News from Martine.
Announcements, updates, the story behind Martine, and what happened when something broke.
Earlier posts
2019
- Announcements
New boosts on Discord, and rewards for boosters
Discord's new boost perks, and 1,000 marts a month for everyone who boosts the support server.
- Incident write-ups
SoundCloud works again
SoundCloud is back on Martine.
- Incident write-ups
About the recent restarts
YouTube ban waves force restarts; they are faster now, and music keeps getting the work it needs.
- Announcements
Follow this channel from your server
You can now follow the announcements channel to get them in your own server.
- Updates
Martine starts much faster
Martine is now ready about two minutes after a restart, down from about fifteen.
- Incident write-ups
Audio is back
Discord fixed voice for bots and the music server is unbanned from YouTube: music works again.
- Incident write-ups
Audio still down: a Discord voice issue
A confirmed Discord issue stops bots from connecting to voice; audio comes back when Discord fixes it.
- Incident write-ups
Audio is down: YouTube rate limit
YouTube rate limited Martine's music server, so audio is off until the limit lifts.
- Updates
New newsmartine command
Read the messages of this channel from anywhere Martine is.
- Updates
The YouTube trouble for music bots, and a big audio update
What YouTube's changes mean for every music bot, then a big audio update: a track cache, autoplay, playlists and an equalizer.
- Announcements
The 2019 Halloween event
A Halloween artwork and a trick or treat event, with candies turned into marts and Nitro to win.
- Updates
Autoporn arrives, with NSFW changes
Autoporn sends random NSFW images to a channel by itself; sendnude gets categories and nudeset becomes nsfwset.
- Updates
Three new NSFW commands
Three new NSFW commands: facials, feet and femdom.
- Incident write-ups
SoundCloud is back
SoundCloud works on Martine again. Thanks for your patience.
- Updates
Website update: profiles and a leaderboard
The website gets a profile page, a global leaderboard, faster pages and a live footer.
- Incident write-ups
SoundCloud is down on Martine
SoundCloud does not work on Martine for now; this channel will say when it is back.
- Incident write-ups
The daily command is fixed
A bug blocked daily rewards for a day; everyone who voted got their votes back with a bonus.
- Announcements
Martine's new look and name
A new avatar and artwork by Babi Rinza, and the bot is now simply called Martine.
- Updates
Image welcome messages, new commands and what is next
Welcome and goodbye images, new NSFW commands, and plans for a new identity, a mobile website and a dashboard.
- Updates
Meet Martine's bot friends
A new command shows other bots built on Red, with what they do and their links.