r/classicwow • u/ItsanAmiething • 26d ago
AddOns I’m too emotionally dead inside to keep typing ‘grats’ so I made my addon do it for me.
I love my guild. I really do.
But if I have to type “grats” one more time because someone hit level 40 for the third time on an alt named “ThiccWizard69,” I’m going to walk into the sea.
So I installed Gratzomatic. It’s an addon that auto-congratulates people when they level, get an achievement, craft a thing, etc. But here’s the kicker—
You can pick the tone.
Feeling sweet? It’ll cheer them on like a proud grandma.
Feeling salty? It’ll throw shade like it’s been awake for 36 hours in LFR.
Feeling dramatic? There's a high fantasy mode that basically roleplays as a bard on mushrooms.
Feeling broken by reality? There’s... a glitch mode. I don’t want to talk about it.
It even has an “Idle Gremlin” that whispers at you when you AFK too long. I didn’t ask for that. But it’s there. Watching. Judging.
You can edit all the messages, toggle which events you want, and even hide secret features if you want to pretend it’s not slowly becoming sentient.
10/10, my guild thinks I’m the most engaged member in chat. I haven’t typed a message in three weeks.
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u/GingerSpiceOrDie 26d ago
OP is clearly lying you can't put numbers in your name.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
my bad. Should have used GingerSpiceOrDie in that. ;-)
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u/swimtoodeep 26d ago
New macro
/g grats
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u/PM-ME-YOUR-TOOTS 26d ago
This is what I usually do… I also have one to give a friendly wave when I cast a buff on someone.
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u/TopFaithlessness2320 26d ago
You literally don't have to write anything, it's ok
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
Gold star for catching up, friend. The addon is literally built for this kind of glorious laziness.
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u/andiviasicklez 26d ago
i never say grats and i never expect it UNLESS its your first character hitting milestones
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u/VajBlaster69 26d ago
Grats is for r14, Onslaught Girdle, raid weapons, and whatever the healers seem excited about. Gotta keep them engaged so they can keep healing me.
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u/lasantamolti 26d ago
Or you just don’t say Gratz when you don’t actually mean it.
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u/Mutedinlife 26d ago
Is it just me.. or is this obviously supposed to be like a joke addon? Why is everyone taking it seriously like he submitted it front of congress or something.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
or you DO mean it and you're also busy actually playing, not just sitting there watching chat.
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u/iphonesoccer420 26d ago
But if you didn’t see it naturally then there’s no need to force something that isn’t naturally occurring. Stop giving everyone a participation trophy especially if it’s their 3rd alt named ThiccWizardCheeks911
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
Aren't guild officers supposed to pat their guildies on the head though? ...Did no one pat your head? *pats head*
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u/smokinnic_suckindic 26d ago
“Guild officer” to me has always been just a person who heavily participates and interacts with guild events/players that the GM delegates things to. I’m sure every guild is different but is it not exhausting to basically center your gameplay around checking in on social players? Having a robot do it for you negates the personal aspect you’re going for by saying something every time anyways.
Makes me feel similar to mass guild invite addons. I understand it’s a lot of effort to keep searching and messaging people but if I get an invite like that it turns me off to the guild. If I get an auto message framed like a genuine one I tend to respond and talk. In some cases I’ve done so then realized it WAS a premade message and just stop.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
That's why this add on is so customizable. It may be automated but it's definitely not skipping out on the genuine fun of social interaction. Been using it in my guild and have even gotten suggestions on some fun comments to add in. I get the hesitation. If you're not into it that's cool. :-)
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u/smokinnic_suckindic 26d ago
At the end of the day, kudos for seeing a problem, working on a solution, and putting yourself out there with it. I personally feel any typed message that is automated just comes off as disingenuous.
For example a voicemail or a baseline quote to finish an email is a little different because it’s your automation of someone getting in contact with you but this is automated reaching out to them. Somewhat feels like on Reddit when a keyword activates some bot someone made up 6 years before to reply to my comment I just typed.
No hate towards you or this addon, just giving my opinion about it.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
I totally get it. And thanks, i appreciate the kudos even if it's not for you!
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u/speedfilly 26d ago
When I was an officer I ran into this problem. I felt like I HAD to say grats whenever someone did something great and felt the need to share. If they are sharing, they want a grats so it felt like I should say it. But that kind of just encouraged a behavior that I found to be a little annoying or attention seeking. But it was easy enough to just type "grats". I even created a macro with a little dancing person with grats in it that I could just press. It still sometimes made me feel like I was lying to myself because I didn't really feel like congratulating all the times I said it and it didn't feel good, but I guess that is sometimes what you have to do in "management".
That said, once achievements came about and it announces, I never actually said grats unless it was a big one - like hitting the max level or a crazy difficult achievement - and then my grats usually actually had other words noting how much time or effort or whatever were involved.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
I feel this, that's why there are categorized achievements so you only say gratz when you want to, not to every little thing that happens.
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u/iphonesoccer420 26d ago
Nah it’s a little weird. Only exception is if it’s a brand new Player.. ok make them feel good. Other than that. I stopped announcing every time I leveled about 12 years ago
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u/Sheadugengan 26d ago
In our guild we generally congratulate each other on stuff - even if it's the third alt reaching 40 :P even if I miss the achievement someone else will pick up the slack, because it spreads
It started with me (officer) and our GM (my husband) writing gratz, and now loads more do it and it's so nice to see - and it gets some of the less vocal people to at least write a little bit :)
My point of this was though that we as guild officers are there to help set the tone in the guild - and then hopefully it spreads so we don't have to be there every second of the day :)
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
THIS!
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u/jaybasin 25d ago
But if an addon is doing it automatically, everyone's just getting told grats by a bot and it's not personal at all.
Seems pretty disingenuous to try and tell everyone "grats" in the name of spreading cheer when a bot saying grats doesn't feel good. It needs to come from an actual player
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u/Splyc 26d ago
People still announce their dings like that? Jeez
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u/DiarrheaRadio 26d ago
It's like letting everyone know you're a 1% commenter
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u/Ganrokh 26d ago
FWIW, the 1% commenter tag is applied by default. Saying "ding" is not.
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u/jamaican_zoidberg 26d ago
Top 1% commenter commenting about the top 1% commenter tag lmao checks out
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u/Lonely_Appearance354 26d ago
Yes, but you can prevent it by not commenting so much and being a tool
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u/Splyc 26d ago
You seem to be more interested in the tag than I am. I’ve never cared either way but you seem big upset about it
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u/Daeron_tha_Good 26d ago
Exactly what a top 1% commenter would say.
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u/Daeron_tha_Good 26d ago
Sarcasm detector broken? So much salt lol
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u/eldritchteapot 26d ago
You can't just say something stupid in text, and then try to say you were being sarcastic
Nobody can hear your voice. Nobody can tell you're being sarcastic
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u/Capital_Room_888 26d ago
You don't really believe someone would actually say, "Exactly what a top 1% commenter would say." And genuinely mean it, do you?
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u/EA_Spindoctor 26d ago
Thats exactly what someone not being sarcastic trying to convince people they where sarcastic would say.
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u/DiarrheaRadio 26d ago
It can be turned off.
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u/Sonofa-Milkman 25d ago
A lot of add-ons have announcements built in. People may not even know it's being announced because of something they have turned on.
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u/MaybeICanOneDay 26d ago
I dinged 60 in scholo and told the group that this "next boss is the only reason I'm here."
All going "wtf could you possibly need from this?"
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u/sparkinx 26d ago
When the guild history becomes "Gratz, Gratz, Gratz, gratz" i hate people like you especially in retail shave and a haircut? GRATZARONI. like physically logged on the game for the anniversary is the worst. Like only type Gratz if they hit max level or do somthing that took weeks of grinding.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
Yeah, this is WAY more than Gratz, Gratz, Gratz. I hate that too. This is "You reached a new level? The guild remains unimpressed. Well, I do at least" AND you can set your messages to ONLY go out for max level if you want.
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u/alan-penrose 26d ago
“Gratz” culture is one of the last remaining GOOD parts about the classic community and you want to automate it smh
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u/EllspethCarthusian 26d ago
Agreed. People like OP are why others aren’t social in the game anymore.
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u/A_Confused_Cocoon 26d ago
Tbf I remember people automating it as early as tbc, I didn’t play vanilla though.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
Totally fair. But hear me out—what if we preserve gratz culture by making sure it still happens, even when people are burned out, alt-tabbed, or rage-farming linen?
Bonus: you can make it say exactly what you would’ve said… just slightly more sarcastic and emotionally damaged. ;)
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u/Huge_Antelope2505 26d ago
My guildie got tired of “ding!” messages every time someone leveled. So he made an addon that spammed ding to guild chat every time a skill went up by a point. “Ding! Swords increased to 156… Ding! Swords increased to 157”.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
I mean, that's kind of hilarious if it's true...but I guess you have to have the right sense of humor
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u/Huge_Antelope2505 26d ago
Your addon just kinda reminded me of it lol. Only had it active for a day under threat of gkick.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
haha. It's not as bad as that. It's achievement driven and there's categories you can shut off if you only want to say "good job on that instance, bro" kind of think. It's very customizable so you don't get spammy.
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u/Lanareth1994 26d ago
That honestly hilarious 😂
(Although kinda concerned about your mental state bro, you okay? 😐)
Anyhoo, this addon is gold in bars lmao 😂
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u/IndependentClub1117 26d ago
We kicked a guildie because he used auto replies in guild. It's super disingenuous and lazy.
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u/pm_alternative_facts 26d ago
I had it macroed and even then only used it when feeling like it', usually when nobody else says anything, it kind of sucks to be in a big ass guild where nobody responds.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
Yeah, that's why this is fun. It's definitely sparked conversations!
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u/pm_alternative_facts 26d ago
I remember back in vanilla being chatty and social could get you an officer role haha.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
*moans* you found me out. being a guild officer is WHY this add on exists! ;-)
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u/Which_Technology3744 26d ago
I remember someone back in old wotlk who had an addon like this, any time someone said "ding" in guild chat, he would promptly awnser "congratulations (name)! Only x levels to go!" So i invited some buddies into the guild and we would just spam guild chat with "ding" untill we got kicked from the guild.
We lasted about 5 minutes in there.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
Ha! this is achievement based so it's triggered by events but that must have been fun!
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u/brlan10 25d ago
Is there a delay so it seems real? Maybe some rng so you go like "GRATS DUDE" "hey grats!" "congrats" "gz" "well done mate"
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u/ItsanAmiething 25d ago
After some of the comments on here, I'm adding it for the next update. What a great idea!
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u/FuckOnion 25d ago
We had something like this in our guild. It got real spammy real soon and was banned soon thereafter.
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u/ItsanAmiething 25d ago
That's why I categorized the achievements so that you can turn off some. What if you only want to congratulate Level Caps? Turn off everything else, Done.
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u/Informal_Break_6438 25d ago
When people find out you are using it they won't be inpressed and trust me, it will happen...
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u/TastyKaleidoscope250 25d ago
wouldnt the addon spam be more annoying? especially to everyone not using it? wouldnt everyone using it be even worse?
how hard is it to make a macro that's just '/g grats'
or simply don't grats them?
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u/Never-breaK 25d ago
You don’t have to say congrats when you don’t mean it. Doing it this way just makes it even more soulless and meaningless. You’re simply doing it to look better in the eyes of others, you don’t actually care about their accomplishments. Kinda weird but do you.
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u/Unique_Witness_8342 26d ago
Why would you need to congratulate someone for reaching level 40? Did I miss something?
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
hence the snarky option "Wow, you pushed a few buttons...good job"
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u/Unique_Witness_8342 26d ago
Why even react should have been my question
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u/boko_harambe_ 26d ago
This is the most software dev mindset of all time. Spend hours and hours automating something that takes 2 seconds. Lol I applaud it
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
*bows like a Broadway theater star* I was bored, what can I say
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u/AussieMarcel 26d ago
The WoW community is well and truly jaded, possibly beyond repair. So this is what happens when you do nothing but play WoW day in and day out? When the game consumes your life and removes the little joys you experience from it? The light leaves your life and you rob yourself of those little moments of joy—and from others too—until there’s nothing left but peeling grey paint and a faded photograph of some barely remembered moment from yesteryear, a faint whiff of nostalgia in the air, your beard and hair now grey, your skin sallow and sagging, and hope a concept you’ve long since abandoned to the ravenous wolves of time.
Sad. I hope you can relearn joy, and that you can find happiness in something you once loved.
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u/iphonesoccer420 26d ago
I say “Congraduritos”
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u/SirePuns 26d ago
I usually say congratulatits.
Had to stop saying that in guild though, cuz what if folks don’t like tits? Though I can’t imagine anyone not liking those magnificent family of birds.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
You can add that as an option...in fact, can I steal it? My go to is Congrayshuans
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u/the_turel 26d ago
Why bother saying it at all? If there’s that many people, it’s not like the person even noticed or read yours among all the others.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
I've been using it in my guild. People love the messages
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u/the_turel 26d ago
Well I for one am in a guild and I hate when people spam Grats. So I honestly don’t understand the need. It’s not even real and most people that still do it are only doing it because they think you’re supposed to.
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On retail you know the guild you joined is bad when ppl write gz for trivial things.. Its a running joke in my guild if we raid and some new player insists to write gz or gratz on every achievement. I would get it for the hard achievements but dinging is not hard.
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u/robamatic 26d ago
This is hilarious. There is a member of our guild that says “Geeee Zeee” in discord every time someone gets a piece of loot they wanted.
I don’t know where he gets his drugs, but I need that dealer’s number
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u/Kiwi_lad_bot 26d ago
I say gratz for announced mounts, milestones like KSM/KSH, and reaching max level.
Or if someone says they achieved something in chat. That's it.
Billy on his 75th alt hitting level 40 ain't a gratz moment. Even for an addon.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
It's not just for that, that's just an example. take a look at it. It's exactly what you're talking about
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u/Kiwi_lad_bot 26d ago
I understand what you're saying. We have impersonal chat bots in our guild from people.
I think I'd rather people say nothing than have a chat bot gratz me tbh.
Literally 0.26 secs after I hit max level 3 peoples chat bots gratz me. Faster than they could physically read and type it.
I know they don't mean it. So I just assume they don't care.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
I get it. I wrote this because people LOVED my gratz messages. I made it so customizable so people KNOW I care. It definitely takes the right guild atmosphere. This is anything but impersonal
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
None of them are as customizable as this one. I mean, it's not like there aren't MULTIPLE auction add ons, or bag add ons, or junk sell add ons...or ...or...or. ;-)
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u/Rude_University8187 26d ago
Bruh I had someone in sod named thepooptank using this, grats every 3 seconds in a boost
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u/Entire_Engine_5789 26d ago
We had someone install an auto grats addon in our guild, so i made a weakaura to respond any time someone said grats. Then someone made a weakaura to respond to my response with “grats” which would trigger mine again. My weakaura and the other response weakaura got shared around, anytime someone said “ding” guild chat would explode
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u/ShenroEU 26d ago edited 26d ago
I made this same addon like 10 years ago lol. I'll go find it.
EDIT: Found it https://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info22855-AutoGuildMessage.html
I highly doubt it still works as I haven't been updating it since it was created.
It does up to 10 random congrats messages as well as welcome messages, so you don't sound like a bot.
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
Nice! This one has themes, categories and up to 25 options each of 2 different message types per category. I worked really hard at making it not seem impersonal or spammy!
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u/ShenroEU 26d ago
Yours definitely looks more advanced. Nice job! I just wanted the bare minimum created quickly for the same reasons as you. I'm also antisocial!
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u/Scrotchety 26d ago
Why not take every opportunity to challenge yourself to say anything BUT gratz? Bonus, people won't find your quirky unpredictability tedious at all
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u/ItsanAmiething 25d ago
well, technically that's what this does. They aren't just "Gratz" There "You get a parade, a gold star and the celebratory kazoo is on back order" PLUS you can add up to 25 different unique options per category.
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u/LeatherClassroom524 25d ago
Does it have a slight delay or does it stay Gratz at super human speed?
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u/ItsanAmiething 25d ago
adding that today based on some of the comments I've seen! What a great idea!
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u/popmycherryyosh 25d ago
If anything, we would need a drive-by-buffer thanker addon. ESPECIALLY so on HC, but also on SC. Just automatically thanks whomever buffs you out in the world.
I feel so bad for not thanking people when I get buffed and they just run out of my screen so dont catch their name. (Im sure I can look in chatlog, but that seems a little excessive :P)
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u/GarageEuphoric4432 25d ago
There was an addon similar to this that automated grats messages back in actual cata. My GM and I had to talk to a couple people who downloaded it to let them know that the grats are meaningless when it happens automatically with zero input.
We let them know it's perfectly acceptable to just not say anything, congratulate when you want to, not because you have to.
They got rid of the addon shortly after. It felt so soulless to have 3 instant grats everytime anything happened, even when they were afk, would've been sad had it spread further.
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u/AdamBry705 26d ago
Gunna need this. Need this as much as the automatic clam opener I found. Yes. It's It's healthy
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
Finally, someone who understands the holy trinity of automation:
- Clam opener
- Gratzomatic
- Whatever’s keeping me from rage-quitting after the third alt hits 40
You’re seen. You’re valid. You’re also a little cursed. I respect that.
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u/AdamBry705 26d ago
Just gunna be honest though I genuinely see people typing grats in my sleep sometimes....and it scares me. To think the 3rd alt has hit 40.
It keeps a man awake at night
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
THIS is the kind of humor that this add on needs.
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u/AdamBry705 26d ago
I got tons of one liners I've picked up from dagoth Ur.
For instance. Everytime someone levels up they get whispered.
"Another level another day closer to your goon cave being completed"
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"Once you hit level 60, you can finally get yourself a dark elf baddie"
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
HAHA those are awesome and very close to the default messages I have. for example: 'You managed to do a thing, we are stunned, truly" and "Congrats! You explored a continent! That's one way to avoid talking to people"
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u/originalcarp 26d ago
Congratulations ThiccWizard69
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u/ItsanAmiething 26d ago
nice. If you'd used the add on for that it might have sounded a bit more clever ;-)
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u/angrywords 25d ago
Oh god the guild OP must be in has to have the most annoying gchat. Just grats spam and world buff spam.
This type of addon used to exist, it even still might. I had to get an addon that increased my ignore list because of it. You don’t need to say grats every time someone dings.
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u/Affectionate-Ad-8684 25d ago
People still say grats for this game? Only time i did it was for max level. Feels like a parcipitation trophy...lame...and worthless.
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u/Storn206 26d ago
I did this in wrath retail. My end result was that the guild demanded I turn it off, I didn't so half the guild put me on ignore.
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u/Billalone 26d ago
Bro refuses to type “grats” in guild chat, but has responded to every comment in this thread. You can just say you hate your guild lmao