Snowsgiving Season is upon us!
Get your community in the holiday spirit by initiating wholesome virtual snowball fights with your friends with Snowball Bot.
What does this article cover?
What Does The Bot Do?
Once you add our Snowball Bot to your server, you can collect snowballs and start a fight with your friends. The bot can also show a scoreboard of who’s closest to dominating the fight in your server, so stock up and let 'em fly!
Step By Step Instructions
To get started on all the fun, follow these steps below on your desktop/browser client!
How to Add the Bot to Your Server
In order to get Snowball Bot added to your server, simply click on the link below:
❄️ Add Snowball Bot Now! ❄️
You’ll need to have the “Manage Server” permission in the server want to add it to in order for the server’s name to appear as an option.
Once you click the link above, you’ll see a screen like this below.
Select the server you want to add Snowball Bot to, then grant the bot its required permissions and you’re all set!
How to Enable/Disable the Bot in Your Server
Once Snowball Bot has been invited, the bot will immediately be able to chat in all channels available on a server.
To prevent Snowball Bot from responding in unwanted channels, Server Admins can remove the "Use Slash Commands" permission from users in a select channel or category.
To learn more about the "Use Slash Commands" permission, read more in our Slash Commands FAQ.
Command List
Here’s a list of Snowball Bot slash commands to help you and your community get the party started.
| /collect | Collects a snowball. |
| /throw @user | Throw a snowball at another user in a server. |
| /leaderboard | Displays the scores of how your server members are performing. |
| /stats | Check you or another user's stats in your server. |
| /help | Brings you to the Snowsgiving 2021 Help Center article. |
Other Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What determines if a throw is a hit or miss?
A: Outcomes of the /throw command are randomly generated.
Q: I lost all the snowballs I was collecting. What happened?
A: Upon being hit with a snowball by another user, you will “drop” all of your snowballs! Just /collect to gather more.
Q: How long does this event last?
A: Snowball Bot will be active from Thursday, December 9 to Tuesday, January 4.
Q: Why is the Leaderboard not updating on my server?
A: Snowball Bot caches the leaderboard every minute, please wait about 5 minutes and try the command again for it to show the most up-to-date results.
Q: Why is the bot removing messages after a period of time?
A: The bot will automatically delete messages in approximately 15-minute intervals in order to clean up previous events!
Q: What does “Only you can see this” mean?
A: To prevent clutter in your channels, certain commands will be only visible to the person using the command.
Q: I lost all the snowballs I was collecting. What happened?
A: Upon being hit with a snowball by another user, you will “drop” all of your snowballs! Just /collect to gather more.
Your command will still go through, but only you can see the message delivered from the bot.
Running into other technical issues with the bot? Contact us at http://dis.gd/contact.