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<blockquote data-quote="IronWolf" data-source="post: 5967952" data-attributes="member: 21076">Yep - I am this guy. Skype has worked pretty well for us. Granted face to face gaming is more optimal, but that isn't always possible and Skype is a very viable alternative (or any number of other voice or video solutions).I have not had much audio lag at all, my home connection is pretty poor by today's standards for those living in the city. The video will lag a bit, but not to the point of being detrimental or to the point of affecting the audio stream.In the case of one player skyping in I think it is easiest to just trust the player a bit and let them roll on their own and report the roll. That is how we do it when I Skype in. I am pretty sure the group trusts me. Just last week I rolled a natural 20 at a rather opportune moment, but the roll to confirm was a 1 which I also happily revealed. Takes a bit of trust, but it really isn't an issue for our group.Google Hangouts is great. I use it for when everyone is remote. The biggest gripe in the one person remoting in is the silly timeout feature. Since we are typically only using it for voice and a bit of video sometimes I miss that are you there prompt because my attention is away from the hangout screen. When everyone is playing over the hangout the attention is more towards the hangout window, so it is less annoying then.In either case - I've had good luck with Google Hangouts as well.This can work. I have not played this way, only tested a bit. Steel Wind here has an elaborate setup that plays this way and he is a big fan of it. He has posted in another thread here where he says he prefers that to any of the VTTs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IronWolf, post: 5967952, member: 21076"] Yep - I am this guy. Skype has worked pretty well for us. Granted face to face gaming is more optimal, but that isn't always possible and Skype is a very viable alternative (or any number of other voice or video solutions). I have not had much audio lag at all, my home connection is pretty poor by today's standards for those living in the city. The video will lag a bit, but not to the point of being detrimental or to the point of affecting the audio stream. In the case of one player skyping in I think it is easiest to just trust the player a bit and let them roll on their own and report the roll. That is how we do it when I Skype in. I am pretty sure the group trusts me. Just last week I rolled a natural 20 at a rather opportune moment, but the roll to confirm was a 1 which I also happily revealed. Takes a bit of trust, but it really isn't an issue for our group. Google Hangouts is great. I use it for when everyone is remote. The biggest gripe in the one person remoting in is the silly timeout feature. Since we are typically only using it for voice and a bit of video sometimes I miss that are you there prompt because my attention is away from the hangout screen. When everyone is playing over the hangout the attention is more towards the hangout window, so it is less annoying then. In either case - I've had good luck with Google Hangouts as well. This can work. I have not played this way, only tested a bit. Steel Wind here has an elaborate setup that plays this way and he is a big fan of it. He has posted in another thread here where he says he prefers that to any of the VTTs. [/QUOTE]

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