They will also decline if your hosting is in any way remotely linked to a commercial enterprise even if its just the previous owner of the IPs used and/or shared hosting on another domain, etc. etc. its pretty much ensuring TS will die a death in the long run except for all but the most diehard small groups of users.
Teamspeak... Can the post-mortem begin?
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They will also decline if your hosting is in any way remotely linked to a commercial enterprise even if its just the previous owner of the IPs used and/or shared hosting on another domain, etc. etc. its pretty much ensuring TS will die a death in the long run except for all but the most diehard small groups of users.
Friends and I still use TS. Discord, presumably after a recent patch, seems to boost this faint buzz that my headset/soundcard has so everyone hears a buzz when I'm on discord. Even though to hear the same buzz on TS/Windows I have to sound test with my headset above 70% volume which means it's basically a mini speaker at that volume - I normally have it at 10%. Second, none of us on TS like Opus codec, we all prefer speex. I suppose we're just used to it and Opus sounds 'odd' to us.
I tried discord about 5 moths ago and didn't initially know what to think but knowing it's free and the clarity is the same if not better than team speak using the opus codec, Iv'e been and still am pleasantly surprised. I currently don't think i could switch back to team speak now. Chatting over messages is much better and appealing to the eye on discord vs team speak through being able to upload pics and .gifs and videos etc. It just seems a better overall experience on discord tbh.
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i use to adore discord,loved the customisation of it and the sounds,But i must admit Discord is on another level now,More modern and feature packed.
If TS became free i think people would still use it just as much as Discord because it still works and has a place in 2018.
If TS became free i think people would still use it just as much as Discord because it still works and has a place in 2018.
Well gamevoice had an even bigger slice before TS came along. I don't get the point of your thread. Tech moves on so what? What next you going to start a commodore thread on how they were so stupid as not to see MS and Apple come along?
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While I like how easy and free discord is, I still liked ventrilo and xfire.
I remember using TS and Roger Wilco back in the day. Mostly for MS FS (along with ICQ) however only reinstalled it for GTA V for a few sessions and it had not changed much in that time. Tried Discord and thought it was night and day. Classing myself as a new user I would say the whole vibe, UI and exposure around discord is something TS never achieved. Even the discord twitter account has a following.
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TS feels like a program that a bunch of enthusiast amateurs came together to solve a problem. Discord feels slick like what a top app developer would put out.
TS didn't really need that much to survive. It wouldn't have been a huge amount of effort to update the UI and add a link shortener service. They could have explored other ways to monetise their service than charging licences.
Basically they just got complacent.
Basically they just got complacent.
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never heard of Discord , any good?
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Teamspeak is still superior to Discord in some major aspects.
For example, with Dscord, you won't be able to handle multiple squads or platoons of players at once in games like Planetside 2.
When you got outfits with 100's of players, Teamspeak gives you greater control. Squads can have their own voice channels, while squad leaders can speak to other squad leaders and platoon/leaders can speak to everyone at once while never leaving their own squad channels.
Then there is also functions of being able to speak to other Teamspeak servers without leaving yours so you can coordinate with other players and outfits.
You can't do any of this with Discord, unless Discord adds these functions, it will always be for normies.
Also, does Teamspeak need to update? It works, don't need to add more bloat to it.
Discord is okay, but even IRC is superior to it as well in some major ways. With Discord, I can't display multiple channels or servers at once, it's always stuck to one window at a time. IRC, I can have as many channel or server windows displaying on my desktop as much as I want, can even run multiple clients if I wanted too.
Also, chat is always moving. Back in Discord, chat freezes where you leave it and when you return to it, you have to click a button/message to update, while in IRC, I can flick around channels and the current messages are shown, less clicks needed, so less time spent.
Discord is almost there, if they could add these simple functions or options, it would be great.
For example, with Dscord, you won't be able to handle multiple squads or platoons of players at once in games like Planetside 2.
When you got outfits with 100's of players, Teamspeak gives you greater control. Squads can have their own voice channels, while squad leaders can speak to other squad leaders and platoon/leaders can speak to everyone at once while never leaving their own squad channels.
Then there is also functions of being able to speak to other Teamspeak servers without leaving yours so you can coordinate with other players and outfits.
You can't do any of this with Discord, unless Discord adds these functions, it will always be for normies.
Also, does Teamspeak need to update? It works, don't need to add more bloat to it.
Discord is okay, but even IRC is superior to it as well in some major ways. With Discord, I can't display multiple channels or servers at once, it's always stuck to one window at a time. IRC, I can have as many channel or server windows displaying on my desktop as much as I want, can even run multiple clients if I wanted too.
Also, chat is always moving. Back in Discord, chat freezes where you leave it and when you return to it, you have to click a button/message to update, while in IRC, I can flick around channels and the current messages are shown, less clicks needed, so less time spent.
Discord is almost there, if they could add these simple functions or options, it would be great.
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