If you find the feature is missing all of a sudden, we suggest you lay on the floor and stare at the ceiling until it’s fixed.”

Embodying Discord’s playful style, the company explains that “It’s possible that we’ll need to completely turn off video calls during this test. That’s why only 5 percent of users will get video today, and it will only work with groups of up to 10 people. My briefing with the company was held over its new video chat, and it looked much better than what’s standard. “A lot of infrastructure had to be built up for this launch,” he warns, though, since the video features run at a remarkably smooth and crisp 720p at 30 frames per second. “This is the most requested feature on Discord probably a year running,” says CMO Eros Resmini. These features could further addict Discord’s 45 million users, 9 million of whom use its web, desktop and mobile apps each day. Now friends can watch each other play their favorite games while talking face-to-face. Today Discord expands beyond text and voice with the launch of video chat and screensharing. After out-gunning its gaming-specific competitors like TeamSpeak, Mumble and Ventrilo with a secret $50 million fundraise earlier this year, Discord is setting its sights on Skype. It wants to be the home for gamer clans strategizing and trash-talking with each other. Discord wants to destroy its biggest, best-funded competitor in the battle to be the communications layer for gaming.

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