New commands to change settings via vote

Previously, a lobby’s boss was the only one who could change the lobby’s name, skill-rating/rank restrictions, and a few other settings.

New commands have been added to allow non-boss players to vote on all of those settings (check !help for more info):

• !rename
• !welcome-message
• !minratinglevel [rating]
• !maxratinglevel [rating]
• !setratinglevels [min] [max]
• !resetratinglevels
• !minchevlevel [rank]
• !maxchevlevel [rank]
• !resetchevlevels
• !gatekeeper
• !meme
• !balancealgorithm

Please note that all of the above commands begin with an “!”, while the old boss-only commands began with a “$”. If a boss uses any of these commands, then no vote is required.

Boss mode changes

Now that there are no settings that require a boss to apply, boss mode isn’t required for day-to-day management of ongoing lobbies.

And, since boss mode is no longer de-facto-mandatory, we’ve added a requirement for when it can be enabled: players can now only enable boss mode when they are the only player in that lobby.

With this change, boss mode can still be used to conveniently set up a new lobby or to manage an organized lobby (such as for tournaments or pre-made groups), but the more open/public lobbies will remain open.

When will this happen?

The new commands are already available for most lobbies, and any lobbies which do not recognize them yet should update themselves whenever they are completely empty.

The boss changes have just started to go out. These changes will come into effect whenever a lobby becomes completely empty, so it may take a few days for all lobbies to start using the new boss requirements.