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as a gamer I have to ask "when was that?"

dvt 8y ago
At the end of MoP and during WoD, everyone was all of a sudden using Skype for everything in WoW (raiding, PvP, dungeons, etc.). I remember it vividly because it was so annoying.
Klonoar 8y ago
As a gamer, I'd have to agree with him - we used Skype up until the Xbox Live (360) era. Different portions of gamers exist, and all that.
- ryanlol 8y ago
  So for like 2 years from 2003 to 2005?
freehunter 8y ago
When I played CS:Source in a clan, we had Teamspeak that we rented a server for. When I played WoW and Guild Wars with a small group of friends, we used Skype because it was free. Early-to-mid 2000s.
- lostmsu 8y ago
  I must be a mammoth, as I still use Skype for gaming. What does Discord offer, that Skype doesn't, and Steam is running anyway too? Lately Skype became too buggy to use as IM, but sound is still solid.
  - drchickensalad 8y ago
    To reverse it, I can't really think of anything skype does better than discord in a mildly gaming context honestly.
    - anoncoward111 8y ago
      Discord isn't owned by Microsoft, everyone uses it, and it runs in my browser. That's more than enough reason to never touch the flaming pile of shit that Skype is today, thanks to corporate development strategies and bloat.
      - vitorgrs 8y ago
        Skype also runs in the browser...
        anoncoward111 8y ago
        Does it use 4gb ram like it does on desktop? Does it remind me that Edge(TM) provides the best browsing experience?
      - lostmsu 8y ago
        Isn't Discord free model based on selling data to 3rd parties? What is their business model?
  - lmm 8y ago
    > What does Discord offer, that Skype doesn't How about "Not being too buggy to use as IM"?
    - lostmsu 8y ago
      That is the shenanigan of this summer or so.
metasaval 8y ago
My high school friends and I used it up until we switch to Discord last year (so ~2013-2017). We all had Mumble and TeamSpeak installed for when we needed it, but all through high school we had a Skype group chat that we always used. It was a admittedly a bit of a hog, but it was free, looked nicer, and had a few more useful features then Mumble or Teamspeak.
Insanity 8y ago
There surely was a time. We had ventrilo and TeamSpeak but mostly used Skype for a small group from a clan. I am speaking of roughly a decade ago, around CoD4 and L4D we often used Skype. Also, xfire to chat. Which was an awesome program at the time!
- trynewideas 8y ago
  I can't be the only one out here who remembers RogerWilco
gsich 8y ago
Never.
robryan 8y ago
I think mostly for small groups. For groups of friends Skype was usable, for guilds it was terrible. There was a period when I went back to a WoW expansion that everyone was trying to go everyone onto Skype for pickup groups which was a horrible experience.

dvt 8y ago

At the end of MoP and during WoD, everyone was all of a sudden using Skype for everything in WoW (raiding, PvP, dungeons, etc.). I remember it vividly because it was so annoying.

Klonoar 8y ago

As a gamer, I'd have to agree with him - we used Skype up until the Xbox Live (360) era. Different portions of gamers exist, and all that.

ryanlol 8y ago
So for like 2 years from 2003 to 2005?

freehunter 8y ago

When I played CS:Source in a clan, we had Teamspeak that we rented a server for. When I played WoW and Guild Wars with a small group of friends, we used Skype because it was free. Early-to-mid 2000s.

lostmsu 8y ago
I must be a mammoth, as I still use Skype for gaming. What does Discord offer, that Skype doesn't, and Steam is running anyway too? Lately Skype became too buggy to use as IM, but sound is still solid.
- drchickensalad 8y ago
  To reverse it, I can't really think of anything skype does better than discord in a mildly gaming context honestly.
  - anoncoward111 8y ago
    Discord isn't owned by Microsoft, everyone uses it, and it runs in my browser. That's more than enough reason to never touch the flaming pile of shit that Skype is today, thanks to corporate development strategies and bloat.
    - vitorgrs 8y ago
      Skype also runs in the browser...
      - anoncoward111 8y ago
        Does it use 4gb ram like it does on desktop? Does it remind me that Edge(TM) provides the best browsing experience?
    - lostmsu 8y ago
      Isn't Discord free model based on selling data to 3rd parties? What is their business model?
- lmm 8y ago
  > What does Discord offer, that Skype doesn't How about "Not being too buggy to use as IM"?
  - lostmsu 8y ago
    That is the shenanigan of this summer or so.

metasaval 8y ago

My high school friends and I used it up until we switch to Discord last year (so ~2013-2017). We all had Mumble and TeamSpeak installed for when we needed it, but all through high school we had a Skype group chat that we always used. It was a admittedly a bit of a hog, but it was free, looked nicer, and had a few more useful features then Mumble or Teamspeak.

Insanity 8y ago

There surely was a time. We had ventrilo and TeamSpeak but mostly used Skype for a small group from a clan. I am speaking of roughly a decade ago, around CoD4 and L4D we often used Skype. Also, xfire to chat. Which was an awesome program at the time!

trynewideas 8y ago
I can't be the only one out here who remembers RogerWilco

gsich 8y ago

Never.

robryan 8y ago

I think mostly for small groups. For groups of friends Skype was usable, for guilds it was terrible. There was a period when I went back to a WoW expansion that everyone was trying to go everyone onto Skype for pickup groups which was a horrible experience.