Abatti's PugBoard

Chat scrolls. Groups don't wait. PugBoard turns the LFG spam into a board you can actually read.

Every public chat message is sorted into cards: one card per player, updated in place when they post again. You see at a glance who is forming a group, who is looking for one, which guild recruits and who sells a boost. Ring the bell for what you want and keep playing, PugBoard tells you when it appears.

What it does

• One card per sender. The guy who spams every minute takes one card, not fifty lines.
• Sorted like the group browser: Dungeons, Raids, PvP, Other. Other splits into Quests & Zones, Other groups, Guilds, Trade, Portals & Services, Crafting, Boosts & Sales and Layer requests.
• Reads what the post actually says: instance, wanted roles and classes, start time, loot rules, 17/25 fill bar. Several instances in one message show up under each of them.
• Green border when they want you. PugBoard knows your class, your talents and whether you are melee, ranged or caster DPS, so "need ranged" lights up for a mage, not for a rogue.
• Bell = tell me. Checkbox decides what is on the board, the bell decides what pings you, with sound, taskbar flash and a Show button that jumps to the card and makes it glow.
• Whisper in one click. Your own prefilled text per card type, you press send. The card remembers that you whispered and shows the reply.
• The list never jumps under your mouse. New entries wait in a bar at the top.
• Scarlet Monastery by wing: Graveyard, Library, Armory, Cathedral, each with its own bell. "SM Lib + Arm + Cath" appears under all three.
• Group Finder button pulls the groups and players listed in the in-game tool onto the board, filter, pings and whisper included.
• Languages you choose. Your client language and English by default, Korean, Chinese, Russian, French, Spanish and more on request. Korean and Chinese posts are read properly, instance and roles included. Short posts like "LFM DM last spot" always show.
• Wrongly sorted? Right-click and fix it. PugBoard remembers that player. Stored on your PC only, nothing is shared.
• Raids you are saved to stay visible and are marked, so you can still look for friends.
• Filter tab with every instance and category at a glance, Settings tab for role, pings, timings, whisper texts, channels and scale.
• Cards dim after 10 minutes and disappear after 15. Pin what you want to keep. Movable, resizable, minimap button, key binding.

Why it is worth it

You stop reading chat. You stop missing the group that wanted exactly your class. You whisper first instead of third.

Works with

WoW TBC Anniversary (2.5.5, 2.5.6), Classic Era and Hardcore (1.15.9) and WoW Forever (1.60.1). One download for all of them, no other addons needed.

Commands

/pug open or close, /pug settings, /pug role auto|tank|healer|dps, /pug channel <name>, /pug forget <name>, /pug minimap, /pug reset

Feedback

Something in the wrong place? Right-click the card, correct it, and drop the original message in the comments. Every example makes the recognition better.