diff --git a/tcirchc.py b/tcirchc.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4c996e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tcirchc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# tcirc.py
+# Copyright (C) 2018  oneseveneight
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# Email: oneseveneight@airmail.cc
+
+import socket
+import re
+import mcrcon.mcrcon as mcrcon
+import time
+import threading
+
+server = 'localhost'
+channel ='#minecraft'
+botnick = 'tildecraft_hardcore_bot_v1'
+
+irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+print('IRC bot connected')
+irc.connect((server, 6667))
+#irc.connect((server, 2345))
+print("connected")
+irc.send(bytes('USER ' + botnick + ' '
+               + botnick + ' ' + botnick
+               + 'tcirc bot\n', 'utf8'))
+irc.send(bytes('NICK ' + botnick + '\n', 'utf8'))
+#irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG nickserv :iNOOPE\r\n', 'utf8'))
+time.sleep(5)
+irc.send(bytes('JOIN ' + channel + '\n', 'utf8'))
+
+irc_mc_color_mapping = {}
+mc_irc_color_mapping = {}
+def define_mapping(irc,mc):
+    global irc_mc_color_mapping, mc_irc_color_mapping
+    irc_mc_color_mapping[irc]=mc
+    mc_irc_color_mapping[mc]=irc
+define_mapping(0,"f")  # white
+define_mapping(1,"0")  # black
+define_mapping(2,"1")  # dark blue
+define_mapping(3,"2")  # dark green
+define_mapping(4,"c")  # light red
+define_mapping(5,"4")  # "brown" (dark red is closest)
+define_mapping(6,"5")  # purple
+define_mapping(7,"6")  # orange
+define_mapping(8,"e")  # yellow
+define_mapping(9,"a")  # green
+define_mapping(10,"3") # dark aqua/cyan
+define_mapping(11,"b") # aqua/cyan
+define_mapping(12,"9") # light blue
+define_mapping(13,"d") # pink (light purple is closest)
+define_mapping(14,"8") # gray
+define_mapping(15,"7") # light gray
+
+def safeint(v):
+    try:
+        return int(v)
+    except:
+        return v
+
+def irc_to_mc_colors(m):
+    if m.group(1)=="\x0f":
+        return "\xa7r" # reset
+    else:
+        return "\xa7"+irc_mc_color_mapping.get(safeint(m.group(2)),"f")
+
+def mc_to_irc(): #actually hc to mc but i am very lazy
+    rcon = mcrcon.MCRcon()
+    rcon_password_file = open('rcon_password', 'r')
+    rcon_password = rcon_password_file.readline().strip()
+    rcon_password_file.close()
+    rcon.connect('mc.tildeverse.org', 6668, rcon_password)
+
+    print('initiated rcon connection')
+    print('started mc thread')
+    death_messages_file = open('death_messages', 'r')
+    death_messages = death_messages_file.readlines()
+    death_messages_file.close()
+    death_messages = [s.replace('\n', '') for s in death_messages]
+
+    file = open('hc_remote_file')
+    file.readlines()
+    print('reading from file ' + file.name)
+    while 1:
+        time.sleep(1)
+        latest_lines = file.readlines()
+        for line in latest_lines:
+            if re.search('\[Async Chat Thread -.*?/INFO', line) is not None :
+                print('received ' + ''.join(line))
+                line = re.sub(r'', r'^[', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'\^.*?m', '', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'\^.*UUID', '', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'.*?Async Chat Thread.*?: ', '', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r' :', ':', line, 1)
+                print(line.split(' '))
+                print(line.split(' ')[-1])
+                if '[r]' in line.split(' ')[-1]:
+                    line = re.sub(r'^.*?: ', '', line, 1)
+                    line = re.sub(r'\[r\]', '', line, 1)
+                print('sent ' + line)
+                rcon.command('say [HARDCORE] ' + line)
+
+            elif '] logged in with entity id' in line:
+                print('received ' + ''.join(line))
+                line = re.sub(r'', r'^[', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'^\[.*?User Authenticator.*\n', '', line, 1, re.M)
+                line = re.sub(r'\[.*?: ', '', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r'\[/.*?\]', '', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r' with entity id.*', '', line, 1)
+                print('sent ' + line)
+                rcon.command('say [HARDCORE] ' + line)
+
+            elif 'left the game' in line and '[Server thread/INFO]: [Rcon] ' not in line:
+                print('received ' + ''.join(line))
+                line = re.sub(r'', r'^[', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'\[.*?: ', '', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r'left the game', 'logged off', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r'\[/.*?\]', '', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r'> ', '', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r'lost connection: Disconnected', 'disconnected', line, 1)
+                print('sent ' + line)
+                rcon.command('say [HARDCORE] ' + line)
+
+            elif '[Server thread/INFO]: [' in line and '[LP] LOG' not in line and ': [SavageDeathCompass] ' not in line and ': [GriefPrevention] ' not in line and '[Rcon]' not in line:
+                print('received ' + ''.join(line))
+                line = re.sub(r'', r'^[', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'^.*?: ', '', line, 3)
+                line = re.sub(r'\^.*?m', '', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'\[Rcon\].', r'', line)
+                print('sent ' + line)
+                if '@tildeverse:' not in line:
+                    rcon.command('say [HARDCORE] ' + line)
+            # the following applies to the hardcore server
+            elif '[Server thread/INFO]: <' in line:
+                print('received ' + ''.join(line))
+                if '@tildeverse:' not in line:
+                    print('received ' + ''.join(line))
+                    line = re.sub(r'', r'^[', line)
+                    line = re.sub(r'^.*?: ', '', line, 3)
+                    line = re.sub(r'\^.*?m', '', line)
+                    line = re.sub(r'\[Rcon\].', r'', line)
+                    print('sent ' + line)
+                    rcon.command('say [HARDCORE] ' + line)
+
+    file.close()
+
+
+def irc_to_mc():
+    print('started irc thread')
+    rcon = mcrcon.MCRcon()
+    rcon_password_file = open('rcon_password_hc', 'r')
+    rcon_password = rcon_password_file.readline().strip()
+    rcon_password_file.close()
+    rcon.connect('mc.bhh.sh', 25575, rcon_password)
+    print('initiated rcon connection')
+
+    while 1:
+        time.sleep(1)
+        text = irc.recv(1024)
+        if len(text) == 0:
+            print('Disconnected, attempting to recconect')
+            irc.close()
+            irc.connect((server, 6667))
+            irc.send(bytes('USER ' + botnick + ' '
+               + botnick + ' ' + botnick
+               + 'tcirc bot\n', 'utf8'))
+            irc.send(bytes('NICK ' + botnick + '\n', 'utf8'))
+            time.sleep(5)
+            irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG nickserv :iNOOPE\r\n', 'utf8'))
+            irc.send(bytes('JOIN ' + channel + '\n', 'utf8'))
+            print('IDENTIFIED')
+            text = irc.recv(1024)
+        text = text.decode('utf-8')
+        print('received ' + text)
+
+        if 'PRIVMSG ' + channel in text:
+            text = re.sub(r'\!.*?@', r'@', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r' PRIVMSG ' + channel, r'', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r' :', r':', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r':', r'', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r'@.*?:', r'@tildeverse: ', text, 1)
+            if '!uptime' in text:
+                print('seen uptime')
+                response = rcon.command('uptime')
+                response = response.split('\n')[0]
+                response = response.replace('\n', '')
+                response = re.sub('§.', '', response)
+                irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response + '\n', 'utf8'))
+                print('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response)
+            if '!online' in text:
+                print('seen online')
+                response = rcon.command('who')
+                response = response.replace('\n', '')
+                response = re.sub('§.', '', response)
+                response = re.sub(r'There are.*?: ', '', response, 1)
+                irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response + '\n', 'utf8'))
+                print('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response)
+            elif '!fsgiven' in text:
+                    print('fsgiven called')
+                    fsgiven_file = open('fsgiven', 'r')
+                    fsgiven = int(fsgiven_file.readline().strip())
+                    fsgiven_file.close()
+                    response = str(fsgiven) + ' fs given.'
+                    irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response + '\n', 'utf8'))
+            elif '@tildeverse: [HARDCORE]' not in text:
+                text = re.sub("([\x03\x0f])([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2}(?:,[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2})?)?",irc_to_mc_colors,text)
+                rcon.command('say ' + text[:-2])
+                if re.search(' (f|F) .*', text) is not None:
+                    print('someone paid respects.')
+                    fsgiven_file = open('fsgiven', 'r+')
+                    fsgiven = fsgiven_file.readline().strip()
+                    fsgiven = int(fsgiven) + 1
+                    print(str(fsgiven) + ' total respects paid')
+                    fsgiven_file.seek(0)
+                    fsgiven_file.write(str(fsgiven))
+                    fsgiven_file.truncate()
+                    fsgiven_file.close()
+                    response = 'Respects paid.'
+                    irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response + '\n', 'utf8'))
+
+
+        elif 'JOIN' in text or 'PART' in text:
+            text = re.sub(r':.*?\!', r'', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r'@localhost', r'', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r':WeeChat.*', r'', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r'JOIN', r'joined', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r'PART', r'left', text, 1)
+            rcon.command('say ' + text[:-2])
+
+        elif 'PING' in text:
+            print('pinged by server, returning pong')
+            irc.send(b'PONG ' + text.split()[1].encode() + b'\r\n')
+            print('sent PONG ' + text.split()[1] + '\r\n')
+    rcon.disconnect()
+
+
+mc_thread = threading.Thread(target=mc_to_irc)
+mc_thread.daemon = True
+
+irc_thread = threading.Thread(target=irc_to_mc)
+irc_thread.daemon = True
+
+irc_thread.start()
+mc_thread.start()
+while 1:
+    time.sleep(1)
diff --git a/tcirchctown.py b/tcirchctown.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b3c25da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tcirchctown.py
@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# tcirc.py
+# Copyright (C) 2018  oneseveneight
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# Email: oneseveneight@airmail.cc
+
+import socket
+import re
+import mcrcon.mcrcon as mcrcon
+import time
+import threading
+
+server = 'localhost'
+channel ='#minecraft'
+botnick = 'tildecraft_hardcore_bot_v1'
+
+irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+print('IRC bot connected')
+#irc.connect((server, 6667))
+irc.connect((server, 2345))
+print("connected")
+irc.send(bytes('USER ' + botnick + ' '
+               + botnick + ' ' + botnick
+               + 'tcirc bot\n', 'utf8'))
+irc.send(bytes('NICK ' + botnick + '\n', 'utf8'))
+#irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG nickserv :iNOOPE\r\n', 'utf8'))
+time.sleep(5)
+irc.send(bytes('JOIN ' + channel + '\n', 'utf8'))
+
+irc_mc_color_mapping = {}
+mc_irc_color_mapping = {}
+def define_mapping(irc,mc):
+    global irc_mc_color_mapping, mc_irc_color_mapping
+    irc_mc_color_mapping[irc]=mc
+    mc_irc_color_mapping[mc]=irc
+define_mapping(0,"f")  # white
+define_mapping(1,"0")  # black
+define_mapping(2,"1")  # dark blue
+define_mapping(3,"2")  # dark green
+define_mapping(4,"c")  # light red
+define_mapping(5,"4")  # "brown" (dark red is closest)
+define_mapping(6,"5")  # purple
+define_mapping(7,"6")  # orange
+define_mapping(8,"e")  # yellow
+define_mapping(9,"a")  # green
+define_mapping(10,"3") # dark aqua/cyan
+define_mapping(11,"b") # aqua/cyan
+define_mapping(12,"9") # light blue
+define_mapping(13,"d") # pink (light purple is closest)
+define_mapping(14,"8") # gray
+define_mapping(15,"7") # light gray
+
+def safeint(v):
+    try:
+        return int(v)
+    except:
+        return v
+
+def irc_to_mc_colors(m):
+    if m.group(1)=="\x0f":
+        return "\xa7r" # reset
+    else:
+        return "\xa7"+irc_mc_color_mapping.get(safeint(m.group(2)),"f")
+
+def mc_to_irc():
+    print('started mc thread')
+    death_messages_file = open('death_messages', 'r')
+    death_messages = death_messages_file.readlines()
+    death_messages_file.close()
+    death_messages = [s.replace('\n', '') for s in death_messages]
+
+    file = open('hc_remote_file')
+    file.readlines()
+    print('reading from file ' + file.name)
+    while 1:
+        time.sleep(1)
+        latest_lines = file.readlines()
+        for line in latest_lines:
+            if re.search('\[Async Chat Thread -.*?/INFO', line) is not None :
+                print('received ' + ''.join(line))
+                line = re.sub(r'', r'^[', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'\^.*?m', '', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'\^.*UUID', '', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'.*?Async Chat Thread.*?: ', '', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r' :', ':', line, 1)
+                print(line.split(' '))
+                print(line.split(' ')[-1])
+                if '[r]' in line.split(' ')[-1]:
+                    line = re.sub(r'^.*?: ', '', line, 1)
+                    line = re.sub(r'\[r\]', '', line, 1)
+                print('sent ' + line)
+                irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + line, 'utf8'))
+                if re.search(': (f|F)( |$)', line) is not None:
+                    print('someone paid respects.')
+                    fsgiven_file = open('fsgiven', 'r+')
+                    fsgiven = fsgiven_file.readline().strip()
+                    fsgiven = int(fsgiven) + 1
+                    print(str(fsgiven) + ' total respects paid')
+                    fsgiven_file.seek(0)
+                    fsgiven_file.write(str(fsgiven))
+                    fsgiven_file.truncate()
+                    fsgiven_file.close()
+                    response = 'Respects paid.'
+                    irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response + '\n', 'utf8'))
+
+            elif '] logged in with entity id' in line:
+                print('received ' + ''.join(line))
+                line = re.sub(r'', r'^[', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'^\[.*?User Authenticator.*\n', '', line, 1, re.M)
+                line = re.sub(r'\[.*?: ', '', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r'\[/.*?\]', '', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r' with entity id.*', '', line, 1)
+                print('sent ' + line)
+                irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :[HARDCORE] ' + line, 'utf7'))
+
+            elif 'left the game' in line and 'IRC ' not in line:
+                print('received ' + ''.join(line))
+                line = re.sub(r'', r'^[', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'\[.*?: ', '', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r'left the game', 'left the HARDCORE game', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r'\[/.*?\]', '', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r'> ', '', line, 1)
+                line = re.sub(r'lost connection: Disconnected', 'disconnected', line, 1)
+                print('sent ' + line)
+                irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :[HARDCORE] ' + line, 'utf8'))
+
+            elif '[WEB]' in line:
+                print('received ' + ''.join(line))
+                line = re.sub(r'', r'^[', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'^.*?: ', '', line, 3)
+                line = re.sub(r'\^.*?m', '', line)
+                irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + line, 'utf8'))
+                print('sent ' + line)
+            #elif '> ' in line and '[LP] LOG' not in line:
+            elif '[Server thread/INFO]: [' in line and '[LP] LOG' not in line and ': [SavageDeathCompass] ' not in line and ': [GriefPrevention] ' not in line and '[Rcon]' not in line:
+                print('received ' + ''.join(line))
+                line = re.sub(r'', r'^[', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'^.*?: ', '', line, 3)
+                line = re.sub(r'\^.*?m', '', line)
+                line = re.sub(r'\[Rcon\].', r'', line)
+                print('sent ' + line)
+                if '@tilde.town:' not in line:
+                    irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + line, 'utf8'))
+            elif any(death in line for death in death_messages):
+                line = re.sub(r'^\[.*\]: ', '', line, 1)
+                print('sent ' + line)
+                irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + line, 'utf8'))
+            # the following applies to the hardcore server
+            elif '[Server thread/INFO]: <' in line:
+                if '@tilde.town:' not in line:
+                    print('received ' + ''.join(line))
+                    line = re.sub(r'', r'^[', line)
+                    line = re.sub(r'^.*?: ', '', line, 3)
+                    line = re.sub(r'\^.*?m', '', line)
+                    line = re.sub(r'\[Rcon\].', r'', line)
+                    print('sent ' + line)
+                    irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :[HARDCORE] ' + line, 'utf8'))
+
+    file.close()
+
+
+def irc_to_mc():
+    print('started irc thread')
+    rcon = mcrcon.MCRcon()
+    rcon_password_file = open('rcon_password_hc', 'r')
+    rcon_password = rcon_password_file.readline().strip()
+    rcon_password_file.close()
+    rcon.connect('mc.bhh.sh', 25575, rcon_password)
+    print('initiated rcon connection')
+
+    while 1:
+        time.sleep(1)
+        text = irc.recv(1024)
+        if len(text) == 0:
+            print('Disconnected, attempting to recconect')
+            irc.close()
+            irc.connect((server, 6667))
+            irc.send(bytes('USER ' + botnick + ' '
+               + botnick + ' ' + botnick
+               + 'tcirc bot\n', 'utf8'))
+            irc.send(bytes('NICK ' + botnick + '\n', 'utf8'))
+            time.sleep(5)
+            irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG nickserv :iNOOPE\r\n', 'utf8'))
+            irc.send(bytes('JOIN ' + channel + '\n', 'utf8'))
+            print('IDENTIFIED')
+            text = irc.recv(1024)
+        text = text.decode('utf-8')
+        print('received ' + text)
+
+        if 'PRIVMSG ' + channel in text:
+            text = re.sub(r'\!.*?@', r'@', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r' PRIVMSG ' + channel, r'', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r' :', r':', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r':', r'', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r'@.*?:', r'@tilde.town: ', text, 1)
+            if '!uptime' in text:
+                print('seen uptime')
+                response = rcon.command('uptime')
+                response = response.split('\n')[0]
+                response = response.replace('\n', '')
+                response = re.sub('§.', '', response)
+                irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response + '\n', 'utf8'))
+                print('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response)
+            if '!online' in text:
+                print('seen online')
+                response = rcon.command('who')
+                response = response.replace('\n', '')
+                response = re.sub('§.', '', response)
+                response = re.sub(r'There are.*?: ', '', response, 1)
+                irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response + '\n', 'utf8'))
+                print('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response)
+            elif '!fsgiven' in text:
+                    print('fsgiven called')
+                    fsgiven_file = open('fsgiven', 'r')
+                    fsgiven = int(fsgiven_file.readline().strip())
+                    fsgiven_file.close()
+                    response = str(fsgiven) + ' fs given.'
+                    irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response + '\n', 'utf8'))
+            else:
+                text = re.sub("([\x03\x0f])([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2}(?:,[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2})?)?",irc_to_mc_colors,text)
+                rcon.command('say ' + text[:-2])
+                if re.search(' (f|F) .*', text) is not None:
+                    print('someone paid respects.')
+                    fsgiven_file = open('fsgiven', 'r+')
+                    fsgiven = fsgiven_file.readline().strip()
+                    fsgiven = int(fsgiven) + 1
+                    print(str(fsgiven) + ' total respects paid')
+                    fsgiven_file.seek(0)
+                    fsgiven_file.write(str(fsgiven))
+                    fsgiven_file.truncate()
+                    fsgiven_file.close()
+                    response = 'Respects paid.'
+                    irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response + '\n', 'utf8'))
+
+
+        elif 'JOIN' in text or 'PART' in text:
+            text = re.sub(r':.*?\!', r'', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r'@localhost', r'', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r':WeeChat.*', r'', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r'JOIN', r'joined', text, 1)
+            text = re.sub(r'PART', r'left', text, 1)
+            rcon.command('say ' + text[:-2])
+
+        elif 'PING' in text:
+            print('pinged by server, returning pong')
+            irc.send(b'PONG ' + text.split()[1].encode() + b'\r\n')
+            print('sent PONG ' + text.split()[1] + '\r\n')
+    rcon.disconnect()
+
+
+mc_thread = threading.Thread(target=mc_to_irc)
+mc_thread.daemon = True
+
+irc_thread = threading.Thread(target=irc_to_mc)
+irc_thread.daemon = True
+
+irc_thread.start()
+mc_thread.start()
+while 1:
+    time.sleep(1)