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[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 43 points 1 year 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.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] yuri@pawb.social 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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

[–] Flyswat@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I hear you man

[–] Tum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

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

[–] iamjackflack@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year 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.

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year 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.

[–] Raxiel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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