Two fun bots to have in your discord

Hello all, as the admin to my own channel I've often looked at ways to improve my discord for the community.

The first one that personally makes my jobs easier, is called Discal. This nifty bot you can add announcements or shouts through different channels and permissions. I personally enjoy utilizing this tool when there's a scheduled event (Ranked, Streaming, Podcast, etc.) They're easy to manage, delete, or to set up recurring events, or triggered events.

Here's a general example from my stream when I was working on adding new events to my channel. The bot is fairly intuitive to use, but there is support software if it'll be easier for you to use, rather than typing commands.

If you are tired of constantly updating your channel or just want to spice up the way you announce something, I'd recommend this bot.

Now I do have more bots, but some are just niche picks. I want to focus on my two favor bots that I'll use regularly. Other than Discal, my most often used bot would be FredBoat.

If you're doing a podcast or stream and are using discord as your means of voice chat, Fredboat is a great way to include everyone in either music, or just any audio from youtube. Fredboat is free to use, with a responsive discord community that you can freely join and speak with them.

How does it work? It's uses simple commands like ;;join (to join the voice channel that you're currently in) and ;;play insertURL (to have it play the audio that you linked.)

I hadn't selected anything for Fredboat to play yet, but that's what it looks like. It'll join your channel, you use the ;;play command and you're on your way. There is a free option, but I do enjoy the bot and use it often enough that I invest the $2 a month to support the creators.

I'm constantly adding more bots to my channel and playing with them, so if I can find a few more I'll make a new list. But for now these are the two bots that I feel everyone can get use out of.