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 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 4 points 6 months 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 6 months ago

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

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 16 points 6 months ago

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

[–] yuri@pawb.social 16 points 6 months 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 6 months ago

I hear you man

[–] Tum@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

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

[–] iamjackflack@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago (1 children)

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

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