Just thought I would introduce Raidcall.

[Michael Slaunwhite]

Hi guys!

So what is Raidcall? Raidcall is a voice network similar to Teamspeak, but the sole difference is that yo do not host it on your own system. You setup your own server for free on Raidcall's own hosting site.

It's 100% free, and best of all it's bandwidth is minimal, even lower than TS, and it uses less ram, and it has excellent voice quality. I use it, and have my own channel for playing DayZ, and whole slew of other games when I play online (never thought I would say that but lately I've been playing allot of MP lately).

Link: http://www.raidcall.com/v7/index.html

Here is the gist of the program.

[gist]

SPOILER: SHOW

Free & Light

Setting up is fast and easy; with no need to rent or set up servers
Low CPU usage and minimum memory footprint allows for smooth, uninterrupted communication im
Group Communication

Hold up to 10,000 users at a time in a single RaidCall group
Hi-Fi quality voice chat from anywhere in the world
Flexible group management system
Additional features like voice recorder, poll, announcements, activity log, and more
simple
Instant Messaging

File transferring and screenshot sharing
Chat records
Personalized themes and Emoticons
more
light
Video Broadcast

Share YouTube videos within RaidCall group
Chat within group while watching embedded Twitch and own3D streams
quality
Social features

Discover new online communities based on similar interests, games, and activities
Synchronize your RaidCall account with your Facebook and invite your friends to join your group
social network
Fancy Features

Special speaking modes fit for every occasion
Optional reverbs for music effects
Moderator system
Process your voice with soundcard or software media players

Anyway, take it easy!

[Leffe7]

Raidcall sounds interesting.
Is there a possibility to change the channel when playing in fullscreen mode?
Or is there a easy-to-use whisper feature?

[Michael Slaunwhite]

Raidcall sounds interesting.

Is there a possibility to change the channel when playing in fullscreen mode?

I'm not sure that they have implemented a in-game menu plugin as of yet. That could be something they may be wanting to add at a later time. I could suggest alt-tabbing out, but that is something I never recommend. :pinch:

Or is there a easy-to-use whisper feature?

Not too sure, so far I've never had a need to use many of it's features.

I jump between Raidcall, and Teamspeak. I use Raidcall when I am hosting my Dayz Breakingpoint, or Overwatch games since it works off their servers, and lets me host, and play the game with very little overhead, and I use Teamspeak when I am playing with the A.C.R.E addon (Arma 2/CO).

Check it out, and see if it's something you want to use. If you need to test out a standard Raidcall server, visit this one: http://www.raidcall.com/go.php?sid=6716570

That is my server.

[Michael Slaunwhite]

I guess to sum up what is the benefit of using Raidcall over Teamspeak would be that if you cannot afford to rent a TS3 server, then install Raidcall since you are using their free servers to host your voice channel.

If you can't afford a TS server, then having it hosted on your own computer, along with playing, and hosting a MP game, and the TS server you might experience some overhead issues since everything is being processed through you. Mind you though you might not see much degradation of performance if it's just you, and your friend playing but get a few more people in there, and you might see problems begin to arise such as lag, disconnects.

For me, sometimes I can get up to 20 people playing on my Dayz server, and I can't afford wasting my bandwidth, and resources hosting my teamspeak server, and my Dayz server at the same time which is why I will use Raidcall since I have no overhead issues using the voice program, and the majority of my bandwidth, and resources go to hosting my Dayz server.

Anyway, Raidcall is not meant to replace Teamspeak if that is what you are use to using.