diff --git a/source/game/gui/gui.cpp b/source/game/gui/gui.cpp
index c4858adae..916c1ecc0 100644
--- a/source/game/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/source/game/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ namespace Game {
 	}
 
 	void Gui::init(Game *game) {
-
 		this->commander = game->getCommander();
 		this->gameCamera = game->getGameCameraPtr();
 		this->console = game->getConsole();
@@ -142,6 +141,8 @@ namespace Game {
 			world->getThisFactionIndex(),
 			world->getThisTeamIndex(),
 			game->isFlagType1BitEnabled(ft1_allow_shared_team_units));
+
+		console->addStdMessage("StartMessage", true);
 	}
 
 	void Gui::end() {
diff --git a/source/game/menu/menu_state_masterserver.cpp b/source/game/menu/menu_state_masterserver.cpp
index f41554a52..8b25620d5 100644
--- a/source/game/menu/menu_state_masterserver.cpp
+++ b/source/game/menu/menu_state_masterserver.cpp
@@ -1239,15 +1239,15 @@ namespace Game {
 				needUpdateFromServer = false;
 
 				if (announcementLoaded == false) {
+					consoleIRC.addLine("This is the network lobby. To start a new network game yourself, click \"Host Game\"");
+					consoleIRC.addLine("");
 					// write hint to console:
 					Config & configKeys =
 						Config::getInstance(std::pair < ConfigType,
 							ConfigType >(cfgMainKeys, cfgUserKeys));
-					consoleIRC.addLine(Lang::getInstance().
-						getString("ToSwitchOffMusicPress") +
-						" - \"" +
+					consoleIRC.addLine(Lang::getInstance().getString("ToSwitchOffMusicPress") + " - \"" +
 						configKeys.getString("ToggleMusic") + "\"");
-
+					consoleIRC.addLine("");
 					announcementLoaded = true;
 				}
 
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/include/versions.h b/source/shared_lib/include/versions.h
index 1386ac77d..bcbc04281 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/include/versions.h
+++ b/source/shared_lib/include/versions.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #define GAME_VERSION "Glest 2.0"
-#define GAME_BUILD_DATE "0602"
 #define G3D_VIEWER_VERSION "1.0"
 #define MAP_EDITOR_VERSION "1.0"
+//Month then Day
+#define GAME_BUILD_DATE "0206"