I definitely hear you guys on that, trust me.. the dumbed-down garbage that typically comes out of Hollywood these days leaves a lot to be desired. At the same time though, I feel Abrams has taken the franchise in a bold (yes, many would deem questionable) direction, and I think that his and his writing team's potential could really make it a hit.

I don't read much into posters and ZOMGHYPE-marketing for said reasons. I just know that the 2009 film was a success IMHO and still kept an intellectual edge. in some regards perhaps the '09 film was hard to swallow, but still a success that i ended up watching several times over.

Just have to hope for the best. At least it isn't ST the motion picture. :dry:

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Will there be Vodka?

Oh there'd best be some vodka up in this shindig. B)

Sounds really awesome though. I'm particularly excited about the shuttle race. Y'all can eat my impulse wake. ;)

I agree, Star Trek has always been at its core, morality plays set in space. They're not just about pew pew pew and boom boom and young Hollywood sex symbols. Though I will say I was not mad at Chris Pine in his undies (fans face with hand) :P

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Congratulations GW2! Very happy to see an MMO grab that title. Can't wait to login tonight. :cheer:

Could not agree more with Perspexion.... this poster, and that synopsis, suck any excitement I had for this movie into the darkness... (lol)

It's bad enough that they blew up all of Vulcan in the last one, now this synopsis... "detonates Starfleet," WOW what a compelling line! How the hell did this happen... oh wait, Battlestar Galactica, but instead, it's what, some pissed off terrorist?

I'm all about Trek making comment on the world we live in today, but come on.... the 9/11 analogies are so tired, and the "shout out" to Dark Knight isn't cute, it's ridiculous.

Would I sound old, traditionalist, and a bit Tea Party if I said we need to take back Trek? This is so far from what Gene wanted out of Trek, and I dare say, what most of US, the fans, want out of it.

Rant also over... and to be fair, I've not seen the movie, so it could be the best thing since The Hobbit will be... (lol yeah right!)

It's the way it goes now with Trek, blow it all up and then do a story/film about it, then blow it all up again for the next one then blow it all up again... after all people only pay to see films for the big flashing lights and loud noises.

I am a little bored of nearly every film being treated like it's a sensorium because people can't handle plots more complicated than revenge, it's like the emotional range of the writers has been reduced so significantly that they can only write obvious scripts with obvious outcomes and the only idea of 'ramping up the drama' comes in blowing everything up in some faceless numbers game rather than something more nuanced and character based.

Aaaaaaanyway, rant over.

It sounds like something went quite wrong with your testing, and I'd be happy to take you through a few test runs on a highly optimized server to let you experience what the rest of us do. Believe me, as everyone who's has significant experience with both on this thread has said, there's no comparison.

There's also the question of mumble, do you plan to give that a shot as well? Seems to be on par with TS based on the feedback I`ve heard and read.

And I'm pretty sure there are a lot of people willing to help, including possibly an admiral/FC or two, so think about letting us get involved!

Will there be Vodka?

I am one that hasn't been fairly active on the website, but let me say thank you for doing a great job running the guild and keeping things updated. I definitely enjoy my time in Tyria with my guildies.

Wow Halish, I'm totally surprised.

Thanks a ton for the initiative, although I would have been more than happy to help you guys with the process! But it does make me wonder if your test server had been appropriately configured (both hardware and software options), because a well run system is so clearly better than the vent we're using that not a single person has suggested otherwise up to this point. As you've seen, everyone who's tested both and responded on this thread has preferred TS or Mumble, as have the ~10 people, fleeties and non-fleeties that I've introduced to TS. Literally zero vent defenders except you two!

I hope you used a recently updated TS 3.0 server, that you noticed that the voice quality vs. performance quality is configurable per channel through the client interface, and that the server has pretty extensive options that have been tweaked to allow hardware reservation to optimize voice quality. Did you have admin permissions on your server? I'd be happy to show you a highly-optimized server and see if you have the same reaction.

And yeah, skype's totally not a feasible option for us, but it sounded like mumble could potentially be an option as well.

As an ex-VoIP engineer, I was thinking of setting up a few quantitative and qualitative tests to avoid any subjectivity that can inevitably leak into these kind of assessments. Let me know if I can help.

P.S. The reason I get a bit excited over this is that I used to be a total pro-vent guy and REALLY didn't want to be bothered to install yet another new client. When someone finally dragged me over, despite me really trying very hard to hate it, I was seriously impressed. And converts are the always the loudest. lol. Must be the German engineering!

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It makes me think of Gary Mitchell from TOS "Where No Man Has Gone Before".

That was one of the rumours for the bad guy a few months ago.

It makes me think of Gary Mitchell from TOS "Where No Man Has Gone Before".

Please let me know what you think! I think it's amazing how much detail it brings out from the game. =) It's a lot more noticeable when you're playing it yourself... can't really see the graphics in the screens.

People on tumblr were sassing the poster for lifting from the Dark Knight. I replied with this:



Could be worse. Could be rainbow space heads.

AGAIN.

This is so sweet! I can't wait to install it when I get home from work!!!

Link to event page in Original Post, for people who are as slow as I am.

Bibbity Bump!

New Event page is now live, go Check it out!

A huge Thank You to our Fearless leader for putting this together for us!

I read this morning that there will be a new trailer featured at theaters playing "The Hobbit." Should entail some footage as they have been filming Into Darkness since late last year.

Steady as she goes, Abrams... and don't f&*$ it up! :P

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Myself and NicholasJohn tested teamspeak a few weeks ago. We found the sound quality to be very much below par of what we have come to expect from Ventrilo.

It wasn't any easier to set up or use and I don't see any benefit gained from moving.

Skype isn't really a feasible option as it requires dialogue before connections can be made and would render the public-open part of our Ventrilo extinct.

That's a badass poster! I wish this wasn't still six months away.