What are you arguing for? Relevance or someone who adds value? You have way too many strawmen here. No one is questioning the worth of producers or other people who work tirelessly on these games. The subject matter at hand is a voice actress.
At what point did voice acting become as beneficial or even necessary to putting a game together ala a bolter who puts a car together to get shipped to consumers? No one is asking about the producer or bolter.
Poor choice of simile.
I just played Mario Galaxy 2 for the nth time. The lack of voice acting did not hold the game back whatsoever. It was neither relevant or necessary.
Not every game is devoid of voice work. Voice acting becomes necessary when the game produced requires it.
And good job with your stealth edit.
No he isn't. He is easily replaced by another worker or a machine without changing the end product...
Yes, but a worker who blots is still relevant, whether it's person x or person y.
That's a different thread. They're talking about people that move the industry forward. The guy putting bolts on a car is essential, but replaceable. Hell, he's actually replaceable by a machine now. The person designing the car isn't.
They're talking about peoples' relevance based on whether or not they move the industry forward.
And yes, a machine could that. But you still need someone/something fulfilling that function. Felicia Day fulfils a function (or two) to an extent for whatever reasons.