what you observed is a symptom of a much greater potential problem. you have essentially given control of your client to anyone who knows what they're doing and is able to trigger that event. i'm not sure what your circumstances are - whether #allianceupdates is moderated or not - but with such a simple solution you owe it to yourself to err on the side of caution:

Code:
on *:text:*country update*:#allianceupdates:{
  scid 1 | msg #updates $1-
}


notice the extra '|' between '1' and 'msg'. problem solved.


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