It has been many, many years that the GU community has faithfully used Teamspeak. From a communication quality and latency perspective, it was outdone by Ventrilo, but their money-grabbing antics and strict licensing options prevented a move toward the service.
Thankfully, an open-source community driven alternative that prevails over both has finally been developed. Mumble is the new choice of communication application for hardcore clanners and casual gamers alike. It's as close to real-time as we've come across, and the quality is outstanding. Surpassing even Ventrilo in both regards. Best of all, it's free, and has some ultra-nifty features not seen elsewhere...
Once "expert config" has been enabled, you'll have the option to enable an overlay which activates in supported games, listing who is talking and who is in the room. Beyond that, support for positional audio has been developed in a range of games, including Team Fortress 2. What this means is that the further away you are from your friends, the quieter you'll be to them, and if you're on the right of the listener, they'll hear it prodominately from their right ear.
It's quite simply f*cking awesome.
- Download the client here - Read about the supported games here
Join OD and I; http://www.gamers-underground.com/forum/gu-game-servers/19523-voicecomms-server.html
Quote from OverDrive;371502: Who wants to help setup the channels and their ACL's? (Ala: ACL and Groups/English - Mumble ). Do a good job, and get admin access to the server.
Prefer someone who uses mumble and understands the requirements...