How to get over fears on using a mic on voicechat?

[OmegaBilly1]

I sound like ass.
I'm scared of people eventually recording my voice to deepfake scam others.
I don't think I sound masculine when I'm speaking through the mic.

How to face these fears?
Cause otherwise i'll be spamming soundboards like it's going out of style.
Why am I asking for advice in Off Topic?

...What you want me to go to reddit or twitter?
Because asking advice on how to sleep on time on Off Topic was better than asking a soulless predictive AI Chatbot yes man.

[Sixtyfivekills]

Talk with a friend before talking with others.



My biggest problem is the accent, I'm all over the place. Sometimes British, mostly Russian but actually Irish.

[St✩rlight]

Uhm just talk

[Lupa]

Talking to friends through Skype and now Discord has helped me with my stage fright but I also tell myself that if a 13 year old playing COD can do it then I can also use a mic.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

If you're worried about mic chat then avoid it and become a really fast typist.
Or keep your voice chat purely tactical. You'd probably be saying the same things as in the voice options menus... so maybe learn those keystrokes.

Other than that the only 'problems' are that people hear a 'squeaker'(anyone under 12) and then start shrieking and telling you to get offline. Or if they hear a female voice(of any age, which is really creepy) and start trying to date immediately.
None of those are your problem so mute them.

[skOsH♥]

The bad actor will have all the digital footprints of what they've been doing. Police will find these digital footprints pretty much all the time

And you'll have an alibi to prove it wasn't you

So if anyone thinks you're scamming them, that's just a lawsuit with a monetary payout to you on a silver platter

[Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...]

just don't play games anymore.

[~Ren~]

Originally posted by OmegaBilly1:

I sound like ass.
I'm scared of people eventually recording my voice to deepfake scam others.
I don't think I sound masculine when I'm speaking through the mic.

How to face these fears?
Cause otherwise i'll be spamming soundboards like it's going out of style.
Why am I asking for advice in Off Topic?

...What you want me to go to reddit or twitter?
Because asking advice on how to sleep on time on Off Topic was better than asking a soulless predictive AI Chatbot yes man.

It's just confidence OP, I only use a mic for clan play, you have the same interests so just relax and speak, it's that simple.

I do agree with squeakers (youngsters), better to mute them, I find them irritating.

[Wiᛊard]

Just buy a dog-♥♥♥♥♥ £2 microphone; you'll know that whatever the AI produces is going to sound too clean, as it wouldn't no longer distinctively sound like you're still flying on the economy plane from Zimbabwe to the Congo as the co-pilot.

You could also just use a voice filter exclusively when you're using VoIP in public.

Anyway, don't be too neurotic little guy; trust in the intelligence of your people. Otherwise, gather the crew together to have 'the talk' because you were too paranoid for your own good. Problem easily solved.

[saranacX]

Just use it with friends.

[salamander]

talk like mickey mouse. "ohhhh boy, huhhuh! lets win this game you guys, huhhuh!"

[OmegaBilly1]

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

If you're worried about mic chat then avoid it and become a really fast typist. [..]

I've been doing that for the past decades since high school.
There were some hiccups on typing errors here and there.
But eventually I'm going to have to face the reality that if i'm ever going to voice my opinions out there one day...

I'm obviously going to have to use my own voice cause there are limits on how much typing can express my emotions and with the nature of the internet people can't tell who is joking or not joking at a glance.

This lack of self confidence was probably due to my past when growing up. But I don't want to dwell on that too much as it'll blind me from being able to move forward as there will be more problems more difficult than the last will come in the future.

I can type fast... but that has it's drawbacks due to sometimes not being either efficient enough or I end up looking like a crazed schizophrenic that likes to type way too much.

I'm going to have to get out of my comfort zone as I must fail a lot in order to learn from my experiences and I need some guidance on how to proceed as it is human nature to learn from those having more experience on something that I got a grasp on.

Originally posted by ~Ren~:

It's just confidence OP, I only use a mic for clan play, you have the same interests so just relax and speak, it's that simple.

If only I can have that level of confidence of being able to use it like normal just like how I play ingame or type in chat.

I'll manage somehow one day.
But for now... it's a small step in a work in progress whenever I can muster up that confidence of courage.

Originally posted by salamander:

talk like mickey mouse. "ohhhh boy, huhhuh! lets win this game you guys, huhhuh!"

Bruh.

[~Ren~]

Originally posted by OmegaBilly1:

Originally posted by ~Ren~:

It's just confidence OP, I only use a mic for clan play, you have the same interests so just relax and speak, it's that simple.

If only I can have that level of confidence of being able to use it like normal just like how I play ingame or type in chat.

I'll manage somehow one day.
But for now... it's a small step in a work in progress whenever I can muster up that confidence of courage.

You're overthinking it, you're probably feeling anxious before you start to speak. Listen to the conversation and join in, or start your own. Relax and you'll be fine

I wouldn't advise speaking like Mickey Mouse though, squeakers are usually removed from the server by admin, even more so if it's a violent game.

[Midori]

For what it's worth, I think your voice is pretty nice

[Pierce Dalton]

Why do you care what strangers think of your voice? Like, how does that change anything?

And no one will record you to scam other people, there are plenty of tools for that already...

[salamander]

Originally posted by OmegaBilly1:

Bruh.

genuinely, why not? most peoples dislike the sound of their own voice, and it can become a point of apprehension when speaking to others. especially online in a voice chat, where the voice is generally the biggest component and body language is less important.

if you find yourself unable to speak normally, put on a fake voice. it does not have to be mickey mouse, but just something goofy or silly so you can get used to speaking before shifting to your real voice.