--Refactored by Gemini (thx i suck at lua)
local welcome_messages = {
  "welcome to capitalism 2, you're in for it",
  "The factory must grow.",
  "Efficiency is key.",
  "I subject you to the ultimate torture: no more linked belts",
  "If you die on cap 2, I will laugh.",
  "Cap 0 never existed and can't hurt you",
  "The game is not broken, you are.",
  "RATIO FAILED! (To ratio, get more likes than someone)",
  "LIVE THE DREAM WITH A TIME MACHINE, YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOREVER!",
  "ALOONE AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE, HUMMING A TUNE... FOR MEERLY DREAMING WE WERE SNOW",
  "here at capitalism game 2 where we pride ourselves on shenanigans",
  "we got the entire continent to ourselves",
  "we got the entire world to ourselves"
}

local death_messages = {
  "forgot how to factory.",
  "was deemed inefficient.",
  "has been terminated.",
  "didn't check for trains.",
  "is sleeping with the biters.",
  "encountered a fatal exception.",
  "tried reconstructing v2",
  "got returned to sender.",
  "is now part of the ecosystem.",
  "went insane.",
  "desynced.. nah just kidding you got pwned",
  "died on cap 2, which 9/10 doctors say is a skill issue.",
  ": The system files are corrupeted. Please refer to the Wii Operations Manual for help troubleshooting.",
  "was terminid scum",
  "was a socialist automaton",
  "was a terrorist illuminate",
  "did not hop on helldivers",
  "betrayed the cause of Managed Democracy",
  "betrayed the cause of capitalism",
  "missed the MLG",
  "HAD ZERO SWAG", 
  "thought they were him",
  "blamed Microsoft"
}

--Add random welcome messages! If we're modifying the game we might as well do it in STYLE
script.on_event(defines.events.on_player_joined_game, function(event)
  local player = game.players[event.player_index]
  if player then
    player.print(welcome_messages[math.random(#welcome_messages)])
  end
end)
--Courtesy of Gemini
script.on_event(defines.events.on_player_died, function(event)
  local player = game.players[event.player_index]
  game.print(player.name .. " " .. death_messages[math.random(#death_messages)])
end)