Ready, Aye, Ready

Link: http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/commentary/games/2007/06/games_frontiers_0617

There's a good article from Wired about the effect of voice chat within online gaming. Personally, while I'm more than happy to use it while gaming -- it's pretty much a requirement when participating in a WoW raid -- I never speak unless participating only with people I know from a face-to-face milieu. I'm not really sure why, but that seems to work best for me.