I see people everyday posting about using Skype to communicate with mics over Minecraft. Why is it this program is so popular to use? It has so many negatives when it comes to mic chat over any game.

Reason I hate Skype for mic chat over video-games:
1. Its open mic, no one wants to hear you breath.
2. Its not very resourceful, for those that already have a hard time running Minecraft, Skype just makes it harder.
3. Dropped calls and group chats, if you don't have a good host for the call, it lags and drops.

Reason I love any other program:
1. Less resourceful.
2. Push to talk features.
3. Hosted servers, so no dropped calls!

Why not try using Ventrilo, Mumble or even Teamspeak! Yes these have negatives that Skype doesn't have, but they allow push to talk options and take up less resource than Skype as well as no dropped calls due to it being on a hosted server. While Ventrilo and Mumble may be hard for you to find a server because it cost to host one, Teamspeak has servers set up for you and your friends to join that are public. Although it may be hard to find a server for Ventrilo and Mumble there is always Google, use it to search for Minecraft servers. You never know, you may get lucky as I did and find a server with a large community of Minecraft players online at all times.

Sorry for my rant, just don't understand why anyone would want to use a open mic program and listen to each other breath heavily while they fight to keep their computer from freezing because Minecraft and Skype are fighting each other.

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