Would anyone be interested in participating in a sort of retro gaming "book club" style group?

[killyourfm@layer8.space]

@gsquirrel Done! This little club can probably also double as your "Project Backlog"

[cleandesign@mastodon.social]

@killyourfm I’m in if someone can give me a tap on the shoulder when it starts.

[killyourfm@layer8.space]

@CleanDesign Consider it done!

[killyourfm@layer8.space]

@Jojonintendo @thanius @nausahaver @lyonsinbeta @baltmatrix @TeamLinux01 @chris @Btph @gsquirrel @CleanDesign @tylnesh @jsstaedtler

Retro Game Club: ASSEMBLE!
The first think to figure out is where to chat while we get set up and organized.
Let's make this a group decision, OK? Cast your vote:

[raptor85@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@killyourfm @Jojonintendo @thanius @nausahaver @lyonsinbeta @baltmatrix @TeamLinux01 @chris @Btph @gsquirrel @CleanDesign @tylnesh @jsstaedtler for more "live" discussions, definitely matrix, signal is too much of a pain on the desktop (it works when it wants to, plus needs to be signed up for on a mobile app on ios or android with a phone number) and mastodon doesn't do well for threading group conversations

[jsstaedtler@mastodon.art]

@raptor85 @killyourfm That sounds good for a live chat method (good point about accommodating mobile *and* desktop)

I look at #monsterdon as a possible template for Masto-based interaction. They do a simultaneous movie viewing every Sunday and it seems to work for them. They use the hashtag to keep everything together. ...Though I wonder if federation fragmentation is ever an issue (eg. your instance doesn't pull in all messages from other instances)

[killyourfm@layer8.space]

@raptor85 I'm definitely aligned with this. Matrix tended to be unreliable during my time at Mozilla, but I think it IS the best option, and I'm sure things have been improved.

[teamlinux01@mastodon.social]

@killyourfm @Jojonintendo @thanius @nausahaver @lyonsinbeta @baltmatrix @chris @Btph @gsquirrel @CleanDesign @tylnesh @jsstaedtler

I am on everything except Signal.

[killyourfm@layer8.space]

@jsstaedtler @raptor85 As if to validate your concern, here's the only thing that happens when I load up that hashtag...

[tylnesh@fosstodon.org]

@TeamLinux01 @killyourfm @Jojonintendo @thanius @nausahaver @lyonsinbeta @baltmatrix @chris @Btph @gsquirrel @CleanDesign @jsstaedtler

Also, as a member of the Ubuntu Matrix Council,
It would be kinda funny for me to vote against Matrix

[raptor85@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@killyourfm Not sure how long ago that was but I've used it for a while, all my friends have moved over to it as well. (with a bit of prodding tbf), we even have the full voice calls/etc set up on our home server for gaming. It's basically just better discord without all the crap now.

I would never use it to replace a forum or something like masto of course but for chat imho it's the best there is at the moment.

[raptor85@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@killyourfm @jsstaedtler funnily i can see someone else replied to this message but my server isn't receiving it so I can't see the reply.

Mastodon is great at a lot of things, making a coherant thread of replies everyone in a group can see is not one of them.

[killyourfm@layer8.space]

@tylnesh @TeamLinux01 @Jojonintendo @thanius @nausahaver @lyonsinbeta @baltmatrix @chris @Btph @gsquirrel @CleanDesign @jsstaedtler HA! Kudos for that!
Admittedly, I also prefer to avoid Discord, but it felt fair to include it. I suspected pretty strongly though that this group would vote open source.

[killyourfm@layer8.space]

@raptor85 @jsstaedtler HEARD. And it's looking like Matrix is definitely in the lead anyway.

[killyourfm@layer8.space]

@raptor85 Yeaaaaa... every time I log into Discord for something, it just feels so loud and chaotic and distracting.

[wiredfire@mstdn.social]

@killyourfm love it! Not in a position to participate right now so I won’t muddy the vote but I hope this takes off and I get join in when life affords the opportunity

[killyourfm@layer8.space]

@wiredfire Awesome! I'd love to structure this in a way people can easily pop in and out when it's convenient for them. Or even follow the discussions from the sidelines.

[wiredfire@mstdn.social]

@killyourfm definitely the sort of thing I’d love to read-along to ^_^

[thibaultamartin@mamot.fr]

Happy to help promote this community with Matrix’ official channels

@killyourfm @raptor85

[killyourfm@layer8.space]

@thibaultamartin @raptor85 Awww, thank you so much! It's definitely looking like Matrix will be our destination.