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November 3, 2018 | TS replaced by Valve's Group Chat

3 Nov, 2018 @ 1:05am - FuryI6I

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2114462350

New Group Chat 2018: Text chat, vocal chat, all channels needed for Bug Hunt and Classic Multiplayer, way more ergonomic and playful options, attractive and really pleasant, nice folks.
Available via your Steam Client, your Web Browsers, and even your Mobile Devices.
Free Steam Mobile information here.

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1712529415
As you may know, we made stats about the interest in the TeamSpeak server. Stats are available and we made a decision about a necessary and obvious replacement, making sense. Necessary, obvious, and making sense, yes, but maybe not a definitive decision. Let's see how Valve will improve that new and great Group Chat, already promising but still in beta. In case (who knows) of disappointment later, if we decide to come back to TS (+ Discord maybe), we kept a backup of all your original "TS use" interest entries until November 2, 2018 here.

[] box interest stats | August 15, 2015 - November 2, 2018

= Number of entries ............................................................. 777 entries 100%
= Interested in the TS server / Used it ................................. 153 entries 19.69%
= Nope / Not interested in that server .................................. 196 entries 25.23%
= Never gave information (?) ............................................... 428 entries 55.08%

All-in-One | In a single place

With the new 2018 version of Valve's Group Chat (text & vocal channels available this time) that came out this summer, we all now got an All-in-One. Members, players (as in any Steam Group, not always the same), forums, enrolled people (Steam A:CM Multiplayer USCM 7/7 updated enroll list) really asking to reach others, comments section, announcements section, events section, and that new Group Chat V2018 offering many useful options way more ergonomic than before.
Promising, definitely. Feel free to check that Valve information here.

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2212484325
In other terms, no need to split everything & everyone, here & there. Undeniably, Steam A:CM players don't need this, they really don't, especially if we got everything we need in a single place and as you can see, stats are clear, the interest in TS is too weak since the beginning. We really wish to sincerely thank all people who gave us support (even sometimes via Tokens donations in 2015 & 2016 before the maintenance issues we met) but let's face it: the replacement is called Valve's Group Chat. TS and even Discord became here for now obsolete.
That being said, good news, the website is still in the works.

Thank you for your attention.
Have fun and play nice.

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Kub 4 Nov, 2018 @ 5:15am

Hey Fury, thanks for your answer. I do understand well why these mentions are here and I see that you've taken precautions which is great. I know that you are careful with that stuff and I appreciate it. But getting mentions 2-4 times a day while you're working or while I play something else is off-putting. Especially about something like bug hunt where a "quick round" is an investment of 2 to 3 hours. : ) I have set the notification thing to none but I still got the sound (maybe that's a different setting, dunno). I'll just give this group thing some time, I'm sure it will work out and Valve's gonna get it in order.

FuryI6I

3 Nov, 2018 @ 11:21pm

[] Greetings everyone,
Thanks very much for your feedback. Our decision about that replacement will obviously be approved by some players and won't be others, we do know this, but we had to make a choice and we really (and always will) pay attention to all reactions & feedbacks. That choice is not a choice against TeamSpeak or Discord (we like both, we really do) but it's about having a new & promising version of a tool (maybe not perfect for now, of course, but as you may know, we're undeniably far away from its final version) that became richer and being full part of that Steam area. We simply don't wish to split everything & everyone everywhere.

FuryI6I

3 Nov, 2018 @ 11:21pm

[] @Dances With Wombats |
About the notifications of the Group Chat we make sure that no abuse occurs and there's none for now. All old and new Group Chat users know they can freely use such tags when necessary. And, anyways, such options are made for people looking for others in order to play. And this is precisely the reason why these people join Steam Groups, mostly. So as long as such tags are used by members wishing to play, there's no problem with that. Of course, options are still missing but check your Alarm icon (up-right corner called "Manage Notifications Settings") giving access to a menu called 'Notify me for...".

FuryI6I

3 Nov, 2018 @ 11:21pm

[] @Ackooba |
Well, a little bit blind maybe, I'm afraid ^^
There's always an access on the right side of the homepage (aka "overview" section) of any Steam Group. Which means since April 2013 for that one. The announcement above has been edited and a screenshot has been added. By the way here is a direct invitation
(perma link) to the Group Chat you can share with people.
Thanks again for your feedback, mates.
All the Best.

Ackooba 3 Nov, 2018 @ 2:37pm

Am I blind? Where can we actually join the chat? :p where's the link?!

Herald_UK 3 Nov, 2018 @ 12:53pm

Perhaps Valve are going for an ease of access. Personally speaking I never could get to grips with how discord handles its friend requests and all the faffing around you've got to do just to join a group. Anything that makes that ♥♥♥♥ easy's got my instant vote.

Kub 3 Nov, 2018 @ 10:23am

I personally like Discord a lot, have been on it for what feels like ages now. I think Valve is doing something very similar (it looks a lot like it) but they cannot keep up feature-wise yet (for example the constant Mentioning with sound cannot be muted, one of the reasons I left the Aliens Bughunt group for now...) :(

VALDRIK 3 Nov, 2018 @ 6:23am

roger wilco < ts < ventrilo < ts, my history of programs voice online, best sound and low ping in each moment. The other programs always or bad sound or high ping, is simply. Actually im not hardocre im not can play multiplayer free, and i dont know what is the best now, but ts works hard for community of players. I loved ventrilo but ventrilo no loves me, then bye. i dont know discord, another program nisupu used free, Free always have a bad news, always. Bye

Andar 3 Nov, 2018 @ 3:28am

You should have just went with Discord. The majority of PC gamers are invested in the platform, Discord has been top dog for voice comms and gaming community hubs for years now. The reason TS never took off is because nobody wanted to deal with different clients, and TS had begun to wane in 2015 due in large to the launch of Discord.

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