It works very well in the context of games. Skype can can awkward for gaming and Vent/Teamspeak require someone to pay for a dedicated server (not an issue for

It works very well in the context of games. Skype can can awkward for gaming and Vent/Teamspeak require someone to pay for a dedicated server (not an issue for the HN crowd, but for your typical gamer it is). Discord is free, has better audio quality than other services (in my opinion), in-game overlays, the ability to connect to multiple servers/groups at once...it's pretty slick. I think they would do well to continue focusing on the gamer market.