Today, when I launched Discord, I was greeted with the news on its new update, titled "Rich Presence". Though I am not particularly tech-literate (perhaps someone can clarify this more for everyone), it seems to me that, according to the patch, this tool allows Discord users to use Discord in conjunction with games whose developers have allowed Discord to be compatible with their games to create/join parties, spectate matches, etc, in the target game, all via Discord. Then the player can launch the game (or even have the game auto-launched for them), and properly join up. If I'm not understanding the tool right, someone please correct me.

As the leader of a Discord-based guild, this tool looks very useful. Right now, I am using a events channel to schedule events, and members can react with custom FF14 emoji representing job icons to reserve a spot on the event. With this new tool, however, it sounds like we could actually do this more officially, with a lot less workaround.

Thoughts?