# Attach player messages

**URL:** https://heroiclabs.com/docs/satori/concepts/live-events/attach-player-messages/
**Summary:** Send messages to players before, during, and after a live event to drive awareness and participation.
**Keywords:** add player message, schedule message, attach message to live event, send player message
**Categories:** satori, live-events, concepts, liveOps

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# Attach player messages to live events

An event that players don't know about is an event that underperforms. Satori lets you send messages to players directly for any configured event, encouraging players to come back to the game.

## Schedule a message

### Schedule from the Live Events view

You can manage messages from the detailed view of a live event. Navigate to the **Message Schedules** tab. Here you can see all the messages attached to this particular event, edit any message or schedule new ones.

{{< screenshot src="/images/pages/satori/concepts/live-events/live_events_attach_message.png" alt="Message Schedules tab showing a scheduled messages list for a live event" >}}

### Schedule from the Messages view

Alternatively, work from the **Messages** panel on the console and click the **Schedule Message** button.

{{< screenshot src="/images/pages/satori/concepts/messages/messages_schedule_button.png" alt="Schedule Message button on the Messages panel" >}}

Select the event from a pre-populated list of current live events.

{{< screenshot src="/images/pages/satori/concepts/live-events/live_events_messages_wizard.png" alt="Create Message Schedule dialog with Connect to a Live Event toggle enabled, showing Live Event and Reference Point fields" width="70%" >}}

## Define when a message triggers

Satori gives LiveOps managers direct control over the full player-facing event experience by letting you define when messages are triggered.

Push notifications before an event ends encourage players to re-enter the game to complete the event. Notifications before an event starts announce a new event and drive lapsed players back to the game.

{{< screenshot src="/images/pages/satori/concepts/live-events/live_events_message_triggers.gif" alt="Selecting a message trigger reference point for a live event" width="60%" >}}

The reference point options cover the full communication arc of a live event:

- Before Event Start
- After Event Start
- On Event Start
- Before Event End
- After Event End
- On Event End

<!-- IMAGE: Reference Point dropdown showing all six trigger options -->

For more details on messages, see the [Player Messaging](../../player-messaging/) section.