Recent content by Tek7

I think Stoat is off to a good start, but it's not ready for production use yet. More specifically, as of today (2/17/26), the self-hosted option does not support voice chat per the Stoat Github page. Of the options I've looked at so far, Stoat and Fluxer seem the most promising, but time will...

My concern with Root is that it's not open source and doesn't offer self-hosted options, which means that we're just trading one proprietary solution for another and we still don't own our data. From what little I've seen, Root looks nice, but I stopped researching it once I figured out it's...

I'm definitely keeping tabs on TeamSpeak 6, but even a 128-seat limit would have me concerned because our Discord currently have 498 members. (Granted, we could prune 109 of those if we pruned everyone that's been active at least 30 days.) I'll take a closer look at how TeamSpeak defines "seat"...

TeamSpeak's 32-user limit for "free" (meaning we don't have to pay TeamSpeak for a license; we would still need to pay for hosting) servers and yet-to-be-announced pricing model for servers supporting more than 32 users might be dealbreakers for our community. If the 32-user limit were to apply...

To quote Andrew Lewis in 2010, "If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold." Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/07/16/product/ One of the key reasons we've kept the CGA Forums offline even after most of our activity shifted to Discord is...

With a possible Discord IPO (Initial Public Offering) in March, Discord requiring identification for full access starting in early March, and a data breach that may have exposed the government IDs of over 70,000 Discord users last October, there's sufficient motivation to discuss potential...

I played a few rounds of TF2 Classified earlier today. I really enjoyed it! Took me back to the early days of TF2 before they added so much cruft. Some of the features also reminded me of NeoTF, an old mod of Team Fortress Classic (which I guess would make it a mod of a mod?).

You might want to give this a shot: But no guarantee it will work. I found that text in a bug report on the TF2 Classified issue tracker, so I'm guessing other people are experiencing the same issue even with the fix.

I hadn't heard of it before your post, so I did a quick search and found the page for TF2 Classified (formerly TF2 Classic) on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3545060/Team_Fortress_2_Classified/

WIP list of our annual expenses: ExpenseAmountDate Annual XenForo license renewal$60.00 USDJanuary 27 Annual Pixel Exit XenForo style license renewal$25.00 USDJanuary 27 Annual web hosting(pending)(pending) Annual ZoHo email subscription(pending)(pending) Annual domain name...

/bump Hi, all. We still need to raise $60 USD for the annual XenForo license renewal. Strike that, reverse it! We previously received donations to cover this expense. I just paid for the XenForo license renewal, so we're good until January 27, 2027. I'll try to remember to look through our...

I've returned with more Friday night game night candidates! Armello Core Keeper Deep Rock Galactic Duck Game Escape Simulator Garry's Mod Guilty as Sock! Guns of Icarus Alliance The Headliners PEAK Risk of Rain 2 SpiderHeck Tabletop Simulator

I am aware, but I haven't researched any of them extensively yet. If and when Discord goes public with an IPO (which it may, soon), I'll probably explore alternatives at greater length. But for now, we're staying with Discord until we have reason not to. Migrating from one voice chat service to...

I'm praying that the Lord would use our community to bring Christians together and help us encourage one another to follow Him more closely this year. Happy New Year, everyone!

/bump We're still seeking to raise funds for our annual XenForo license renewal. If you have a few spare bucks after covering the essentials and tithing to your local church, please consider donating!