Chat & prefixes

Chat on Sunday Market is the social glue. Every message has a rank prefix in front of the player's name, the name itself can be customized, and you can hover over any name to see a quick player card.

The prefix system

Each rank has a gradient color block as a prefix. The gradient sweeps from a brighter highlight to a deeper base, giving a small visual depth that distinguishes the tier.

The brand red (#f90202) and the warm cream (#fffaf8) are the Sunday Market signature; all gradients are tuned to feel coherent on a dark chat background.

Player nicknames render in the player's chosen nick color (see below) after the rank prefix. A chat line looks like this in-game:

Both the rank prefix and the player's name share the rank's gradient. System broadcasts get a star and gold tint:

Hover player cards

Hover your cursor over any player's name in chat to see a small player card popup with:

• Their actual username (if they have a nickname set)
• Their rank
• Their hours played
• Their current balance (visible to others)
• A timestamp of when they joined the server

Click the name to open a private message draft with @<player> pre-filled.

The card renders in chat-overlay style with rounded corners and the brand color scheme. Bedrock players see a simpler version (Bedrock's chat doesn't support full hover-card formatting) but the same info displays inline.

Custom nicknames

Every player can set a custom nickname with /nick. The nickname:

• Replaces your displayed name in chat and tab list (your real username is still visible via the hover card and /realname)
• Can use any color, including hex (/nick &#f90202MyName)
• Cannot include staff colors — yellow (helper), magenta (moderator), red (admin), deep red (owner) are blocked at nick-time
• Cannot include staff titles — names matching admin, moderator, mod, owner, helper, staff are auto-blocked
• Cannot impersonate other players — usernames already in use are blocked

/nick MyCoolName        # set
/nick &aGreenName        # with color
/nick &#f90202BrandName  # with hex
/nick off                # back to your real username

To look up the real username behind a nickname:

/realname <nick>

What renders in chat

• Player messages — name + your text
• /me <text> — action message, shown as * player text
• Server broadcasts — auto-promotion announcements, login messages, etc., in brand red
• System messages — economy payouts, brewing results, deaths

Long messages wrap automatically. Hyperlinks in chat are not auto-clickable to prevent abuse — share a link verbally if you need to.

Tab list

Pressing Tab (Java) shows the player list, sorted by rank then alphabetically. Each player shows their rank prefix, nickname, ping, and a small icon for their current dimension (overworld, Nether, End).

Bedrock players don't have a Tab key but /list shows the same info.

See also

• Conduct rules — what chat behavior is OK and not
• Commands → Social & Info — /msg, /r, /me, /nick reference
• Staff & reports — how to report someone who's misusing chat