What an embarrassment

KronOmega
Mon, 11 Nov 2013 10:36:51 +0000

Eh, maybe I’m one of the few to actually believe the university, but I actually do think it was the feedback. The high latency wireless mic in addition to the delay from the stadium speakers could most certainly be a little disorienting, especially when you aren’t expecting to speak and are coming up with stuff on the spot. I’ve actually experienced a similar phenomena (but on a much smaller scale) myself, and I didn’t even realize how weird I sounded until I looked back at a recording.

There are even products (like the [speach jammer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icechen1.speechjammer&hl=en) and [voice jammer](http://www.appszoom.com/android_applications/music_and_audio/voice-jammer_dcuyt.html)) purposely meant to mess with people by simply repeating their voice back, but with a slight delay.

Can’t lie though, I found it pretty entertaining at the time.