I'm not sure that more mics help or not. Sometimes they just gave me 3-4 repeats of the same voice, and extra noise. And, anytime there is "chatter" I almost completely lose it.

I can generally follow what you say. Mostly get what mycrazyhair says. Most of the other people -- really iffy. Ok... Hasib's player also tends to be mostly audible.

But if two (or more) people talk, I'm lost.

Also, I feel like I'm working with a 1-2 second lag on everything. Like anything I say will be late, after what the point of whatever I'm commenting on.

How are things working for hearing me on your end? I know I often have to repeat things.

Speaking in full sentences does make sense.

I also miss who is actually "in the room" -- as in, which players/characters are there. For example, when people were trying to have Wolf call Hasib -- I didn't have the context that Hasib's player was there, and we wanted to pull him back into the adventure.

I'm sorry the "good" mic you bought went south. If you bought it with a credit card, might you have, or have access to, the credit card report? Might that be enough to get the store to do an exchange, if not a return?

I don't like the dynamic change that a "talking stick" would impose. A lot of the fun is the witty banter and interplay -- especially for the people there. I don't want your group to lose that, even if I miss a bunch of it.

Sadly, the one good-quality room mic is, probably, the best option.

And, yeah, there did seem to be worse lag yesterday than last time. I think your end lost connection a couple times. And, I had an internet drop-out at my end one time, too, just to add to the pain.

I'm also wondering, though, if there is some way to spend more of the bandwidth on sound, less on video. One view of the room is nice, with a view of me for people there -- but more pictures may just eat bandwidth that might have been better spent on the sound, which I find more important for the actual interaction.

The reason I guessed at about 2s, was that if I heard my own voice with a 4-5s delay, I figured it was 2s me to you, then another 2s you to me. So one-way delay was only 2s.

But, yeah, for a conversation, that is a 4s lag, isn't it. Because if you say something, there is lag to me... then I say something... so that is lag to you. Yup, 4-5s lag.

Also, pls deliver the washboard abs I requested last year.

My order for abs has also gone astray somewhere in the post. Or possibly switched with someone else's order for an extra cup size, which I would like to return as soon as possible.

You should see about replacing your jaw for a shiny metal one. That would be fun.

LASERTEETH FTW!

Don't you mean:
Our first date was 13 freaking years ago. We OLD. Sad Trombone?

Yay: Awesome anniversary dinner with [info]neeuqdrazil. Our first date was 13 freaking years ago. We OLD.

Yay!

P.S. Sorry I fuckered Sharon's page with overly big image. I see you fixed it though.