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Message no. 1
From: jjvanp@*****.com (Jan Jaap van Poelgeest)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 02:23:49 -0800 (PST)
People,

Just now I had the Best Idea Ever... Which Has
Probably Been Had Before:
Skype*-as-a-medium-for-running-an-online-game!

*: Or your choice of voice chatting program capable of
letting at least 4 people chat at the same time.

It'd be ideal to combine it with WebRPG or any other
piece of software that gives participants the
opportunity to push counters around on maps, roll dice
& centrally keep track of stats.

It's geeky, but I'd play it, my big question is
whether I have to set one up myself.

cheers,

Jan Jaap

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Message no. 2
From: sfeley@*****.com (Stephen Eley)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:24:37 -0500
On 1/22/06, Jan Jaap van Poelgeest <jjvanp@*****.com> wrote:
>
> Skype*-as-a-medium-for-running-an-online-game!
>
> *: Or your choice of voice chatting program capable of
> letting at least 4 people chat at the same time.

Skype is a fantastic two-person chat tool.

It's okay with three.

I've tried it with five before. The results were a baleful cacophony
that rended the mind and soul. We could barely understand each other
enough to say "Go back to text! BACK TO TEXT!"

...Which is not to say all voice chat programs would be equally bad.
But it didn't work out with Skype the one time I tried it.


--
Have Fun,
Steve Eley (sfeley@*****.com)
ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
http://www.escapepod.org
Message no. 3
From: reynardsurface@*****.com (Pace)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 05:55:56 -0800
I had thought of doing this with a teamspeak server set up on my OC3 but
didn't ever get the people together to do it

I've actually been developing a tool like OpenRPG for online tabletopping
but it's slow when you're dev'ing it alone :)



> On 1/22/06, Jan Jaap van Poelgeest <jjvanp@*****.com> wrote:
> >
> > Skype*-as-a-medium-for-running-an-online-game!
> >
> > *: Or your choice of voice chatting program capable of
> > letting at least 4 people chat at the same time.
>
Message no. 4
From: run@***********.com (run@***********.com)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:46:39 -0500
At 08:55 AM 1/22/2006, you wrote:
>I had thought of doing this with a teamspeak server set up on my OC3 but
>didn't ever get the people together to do it
>
>I've actually been developing a tool like OpenRPG for online tabletopping
>but it's slow when you're dev'ing it alone :)


What are you using to develop this? I might be interested in helping out if I
am familiar with the tools.
Message no. 5
From: pb3209@****.utah.edu (Jamison Cooper-Leavitt)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:09:13 -0700
Stephen Eley wrote:

>On 1/22/06, Jan Jaap van Poelgeest <jjvanp@*****.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Skype*-as-a-medium-for-running-an-online-game!
>>
>>*: Or your choice of voice chatting program capable of
>>letting at least 4 people chat at the same time.
>>
>>
>
>Skype is a fantastic two-person chat tool.
>
>It's okay with three.
>
>I've tried it with five before. The results were a baleful cacophony
>that rended the mind and soul. We could barely understand each other
>enough to say "Go back to text! BACK TO TEXT!"
>
>...Which is not to say all voice chat programs would be equally bad.
>But it didn't work out with Skype the one time I tried it.
>
>
>
I am participating in a net-game right now for L5R. We are using
ventrilo <http://www.ventrilo.com/>; as our Voice-over-IP. It works
wonderful for up to as many players as you want. Ventrilo was developed
for online gamers playing MMORPGs and other online multiplayer games.
It uses a limited amount of CPU resources too. Check it out, it may be
what you are looking for. Currently we have 4 players plus a GM so that
is 5 of us. We are also using microsoft netmeeting, which kind of
sucks, to use whiteboards, transfer files, maps, diagrams etc.
Message no. 6
From: zebulingod@*****.com (Zebulin M)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:08:38 -0800
On 1/22/06, Jamison Cooper-Leavitt <pb3209@****.utah.edu> wrote:
>
> Stephen Eley wrote:
>
> I am participating in a net-game right now for L5R. We are using
> ventrilo <http://www.ventrilo.com/>; as our Voice-over-IP. It works
> wonderful for up to as many players as you want. Ventrilo was developed
> for online gamers playing MMORPGs and other online multiplayer games.
> It uses a limited amount of CPU resources too. Check it out, it may be
> what you are looking for. Currently we have 4 players plus a GM so that
> is 5 of us. We are also using microsoft netmeeting, which kind of
> sucks, to use whiteboards, transfer files, maps, diagrams etc.



I also use Ventrilo and it works like a charm. [:

Zebulin
Message no. 7
From: graht1@*****.com (Graht)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:29:12 -0700
On 1/23/06, Zebulin M <zebulingod@*****.com> wrote:
> On 1/22/06, Jamison Cooper-Leavitt <pb3209@****.utah.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Stephen Eley wrote:
> >
> > I am participating in a net-game right now for L5R. We are using
> > ventrilo <http://www.ventrilo.com/>; as our Voice-over-IP. It works
> > wonderful for up to as many players as you want. Ventrilo was developed
> > for online gamers playing MMORPGs and other online multiplayer games.
> > It uses a limited amount of CPU resources too. Check it out, it may be
> > what you are looking for. Currently we have 4 players plus a GM so that
> > is 5 of us. We are also using microsoft netmeeting, which kind of
> > sucks, to use whiteboards, transfer files, maps, diagrams etc.
>
> I also use Ventrilo and it works like a charm. [:

For those of you that run games via Ventrilo, what other
resources/software do you use? A curious mind wants to know :)

--
-Graht
Message no. 8
From: zebulingod@*****.com (Zebulin M)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:07:51 -0800
On 1/23/06, Graht <graht1@*****.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/23/06, Zebulin M <zebulingod@*****.com> wrote:
> > On 1/22/06, Jamison Cooper-Leavitt <pb3209@****.utah.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Stephen Eley wrote:
> > >
> > > I am participating in a net-game right now for L5R. We are using
> > > ventrilo <http://www.ventrilo.com/>; as our Voice-over-IP. It works
> > > wonderful for up to as many players as you want. Ventrilo was
> developed
> > > for online gamers playing MMORPGs and other online multiplayer games.
> > > It uses a limited amount of CPU resources too. Check it out, it may
> be
> > > what you are looking for. Currently we have 4 players plus a GM so
> that
> > > is 5 of us. We are also using microsoft netmeeting, which kind of
> > > sucks, to use whiteboards, transfer files, maps, diagrams etc.
> >
> > I also use Ventrilo and it works like a charm. [:
>
> For those of you that run games via Ventrilo, what other
> resources/software do you use? A curious mind wants to know :)
>
> --
> -Graht
>

I don't use it for SR, but that's not a bad idea, either... Hmm....


Zebulin
Message no. 9
From: graht1@*****.com (Graht)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:28:51 -0700
On 1/23/06, Zebulin M <zebulingod@*****.com> wrote:
> On 1/23/06, Graht <graht1@*****.com> wrote:
> >
> > For those of you that run games via Ventrilo, what other
> > resources/software do you use? A curious mind wants to know :)
>
> I don't use it for SR, but that's not a bad idea, either... Hmm....

Heh, yeah, I use it for City of Heroes and it works like a charm, and
I've thought about using it for table top roleplaying, but haven't
made that leap yet. I was hoping to learn from the experiences of
others on that front :)


--
-Graht
Message no. 10
From: pb3209@****.utah.edu (Jamison Cooper-Leavitt)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:50:24 -0700
>For those of you that run games via Ventrilo, what other
>resources/software do you use? A curious mind wants to know :)
>
>
>
>
We are using Microsoft Netmeeting. It is not the greatest, but it works
good for file sharing, and it has a nifty whiteboard feature. The other
good thing about it is that everyone who is using Windows 2000 or XP has
free access to it. I have a friend who used a Mac so he can't play
since he doesn't have Netmeeting. We/I am also looking for something
that is more multiplatform and more stable than Netmeeting.
Message no. 11
From: pb3209@****.utah.edu (Jamison Cooper-Leavitt)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:53:06 -0700
>>>For those of you that run games via Ventrilo, what other
>>>resources/software do you use? A curious mind wants to know :)
>>>
>>>
>>I don't use it for SR, but that's not a bad idea, either... Hmm....
>>
>>
>
>Heh, yeah, I use it for City of Heroes and it works like a charm, and
>I've thought about using it for table top roleplaying, but haven't
>made that leap yet. I was hoping to learn from the experiences of
>others on that front :)
>
>
>
Like everyone else is saying it works like a charm. My only complaint
is the annoying echo, but I figure that is an issue of IP-relay rather
than just ventrilo alone.
Message no. 12
From: graht1@*****.com (Graht)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:27:08 -0700
On 1/23/06, Jamison Cooper-Leavitt <pb3209@****.utah.edu> wrote:
>
> >>>For those of you that run games via Ventrilo, what other
> >>>resources/software do you use? A curious mind wants to know :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I don't use it for SR, but that's not a bad idea, either... Hmm....

> >Heh, yeah, I use it for City of Heroes and it works like a charm, and
> >I've thought about using it for table top roleplaying, but haven't
> >made that leap yet. I was hoping to learn from the experiences of
> >others on that front :)

> Like everyone else is saying it works like a charm. My only complaint
> is the annoying echo, but I figure that is an issue of IP-relay rather
> than just ventrilo alone.

It's probably being caused by one or more of the players using a
microphone and computer speakers rather than a headset with a
microphone. That's always been the culprit when I use it with the
people I play CoH with. One person persists in using his surround
sound speakers with him and his microphone smack dab in the middle. I
finally had to assign "special effects" to him to cut down the echo
from him. I applied the flanger effect and modified it a bit and now
when he echoes it's more of a background noise than a distracting
echo.


--
-Graht
Message no. 13
From: graht1@*****.com (Graht)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:27:08 -0700
On 1/23/06, Jamison Cooper-Leavitt <pb3209@****.utah.edu> wrote:
>
> >>>For those of you that run games via Ventrilo, what other
> >>>resources/software do you use? A curious mind wants to know :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I don't use it for SR, but that's not a bad idea, either... Hmm....

> >Heh, yeah, I use it for City of Heroes and it works like a charm, and
> >I've thought about using it for table top roleplaying, but haven't
> >made that leap yet. I was hoping to learn from the experiences of
> >others on that front :)

> Like everyone else is saying it works like a charm. My only complaint
> is the annoying echo, but I figure that is an issue of IP-relay rather
> than just ventrilo alone.

It's probably being caused by one or more of the players using a
microphone and computer speakers rather than a headset with a
microphone. That's always been the culprit when I use it with the
people I play CoH with. One person persists in using his surround
sound speakers with him and his microphone smack dab in the middle. I
finally had to assign "special effects" to him to cut down the echo
from him. I applied the flanger effect and modified it a bit and now
when he echoes it's more of a background noise than a distracting
echo.


--
-Graht
Message no. 14
From: pb3209@****.utah.edu (Jamison Cooper-Leavitt)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:30:24 -0700
Graht wrote:

>On 1/23/06, Jamison Cooper-Leavitt <pb3209@****.utah.edu> wrote:
>
>
>>>>>For those of you that run games via Ventrilo, what other
>>>>>resources/software do you use? A curious mind wants to know :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>I don't use it for SR, but that's not a bad idea, either... Hmm....
>>>>
>>>>
>
>
>
>>>Heh, yeah, I use it for City of Heroes and it works like a charm, and
>>>I've thought about using it for table top roleplaying, but haven't
>>>made that leap yet. I was hoping to learn from the experiences of
>>>others on that front :)
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
>>Like everyone else is saying it works like a charm. My only complaint
>>is the annoying echo, but I figure that is an issue of IP-relay rather
>>than just ventrilo alone.
>>
>>
>
>It's probably being caused by one or more of the players using a
>microphone and computer speakers rather than a headset with a
>microphone. That's always been the culprit when I use it with the
>people I play CoH with. One person persists in using his surround
>sound speakers with him and his microphone smack dab in the middle. I
>finally had to assign "special effects" to him to cut down the echo
>from him. I applied the flanger effect and modified it a bit and now
>when he echoes it's more of a background noise than a distracting
>echo.
>
>
>--
>-Graht
>
>
>
>
Is anyone on this list interested in trying an online shadowrun game
using Ventrilo? I wouldn't mind trying it, but I am too busy to commit
to GMing. I could play a one-shot, or two maybe.

Jamison
Message no. 15
From: jgilmour@*****.com (Jonathan and Jamie Gilmour)
Subject: Online Game
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:58:12 -0500
I would totally be up for this if we could find someone to DM.
Get a few people to commit and nail down a time and I'll be there.
I work thrid shift right now, but after next week I will be on first.

On 1/23/06, Jamison Cooper-Leavitt <pb3209@****.utah.edu> wrote:
> Graht wrote:
>
> >On 1/23/06, Jamison Cooper-Leavitt <pb3209@****.utah.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>>>For those of you that run games via Ventrilo, what other
> >>>>>resources/software do you use? A curious mind wants to know :)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>I don't use it for SR, but that's not a bad idea, either... Hmm....
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >
> >
> >
> >>>Heh, yeah, I use it for City of Heroes and it works like a charm, and
> >>>I've thought about using it for table top roleplaying, but haven't
> >>>made that leap yet. I was hoping to learn from the experiences of
> >>>others on that front :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
> >>Like everyone else is saying it works like a charm. My only complaint
> >>is the annoying echo, but I figure that is an issue of IP-relay rather
> >>than just ventrilo alone.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >It's probably being caused by one or more of the players using a
> >microphone and computer speakers rather than a headset with a
> >microphone. That's always been the culprit when I use it with the
> >people I play CoH with. One person persists in using his surround
> >sound speakers with him and his microphone smack dab in the middle. I
> >finally had to assign "special effects" to him to cut down the echo
> >from him. I applied the flanger effect and modified it a bit and now
> >when he echoes it's more of a background noise than a distracting
> >echo.
> >
> >
> >--
> >-Graht
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Is anyone on this list interested in trying an online shadowrun game
> using Ventrilo? I wouldn't mind trying it, but I am too busy to commit
> to GMing. I could play a one-shot, or two maybe.
>
> Jamison
>
Message no. 16
From: jon.gilmour@*****.com (Jon Gilmour)
Subject: Online game
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:20:26 -0400
Anyone interested in playing this weekend? Tommorow perhaps?
I know its short notice, but I am really wanting to play, and my wife and
kids are going out of town for most of the day.
Message no. 17
From: snicker@*********.net (snicker@*********.net)
Subject: Online game
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:33:48 +0000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Gilmour [mailto:jon.gilmour@*****.com]
>
> Anyone interested in playing this weekend? Tommorow perhaps?
> I know its short notice, but I am really wanting to play, and my wife and
> kids are going out of town for most of the day.

What time and what edition?

Snicker
Message no. 18
From: n.kobschaetzki@**********.com (Niels Kobschaetzki)
Subject: Online game
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:55:14 +0200
On Aug 11, 2006, at 10:20 PM, Jon Gilmour wrote:

> Anyone interested in playing this weekend? Tommorow perhaps?
> I know its short notice, but I am really wanting to play, and my
> wife and
> kids are going out of town for most of the day.

i'm out - have to work on an urgent paper :(

Niels


--

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” -- Benjamin
Franklin.
Message no. 19
From: wilson.reis@*****.com (Wilson Reis)
Subject: Online game
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:44:56 -0300
I would love to, but right now i don´t really know if i will be able
to attend. In the next couple hours i´ll probably have a better idea.
(oh, and sunday is father´s day here, so i will be with my kid and my
dad, so consider me as a "maybe" to saturday and as a "no no" to
sunday)

Will

On 8/11/06, Niels Kobschaetzki <n.kobschaetzki@**********.com> wrote:
> On Aug 11, 2006, at 10:20 PM, Jon Gilmour wrote:
>
> > Anyone interested in playing this weekend? Tommorow perhaps?
> > I know its short notice, but I am really wanting to play, and my
> > wife and
> > kids are going out of town for most of the day.
>
> i'm out - have to work on an urgent paper :(
>
> Niels
>
>
> --
>
> "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
> temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin
> Franklin.
>
>
>
Message no. 20
From: davek@***.lonestar.org (David Kettler)
Subject: Online game
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 01:01:56 +0000
On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 04:20:26PM -0400, Jon Gilmour wrote:
> Anyone interested in playing this weekend? Tommorow perhaps?
> I know its short notice, but I am really wanting to play, and my wife and
> kids are going out of town for most of the day.

This weekend is no good for me, I'm going camping

--
Dave Kettler
davek@***.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
Message no. 21
From: wilson.reis@*****.com (Wilson Reis)
Subject: Online game
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:11:05 -0300
On 8/11/06, Wilson Reis <wilson.reis@*****.com> wrote:
> I would love to, but right now i don´t really know if i will be able
> to attend.

Confirmed, i´m free to play anytime this saturday.

Will
Message no. 22
From: anders@**********.com (Anders Swenson)
Subject: Online game
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 09:53:04 -0700
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:20:26 -0400
"Jon Gilmour" <jon.gilmour@*****.com> wrote:
> Anyone interested in playing this weekend? Tommorow perhaps?
> I know its short notice, but I am really wanting to play, and my wife and
> kids are going out of town for most of the day.


got an all afternoon DnD game, sry
--Anders
Message no. 23
From: jgilmour@*****.com (Jonathan and Jamie Gilmour)
Subject: Online game
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:28:54 -0400
Lets plan on doing it in a couple weeks then. With only one person
able to play today, I rather just wait till we have a full group lined
up.

If I GM it will be 4th edition. If someone else is willing to GM then
we can do whatever they want. I would rather someone else GM as I have
never been able to actually "play" a game of SR, I've only ever GM'd

I am also trying to drum up some interest in the dumpshock forums. So
if we can all agree on a time and date we should be able to get a game
going.
Message no. 24
From: derek@***************.com (Derek Hyde)
Subject: Online game
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:03:35 -0500
------- Original message -------
From: Jonathan and Jamie Gilmour <jgilmour@*****.com>
Sent: 12.8.'06, 13:28

> Lets plan on doing it in a couple weeks then. With only one person
> able to play today, I rather just wait till we have a full group lined
> up.
>
> If I GM it will be 4th edition. If someone else is willing to GM then
> we can do whatever they want. I would rather someone else GM as I have
> never been able to actually "play" a game of SR, I've only ever GM'd
>
> I am also trying to drum up some interest in the dumpshock forums. So
> if we can all agree on a time and date we should be able to get a game
> going.
>
>
how are we talking about playing?
Message no. 25
From: jon.gilmour@*****.com (Jon Gilmour)
Subject: Online game
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:52:33 -0400
I would like to try using http://gametable.galactanet.com
for the tabletop aspect of things, and either ventrilo or Teamspeak for
voice chatting.
Anyone still interested in this can use the forum I set up at
http://shadowrungroup.proboards47.com/index.cgi
I am hoping we can get a game together for this saturday. Sometime around
noon EST, until whenever interest starts to die out.


On 8/12/06, Derek Hyde <derek@***************.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> ------- Original message -------
> From: Jonathan and Jamie Gilmour <jgilmour@*****.com>
> Sent: 12.8.'06, 13:28
>
> > Lets plan on doing it in a couple weeks then. With only one person
> > able to play today, I rather just wait till we have a full group lined
> > up.
> >
> > If I GM it will be 4th edition. If someone else is willing to GM then
> > we can do whatever they want. I would rather someone else GM as I have
> > never been able to actually "play" a game of SR, I've only ever GM'd
> >
> > I am also trying to drum up some interest in the dumpshock forums. So
> > if we can all agree on a time and date we should be able to get a game
> > going.
> >
> >
> how are we talking about playing?
>
Message no. 26
From: derek@***************.com (Derek Hyde)
Subject: Online game
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:15:08 -0500
> I would like to try using http://gametable.galactanet.com
> for the tabletop aspect of things, and either ventrilo or Teamspeak for
> voice chatting.
> Anyone still interested in this can use the forum I set up at
> http://shadowrungroup.proboards47.com/index.cgi
> I am hoping we can get a game together for this saturday. Sometime around
> noon EST, until whenever interest starts to die out.
>
Well, unfortunately, I'm out.....due to day/time wanted ;) I'm working
Saturday...and most saturdays at that :(

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