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Earendil18
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Skype is free online voice chat yes? Voice chat roooom???

Howzabout...HATRACK VOICE CHAT? YES??? WOuldn't that be cool?!

At least it would mean no more cursing at my 'm' key. [Wink]

How could something like this be set up, and is anybody interested in something like a Hatrack voice chat session? [Smile]

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Lyrhawn
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I thought skype was more geared towards video chat, and I wasn't aware more than two people could do it at any given time.
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Earendil18
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Well my recent experience was pure audio.
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MyrddinFyre
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Teamspeak!
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Kwea
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Skype is audio mostly, and you can have a limited number of people on a conference call at once. The audio version of it has been present fairly long....I have been using it for about 2 years now.


That isn't a bad thing....the only thing I didn't like about the teamspeak sessions we use to do was there were too many people talking at once sometimes. Smaller groups communicated better.

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When I try to use it with multiple people, I encounter serious issues. People keep getting dropped from the conference call, and you have to shut it all down and start it over to get them back in.
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Kwea
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I have used it with 3-4 people and it worked fine. They upgraded their servers about 6 months ago, and have recently doubled the number of servers....how long ago did you have problems, mph?
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It was around six months ago. It might have been before they upgraded.
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Well maybe not have such a large group then I suppose hmm I dunno. [Wink]
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I prefer Ventrilo to teamspeak. They are both better than Skype if you are looking for a chat type environment. I'm an admin on a 50 person Ventrilo server. I could look into setting something up with that.
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If you have Skype and want to add me, search for:

Eduardo José (Sauron)

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From the age of this thread, it seems I'm very behind the times.

But I'm on Skype, so if anyone wants to say hi, just look for morsec0de.

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