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[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 months ago (6 children)

The real question is: How in the world did Ventrillo continue to exist after TeamSpeak came along?

Vent was an object lesson in hostile UX. It sounded like shit, changing any kind of setting (even basic things like individual volumes) was a a gymnastics routine, and mics constantly clipped despite settings.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Vent was super lightweight, and easy to use. It's why it lasted so long.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I had completely forgotten about Ventrilo, Team Speak, and Mumble. This whole post is a blast from the past.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yea last vent server I ran was like 10+ years ago now... maybe even longer.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

A lot of WoW people used vent and so people just used what they were used to

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Vi sitter här i venten och spelar lite DotA...

it’s gonna be stuck in my head all day now

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I hear you man

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

oh man, you've gotten it stuck in my head too!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Unpopular opinion, ventrilo was better than team speak. It didn’t sound like crap especially when you had good server codecs and it was extremely easy to use and lightweight.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

I don't think that's unpopular at all, I only ever used vent in highschool and uni, some of the groups I ran with even went back to vent from TS becauae of the sound quality. It was simple and easy to use and pretty much everyone had it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Where else are you going to suck balls... All day... Because you like it so much?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

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