Zeries, on 23 March 2014 - 09:53 PM, said:
Hosting something like a TS would take a lot of working together and talking between the heads to get there rules and guidelines all need to be agree'd upon. One clan taking it upon them selves to host it might make the other clans feel iffy on going to it due to possible views being different so a lot of planning would be required. Starting with a hub website we can slowly expand to much more. Hopefully by time Invasion hits and CW comes into affect we will have most if not all those things sorted.
I agree with this statement. It would take a lot of combined effort on the part of quite a few clans to have something of this magnitude stick. There would have to be very clear, neutral community standards as well. At the moment, with the state of the game, I'm not sure anyone would see return on their efforts trying to pull something this massive off. It takes a lot of effort from a lot of people to create, maintain, and advertise even just a TS server, let alone a website.
Having said that, I think that a standalone TS server would see more use to the average player than a hub website. Voice chat is something that enhances the game tremendously and very directly, and while websites are nice, I agree that most players just visit the official forums. I've also found that no matter what group I'm playing with, they tend to stick in their own coms. A Clan wide TS could give people a place to drop with others when their own teams aren't online, but I feel like they already use NGNG or another public server for that.
So basic summary: It's a nice idea, but I'm not convinced there is a need for it (or enough support for it) given how past attempts have gone. I feel like it may be more trouble that it would ultimately be worth. However, I do like the idea of a non discussion list of Clan TS servers. That would be a very useful tool for the community and far easier to manage.