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Okay guys so I used to play a game called Counter Strike and I bought a Ventrilo server for my Clan but now that I no longer play that game my vent server is useless seeing as how no one is ever in it so I think it might be fun to use it for discussing WH related things and Dakka related things. I wanted some opinions about this before I do it and also suggestions but most of all wanted to know if people would actually use it so here I am wanting to hear everything people have to say about this.

Thanks
-Funk

I think it's a fine idea, but I would be unlikely to make use of it myself.

Er, what are you asking-is this a techno query?

I'd definately hop on

I think I would like to get on vent and scope it out if we get some people on there. It's a lot easier to have people talk you through things than be snarky bastards on the internets. Break down one of those social barriers for a lot of people around here.

I could see some discussions just turning into a bunch of people bawwing about nonsensical crap.

jfrazell wrote:Er, what are you asking-is this a techno query?

Nope.....Have you ever heard of vent? if not then I will link some stuff which may help

You can post it here, sure, but it won't be official. As voice doesn't have the permanence of a message board, I doubt it'll see much traffic.

FunkMaster wrote:

jfrazell wrote:Er, what are you asking-is this a techno query?

Nope.....Have you ever heard of vent? if not then I will link some stuff which may help

I'm a lawyer/banker/superhero. When I hear vent its when someone closes the office door and tells me about their latest intereaction with a client/management

For the uninitiated he's basically asking "does dakka want voice chat?".

With all the cvoices going on in my head, whats a few more

Iorek wrote:You can post it here, sure, but it won't be official. As voice doesn't have the permanence of a message board, I doubt it'll see much traffic.

Where should I post it for high traffic

Dakka Discussions for now. We may end up moving it to Off-Topic, as it's not really Warhammer 40k related.

We're more apt to take you seriously if you include proper punctuation in your posts.

Jeeze Iorek, be more kind to newbs day is today!

Iorek wrote:Dakka Discussions for now. We may end up moving it to Off-Topic, as it's not really Warhammer 40k related.

We're more apt to take you seriously if you include proper punctuation in your posts.

Lol when I post and do stuff online I dont worry about my punctuation as much as I do when I write papers and stuff I just throw commas periods exclamation points question marks etc. wherever I see fit ,., .,., .,!@@!?

Man, I hate it when people use that as an excuse.

What being online? If you want me to use proper punctuation I can lol

That is like saying you get exercise because you occasionally walk across the room to get a Mountain Dew. If you want to keep your writing and communication skills sharp you need to be on guard at all times. You won't even realize that they are slipping until it's to late.

You'd be surprised at how different the reactions are to posts when they look like you care and not just scribbled it out in crayon without a second thought.

Ahtman wrote:That is like saying you get exercise because you occasionally walk across the room to get a Mountain Dew. If you want to keep your writing and communication skills sharp you need to be on guard at all times. You won't even realize that they are slipping until it's to late.

You'd be surprised at how different the reactions are to posts when they look like you care and not just scribbled it out in crayon without a second thought.

Trust me I noticed that in like 5th grade thanks to Aim but over a few years I fixed it, then again that was my spelling.

FunkMaster wrote:What being online? If you want me to use proper punctuation I can lol

Epic fail. ^

"What? Being online? If you want me to use proper punctuation, I can. lol"


Grammar nazi-ing aside, I have a 50-person Vent server for my WoW guild (plus Eve Online and Anarchy Online players). I have several other vent servers in my list as well. One more wouldn't hurt. I'm not sure how much I'd actually utilize it, if at all, but who knows, right?



Ghidorah
Who goes by the name"Ghazkhull" in Vent and WoW.

I appreciate your making the offer.

I am quite happy with the forum format. If I want to chat about games I will get on the phone or visit a friend.

One thing about Dakka is we have a worldwide membership so live chat is not so easy due to timezone differences.

Well I will post all of the info for those of you who are interested.

Name= Funks Vent
I.P.= 208.100.40.19
Port= 26326
Password= Funk

FunkMaster wrote:

jfrazell wrote:Er, what are you asking-is this a techno query?

Nope.....Have you ever heard of vent? if not then I will link some stuff which may help

It might help if you did mention that "vent" is short for Ventrilo, which is the official name of the program. Ventrilo, for those not in the know is a Voice over IP (VoIP) group communications software. It basically allows you to "talk" via the internet.

http://www.ventrilo.com/ that is the link to the program if you care to take a look. Most MMORPG'ers out there will recognize it.

Teamspeak is another software program that does the same thing.

http://www.goteamspeak.com/

I don't see. " Hell no, this is going to start the flames to a whole nother house!" choice in the poll.

So instead of conversations based on threads, we can have open mike night at the apollo.

There wasn't an option to say "NO THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA!"

Stelek wrote:Jeeze Iorek, be more kind to newbs day is today!

You forgot your capitalization mister.

Grammar nazi-ing aside, I have a 50-person Vent server for my WoW guild (plus Eve Online and Anarchy Online players). I have several other vent servers in my list as well. One more wouldn't hurt. I'm not sure how much I'd actually utilize it, if at all, but who knows, right?

Hooray! another eve player!!

FunkMaster wrote:What being online? If you want me to use proper punctuation I can lol

Excellent, please do.

That aside, I've found that most voice chat applications tend to end up degenerating very quickly into a bunch of people going on about things I don't care about. Not to say that this is going to be the fate of anything you try to set up here, but it does tend to be a trend. That being said, I might pop in once and see how things go. If it does turn out like that, then I won't come back. If it stays on topic and people are well behaved then I'll make some return trips.