Index: binaries/data/mods/public/gui/lobby/lobby.js
===================================================================
--- binaries/data/mods/public/gui/lobby/lobby.js
+++ binaries/data/mods/public/gui/lobby/lobby.js
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@
 	}
 };
 
+var g_PlayerPresenceList = {};
+
 /**
  * Called after the XmppConnection succeeded and when returning from a game.
  *
@@ -359,6 +361,7 @@
 	// Colorize list entries
 	for (let player of cleanPlayerList)
 	{
+		g_PlayerPresenceList[(player.role == "moderator" ? g_ModeratorPrefix : "") + player.name] = player.presence;
 		if (player.rating && player.name == g_Username)
 			g_UserRating = player.rating;
 		let rating = player.rating ? ("     " + player.rating).substr(-5) : "     -";
@@ -377,6 +380,7 @@
 		ratingList.push(coloredRating);
 		nickList.push(player.name);
 	}
+	updateChatCaption();
 
 	playersBox.list_name = playerList;
 	playersBox.list_status = presenceList;
@@ -850,14 +854,19 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	let formatted = ircFormat(msg);
-	if (!formatted)
-		return;
+	g_ChatMessages.push(msg);
 
-	g_ChatMessages.push(formatted);
-	Engine.GetGUIObjectByName("chatText").caption = g_ChatMessages.join("\n");
+	updateChatCaption();
 }
 
+function updateChatCaption()
+{
+	Engine.GetGUIObjectByName("chatText").caption = g_ChatMessages.map(msg => {
+			let formatted = ircFormat(msg);
+			if (!formatted)
+				return "";
+			return formatted + "\n"; }).join("");
+}
 
 /**
  * Splits given input into command and argument.
@@ -887,6 +896,10 @@
 			'[color="' + msg.color + '"]' + msg.from + "[/color]" :
 			colorPlayerName(msg.from);
 
+	if (msg.from && g_PlayerPresenceList[msg.from] != "available")
+		coloredFrom += '[font="sans-bold-12"](' + (g_PlayerPresenceList[msg.from] == undefined ? '[color="255 255 255"]offline' :
+g_PlayerPresenceList[msg.from] == "playing" ? '[color="255 0 0"]busy' : '[color="255 255 255"]' + g_PlayerPresenceList[msg.from]) + '[/color])[/font]';
+
 	// Handle commands allowed past handleSpecialCommand.
 	if (msg.text[0] == '/')
 	{