R.I.P Xfire

[Ultimo]

-you have to spend $5 to be able to friend and chat with people

Really? Oh man, the only reason I got Steam in the first place was to play GMod with a friend, and he gifted it to me the day i signed up, so I guess I already passed that money limit even though I haven't bought anything myself.

[Led]

What do you mean by chat logging? As far as I am aware steam shows previous conversations while x-fire doesn't. It is true that videos and screenshots don't auto upload though, and you do have to buy a game to access some functions (granted this could be unappealing for some people)

Steam also has additional functions like viewing game info and automatically joining friends games, watching friends games etc.

Granted I know little about the other options so perhaps they have these functions as well.

Xfire would (with the option set) save chats to a text file that you could access later.  If steam has this, I would like to know.

Game and server info and joining a friends game were also supported by xfire, so I didn't mention them 

[Epifire]

Xfire would (with the option set) save chats to a text file that you could access later.  If steam has this, I would like to know.

Game and server info and joining a friends game were also supported by xfire, so I didn't mention them 

The big downside to Xfire was of course that it didn't actually have any games you could buy. Steam does log about a page/half page of your own sent messages (when opening the message window to said friend). It is really good for leaving  text for someone though. I've depended on it a lot in the past to send people stuff when they were offline, as you get a notification about the received messages when you log back in.

[Snake]

I think the actual client might be down now. I can't log in.

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Yeah the social.xfire thing is gone too. It just has "Thanks again for using Xfire, and we look forward to see you in a tournament in the near future." instead of the form for downloading screenshots and videos. Goodbye xfire. 

[Anyder]

I think the actual client might be down now. I can't log in.

It's been like this since yesterday morning... but yea it's down

[Epifire]

Now let us all express our grief and condolences in a moment of silence... ... ... .. .

[Gold Man]

And now we gotta face facts: Which client are we all heading to? I already have Origin/Steam/Evolve, though do take note if you don't choose Steam, odds are I won't be active on the other.

[Viathan]

A poll would be great.
Evolve is senseless. Because using it just for its chat function..
Origin is a must have for everyone who want to buy the new SWBF.
Steam is a great place for a community. With chatrooms, private chats etc. I would vote for steam.

[Anyder]

Steam has a lot of swbf2 players. At least EU.
We met the 1/th of june to know how we'd contact each other and we decided to use that TS and a group they created afterwards

[Shazam]

I originally thought EvolveHQ would be the best option, but now that I've tried Steam a bit more, I prefer it over the other messaging platforms.

A poll would be great.

I can put a poll up within the next few hours.

If anyone has any Xfire alternatives that are not listed in this thread, let me know so I can add it to the poll.

[{PLA}gdh92]

If you're doing a poll I would suggest being able to select multiple options, I don't think everyone's going to agree the best but hopefully our other choices will match up.

[oldsnake]

this chat/voice client is alright. http://www.getgsc.com/ has a friends list it also lists the servers.

[Phobos]

Cull aka Keenmike's xfire files are 800mb in a 7z

[spoiler]http://fcsite.ml/keenmike_xfire_export.7z[/spoiler]
If BattleBelk or any others were saved, I can mirror them on the root.

[{212th} Ldr. Norris]

Picking up on this a bit late, could someone summarize this thread for me? Xfire is completely gone? Is it possible to retreive pics/vids? Do we have a standard go to for instant messaging now? thanks

[[FC]BoMbeR]

Picking up on this a bit late, could someone summarize this thread for me? Xfire is completely gone? Is it possible to retreive pics/vids? Do we have a standard go to for instant messaging now? thanks

You were able to retrieve your own screen shots and videos but not anymore. Most of us use Steam now.