I am sorry for your loss. I know he was deeply loved and so did he. I am happy you could give that little boy so much love! And I am sure all the love he gave back will live on within you and your partner.
That's nice to hear! I would love to see XMPP get the love it deserves.
There isn't one.
I recently spent a few weeks looking for exaclty that and I had no look.
I've looked into XMPP, Matrix and other FOSS self hosted options. There isn't anything out there offering the exact features as discord.
Disclaimer: I don't use discord and never will. But I do game frequently with a few close friends. I have bothered them so much asking them to try a few options.
Basically their requirements were:
- support for desktop (linux and windows)
- support for mobile (android)
- voice channels where you can see who's online before joining
- means to bundle several "channels" in a group (discord spaces)
My friends complained a lot about XMPP android apps, they mentioned the options available felt unfinished and looked ugly. I understand that's just an opinion but that is important for some people. Edit: spelling
The closest thing we've found is matrix, which is what we are using. But there really is only one client that works on the desktop/webapp, which is element. For android the only one available is schildichat next (spelling probably wrong). Matrix is also very tricky because not all server implementations support audio/video. The ability of seeing who's online before joining isn't available yet.
Matrix still lacks in many other things discord has to offer. I haven't been able to get stickers working, for instance. Not a dealbreaker for my friends but others may think differently.
I am not advocating for Matrix. It is very cumbersome because it depends on having the exact server and client that works. But it is what we are using.
IMHO blizzard creates some of the best cinematics, so yeah, I hope they have good work conditions to keep doing that amazing job.
Wow, what a trip down the memory lane! I got DS1 together with my 360 as well, which also was my first console ever. Did thoroughly enjoy it, probably because it was a fairly small selection of games. But at the time the setting and themes were very interesting to me. Got very hyped when 2 was released, maybe hoping for the same high, but it simply did not click with me.