Should Xg Have A Discord Server?

[TheNortLogic 6]

What if, xG also had a Discord server as well as a TS server?

I think this might be a good idea, because some people might prefer discord over TS.

Whoever agrees with me, reply, I wan't to see your perspectives.

For those who don't know what discord is, here.

[Thorax_ 539]

Discord servers require active population in it, if it goes empty, the room URL changes. I can see it being used for the upcoming xG Tournaments, but nothing else.

 

Neutral.

Edited September 23, 2016 by Guest (see edit history)

[Rhododendron 994]

Never gonna happen. Can't guarentee security for everyone with Discord. Teamspeak is encrypted for everyone so no worries there. Also Time Warner Cable owns Discord so no idea what will happen with it in the future.

[Tsuchikure 38]

Never gonna happen. Can't guarentee security for everyone with Discord. Teamspeak is encrypted for everyone so no worries there. Also Time Warner Cable owns Discord so no idea what will happen with it in the future.

Security? what could happen or what could people abuse with it, may I ask? Reason I ask is because I still prefer teamspeak, but most of the people I play with prefer Discord, and I never do my research. :^)

[Owl 192]

discord is literally only used because a. its free and easy to setup for anyone and b. the chat room feature

 

the free/easy part is completely nullified by the fact that we have a 512 slot ts server free for anyone to use, with plenty of rooms where youll be left alone

 

the chat room stuff is mostly nullified by, well, the forums/shoutbox

 

absolutely no reason for discord.

[Owl 192]

also if any xG users want to use discord, just make one yourself? lol its basically a better skype for groups

[Egossi 1017]

Discord is for children who can't use teamspeak, similar to Skype but less popular and possibly less reliable in many ways

[Thorax_ 539]

also if any xG users want to use discord, just make one yourself? lol its basically a better skype for groups

[TheNortLogic 6]

These are all great points. I mainly wanted to see what other people perspective on this was, thank you for giving me just that.

[Goblins 580]

similar to Skype but less popular and possibly less reliable in many ways

 

Lol. Friends and I switched from Skype to Discord because Skype is absolute garbage.

 

Discord is a solid and easy platform, but I don't see why we'd make one if we already have a Teamspeak ready for us to use.

The Discord UI look a lot better than TS UI though.

[Rhododendron 994]

Security? what could happen or what could people abuse with it, may I ask? Reason I ask is because I still prefer teamspeak, but most of the people I play with prefer Discord, and I never do my research. :^)

We have it so our Teamspeak server encrypts voice chat so nobody can listen in without you knowing about them. It also does not save chat at all.

[Egossi 1017]

Lol. Friends and I switched from Skype to Discord because Skype is absolute garbage.

less reliable in terms of security i meant

[realBelloWaldi 1245]

The Discord UI look a lot better than TS UI though.

they both look equally simple to me, like

discord is super easy to use, ts is very easy to use. xd

:bear:

[Thorax_ 539]

We actually do have a Discord server now.

At the moment it is only aimed towards the xG TF2 Surf Server.

@YeEternalTuna and I are still working on setting it up.

Edited October 5, 2016 by Guest (see edit history)

[Forest 309]

We actually do have a Discord server now.

At the moment it is only aimed towards the xG TF2 Surf Server.

@YeEternalTuna and I are still working on setting it up.

Just as a suggestion [and this is only valid if you haven't done-so], and not to shut you down or anything, but you may want to get the 'go-ahead' from Higher-Ups before establishing something that is affiliated with Xeno Gamers (or is otherwise 'sponsored' by Xeno Gamers). I can't/won't speak for the Higher-Ups, but not only could it negatively impact activity on our Team Speak servers (something that dem Higher-Ups have been trying to remedy for quite some time) but Silence seems (correct me if I'm wrong) pretty adamant that a Xeno Gamers Discord Server will/should not be made and this directly goes against his statement which really ought to be considered.

 

Same suggestion goes out to anyone else who may consider creating an external connection to Xeno Gamers without permission; keep in mind that we shouldn't just slap "Xeno Gamers" on something and proclaim it as official without at least receiving an opinion or go-ahead from the Higher-Ups. I'm not too familiar with any legalities or anything, but should something happen revolving around whatever that 'external connection' may be, it could negatively influence the clan or something along those lines. Just my 2 cents and again, just a suggestion :coffee: