WedgeStratos
RENEWAL
So Mumble is almost impossible because Fury had to host that, and things like Teamspeak and Ventrilo have been good examples of NOT working... So how about this?
Discord is a free voice/IM chat client that is intended for gamers.
First perk is that servers just sort of work for free. You make a server, it goes through the cloud, and appears to go P2P from there, without impacting anything. It uses Opus, which both CurseVoice and Teamspeak use for voice. There's custom hotkeys, low CPU, there's an app for that...
Probably the coolest thing is that it has a browser client. Yeah, you can just sort of RUN Discord from Internet Explorer. You could probably load it on the Xbox 360 browser... not that you could do much on it. But it basically makes it a no-hassle situation. You never need to install anything, it can just be online.
Personally, I like this thing already. The UI is pretty slick, it's got a social connection to allow redirects to other text channels, there's direct messaging, and it appears to have integrations with Steam and game clients. There's even a whole page about how Discord and FFXIV work together really well.
They're also going to add other features to enrich it, like an API system for plug-ins, 1:1 direct calling (currently you can only use the server voice channels), even support for bots that can throw things like Twitter updates to the text.
Again, the whole thing is free for the moment, and I'm slowly looking at this with the though that it can be a very useful client, even outside of SRB2. It's nice to point these things out from time to time.
You can check out Discord's website here, or open the Discord web client right here.
(NOTE: You will need to register before you can use the client. It doesn't seem to ask about age, though. Just an email, a name, and a password will get you started.)
Discord is a free voice/IM chat client that is intended for gamers.
First perk is that servers just sort of work for free. You make a server, it goes through the cloud, and appears to go P2P from there, without impacting anything. It uses Opus, which both CurseVoice and Teamspeak use for voice. There's custom hotkeys, low CPU, there's an app for that...
Probably the coolest thing is that it has a browser client. Yeah, you can just sort of RUN Discord from Internet Explorer. You could probably load it on the Xbox 360 browser... not that you could do much on it. But it basically makes it a no-hassle situation. You never need to install anything, it can just be online.
Personally, I like this thing already. The UI is pretty slick, it's got a social connection to allow redirects to other text channels, there's direct messaging, and it appears to have integrations with Steam and game clients. There's even a whole page about how Discord and FFXIV work together really well.
They're also going to add other features to enrich it, like an API system for plug-ins, 1:1 direct calling (currently you can only use the server voice channels), even support for bots that can throw things like Twitter updates to the text.
Again, the whole thing is free for the moment, and I'm slowly looking at this with the though that it can be a very useful client, even outside of SRB2. It's nice to point these things out from time to time.
You can check out Discord's website here, or open the Discord web client right here.
(NOTE: You will need to register before you can use the client. It doesn't seem to ask about age, though. Just an email, a name, and a password will get you started.)