Corco 1,233 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 First and foremost, I am not a heavy discord user; I have an account, but I rarely log on, and when I do, it's usually when I would get a "hey I sent you a message on Discord" message. I'm sure that this topic has likely been already discussed ad nauseum, but in my personal opinion, I feel that Discord as a whole takes away from a lot of what made the VHL so fun [for me] in the first place. When I joined the VHL in S28, Discord was still around 3 real-life years away from being released, and I feel like at that time compared to now, there was much more discourse relating to the league happening on the forums. Don't get me wrong, I think that the league is healthier than ever, and I'm willing to [begrudgingly] admit that Discord is a big factor towards that. But for example, in three locker rooms that I have access to all of the last posts were made at least a year ago. That's crazy to me! Discord Pros: Very accessible on mobile, which in conjunction with the Portal, seems to be the way that many members access the league now More personal communication. The league originally used to have a live chat feature on the website (separate from PMs), and I know that a lot of members were big fans of it Linking of various accounts across different platforms (PlayStation, Xbox, etc.) allows members to connect more than ever Discord Cons: Lack of searchability over time. Older topics and posts eventually become near-impossible to find Can be hard to "catch up" on the conversation at a given time due to the constant chat stream I understand that the adoption of Discord has greatly benefitted the league as a whole and that it isn't going anywhere anytime soon, but I do miss the early days of my VHL career where the league discussion felt much more centralized than it does now. Triller, der meister, AJW and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahma 1,426 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 #BringBackChat @eaglesfan036 eaglesfan036 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,911 Posted October 1 Admin Share Posted October 1 Yup this was a hotter debate 2-3 years back, I think the war is lost now. Corco, eaglesfan036, der meister and 1 other 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissioner Beketov 8,996 Posted October 1 Commissioner Share Posted October 1 Ahma 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Moderator frescoelmo 1,275 Posted October 1 Head Moderator Share Posted October 1 *AOL instant messenger has entered the chat* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan036 4,598 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Yea even MR Bring Back Chat is primarily a discord user now. I do miss the good old days Ahma 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan036 4,598 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Geez - I feel old. Made that 10 years ago Ahma 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,179 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Hey Corco. Long time. You're right. Corco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v.2 1,401 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 add me on msn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Janser 2,153 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 ICQ anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitingDeath 3,167 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 If it wasn't for forums, Corco would have never recruited me to the VHL. Just saying. qripll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triller 1,647 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 15 hours ago, Corco said: Can be hard to "catch up" on the conversation at a given time due to the constant chat stream Good thing here is that you typically aren't missing out on anything interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissioner Beketov 8,996 Posted October 2 Commissioner Share Posted October 2 16 hours ago, v.2 said: add me on msn Man, I miss the days of VHL MSN chats v.2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_Di 1,021 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Same here, mostly visit the forums. Only in Discord for team LR but don't check on the VHL discord much. Should probably start to check in more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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