Hello, and welcome to the Footballguys discord! Here are a few quick tips on how to get started and get the most out of our discord server.
The amazing community is what we love most about fantasy football and what keeps us going after all these years. Our hope for this discord is to continue cultivating that community and give our subscribers a new way to interact with each other and the footballguys staff.
This guide has basic info for Discord beginners, like how to get signed up and use Discord. It also has tips on how most out of the Footballguys Discord server, which will be helpful for both Discord Pros and newbies. If you’re familiar with Discord, head straight to Step 3 of “Getting Started on the Footballguys Discord Server” to learn how to link your Footballguys account with Discord. That will ensure you have full access to all the channels in our server. After that, head to “Getting the Most out of the Footballguys Discord Server”.
Let’s get into it.
Getting Started with the Footballguys Discord Server
Step 1: Join the Footballguys Discord Server and Set Up an Account.
To start, copy and paste this invite link into your browser:
discord.gg/kdPzSM5mux
If you already have a discord account, you should see an option to Accept the invite. Click "Accept Invite" and skip to Step 2.
If you don’t have an account or aren’t logged in, the page will look like this:
Start by creating a user name, and hit continue. Then complete the Captcha, and you’ll be redirected to the Discord Server.
If this is a new account, you’ll need to enter your birth date, followed by an email and password. Head to your email and look for a verification email from discord. Click the link in the email, and should be good to go. Your account is now set up, and you have joined the server!
Step 2: Accept the Rules.
To interact in the Footballguys Discord, you’ll first need to accept our server rules. Hit the "Complete" button at the bottom of the screen, and a pop-up should appear with rules.
Be sure to read through these carefully. If you’re found in violation of these rules you will be warned and possibly permanently banned from the Footballguys Discord. Once you’ve read through the rules, hit confirm, and you’re in!
(Note: If the confirm button on the rules popup is not clickable, it's most likely because you haven’t confirmed your email address. Hit resend email at the top of pop up, and check your email for a confirmation email from Discord, and you should be good to go)
Step 3: Link Your Footballguys Account to Get Full Access to the Server.
When you first join the Footballguys Discord server, you’ll see only a few channels available in the second sidebar to the left (more on channels later). The majority of the content on the Footballguys Discord is only available to paid subscribers, so you’ll need to link your Footballguys account to Discord to get full access. Luckily, we’ve made that easy for you.
Head to this link on Footballguys.com, and make sure you’re signed in. https://www.footballguys.com/me/connected-accounts/
Hit the green Login to Discord button, and a popup should appear asking you to sign in and authorize access to Discord.
Once you’ve authorized access, the Connected Accounts page on Footballguys.com should show that you have now successfully linked your Discord account with Footballguys.
In Discord, you should now see the full list of available channels in the second sidebar from the left. If you click your name on the right sidebar, you should see your current paid subscription under “Roles.”
Step 4: Set Your Nickname and Avatar
If you click your name in this same right sidebar, you can set a custom nickname and avatar for the Footballguys Server. Personalize your nickname and avatar so we can get to know you better and make it easier to keep track of who’s who in the chat.
Bonus: Download the Discord Mobile or Desktop App to Get the Best Experience.
While Discord works great on a browser, you'll get the best experience on one of their native apps. You can download those here:
Understanding Discord Basics:
Let’s quickly dive into a few basics of how Discord works. If you’re already familiar with Discord, feel free to skip to the next section.
Server & Channels
On the left side of the screen, you’ll see two sidebars.
The leftmost one contains different discord servers, which are the different forums you are a part of on Discord. If the Footballguys Discord is the first server you’ve been a part of, then you will only see the FBG logo here and no other servers. If you join a second Discord server from another company or group, it will show up here.
The next sidebar over contains channels. These are like threads or sub-forums for specific topics within a server. The Footballguys server has several channels, mostly for different discussion topics, but also a few with feeds of any new podcasts and tweets, helpful links, and different ways to interact with the server.
If you see a “#” at the start of a channel name, it's a text channel. This type of channel is for discussing whatever the channel topic is with other members of the server. These channels include things like #general, #trade-talk, #dynasty, and more.
If there is a 📢 instead of a #, it's an announcement channel. These channels are for things like feeds of our newest podcasts and tweets or announcements from Footballguys staff. Only Footballguys staff can post on these channels.
Members & Roles
You can mention any other member of the discord in a post by typing @ before their name. On the right side of your screen, you’ll see a list of all the members of the Footballguys Discord Server. If you click on a member, you can see some basic things about them, send them a private message, and also see their roles.
Roles in Discord do a couple of different things. They can be just for fun, give you a special title on the board, provide access to channels that are locked to anyone without that role, subscribe you to specific notifications, and more.
You can mention certain roles by typing “@” before the role name, just like when mentioning another member. In the Footballguys server, you can do this for the FBG Staff Role and Mod Squad role to ask for help or get an opinion from the Footballguys Staff or our forum moderators. In the next section, find more on the specific roles we use in the Footballguys Discord server.
Getting the Most out of the Footballguys Discord Server
Now that you’ve signed up for Discord, joined the Footballguys server, accepted the rules, and linked your Footballguys account, Let’s talk about how you can get the most out of the Footballguys Discord Server.
Setting Notifications
One of the first things you’ll want to do for the best Discord experience is set your notifications. Discord is like your group chat with your league, except with hundreds or even thousands of people in it. If your notifications are set to send you something every time a new post is made in the server, your phone or computer will get flooded with notifications quickly.
By default, you will only receive a notification from the Footballguys Discord Server if someone directly mentions you. You’ll also get a notification when Footballguys Staff or the admins of the server send out an important message to everyone on the server. We’ll use this for important things like server or channel changes, upcoming Q&A’s or live streams with staff, giveaways, new features, or product announcements at Footballguys, etc.
To turn off all notifications from Footballguys or make changes to how you receive notifications, click our server title “Footballguys” above the channel list, and select “Notification Settings” or the “Notifications” bell icon on mobile. Here you can manually change your notification settings server-wide. You can also make changes to your notifications on an individual channel basis by right-clicking the channel and hovering over “Notification Settings”. If you're on mobile, tap the channel, tap the member icon on the top right, and tap the Notification Bell icon.
Roles & Role Assign
There are a few different roles you to know about in the Footballguys Discord Server:
First off is your subscription-level role. This shows what Footballguys subscription plan you currently have. You should automatically receive this when you link your Footballguys account to Discord at footballguys.com/me/connected-accounts. These roles give you access to all of the channels and Q&A’s in the Footballguys Discord. Without them, only a few channels are visible.
Next are the Roles available in the role-assign channel. Here you can assign yourself a role for your favorite team and also assign yourself roles to get specific notifications:
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The Waiver Wire role sends you a reminder every Tuesday to check waivers.
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The Set Your Lineups role sends you a reminder every week to remember to set your lineups
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The Live on Youtube role sends you a notification anytime we are live on Youtube or post a new video.
To add yourself to any of these roles, just click on the corresponding reaction below the post.
Getting Experience and Checking Rank
As you participate and interact in the Footballguys Discord Server, you will gain experience, level up, and climb the leaderboard! Each month we will crow, spotlight, and give a reward to our Discord Member of the Month. While that won’t necessarily be the person with the most experience, interacting in the server to gain experience and levels each month is a surefire to put yourself in the running!
To check your rank, head to the check-level-here channel and type !rank to check where you stand and !level to see the leaderboard for the whole server.
Staff Q&A’s & Live-Streams
One of the best parts of the Footballguys Discord server is getting to interact directly with and get answers from your favorite Footballguys Staffers. Some Footballguys staff members will be regularly hanging out and chatting in the server, but we will also have scheduled Q&As and exclusive live streams for Discord members. You’ll be able to find a schedule of upcoming Q&As, live streams, and other events in the Events channel at the top of the channel list. We’ll also send an announcement to all channel members whenever a new event is announced or about to start.
That’s it! You should be ready to crush it in the Footballguys Discord!
If you need help or have questions, send a message to our moderators on Discord, @FBG Taylor and @Dylan McCarty.
We’ll see you in the chat!
Join the Footballguys Discord Server Here: discord.gg/kdPzSM5mux