38 thoughts on “Hey Gauntleteeers!”

  1. I use it quite a bit for chatrooms (and setting up voice chat for our mass effect multiplayer games). I recently set up a discord server for my patreon and it was a breeze – the guide on patreon’s website was pretty intuitive, but I’d happily answer questions!

  2. I use it quite a bit for chatrooms (and setting up voice chat for our mass effect multiplayer games). I recently set up a discord server for my patreon and it was a breeze – the guide on patreon’s website was pretty intuitive, but I’d happily answer questions!

  3. Never set up a server, but I’ve started using it lately because a couple of games that I’m in are run through it. It seems to do most everything that a Hangout and dedicated G+ community can do for a campaign, and generally does it better. Highlights:

    1. You can have multiple channels, e.g. to keep ooc chatter, world building notes, character journals or whatever all separate. It’s a lot cleaner than community posts since everything is in a chatroom format, so it’s easier to search and navigate. Also private messaging is super easy.

    2. You can pin messages, which is handy for various reasons. Users can also add reaction emojis to posts, which is good for shorthand commenting.

    3. Unlike Hangouts, the text messages never get cleared, so you don’t lose info. Also awesome for keeping the convo going between sessions. Doubly so if you download the app, which can send desktop push notifications when somebody posts something.

    4. Push to talk is awesome, and the voice servers seem less laggy than Hangouts in general, I assume because there’s no video involved.

    5. You can have dice bots for rolling, but I still prefer Roll20 for that, since it’s so easy to set up character sheets and macros that way.

    Tl;dr I consider it a superior replacement for Hangouts, unless you need video. Coupling it with Roll20 is a pretty awesome solution for online gaming.

  4. Never set up a server, but I’ve started using it lately because a couple of games that I’m in are run through it. It seems to do most everything that a Hangout and dedicated G+ community can do for a campaign, and generally does it better. Highlights:

    1. You can have multiple channels, e.g. to keep ooc chatter, world building notes, character journals or whatever all separate. It’s a lot cleaner than community posts since everything is in a chatroom format, so it’s easier to search and navigate. Also private messaging is super easy.

    2. You can pin messages, which is handy for various reasons. Users can also add reaction emojis to posts, which is good for shorthand commenting.

    3. Unlike Hangouts, the text messages never get cleared, so you don’t lose info. Also awesome for keeping the convo going between sessions. Doubly so if you download the app, which can send desktop push notifications when somebody posts something.

    4. Push to talk is awesome, and the voice servers seem less laggy than Hangouts in general, I assume because there’s no video involved.

    5. You can have dice bots for rolling, but I still prefer Roll20 for that, since it’s so easy to set up character sheets and macros that way.

    Tl;dr I consider it a superior replacement for Hangouts, unless you need video. Coupling it with Roll20 is a pretty awesome solution for online gaming.

  15. Hmm someone setup a dumb room for us plebs to chat, so we can try it out. I don’t see what discord/slack offer that ye olde IRC doesn’t, except that I can use it on my phone.

  16. Hmm someone setup a dumb room for us plebs to chat, so we can try it out. I don’t see what discord/slack offer that ye olde IRC doesn’t, except that I can use it on my phone.

  23. Oh, I’d be very interested in video in discord. It’s interesting seeing what they do with it as it moves far beyond people arranging MMO guild raids and a teamspeak replacement!

  24. Oh, I’d be very interested in video in discord. It’s interesting seeing what they do with it as it moves far beyond people arranging MMO guild raids and a teamspeak replacement!

  29. Craig Vial I only use Roll20 with Discord if I need the map and/or character sheets on Roll20. Otherwise I use Discord with Sidekick, since I don’t mind the lack of video.

  30. Craig Vial I only use Roll20 with Discord if I need the map and/or character sheets on Roll20. Otherwise I use Discord with Sidekick, since I don’t mind the lack of video.

  35. I’ve played with both, I prefer video, it’s easier to keep from talking over each other. It also feels more involved when you can actually look at each other and see some responses from others.

    I can play with no video and just audio, but it’s a lot harder to pay attention and follow what’s going on. I am trained to look at who I am talking to… and if I’m not looking at them… I want to look at someone… and if there is no one to look at and I’m sitting in front of a giant distraction machine…

    with no video, I actually have an easier time focusing, by lying down and staring at the ceiling instead of the computer screen.

  36. I’ve played with both, I prefer video, it’s easier to keep from talking over each other. It also feels more involved when you can actually look at each other and see some responses from others.

    I can play with no video and just audio, but it’s a lot harder to pay attention and follow what’s going on. I am trained to look at who I am talking to… and if I’m not looking at them… I want to look at someone… and if there is no one to look at and I’m sitting in front of a giant distraction machine…

    with no video, I actually have an easier time focusing, by lying down and staring at the ceiling instead of the computer screen.

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