Newcomer System

The newcomer system provides special handling for new players, including a newcomer tag, welcome messages, slowmode restrictions, and mention limits. Configuration is in features/newcomer.yml.

Configuration

enabled: true

# Requirements to no longer be considered a newcomer
required-playtime-minutes: 60
required-message-count: 10

# Newcomer tag format (MiniMessage)
newcomer-tag: "<gray>[New]</gray>"

# Welcome message
show-welcome-message: true
welcome-messages:
  - "<green>Welcome to the server, <white>{player}<green>!"
  - "<gold>A new player has joined! Welcome, <white>{player}<gold>!"

# Restrictions
apply-slowmode: true
newcomer-slowmode-seconds: 5
mention-restriction: false
max-mentions-per-message: 1

How It Works

A player is considered a "newcomer" until they meet both requirements:

1. Played for at least required-playtime-minutes minutes
2. Sent at least required-message-count messages

Features

Newcomer Tag

New players automatically receive the configured tag:

newcomer-tag: "<gray>[New]</gray>"

This appears in chat via the {tag} placeholder until the player graduates from newcomer status.

Welcome Messages

Random welcome messages are sent when a newcomer joins:

welcome-messages:
  - "<green>Welcome to the server, <white>{player}<green>!"
  - "<gold>A new player has joined! Welcome, <white>{player}<gold>!"

Slowmode

Newcomers can have an enforced slowmode, limiting how quickly they can send messages:

apply-slowmode: true
newcomer-slowmode-seconds: 5  # 5 seconds between messages

Mention Restrictions

Limit how many players newcomers can mention per message:

mention-restriction: false     # Enable/disable
max-mentions-per-message: 1    # Max mentions when enabled

Settings Reference