List of Battle.net 2.0 Chat Commands

General Discussion
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We the players who wish to populate these realms be it Warcraft I, II, III or Starcraft deserve a little more love on the Battle Platform. These are the commands that where removed.

Universal Chat Commands

The following commands can be used in any chat channel. For StarCraft, Warcraft II BNE, and Warcraft III players, they can also be used during game setup or while a game is in progress.

/help - (Ex: /help whisper)
Displays usage help for chat topics.

/whois [user] - (Ex: /whois TPark)
Looks up some basic information on a user, including their account number and their current location. This is an excellent way to find your friends online. typing /whois #[number] (E.G. /whois #1).
Aliases for this command : /where /whereis

/whoami - (Ex: /whoami) - displays your information on Battle.net.

/w [user] - (Ex: /w JohnS)
Sends a private message to a user online regardless of the channel they are in. This is an excellent way to let a friend know you are online.
Aliases for this command: /msg /whisper

/ignore [user] - (Ex: /ignore BFitch)
Ignores any future messages from that user effectively muting that user to you.
Aliases for this command: /squelch

/unignore [user] - (Ex: /unignore BFitch)
Allows a previously squelched user to talk to you normally.
Aliases for this command: /unsquelch

/away [text] - (Ex: /away eating dinner)
Displays a message that you are away from your keyboard whenever someone whispers to you or does a /whois command on you. To disable this command, use the command again.

/dnd [text] - (Ex: /dnd sorry playing a game with GFraizer)
“Do Not Disturb” - prevents ALL whispers from displaying to your screen. Its use is similar to the /away command. To turn the DND mode off, just type /dnd without a reason. This will prevent people from sending whispers to you while in a game as well. You are still able to see all normal public channel messages.

/who [channel] - (Ex: /who Open Tech Support)
Displays a list of all users in the given channel.

/stats [user] ID - (Ex: /stats DavidN STAR)
Displays the player’s Win/Loss/Disconnect record for both normal and Ladder games.

STAR - StarCraft
SEXP - StarCraft Expansion (Brood War)
W2BNE - Warcraft II Battle.net Edition

/users
Displays the number of users currently on Battle.net.

/time
Displays the current Battle.net time.

Note: If you are trying to whisper to someone that has the @ symbol in their name such as work@home you need to add @ to the end of the name for the message to get to the correct person.

Example: /w work@home@USWest Hello work

Chat Room Commands

The following commands can only be used while in a chat room.

/join [channel name] - (Ex: /join Blizzard Tech Support)
Switches to a channel without having to use the channel join screen. Aliases for this command: /channel

/me [text] - (Ex: /me is rolling on the floor laughing!)
Displays emotion text, as in “PatN is rolling on the floor laughing!”

Chat Room Operator Commands

The following commands can only be used by channel operators the person with the gavel.

/designate [user] - (Ex: /designate AlenL)
Selects [user] as the next channel operator when you step down, either by resigning or by leaving the channel. If the channel Operator leaves the channel and has designated more than one person, the last person designated will have ops.

/resign
Step down as channel operator and become a normal user again.

/rejoin - (Ex: /rejoin)
makes you rejoin the channel you are currently in.

/kick [user] - (Ex: /kick TwainM)
Kicks a user out of the channel. This is best used as a warning since a kicked user can return at their leisure.

/ban [user] - (Ex: /ban RobertB)
Kicks a user out of the channel and prevents them from returning until the current operator steps down or leaves the channel. This is the most powerful command at an operator’s disposal, use it wisely.

/unban [users] - (Ex: /unban RobertB)
Allows a banned user to return to the channel.
Short Cut Commands
CTRL-X
Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft II BNE: Cuts the selected text

CTRL-C
Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft II BNE: Copies the selected text

CTRL-V
Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft II BNE: Pastes the selected text

CTRL-A
Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft II BNE: Select all text

CTRL-N
Diablo II: Pastes the name you have selected

ALT-N
Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft II BNE: Pastes the name you have selected

/d2notify
Diablo II: Toggle channel enter/leave notifications

ALT-V
Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft II BNE: Toggle channel enter/leave notifications

ALT-W with user selected
Diablo, StarCraft, Warcraft II BNE: Sends a private message to the selected user.
Aliases for this command: /w /msg /m /whisper

TAB
Diablo II: Cycles through the last 10 commands
StarCraft: Displays the last command then cycles through the users in the current channel.

CTRL-M
Diablo II: Toggles music on Battle.net and the main menus

ALT-R
Warcraft III: Allows users to respond to private messages. This will type "/w person’sname " allowing you to quickly respond without typing their name.

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This is all only applicable to the Old Battle.net, not the new one. Many games have their own commands that are not the same as the others.

e.g. /uberdiablo in D2R (which wasn’t in the original game)

Many of these features were likely depricated due to the advent of social media reducing the need for traditional chat rooms. Most of this stuff is long gone from ages past, it wasn’t removed in this update.

I think you’ll find most people don’t really feel the need to create and manage chat rooms on battle.net when we have things like Discord.

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The commands are still functioning in Warcraft II Battle.net edition hosted on the official client, and all of the general commands functioned util Reforged was launched in 2020.

So, it was used along side other social media platforms.
The point is to reintroduce the ones that are most appropriate.

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Not really. I can’t even think of a time since New Battle.net where I thought to myself “Gee, I sure wish i could create and manage private chat channels.”

It was the specific intent that New Battle.net’s friend list and direct message features, along with social media, would replace these forms of communication that they likely felt were outdated. And to an extent I agree with their assessment. While I can understand that some people still used these features, they very likely depricated them because their own data told them that not many were using these features.

The only commands we really need are things like /openall /closeall for custom games, and the commands for muting players ingame (still there as far as I’m aware) and checking stats.

Aside from this forum, 98% of my social interaction relating to this game occurs on Discord, and most of the rest is Battle.net Friend List direct messages.

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There is no real reason to not implement them.

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Actually, there is. It requires some amount of work to implement them and in their view the cost of implementing and maintaining these features for the few people who would use them isn’t worth the cost or effort.

This isn’t anything unusual. Microsoft cuts old and disused features from the operating system all the time, preferring to encourage the use of newer alternatives. Times change, and sometimes it’s better to just accept that (not always, but sometimes.)

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It is a new team, their view is unknown to you.

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They didn’t design or implement battle.net. the new team has nothing to do with it.

And even if they did, obviously they didn’t think these features were important or they would have been implemented in the new chat UI. So no, I think their view is pretty clear.

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