localzuk Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 One of the questions I posed in the game servers launch article was whether anyone would be interested in using an EduGeek TeamSpeak server?
ellsandell Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 Something like https://discordapp.com/ might be ideal if there is enough interest- would give you both text/voice chat for free.
bushby Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 Localzuk i think discord would be simpler as there is no additional stuff required
Arreks Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 I already have my own 10-slotter so unlikely! Discord is nice tho ^
DMcGuigan Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 I use the one owned by @DannyMcGuigan Still can't get my @ right? Actually, I'll let you off seeing as that is pretty much my twitter.
CAM Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 I also forgot the numbers. YOU HAVE SO MANY NAMES!
DMcGuigan Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 I also forgot the numbers. YOU HAVE SO MANY NAMES! I have this one, twitter, and Draike2590 which is the same everywhere. Argument invalid Anyway, back on topic - I run my own TS server that we use for most of our gaming, but it's a good idea to have an Edugeek TS server running. If the number of EG game servers increases, it'll be useful to have one central server with channels for each game rather than having everyone use other people's servers. One central place to find the connection info rather than "I'm in X's server today, these are the creds".
ZeroHour Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 We are looking at Discord as well but I am not that impressed so far tbh.
localzuk Posted February 26, 2016 Author Posted February 26, 2016 Had a play with Discord last night, and have a few issues with it that I don't like. The interface doesn't scale well, so you can't have the chat in a nice single column somewhere, and the notifications don't seem to work reliably. If there's only gonna be a few users, what do people think about Mumble?
bald_pig Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 I've ran mumble servers before and it's quite good, I've had small ones running from a raspberry pi before! The 3d sound feature is also cool if your game supports it! My only issue is that there are a lot of gui interfaces available for the server, at least for linux, so some fiddling might be needed to get one you like.
ZeroHour Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 I have played with mumble in the past but I have sadly found it always be a bit worse than Teamspeak but I suppose thats to be expected since its free. Its not terrible, its just Teamspeak did more.
Arreks Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 Teamspeak is certainly the best option all around, I'm just not sure the EduGamers are large enough in number to warrant it's necessity atm.
GRitchie Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 I'd be down for that. Sounds awesome! Separate chartrooms of course for gaming/support etc. would be a very good idea.
CAM Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 I have this one, twitter, and Draike2590 which is the same everywhere. Argument invalid Anyway, back on topic - I run my own TS server that we use for most of our gaming, but it's a good idea to have an Edugeek TS server running. If the number of EG game servers increases, it'll be useful to have one central server with channels for each game rather than having everyone use other people's servers. One central place to find the connection info rather than "I'm in X's server today, these are the creds". Bring the rest of the crew over?
bald_pig Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 I have played with mumble in the past but I have sadly found it always be a bit worse than Teamspeak but I suppose thats to be expected since its free. Its not terrible, its just Teamspeak did more. Teamspeak is free as well?
localzuk Posted February 26, 2016 Author Posted February 26, 2016 Teamspeak is free as well? Servers aren't.
ZeroHour Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 Teamspeak is free as well? Free for the end user, its very cheap though for a server.
bald_pig Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 Don't we have a server to host it on ourselves?
CAM Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 You have to pay for the software to put on the server.
bald_pig Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 You have to pay for the software to put on the server. Nope, free if not used for business. Pricing
ZeroHour Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 Nope, free if not used for business. Pricing The NPL licensing is very strict and we wouldnt be eligible for that.
DMcGuigan Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Nope, free if not used for business. Pricing You get 32 users with one virtual instance on the free license (run one myself) However, for the 500 users across two instances, they've got a pretty airtight list of pre-requisites. I can't get one of them myself, something as simple as Amazon links in the forums can stop you from getting an NPL license. Bring the rest of the crew over? I wouldn't want to expose the EG guys to that lot. Plus, an EG server should only really be for EG users, otherwise things can get messy Edited February 26, 2016 by DMcGuigan
asc Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 I would be up for a Teamspeak server. Not just for the gaming chat but also for maybe some debate & chat regarding the technical forums.
DJ-1701 Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 but also for maybe some debate & chat regarding the technical forums. Now that is an interesting thought!
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