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I think you'd get a better answer if you explained to the rest of the forum what Discord is.
I know what it is, but I wouldn't expect everyone to. I can only think of maybe one other person at my regular PFS store out of the thirty-ish regulars that I wouldn't be surprised to learn they knew what it was.
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I think you'd get a better answer if you explained to the rest of the forum what Discord is.
I know what it is, but I wouldn't expect everyone to. I can only think of maybe one other person at my regular PFS store out of the thirty-ish regulars that I wouldn't be surprised to learn they knew what it was.
Yeah, you are right :P I was to easy to think about how and what...
Discord: https://discordapp.com/
All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone. Stop paying for TeamSpeak servers and hassling with Skype. Simplify your life.
It is a mix of Skype and Irc that will allow you to setup group chats etc between other people. It is also a free version (a bit like Ventrilo, mumble and teamspeak 3)
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Skype is easy to use, but lacks in power and versatility (no volume control, poor control over your broadcasting, lackluster text chat options). It's also a resource hog, which is rather relevant if people are using a virtual tabletop program which might be competing for CPU and memory.
Teamspeak and the like are more powerful, with the ability to customize permissions for channels and set up your voice chat exactly how you want it, but has a learning curve and requires a user to either host the chat on their computer (which comes with connection and scaling issues) or rent a webserver (which is obviously not a great option financially).
Discord is.... perfect. It's slightly more setup than Skype, though still much easier to setup than Teamspeak. It uses a web-based server, so there's no issues with connection or rental fee - it can even be run directly from the website, if you're willing to sacrifice some customization power for more ease-of-use. Full, robust multi-channel text and voice support without all the hassle. I just wish I could get my friends using it - all it's lacking is a userbase.
Yeah, you explained it better then me... thanks for that!
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I for one would do some theorycraft discussions to bounce ideas around with some other folks. I do this from time to time with some other local players, and we discuss various builds and synergies.
Yeah, it is one of the reasons I like discord, you can make several channels with it where people can talk. I will setup a server tomorrow, think on what is needed and post it here, if there is interest we can see it grow etc.
But yeah, the ease of talking to people and possibly setup games online is nice!