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<blockquote data-quote="Jahydin" data-source="post: 9484250" data-attributes="member: 6984869">Discord makes a bit more sense if you know <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0sFlhdBNmw" target="_blank">its history</a>. It started off as just an app to let gamers talk to each other while they played PC games. From there, gamers began forming groups and making their own Servers. For instance, my wife and I both signed up and created a Server where we both hopped onto to talk to each other while we played Grim Dawn. As time passed, other friends showed interest in playing the same game, so we added them to the group. Now it's 20 people, and whenever they play Grim Dawn, everyone in that group can see and join in to play or just pop in to chat. This is the foundation Discord is built around and why its so &quot;group centric&quot; despite exploding in popularity and becoming a platform for waaaay more than just gaming groups.What it provides for me is a single spot where I can pop into multiple severs and interact with creators and their fans in real time. Nothing beats seeing that the writer of your favorite game is on shooting the breeze and you get to ask them a question directly!If setup correctly, it's like having a giant digital FLGS where multiple rooms all dedicated to a single game. Inside each one, people are chatting, sharing ideas, and playing games in real time. Real time having its advantages, for instance, this exchange we're having took several days here on ENWorld. If I saw you on Discord, we could have had the same exchange in a few minutes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jahydin, post: 9484250, member: 6984869"] Discord makes a bit more sense if you know [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0sFlhdBNmw']its history[/URL]. It started off as just an app to let gamers talk to each other while they played PC games. From there, gamers began forming groups and making their own Servers. For instance, my wife and I both signed up and created a Server where we both hopped onto to talk to each other while we played Grim Dawn. As time passed, other friends showed interest in playing the same game, so we added them to the group. Now it's 20 people, and whenever they play Grim Dawn, everyone in that group can see and join in to play or just pop in to chat. This is the foundation Discord is built around and why its so "group centric" despite exploding in popularity and becoming a platform for waaaay more than just gaming groups. What it provides for me is a single spot where I can pop into multiple severs and interact with creators and their fans in real time. Nothing beats seeing that the writer of your favorite game is on shooting the breeze and you get to ask them a question directly! If setup correctly, it's like having a giant digital FLGS where multiple rooms all dedicated to a single game. Inside each one, people are chatting, sharing ideas, and playing games in real time. Real time having its advantages, for instance, this exchange we're having took several days here on ENWorld. If I saw you on Discord, we could have had the same exchange in a few minutes. [/QUOTE]

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