I installed TeamSpeak this morning, which is generally a program used for talking to other people live via microphone in a chat room. In a way, it's a bit like a microphone-based IRC.
Either way, it's up right now, and while WetWired might kill me once he finds out (yes, it does sound like a bandwidth hog at first), you can all simply get the client at:
http://www.teamspeak.org
Or, just use this direct link:
http://www.teamspeak.org/modules.php...ads&file=index
The TS2 Win32 Client is likely what you will need to download. It's 5.8 mb, so beware, hamster-powered 28.8 modem users.
Anyway, once you've installed the client, simply connect anonymously to
www.zelaron.com and you should be sent right into the Zelaron channel. From there on, you might want to choose
Settings > Sound Input/Output Settings from the menu to bind a key to the talk mode. I would recommend you bind caps lock, as other keys seem to add a the standard Windows "you can't type any more" repeated sound. So, simply push and hold caps lock while you want to talk, and ramble on.
Even if you don't have a microphone, you can always join up the fun, but expect people, me in particular, to complain and tell you to buy a $3 microphone from Walmart asap.
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