If you enjoy playing multiplayer online gaming, I’ve no doubt you already appreciate the usefulness of being able to use voice communication with other players on your own team. You could of course simply chat with text to them, but if you are playing any sort of real time games, be it First Person Shooters, or Role Playing Games, the amount of time saved by simply voicing your need for some immediate backup in your area can mean the difference between getting a frag, and being fragged.

Ventrilo is a popular VoIP system many semi-pro clans use to ensure reliability and scalability for their required voice communications. Although you can run your own Ventrilo Server, this will then cause lag and a performance hit on your PC. Instead of relying on other clan members to run and administrate the servers, most teams to professional Ventrilo Server providers. Apart from the already mentioned benefits, using a company such as Dark Star provides other bonuses - you can save a lot of money compared to other providers, their professional support service runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. (I’m assuming that is 366 days per leap year ).
Localized servers to your clan’s geographical area also ensure that packet loss and latency are kept to a bare minimum, whilst the FREE Premium codecs ensure that you can tell the difference between a team member screaming “Guard My Back” and “Get Back”. The 99.7% guaranteed uptime means that you can focus solely on your gaming needs, rather than worrying about your service provider having a technical hitch.

This post is paid for by DarkStar.