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Fun Stuff => CLIKC => Topic started by: BankHoldUp on 08 Oct 2009, 16:57
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Why hello there, fellow QC forumites; your (one of many) friendly neighborhood lurker(s) here. If you'll permit me, I'd like to share a little story with all of you.
I was the last guild master of a formerly successful raiding guild in Ye Olde World of Warcraft. When I took over as GM, the responsibilities of maintaining the website and Ventrilo server were passed to me. Though I no longer actively work on the (now defunct) webpage, I continue to pay hosting fees for a fifty-person Vent server.
I keep the server active because I like having a place where I can game with my friends or just chat with people who I've come to know and respect; plus the cost of keeping the server going is ridiculously low (in fact, I'm confused as to how TypeFrag stays in business with how little they charge for their awesome service). That being said, the server is never full. In fact, it is usually occupied solely by me and three to four other people that I regularly play with.
Instead of canceling my subscription or downgrading the server to a lower capacity, I've decided to offer it to you – the members of one of the few message boards that I consider a haven of discussion – for your use and enjoyment. You can use it run an instance in WoW, survive a trip through a zombie infested city after being Left 4 Dead, play long distance DnD or just hang out and connect with people you have come to know and respect...despite the fact that they may live hundreds or even thousands of miles away.
So, if you're interested, send me a PM or post in this thread with the handle you plan on using and I'll happily hook you up with the server information. If you think that it is a stupid idea and that I am stupid for bringing it up, then feel free to share that as well.
Now, before I sign off, I'd like to share a few rules about the server that are non-negotiable.
1.)Racism, homophobia, genderism and the like are not tolerated, period. I'll usually warn once or twice, and then kick the offender from the server for a little while. If it becomes a consistent problem, then I will not hesitate to serve up a heaping portion of bancakes.
2.)Religious, political and philosophical discussions are A-OK, provided that everyone in the channel is willing to participate and keep it civil. If you want to have an argument, that's fine too but take it to a different channel. That being said, please do not proselytize or insult people with opinions that differ from yours.
3.)Its fine if you want to share audio with the people in your channel (as long as you have the group's consent). However, any instance of mic spamming will be met with a ban...no exceptions. I do run a music bot from time to time and have channel dedicated for that. You are welcome to run a bot in that channel if you wish, provided that there already isn't one currently broadcasting.
Other than the restrictions listed above, anything goes! If you want a specific channel, let me know and I'll happily add it in. Got friends you want to talk to who don't come this forum? That's fine! Give them the info and have fun! The server itself is located in the central U.S., so latency shouldn't be an issue for North Americans. If you live on the other side of the globe, you may experience a little lag but based on what I've been told, its generally no more than 200ms. What's more, if enough people are interested, I'd l even be willing to upgrade the server to increase the number of available slots.
I apologize for the TL;DR post, but I wanted to make sure all the details were in a single location and also gauge the general interest (or lack thereof) for something like this.
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...who I've come to know and respect...
...people you have come to know and respect...
sorry dogg i think you got the wrong forum there's none of that respecting going on 'round here
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Might work better than Meebo.
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Oh god, no it wouldn't.
Vent is hella useful for gaming, but as a replacement for a chat program? It would be an absolute fucking disaster. You can't have ten or twenty people all talking at the same time.
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Uh, then some people keep their mouth shut while people talk?
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No.
Fuck you.
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All I know is some people have been having problems with Meebo recently.
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We've got a pretty good group of gamers around here, so even though it wouldn't be a good replacement for a community chat program, the ability to create multiple rooms would be great for smaller conversations and gaming amongst us (fuck guys free stuff, can you really shit up a thread about free stuff? given to you? freely?)
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Very nice! I've gotta remember this when I get around to doing TF2 more seriously, if I ever get around to doing that.
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Uh, then some people keep their mouth shut while people talk?
But see, that doesn't work. That doesn't even work in real life. Conversation is not a lecture or a class or a speech. In both practice and theory, using an actual voice program as a means of chat for anything more than a couple of people at once would be a disaster. Have you ever actually been in meebo? There are typically three or four conversations going on at once, dependent on the amount of people involved and with just voice and no image, it would be impossible to really not accidentally cut each other off.
As I said, a QC Vent is a cool idea for gaming and one I can definitely get behind, but the idea of using it as a chat program, much less one to replace a text chat, is outright laughable.
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We've got a pretty good group of gamers around here, so even though it wouldn't be a good replacement for a community chat program, the ability to create multiple rooms would be great for smaller conversations and gaming amongst us (fuck guys free stuff, can you really shit up a thread about free stuff? given to you? freely?)
Yep. Totally free. I wouldn't even ask for (nor accept) donations to keep it running.
Also, you're all right about it being a replacement for meebo...it's not, but it is great for gaming, sharing audio or having conversations with small groups. I thought about just putting the server info up in the thread to let people access it at their leisure but I'm worried that it would end up in a "lol let's raid this dude's vent" thread on 4chan.
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Normally that wouldn't be an issue with this group,l but I'd recommend against it for the fact that this subforum is viewable without registration, as I recall.
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that is true.
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This is one of the many cases where I am wrong.
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It definitely needs a channel for watching the nightly ustream, if there isn't one set up already.
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It definitely needs a channel for watching the nightly ustream, if there isn't one set up already.
I'll make sure to add one in and start sending out the info tonight. Don't have time to do it now :|
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sure, im not an extremely active member of the forum, but if i can get ventrilo to work(freaking ubuntu is making it difficult) then i would love to hang out with you guys.
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Alright, I sent the info out to everyone who replied. If you didn't want it but I sent it to you anyway, then you have my sincere apologies.
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Man I don't even have a game that needs Vent (read:WoW) Thanks for the info anyway.
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Doesn't seem to let me want to connect.
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yeah it keeps telling me im unable to connect as well.
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Me either. It sits there at "contacting server" forever.
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That is because I am stupid and gave you all the wrong port number. It should be 7401, not whatever I sent you in the PM.
Sorry!
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I run a TS2 server. Wee.