Voice Chat? Really?

[Eternal-Elf]

Originally Posted by PhelanKA [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Uhhhhh.... How do I answer this without comin off like Jesse Jackson?

Yes. We black folk are capable of doing things other than pimp hoes, rap to beats, and color coordinate our clothing with our vehicles.

Learn something new everyday lol

[dallammarr]

Originally Posted by toddfx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Exactly how classic is voice chat? Maybe I was just oblivious to it back then but I don't remember voice chat being a part of EQ in 1999.

Back in early 2000, i think just before or maybe right when kunark came out, my brother and I were in a guild on bertox. We were playing around with a voice chat prog called roger wilco. We set up our own server for it on a linux box. It didnt really catch on cause a lot of people complained it killed their game performance. It was around, just not widely used.

[Shannacore]

Voice chat rulez

[Striiker]

Hah, this reminds me of some story I read where some guy used to think so highly of this high level player. That player did great at putting together raids, etc. Later, they got on voice chat and the high level player turned out to be some 12 or 13 year old kid. This totally disturbed the guy (who was in his 40's). Hah! I think he said he felt violated or something because his mental images never came close to the reality.
I guess this can be another pitfall of voice comms in that it may cause issues with how they feel towards a character.
I always appreciated how EQ was great at totally leveling the field. It didn't matter how you looked or sounded or if you had disabilities.. People would give you an equal opportunity to shine or fail and to become a respected member of the community.

[toddfx]

Originally Posted by Reiker [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

ITT people whining cause they don't want others to hear their nerd voices.

Originally Posted by Reiker [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"Hey Toddfx wanna come to this kickin party?"
"Naw man I'll just text you from home, I don't do talking."

haha you sir are a typical example of a voice chatter we know so well from X-Box Live. Idolizing yourself as some sort of "cool guy" among nerds.

It isn't my own voice I'm worried about, it's the douchers like you who I don't want to have to listen to [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Dantes]

Yeah! Woooooooooooo! We're partying, bra! At home. On our computers. Alone. This rocks. Let's talk!

[wrxBRAH]

There are a lot of unclassic things on this Emu. It comes down to if its something the mods/devs/community approves of, its ok but if its something thats a nuisance like two boxing/training/shit talking etc etc, its not allowed.

meh whatever.

[Reodd]

Originally Posted by dallammarr [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Back in early 2000, i think just before or maybe right when kunark came out, my brother and I were in a guild on bertox. We were playing around with a voice chat prog called roger wilco. We set up our own server for it on a linux box. It didnt really catch on cause a lot of people complained it killed their game performance. It was around, just not widely used.

This is correct. Back in 1999, we were running 250? 333? mhz single core processors and Voodoo was the prime video card. We also experimented with voice chat on Roger Wilco on Mithaniel Marr, but found it killed the ability to actually play. I was even running dual screen back then and couldn't get any voice chat programs to run worth a damn.

I enjoyed voice chat in WoW and EVE, but I am just getting into p99, and boy do I hope it's not totally pervasive, particularly for pickup groups.

[Toony]

Originally Posted by Reodd [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I enjoyed voice chat in WoW and EVE, but I am just getting into p99, and boy do I hope it's not totally pervasive, particularly for pickup groups.

I'm only 36 but haven't been asked once to use it so far.

[Bodeanicus]

So, I have to listen to 20 male nerds flirt with 1 female nerd. I have to listen to never ending "weed" conversations by teens and early 20-somethings who just discovered the "joys" of being an annoying high asshole. I have to listen to nerd insult contests.

Uh, no. Fuck that.