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[Chief149]

Here is a suggestion. It's a light suggestion.

Simply put, the idea is for people to have quotes that get shown in chat upon joining the server. Instead of "Chief149 has joined the game" (using my name as an example), you would see the join message set by me.

Lets say _gavin does /joinmsg hey peeps

When he joins the server, you will not see "_gavin has joined the game."

Instead you will see "Hey peeps"

If you would prefer to login unanounced, simply do /joinmsg with no message after it. This would be useful for someone to join without having a bunch of people trying to talk to him or her (has happened to me a lot. No offence but sometimes when I come on I just dont feel like talking to anybody, but when people see "Chief149 has joined the game" everyone I know in the server starts PMing me lol).

[gavin1928374655]

I like the idea, i also like the idea of not having any msg. It could also be implemented so you can turn off seeing join/leave msgs. But this would be cool if implemented

[Pugabyte]

Sounds cool =) Supported

[Tobs]

I can see people abusing this and writing things like "_gavin banned opticalza" or "_gavin was promoted to Op" (as examples). It is too open really and custom join messages will make the chat look really untidy.

Don't get me wrong, it makes it a more personal message when you join and less generic but at the moment people already greet each other and the join messages just gives information to the people on the server. Maybe disabling join messages as a whole or toggleable? I don't know, but I do see people messing with this.

[360OLLIE]

Wait, but how will the server know that you want a custom join message or you just want the "____ has joined the game."? You can't submit that answer before you join. Or will this /joinmsg replace the "____ has joined the game."?

[DeeKay]

Wait, but how will the server know that you want a custom join message or you just want the "____ has joined the game."? You can't submit that answer before you join. Or will this /joinmsg replace the "____ has joined the game."?

You'd enter a custom join message which would appear the next time you join the game, all the time, until you change it.

[__pORKCHOPS]

I think that it would be a great thing if we could remove our welcome message, but not customise it, like tobs said people would abuse, like always.

[Holy_Moses]

A little confused here..

Lets say I were to do the command "/joinmsg Dont send me tickets"

Would it show up as...


Acting as a hotkey for when I join game

or as

Dont send me tickets

[DeeKay]

A little confused here..

Lets say I were to do the command "/joinmsg Dont send me tickets"

Would it show up as...


Acting as a hotkey for when I join game

or as

Dont send me tickets

I think the first.. If I understand Chief correctly. The second one wouldn't make much sense lol

[Chief149]

It would be like:
"Hey peeps"
Chief149 has joined the game.

The server would post the two lines together like that, and the quote would show up in quotes.

[Holy_Moses]

That would get quite spammy since it's posting twice as many lines of chat. Although it is more appealing
It would be better if it was more along the lines of...

"Hey peeps" Chief149 joined the game.

[Chief149]

It would only be spammy if the entire server decided to reconnect at the same time really.

[SpikeyThorn]

It would only be spammy if the entire server decided to reconnect at the same time really.

+1

also, couldn't really be considered as spam if it was on the same line like Moses suggested, like the idea though

[Nikoljan]

This is an interesting topic.  The biggest problem I could see this causing is spam like mentioned above.  Seeing the same messages over and over could become distracting as everyone logs in and out.  As for wanting privacy when building if you don't feel like chatting as much there is always the option to of course leave the channel and set an "afk" message. 

I wouldn't be completely opposed to the idea, I just think it would have equal gains and losses. 

[tiggy26668]

I'm failing to see the point of automating our hellos......

why can't we just say hi after joining?.... especially when you'll prolly do it anyway....

the only real benefit is for those trying to hide their login in which case there should just be a command to disable the login message.....

so with the exception of hiding logins i can't support this... you're just being lazy.... lol