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Seems like the GMs can just create a room when they log in... maybe using their handle or game name... or system and time slot?Quote:
Originally Posted by Trenloe
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Any of those really.. just so that players logging in will be able to identify which channel is the right one to join.
i like to eat potato crisps (crunching noises), guzzle coke (slurping and burping) and scratching my stubble (from marathon fg sessions) so push to talk works best for me...Quote:
Originally Posted by bennis1980
I'll be going with voice activation myself... I find people are less willing to say things if they have to click a key first. As long as the software handles noise cancelling well it isn't a problem... it seems like teamspeak works pretty well as far as that goes.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennis1980
I've only paid for the server for 1 month (the minimum time I could rent it for), as we have 100 user slots for the con it is a bit expensive. 10/20 slot servers are much more reasonable $4-$5 per month.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnD
However, most GMs tend to favour one voice system over another so I'm not sure if there would be too much take up for a FG community server of one type or another. For the Pathfinder Society group we have a group Ventrillo server setup by one of the founders and I'd say that only 25% of games ran in the group use it - although it works fine and there's no specific reason not to use it. GMs just prefer what they're used to.
Mind you, if the Teamspeak server works well for the convention, perhaps there will be take up for a community server...
Community Server would be awesome. I know during my sessions I'm going to be using my iPad with the TeamSpeak client on it.
Just doing a final check on the TeamSpeak servers. I'm unable to create sub-channels. I can create a channel, just not a child of one already there.
We've started getting Mumble server issues in my group, and I know a community TS server would be of great use to us. Not sure what the practicalities of that are, but just wanted to add a +1.
For those who've mentioned a community TS3 server (we could keep the one we used for the con going - it is currently available until 11th August).
Unless someone knows how to get a commercial grade server for free, I'm currently looking at the options available with the provider we used for the con - GameSpeak. A few people had a chat about it during the FGCon and it was mentioned that someone could run a non-commercial server for the community. I'm not that keen on this idea as we could have times when there are issues and the person running the server is not around so we might not be able to game!
GameSpeak have something called "Clan Pay" - where anyone can contribute to the costs of the server through a webpage specific to our TS3 server. Paypal is used and the minimum contribution is $3 US.
Costs for the server are $4.95/month for 15 users, $7.95/month for 25 users or $9.95/month for 35 users. Somehow I managed to get $18.71/month for 100 users on the server we used for the convention. We can downgrade that to a lower level (at the next billing cycle) and upgrade to a higher level if we need (immediately).
FYI - I never saw more than 22 people on the server during the convention - 4 games running and some in the chat room.
An example of what we could do is:
Get the 35 user option at $9.95 (USD) per month. This works out at $120 annually - if 40 people contribute this would be $3 per year per person. Or, 25 a 25 user server would be covered by 32 x $3 contributions for a year.
Thoughts? Ideas?
If you're interested in how the player "Clan Pay" portal for contributions would look like, here is what it looks like on the FGCon server:
EDIT: Removed link
This would be an excellent solution to keep the community going.
I hearby pledge (upon my honour) my financial support whenever it's set up.