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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 5432780" data-attributes="member: 2093">I only have experience with Maptools, but I use a mac, my brother who runs the game and controls the server uses linux, and the other players are on PCs.We have one player (on PC, I think, tho he also uses a mac at times) who regularly has loads of trouble connecting; he often can connect and can see us but we can't see him. He has to login multiple times to get  a proper connection.Otherwise, I used to have tons of "drop outs" but in recent iterations the problem has almost completely disappeared (we play for about 3 hours a week, and I get dropped about every other week). We have a server crash about that often, as well. Some of that we attribute to my brother's AWFUL internet service (semi-rural VT) and some to the software.We don't use Skype because we have one player who plays on a laptop and her setup makes Skype nearly impossible. We hope to add it back in in the future when her position allows her to get her desktop set back up. Skype makes everything easier.Maptool does NOT have voice or video capability - that's why Skype is such a nice addition to the setup. What I do like about maptool is the ability to save the game transcript and thus create a record of the whole game. It's very useful when trying to remember what happened a week or two back.</blockquote>