I love the dead pan reading because it sounds perfect for a spoopy story. I hate when people try to portray emotions that aren’t easily done with just reading. Keep up what you’re doing my dude
Everyone talks about 15th century ghosts, but what about 21st century ghosts? I just imagine an old youtuber haunting your house. In the middle of the night, you just hear a ghostly “What’s up guys!” in the distance.
Your way of reading goes along fine with the creepy atmosphere. Personally voice acting during a reading takes me out of the moment. Good choice of story this time too! Very spoopy. Keep it up!
You have such a casual way of reading, so much so when you get to the end of the video, I can't tell if you're done or the story just broke the fourth wall. Gets me every time lol. Love your work men. Ps: Don't trust kids. That little girl didn't even need to be a ghost to be creepy... Don't trust kids!
Dude your voice sounds too natural XD most creepy pasta and scary story readers ham it up and it's goofy. This comes across genuine . I think i love it. Good job.
Also I wrote that before i herd you mention your reading style at the end of the video XD . So yeah you can be sure et least i personally genuinely like it
This is the second time that a tale raised my hairs because it reminds me of personal experience! Im sure this particular one is more common to folks but, I've heard a voice many, MANY times at the moment of twilight between awake and asleep. Ive looked into it and its "just a normal, boring 'ol" step in the process of the brain *falling* asleep. It causes those jolts to wakefulness after the sensation of falling, or a voice calling your name but i dont entirely buy it. The "BORING" reason for it anyway, not entirely. My experiences arent always just the falling or hearing my name, nor is it always a sudden jolt. More often than not it is an extended amount of time falling or talking that lasts longer than at least a paragraphs length. I feel like i fully understand the talking in the moment of "hearing" it and i would love to think that something(s) of great importance are being conveyed after waking, but of COURSE thats when it all puffs away like exhaled smoke... So i cant even say to myself one way or another, its another secret or gibberish I unconsciously hide from myself.
The way you read your stories sounds good to me in most ways. Your deadman pattern of speech when you read still has the right tones with what’s trying to be conveyed by the characters of the stories. At least that’s what I feel when I listen. Only negative to that speech pattern, and I’ve noticed this with the longer stories, is that there are less pauses between lines, so sometimes it feels like characters and details merge into one, and then loose their impact. Maybe a longer pause here and there can make a difference?
I don't think you sound deadpan! I like it. It's so much more conversational than some narrators who tend to lean too hard into having an ooky-spooky voice. I like just feeling like I'm being told a story by a friend.
Y’all may not believe me, but I’ve had this happen to me. It was a young girl who whispered “help” in my ear. It’s happened twice. My blood ran cold each time. This is a little to real for me right now
I just realized It's hard for me to feel scared by anything, and it's not that I have courage, but that my life has been so sad and boring that anything a person might consider scary would be awesome from my perspective. Silver lining? I guess?
Your deadpan delivery is fine for the most part. I have only had an issue once where I was unable to differentiate between characters speaking. I think it was the story with the grinning man and the interviewer.
I really enjoy your story times. The voice you while it doesn't really lend itself well to the kind of atmosphere you're trying to put out there it does not take away from the enjoyment of the story itself. Your voice just has a questioning register as you read but i've noticed that from your first video up to this video you've slowly been getting over that hurdle and the voice isn't really that much of a problem anymore. I love the channel and i really hope you keep doing these kinds of videos as they are by far some of the most entertaining i have listened too.
I'm tardy to the party but, I like the way you read these stories. Your deadpan narration allows me to insert my own mental caveats to the story. I have a vivid imagination and can insert myself into almost anything, your narration allows me to insert myself into the stories far easier than when someone uses voices or tonal alterations. Keep it going the way it is, I like it!
This reminds me of my grandmas neighbour i use to play with. the father of the girl had murdered the family before grandma had married. when I use to describe her to my grandma she'd tell me how my descriptions matched the little girl that would often visit her. I still say hi to her when I pass by her old house, I don't see like I did as a kid but I still feel like she's still there
Hey Roanoke the way you’re reading really fits the tone. Been playing a lot of Phasmophobia with my buddies recently and got them onto your channel. Really setting the tone for spooky season. Keep it up brother!
oh, you i did not know you had this channel, I came from the gaming channel and your new video is great. I was just about to listen to a creepypasta too when I ran across this channel (I almost immediately subscribed btw)
also, it would be very cool if you could tell this one creepypasta, I look for the source but it's about how this dude can watch people sleep for money and if anything goes wrong press a red button ( he watches them on the computer btw) and there are certain rules to follow, the most important being to not fall asleep but this dude does, and then the next night, a big white hulking mass of muscle ( i imagine it's like the Grafton monster from fallout 76) starts to move towards the elderly woman he's watching, and then he presses the button, nothing happens because he fell asleep, the granny gets got and then he has to sign in to the website because he needs to sleep (the monster only come when your sleeping and when you are not being watched) and he is not requesting someone to watch him due to repeat the cycle of death)
Your voice while reading sounds pretty good to me Dude. Actually it’s while your reading calmly, taking your time and not trying to speak too fast..that I feel your bringing out the most of the stories you find. Plus the ominous background music works wonders to setting up the mood and atmosphere. You don’t gotta act when campfire-tone voice w/ background music does the job. It’s entirely up to you if you feel you want to improve on something..but my advice? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
I think it sounds fine man just keep up the good scary story's the more gore the better haha and I will continue to watch. P. S. After being on RU-vid for over 4 or 5 years now your still the only content creator I have ever given a patron or money to so your doing something right haha have a good one man.
So, to everyone who's going to come and tell him how to change, even though he's asking. Try and start your own narration channel, it's not as easy, fun, or as cheap as you think, alot of the greats even get narrator burnout, I could name 2 right now who's on a break because they write their own stuff, narrate it, do all the work themselves, and it burnt them out. He's a fantastic narrator and should be told so when asked what needs to be changed. Just sayin. Peace and much love sent from Ontario, Canada.
I think your style of reading is actually ideal for the atmosphere you're trying to make, though admittedly in one of your videos, it did get a little tricky discerning who was speaking when you read the lines of multiple characters. However, aside from that, it's really well done.
Your vocal style is pretty unique for creepypasta, so definitely keep it. That said, you might pause half a beat (more) between sentences every once in a while to add a bit more dramatic effect. I find the fake movie film effect is more irritating than effective. Since you're still experimenting, you might try very slowly brightening images from nearly full dark, or very slowly zooming in when you have a key image up for a long time. Remember that we all have the attention span of a what was I saying?
Another story for both late night spooks and campfire creeps. To be honest Roanoke, the way you read these stories make it sound like your recounting the said stories as actual events to a group of friends and or drinking buddies. I wouldn't change any of it, each posting you've got better and better while reading aloud. The goatman story being one of your earliest and personal favorite of mine was quickly read but at the same time it worked with the fast paced events that story entailed. In short you've improved since then but I wouldn't change anything.
I like the way you read these, personally I'm not a fan of the over dramatic style of other channels, this feels much more natural and I like it that way.
Thing about narration in my opinion as an avid audiobook listener: it’s good if you’re a dramatic reader and it’s good if you’re more of a deadpan reader; the only thing that bothers me is a deadpan reader that overacts because it sounds super forced. You do you :)
Why the hell does that dream sound familiar, why its so fucking familiar- only mine, was more a school field trip, and i had a fork with a broken twang and i was asked to hold a statue that was marble. i looked away, still holding the statue, and i was in a black dome with only one dark hole. I stared at it, and after several seconds instead of a little girl, it was this tall lady with a sundress and flower hat. She was staring right at me, and after i literally collapsed to the floor frozen from sheer terror, she was. Right in my face. staring directly at me with, sunken? type eyes, or they were just shadowed. She said something, but i covered my eyes and woke up after finding her in my fucking face. the next night i couldnt sleep, and proceeded to hear distinct whispering and footsteps running up and down outside my door. From friends that i told, i found it it was Eight Feet Tall that I dreamed of, never heard of her before that point, and yet i vividly dreamed of her. Note, Not in Japan, I live in Virginia. And, as an edit, I was 15 at the time.
I agree your tone is abit off/monotonous when you narrate, its personally a selling point for me. I'm not an expert myself, but check out Luetin09's channel. He narrates like a champ. Hopefully you get something from my suggestion!
its definitely an interesting idea, tho I think the old man was really just more abusive and the quiet game was him finally killing her Atleast thats the head canon but really its open to how others interpret it
@@RoanokeTales have you seen that new ghost hunting game where the ghost will listen to what you say and you have to try and figure out what kind of ghost it is.
Honestly, wasn't a fan of your narration in the beginning - I love your stuff from Roanoke Gaming, but I guess I just expect a different tone with this sort've genre. That being said, I've watched maybe 5 of these now and while the deadpan narration is still a bit flat at times (particularly for some emotions) I just generally enjoy your voice and will continue to enjoy your stuff~
Kind of an odd question to ask but even the research I’ve done I can’t find a clear answer, why is it that we get chills like that and our blood runs cold when frightened or when our brain plays tricks on us?
The brain and the adrenal glands are linked. That's a complete simplification but theres a direct line. When you observe something, your brain needs to determine if it's a threat. If it is, cortisol and adrenaline are released which pushes more blood to the muscles. You're basically getting amped up to either fight or flight
It's not bad you know people don't like it they can always go find another channel you know you can only please some of the people some of the time you can't please all the people so worried about the ones that you please and the others they just don't matter here's some friendly advice don't read your comments do not read them because trust me there's going to be jerks out there that are just going to be a bunch of dicks and like I said if they don't like this screw him you know like I said they go find another one if they don't like the way you read your stories
Haha lol fair play. I'm anti anything that's not physically accountable. Ghost, bullshit. Demon's lol god yawn. Paranormal lies to fool the foolish. Roanoke tells me a story, 2 hours later I'm still trying to get to sleep slightly scared haha. I laugh because it's ironic for some reason. Maybe admitting this might rest my mind and help me sleep lol..
