When playing multiplayer online games you usually need to communicate with
your friends for different reasons: to design a strategy for your next
assault or just to have a fun, relaxing chit-chat while killing enemies
mercilessly.Many games feature a chat tool that allows you to exchange
messages with other players, but typing a sentence while trying to stay alive
in the game can be really annoying.The only solution then is using voice
communication. It's easier, faster and far more comfortable than writing
messages on a tiny chat window.And one of the best options for voice
communications in multiplayer online games is TeamSpeak. TeamSpeak is a piece
of software that comes in two separate applications, one to be used as a
server and the other one as a client.You can therefore have your own private
TeamSpeak server installed at home, which allows you to talk to your friends
while playing with them in an absolutely private, secure way.As the server
administrator of TeamSpeak, you have the right to create and delete user
accounts, set different privileges for each one of them, ban any given user
or password protect the access to the server, just to mention a few. As for
TeamSpeak's client application, it's very easy to use. Just enter the
required connection data (server's address, nickname and password if needed)
and you're done.You can either enter the IP address of your own private
server or use any of the hundreds of public TeamSpeak servers available on
the Internet, which you can conveniently browse directly from your
client.Both TeamSpeak server and client feature a simple, straightforward
design that, in all honesty, could be improved a lot. The program's interface
is just too basic: a bare window with no graphic elements at all and quite
schematic menus that make you think something has been left out. TeamSpeak
stays minimized in the system tray and uses few system resources. The voice
quality is excellent. Also, you'll find some interesting settings in
TeamSpeak's configuration menu, such as the possibility to adjust its
bandwidth usage or the option to activate the microphone only when you speak,
though this may be a little tricky to configure at first sight. Needless to
say, you can use TeamSpeak with any online game you play, as it's a totally
independent application. So next time you meet your friends online to play,
forget about messy written conversations right in the middle of a crucial
battle and move on to TeamSpeak.Download *TeamSpeak Client Beta 36 3.0.9.2*
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