Blender group chat: Discord!
SageKri writes:
One sunny afternoon there was a topic posted in the Blender Facebook Group about chat applications and grouping outside the bounds of Facebook. I’ve been using Discord for gaming use and thought it would be perfect for the group to communicate easier.
Discord can be accessed through its website for free, without having to register. All you need is a name and you can start talking! It also can be downloaded to Windows, OSX, Android, and iOS devices. Its quick, uses low memory and easily accessible. You can also upload images and files.
We’ve already had people posting their .blend files to the Blender discord’s #Help channel and solved some issues faster using voice and screenshots.
I believe Discord can become a great resource for Blender communities to keep in contact. So let me introduce you to it here.
What is the benefit of Discord over our pre-existing IRCs?
I thing IRC is no longer popular, thou i don’t know why.
I suppose that the better question is, do these guys know we even have established IRCs? Considering this concept rose from a Facebook group, I would assume that they do not…
The one who created it and the one who posted it in the Facebook group visits the IRC’s. Not very often but, they are aware. The IRC was posted in a pinned message to the group for a couple months and lots of people commented asking how to connect.
Discord is simply easier to connect to, in my opinion.
Click on a invite link, set a name and start talking.
With the IRC, if you are used to such a thing, its pretty simple as well I bet.
Also, the IRC has no voice channels or chat history unless you were in the chat for a while. Discord offers features that IRC’s just don’t have. Correct me if I’m wrong, I’m sure that there are some plugin’s or other ways to get things to work in IRC’s. I’m merely speaking from default perspectives.
Bah, it’s finally happened… I’ve become a bitter old man who hates change, lol. I’ll be climbing off my high horse now.
How do i join channel .. it needs invite or a code
Heya, Draguu.
The invite code got turned into a section of text in the article to click on but here is the invite link: https://discord.gg/012GxTl8wLpIR1LTP
Hope to see you in here :)
NO LINUX SUPPORT!
NOT OPENSOURSE!
Try http://matrix.org/ instead
Can Linux users connect through internet browser?
Yes! This is web client https://vector.im/
This is all clients http://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html
If you (blender users) create the romm please invite to me!
THank you!
Can’t you just use the browser-based version?
yes, i can
I’ve been checking it out, there does seem to be a few people using it, which is good. I asked a question in the help (semi-new Blender user here) and I got a good answer within a few minutes. I’ve never been a fan of IRC. I don’t know why, but I quite like Discord.
I really want to join the chat so i can ask for help, but it says the invite has expired.
Same here
So if the Discord channel is still alive, can you please provide us with the new invite? I would like to join.
Yes its still very active, the link is discord.gg/blender
Thanks a lot, I’ve already joined.
https://discord.gg/blender
i tried to join but cant seem to see roles or get past rules
The rules explain how to get the role. Please read through them.