for an interview and Patrick calls him an asshole, with uncomfortable stares and silence following. Yes, I went there.

    I still think about that from time to time. They cleared it up later on the bombcast, talking about how they were cursing and joking around before, but I remember at the time it was this momentous "WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK ARE YOU DOING NEW GUY?!!?" thing, haha.

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    #39  Edited By jakob187

    LEGO BATMAN 2?!

    HELLO, MOTHERFUCKERS?! DID PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT THAT?!

    He was The Scarecrow AND Hush...and he was fucking awesome at both.

    He could also win for being the majority of Dota 2.

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    #40  Edited By saddlebrown

    @Ghostiet said:

    The only big thing he really had this year, if I recall, was Desmond. Even if he had something huge like Drake again, Walker from Spec Ops still wins. It's a really powerful performance.

    Seriously, if we're not awarding Walker, this year's Northie should go to Troy Baker. He's been in everything this year and in the previous one. And I refuse to believe that he played the Scoundrel in Diablo III.

    This is probably the best and most reasonable way to handle the Northies this year. I've also been noticing all the Troy Baker throughout the year.

    Really though, I'm just glad that there are dudes other than Steve Blum getting work. Seriously, if you think Nolan North is in everything, pshaw. Steve Blum is in EVERYTHINGGGGG. And he has such a distinctive voice, regardless of whatever bad accent he uses. I love him in certain roles, like Spike from Cowboy Bebop, but damn son. Took me out of Shadows of the Damned every time Garcia opened his mouth.

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    #41  Edited By Roger778

    Nolan North did a great job once again as Desmond in Assassins Creed 3. But that's the only game I've played this year that he starred in.

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    #42  Edited By AssInAss

    It obviously has to go to his performance in Spec Ops The Line, it pretty much makes the game and is his best performance to date.

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    #43  Edited By cornbredx

    He was in Guild Wars 2, also.
    But yes I think Walker wins it for me.

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    #44  Edited By spankingaddict

    Yes , Nolan North was fantastic is Spec Ops : The Line !

    This isn't debatable .

    @Ghostiet said:

    @TooWalrus: He'll feel better after Troy Baker gets invited for an interview and Patrick calls him an asshole, with uncomfortable stares and silence following. Yes, I went there.

    Patrick was joking with him , dumbass walrus . See , there I was being silly ...

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    #45  Edited By Ghostiet
    @spankingaddict I was too. Not TooWalrus. Pay attention before you insult someone.
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    #46  Edited By Winternet

    No Northies this year, but Captain Walker wins best voice acting so . . . yeah Nolan North still wins.

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    #47  Edited By musclerider

    @Ghostiet: Troy Baker was apparently also the main character in that god awful MIB game which I found surprising.

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    #48  Edited By Ghostiet

    @musclerider: He did. And he played the 1st male voice from Saints Row The Third, basically.

    Fuck, it's either the Bakers or the Baileys this year. I lean more to the latter, because that pun is so God-awful I can only be proud of it.

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    #49  Edited By TheSouthernDandy

    I'm on board for Troy Baker to win this years Northie. In all seriousness the best vocal performance would be a good category to add. They could keep the same name. In fact they totally should keep the same name.

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    #50  Edited By Bocam

    @Ghostiet: Troy Baker was also Kanji in P4A and G

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