The Client
The partyline got a full 2026 rebuild — grouped chat, DMs, reactions and profiles — and it's still byte-compatible with original clients, so newcomers and veterans share the same room. Here's the tour, and every command you can type.
Pick your layout in Settings: a modern grouped view, a thumb-friendly mobile layout, or faithful classic tabs. Everything below degrades gracefully — legacy clients still read every word.
Discord-style chat — grouped message bursts, timestamps, colour-coded names, avatars, clickable links and markdown-lite (*bold*, _italic_, `code`). Classic plain-text mode is one tap away.
DM any player in docked tabs over the lobby, with a "typing…" indicator, quote-replies and unread badges. /msg and /reply work from anywhere.
React to any message with a tap. Drop emoji by shortcode (:fire:, :tada:) with autocomplete — they travel as text so even original clients read them.
@mention to ping someone; tap a name for a rich profile card with lifetime stats, badges and a link to their web profile.
Run a quick /poll, roll dice, flip a coin, ask the 8-ball, set yourself /away, or (as operator) set the channel /topic and /pin a message.
A die-cut sticker set — characters and word art — for Blocktrix Plus members, droppable in the partyline or a DM.
Type these into the chat box on any Blocktrix server. Operator- and subscriber-only commands appear when they apply to you.
/join #channel | switch to another channel |
/list | list channels with players and capacity |
/who | see who's online and in which channel |
/watch [#channel] | watch a game with no seat — or give up your seat here to spectate |
/play | take a free seat in the channel you're watching |
/whois <name> | details about a player — channel, idle time, badges |
/stats [name] | lifetime play stats (identified nicks only) |
/profile [name] | web profile page link (registered nicks; yours if blank) |
/msg <name> <message> | send a private message |
/reply <message> | reply to your last private message |
/away [reason] | mark yourself away (auto-replies to PMs); /back to return |
/me <action> | emote in the third person |
/poll Q | A | B | start a poll — then /vote <n>, /pollresults, /pollend |
/roll [NdM] | roll dice, e.g. /roll 2d6 |
/flip | flip a coin |
/8ball [question] | ask the magic 8-ball |
/shrug [text] | append ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
/topic [text] | show, or (operator) set, the channel topic |
/pin <message> | (operator) pin a banner message; /unpin to clear |
/difficulty <1–5> | (operator, bot channels) set the CPU's speed/skill |
/winlist | show this channel's top scores |
/motd | show the message of the day |
/rules | acceptable-use & conduct policy |
/uptime · /time · /version | server status, local time, and version |
/help | show the full command list in-game |
/quit | disconnect from the server |
/register <pw> <email> <order> | claim your nick with your Plus receipt email and order number |
/identify <password> | prove a registered nick is yours (auto-fills from a saved password) |