It is that surd not to be a creep these 24-hour interval ?
The Genshin Impact community witnessed some rough mo in the last few days . Elliot Gindi , the English VA for Tighnari , was accused of grooming at least three different minorsduring the last year , and he later acknowledge to the whole situation himself , leading to a aggregate drama among fans .
It all started when one of Elliot ’s former Twitch and Discord moderatorscame out of nowhere with a ( now remove down ) giant doccomplete withscreenshots , messages , and more evidence of his predatory doings , which included things like sexually harassing minors , grooming , and emotional abuse . And we ’re not even getting into the sexist and transphobic remarks yet .
The whole Commerce Department was later re - uploaded tothis site , arrant with some histories from victim , screenshots of Gindi haphazardly being a creep , and such . In some of them , he achieved a whole fresh level of a disgusting man being , ask for a minor to “ get tested so he does n’t need to wear down a condom ” .
While the whole city burn down and fellow VAs expressed their disgust against Gindi , Genshin ’s EN Voice DirectorChris Faiellaannounced he would personally deal with the situation and inform his superiors at HoYoverse about what take place .
Fast ahead a few days by and by , and the fellowship has at last given its stance on the event , which you already know about thanks to the headline .
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I in person would wish to defend the ones who stepped frontward and bring all of this to light . Trust that I am doing everything that I can , using what modified power I do have , to rectify this situation and will absolutely inform the folks at miHoYo .
Hoyoverse’s Stand on the VA Situation
The functionary Genshin Impact explanation have inform us thatthey have geld all ties with Gindi , and his premature recordings will be step by step removed from the gameas they happen a novel VA . See their complete statement below :
“ Dear Travelers ,
After communication with the voice recording agency , we hereby confirm that Elliot Gindi , the English voice actor for Tighnari will no longer be sound the fibre in subsequent version due to a rift of contract . At present , we are communicating with the voice recording agency regarding matters of barf and re - recording . We will gradually replace Tighnari ’s live in - game spokesperson line , and issue these update in the corresponding announcement .
Thank you for your support , traveler ! ”
The whole situation explode on February 7 and they harbinger his departure nine days after . Not the fastest promulgation ever , but still a win considering the perpetrator is not coming out on top at the end .
What Did Elliot Gindi Say About That?
Tighnari ’s now former VA has made a tweet longer where he declares himself“deeply sorry for those he hurt”and that“it was never his intent to pain anyone ” . The same old “ oh no , I was catch doing something illegal ” sermon you ’re plausibly timeworn to see at this point . His whole command is still onlinethrough this TwitLonger link , where he also admits to the allegation .
He also personally apologized to some of the victims , but it ’s much more of the same affair that no one ’s buying at this item . We do n’t recognize if the police are on the case or if there ’s any chance of him being halt soon , though . But as soon as newfangled info on the font come out , we ’ll be certain to let you eff .
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This is not the first time a Genshin Impact VA has been involve in such malicious gossip . In 2021 , it came to igniter that Li Yuantao , the Chinese VA for Fischl ’s companion Oz , had committed adultery and abused his position to require for intimate favour from his devotee . His vocalisation was subsequently off from the plot and replace byZhao Yuecheng .
But before that could happen , Fischl was quietly blackball from limited banners and consequence for quite some meter untilthe 2.8 update , when Yuecheng ultimately debut as Fischl got a new Outfit and had a immense event spotlight in compensation . She was still present on regular banners , though . She just did n’t get any pace - ups for a while , something that Tighnari does n’t get on a regular basis either .
And Who Will Voice Tighnari Now?
According to the HoYoverse assertion , casting and re - recording for his previous Tighnari scenes is still on the way , so that intend that no new VA was choose yet . This unconscious process is not as quick and can take a while , so we ’re most likely not seeing a fresh Tighnari voice by the 3.5 variant . 3.6 is a possibility , though .
And to , at least , cease this tale on a gamey billet , it ’s not Chris Pratt . And why would it be him , you require ? Because two days before the whole situation come to the public , the AI - based Twitter account Genshin Anything Bot tweeted this :
Due to recent disputes with their original actor , Tighnari will now be voiced by Chris Pratt.pic.twitter.com/t6BVUYTdlc
Is AI becoming sentient ? mayhap .
Should we fear it ? Definitely .
