currently, multiplayer invites can only be sent through the osu! client by either typing "/invite <player>" or right clicking on <player>'s card
it would be nice to have something like "!mp invite <player>" so that invites could be sent over any generic IRC client, as a way to get players in lobbies without forcing them. this would be a privileged command, since any user on osu! could just "/invite" like normal if they're in the lobby.
realistically this would just replace "!mp add" to prevent abuse
edit: examples of why this would be useful given to Nathanael a few posts down
it would be nice to have something like "!mp invite <player>" so that invites could be sent over any generic IRC client, as a way to get players in lobbies without forcing them. this would be a privileged command, since any user on osu! could just "/invite" like normal if they're in the lobby.
realistically this would just replace "!mp add" to prevent abuse
edit: examples of why this would be useful given to Nathanael a few posts down
- for tournaments with teams having extra players (ex. a 4v4 tournament with 8 players on each team), the ref could use this command to invite all players of each team without forcing any into the lobby, so that the teams can easily choose who enters the match. this would also give the captain an invite (whom typically is just forced into the lobby), so that they can leave and re-join later without having to ask for an invite from teammates again
- if a player is busy, you can invite them rather than forcefully moving them so that they can just join when they're ready. typically, as a ref, you'd have to wait for replies on IRC to confirm that you aren't bothering players, but with invites this process is 100% safe
- "!mp add" (previously part of "!mp move") has a history of being abused by some tournament staff members, and usually it's just done as a joke too. removing this functionality in favor of invites would help both the players and staff
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