The Discord Dilemma
As I see it there are three primary reasons why TeamSpeak is used over Discord:
On the other side, there are four reasons why Discord would be better:
So the question becomes, do these benefits justfify the time and effort to recreate the existing infrastructure? Through a plugin command it would be very simple to:
Being able to get the Minecraft user's IP address deals with the issue of the inability to get it through Discord. By requiring a linked account through a simple in-game command, you can easily prevent alts. I am happy to work with the server administration to create this if it at all sounds interesting.
Thanks for reading,
kuuy
As I see it there are three primary reasons why TeamSpeak is used over Discord:
- The inability to see IP address (to prevent alts)
- The current already-created infrastructure and features
- The better audio quality of TeamSpeak
On the other side, there are four reasons why Discord would be better:
- Free Mobile App (TeamSpeak costs $4.99 on iOS)
- Free server cost (Reduce total server overhead)
- Much better interface
- Webhooks for integration with the server via plugins
So the question becomes, do these benefits justfify the time and effort to recreate the existing infrastructure? Through a plugin command it would be very simple to:
- Link the command sender's Minecraft UUID with their Discord account
- Check whether the command sender already has a linked Discord account
- Check whether the command sender's IP has already linked a Discord account
- Change the command sender's role in the Discord channel to be able to use text/voice
Being able to get the Minecraft user's IP address deals with the issue of the inability to get it through Discord. By requiring a linked account through a simple in-game command, you can easily prevent alts. I am happy to work with the server administration to create this if it at all sounds interesting.
Thanks for reading,
kuuy