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Discord is the future IMO. Wouldn't say the same thing for stuff like mafia games since the ability to easily log chats is still too useful but for general purpose chatting it's better than either IRC or Skype.
I'm in, although I haven't played Spades in ages and I've probably forgotten some stuff about it. I'll refresh my memory with the convenient Wikipedia page.
i prefer playing later at night pst (soon to be central in about a week though) i'm chilling on discord and will ask periodically if people are interested!