Question 1

Do I need Discord?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Discord is the only place an announcement posts today, so a server has to be connected before anything can go out. An Admin connects it once, on the Indie plan and above.

Question 2

Can Userplay email my players instead?

Accepted Answer

No, on any plan. An announcement reaches the community you already have, in the server they already sit in. If you want your players in an inbox, sync your directory to Mailchimp and send from your own audience under your own sender.

Question 3

How many posts do I get?

Accepted Answer

Drafting costs nothing, and publishing is what reserves the sends. Indie includes 25 deliveries, Essential 150, Starter 400, and Studio 1,000. Unpublish and whatever never went out comes back.

Question 4

Can I edit an announcement after publishing it?

Accepted Answer

Not while it is published. Publishing freezes the content so a post waiting to go out cannot change underneath you. Unpublish, make the edit, and publish it again.

Question 5

What happens when a repeat finishes?

Accepted Answer

It moves to completed and stops. Every recurring schedule ends, because you give it a number of sends rather than leaving it running. Nothing keeps posting because somebody forgot about it.

Question 6

Can a playtest announce itself?

Accepted Answer

Yes. A playtest, survey, waitlist, or key vault can carry its own announcement, and publishing the resource is what posts it. You write the message; the link and the timing come from the thing it belongs to.

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