Comments on: Battle Cry on Vassal with Skype http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/10/battle-cry-on-vassal-with-skype/ A minimalist blog, with a pretentious title, about strategy games. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:46:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Iain http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/10/battle-cry-on-vassal-with-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-1529 Iain Wed, 02 Nov 2005 19:08:39 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/?p=177#comment-1529 I love it. :) I love it. :)

]]> By: Naturelich http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/10/battle-cry-on-vassal-with-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-1528 Naturelich Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:53:14 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/?p=177#comment-1528 Iain - I think this is a great idea. Maybe a feature like this should be available for more PC adaptations of existing boardgames, too (e.g. Ticket to Ride PC). Personally, I have used TeamSpeak for a few "eLearning activities" (yeah, believe it) and it works pretty easy and pretty good. Iain – I think this is a great idea. Maybe a feature like this should be available for more PC adaptations of existing boardgames, too (e.g. Ticket to Ride PC). Personally, I have used TeamSpeak for a few “eLearning activities” (yeah, believe it) and it works pretty easy and pretty good.

]]> By: Iain http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/10/battle-cry-on-vassal-with-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-1523 Iain Sun, 16 Oct 2005 21:36:55 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/?p=177#comment-1523 It probably would not be a big deal, especially if you had a relatively quiet game. There's a service, similar to Skype, but relying on servers, called TeamSpeak (http://www.teamspeak.org) that lets you play first person shooters over VOIP. That can cope with really loud explosions. A few guys at my work use it regularly. Playing BSW with Skype might help me navigate the *terrible* interface. It probably would not be a big deal, especially if you had a relatively quiet game. There’s a service, similar to Skype, but relying on servers, called TeamSpeak (http://www.teamspeak.org) that lets you play first person shooters over VOIP. That can cope with really loud explosions. A few guys at my work use it regularly.

Playing BSW with Skype might help me navigate the terrible interface.

]]> By: MarkJohnson http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/10/battle-cry-on-vassal-with-skype/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 MarkJohnson Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:58:15 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/?p=177#comment-1522 That's fantastic! For years I've been thinking of the same thing, combining voicechat with online boardgaming. I'd been thinking of it with Brettspielwelt, but I wondered how the computers would deal with overlapping game & voice sounds. Maybe it's not a problem. -Mark That’s fantastic! For years I’ve been thinking of the same thing, combining voicechat with online boardgaming. I’d been thinking of it with Brettspielwelt, but I wondered how the computers would deal with overlapping game & voice sounds. Maybe it’s not a problem.

-Mark

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