Talk:MEIKO V3/@comment-172.56.7.59-20131221204203/@comment-32500188-20131223010951

I probably would have been more inclined to second your thoughts, had it not been for the blanket insults toward others here who, in reality, think the same way you do about Voice Bank quality over looks, OP. Also, I have yet to see anyone here claim that the voice isn't important, which probably would have given you some ground if there was.

Now, had you said something like this:

'''I really hope people don't let character art, design, or looks in general over the voice be the reason for either buying the VB or not. That would be pretty idiotic/retarded/(*insert degrading word here*).'''

... I wouldn't have hesitated to back you up. Probably would have given you an internet high five in that case.

So just as it's been said here, not everyone is caught up in the design being more important. However, when it comes to VOCALOID companies and visual marketing, if they really saw it the way we did, then they would have taken after the VOCALOID editor boxes and gone with straight words, letting the voices sell themselves. Since the majority don't go that route, we have a lot of characters that give faces to the vocals (some items even), and as it comes with any given product made in a way to perform its original purpose as well as draw attention to itself, you're always going to have some people who will nitpick on the positives and negatives of everything about it, at many times even if they plan on buying or just supporting it as a fan. That's just the way a lot of people tick, even outside of this fandom.