Intro to Images and Words: an /r/progmetal Discord Server

Introduction

The Images and Words discord server has a lot going on, with many active users and it can be a bit intimidating. We understand this concern, and thought it would be a good idea to sort of showcase the various bots and activities that go on in the server, so that people new to discord would have a better idea what to expect coming in.

Last.FM

Last.FM is a big part of our server, as we have two bots that do various commands with Last.FM. In case you don't know what Last.FM does, it basically just tracks, or "scrobbles," the music that you listen to and gives you various stats. Click this link to learn more: https://www.last.fm/about

mmd-bot

One of our users have graciously allowed us to use his bot, which is compatible with Last.FM. Type !setlastfm with your username to link your account to the bot like so:

!np - This will display what you are currently listening to or "scrobbling." 

!bandinfo - This will display Last.FM data on a specific band:

!chart - This will display your weekly chart, the default setting is 5x5, but you also can do 5x3 - 5x15 by entering !chart 3, !chart 4.....!chart 15. 

!npyt - This command pulls a YouTube link of the song you are scrobbling, or the full album if it can't find the song:

There are other commands as well, type ?help in the #bot-commands to view those

Ub3r-bot

Ub3r-bot does a lot of different things, not just Last.FM integration. But first, here is how to link Last.FM to the bot: 

.fm - similar to the !np command, as it displays what you are listening to. This command also works if you aren't scrobbling anything, as it will display the last scrobbled track:

.fmyt - Similar to the !npyt command, but it pulls a video from whatever your last scrobbled track is, even if you are currently scrobbling something like so:

That concludes all of the Last.FM commands for Ub3r-bot, but there are a lot of other miscellaneous commands that are fun to play around with. Click this link to view them: https://ub3r-b0t.com/commands  

Listening Parties

Here at Images and Words, we host various listening parties of albums multiple times per day, where anyone can join in and listen along. There are two listening party ranks that you can join, and you will be notified anytime there is one if you add the rank to your profile. Info on how to join roles is mentioned in the next section. Follow this format pictured below if you would like to start one, and refer to the #info-and-rules channel to view our listening party etiquette. 

The xx:28 means that the party will begin when there are 28 minutes on the clock, with the hour left unspecified due to timezones. For example, Quint here notified everyone in the impromptu listening party rank at 4:21 A.M. EST. so it will start at 4:28 A.M. EST. 

Linking Spotify to Discord

For most of our listening parties, we use Spotify integration to listen at the same time. This only works if you have spotify premium to listen along, but you can still link your account to display what you are listening to on your discord profile. To link your account, go into the settings by clicking on the gear icon on the bottom left of discord like so: 

Then go into the connections tab, and you will be able to link your Spotify account there. 

Now that you have your Spotify account linked, you can click on anyone's profile who is listening to something on Spotify, and join them. You can only start a listening party on desktop, but you can join on both desktop and mobile discord. If you want to share an invite when doing an listening party, first click this button:

Then click the invite to listen on Spotify button:

This will send an invite that anyone can join:

Joining Ranks

The server has various genre-specific ranks that are join-able by typing in your desired rank like so:

You can have as many as you want, and the bot will give you each one you type in. The purpose of this is to display what genres you like on your discord profile, or just to add color to your name. The genre ranks have a set hierarchy in the server so they will display on your profile like so:

Note: the "High Taste" rank is awarded to active members, and they are displayed separately on the sidebar.

You can also join the listening party ranks, "listening party" is for scheduled parties that are determined by the mods, and "impromptu listening party" is for anyone to use.

Written by: Labalshwin

Edited by: DoctorFS