talk.shutupandwrite.net

Shut Up & Write's voice server is infrequently used, but still a useful tool in the world of writing. You won't find it very useful to lurk here, but you may want to invite someone on to discuss writing, brainstorm, give verbal critique, or just hang out.

Connecting to TeamSpeak

TeamSpeak is a free application that can be downloaded and installed from its official website. Once installed, it is recommended to go through the audio setup and configure Push-To-Talk.

Once that's finished, navigate to Connections > Connect and set talk.shutupandwrite.net as the server address. Alternatively, click this link to automatically join the chat once you have TeamSpeak installed.

Rules

Again, we do our best to keep things casual. Here's a few guidelines to make sure you're not annoying the heck out of everyone else.

• Use headphones. Unlike Skype, TeamSpeak has very little in the way of echo cancellation. If our voices are coming out of your speakers, they will go back into your microphone and create a massive, loud, and irritating echo. Please don't do this!
• Use Push-To-Talk. This is a good rule of thumb if you're just starting out. Lots of people have background noise that their microphone picks up on (dogs barking, computer fans running, the tortured screams of basement captives). This isn't so bad if you're talking at the same time, but if your background noise is constant and your microphone is always activated, it means your background noise becomes our background noise. Nobody wants that.
• Don't be a creep. Lurking is as welcome here as it is anywhere else, but if you're away from your computer, please either duck into the AFK channel or mute yourself. Sitting in a chatroom for hours on end with microphone enabled and never once talking is like having someone stare intently at you from across a room.
  If you're not yet comfortable with using your voice on the Internet, being quiet or communicating through text only isn't a big deal. We only ask that you don't lurk in the chat and never say anything at all ever. That's weird.

Stop Writing & Talk

On Wednesdays at 8pm EST / 5pm PST / Thursday midnight UTC, a bunch of us get together to have a super casual chat about writing and other things. JotBot will post information about these events every week at 5pm EST / 2pm PST / 9pm UTC on our subreddit. Please RSVP in the thread!