diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/CommandSender.java b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/CommandSender.java
index 061f889f0..962489351 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/CommandSender.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/CommandSender.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public interface CommandSender
      *
      * @param message the message to send
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public void sendMessage(String message);
 
     /**
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ public interface CommandSender
      *
      * @param messages the messages to send
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public void sendMessages(String... messages);
 
     /**
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ProxyServer.java b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ProxyServer.java
index bc7bf2c3b..06155010c 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ProxyServer.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ProxyServer.java
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ public abstract class ProxyServer
      *
      * @param message the message to broadcast
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public abstract void broadcast(String message);
 
     /**
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
index 3a52cf132..8651071ec 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
@@ -49,6 +49,22 @@ public abstract class BaseComponent {
         setObfuscated(old.isObfuscatedRaw());
     }
 
+    public static String toLegacyText(BaseComponent[] components) {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        for (BaseComponent msg : components) {
+            builder.append(msg.toLegacyText());
+        }
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+    public static String toPlainText(BaseComponent[] components) {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        for (BaseComponent msg : components) {
+            builder.append(msg.toPlainText());
+        }
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * Returns the color of this component. This uses the parent's color
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
index 6ec8da9e2..d398f7b3a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
@@ -6,11 +6,104 @@ import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
 @Getter
 @Setter
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @NoArgsConstructor
 public class TextComponent extends BaseComponent {
+
+    private static final Pattern url = Pattern.compile("^(?:(https?)://)?([-\\w_\\.]{2,}\\.[a-z]{2,4})(/\\S*)?$");
+
+    public static BaseComponent[] fromLegacyText(String message) {
+        ArrayList<BaseComponent> components = new ArrayList<>();
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        TextComponent component = new TextComponent();
+        Matcher matcher = url.matcher(message);
+
+        for ( int i = 0; i < message.length(); i++ ) {
+            char c = message.charAt(i);
+            if (c == ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR) {
+                i++;
+                c = message.charAt(i);
+                if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') {
+                    c += 32;
+                }
+                if (builder.length() > 0) {
+                    TextComponent old = component;
+                    component = new TextComponent(old);
+                    old.setText(builder.toString());
+                    builder = new StringBuilder();
+                    components.add(old);
+                }
+                ChatColor format = ChatColor.getByChar(c);
+                switch (format) {
+                    case BOLD:
+                        component.setBold(true);
+                        break;
+                    case ITALIC:
+                        component.setItalic(true);
+                        break;
+                    case UNDERLINE:
+                        component.setUnderlined(true);
+                        break;
+                    case STRIKETHROUGH:
+                        component.setStrikethrough(true);
+                        break;
+                    case MAGIC:
+                        component.setObfuscated(true);
+                        break;
+                    case RESET:
+                        format = ChatColor.WHITE;
+                    default:
+                        component = new TextComponent();
+                        component.setColor(format);
+                        break;
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            int pos = message.indexOf(' ', i);
+            if (pos == -1) pos = message.length();
+            if (matcher.region(i, pos).find()) { //Web link handling
+
+                if (builder.length() > 0) {
+                    TextComponent old = component;
+                    component = new TextComponent(old);
+                    old.setText(builder.toString());
+                    builder = new StringBuilder();
+                    components.add(old);
+                }
+
+                TextComponent old = component;
+                component = new TextComponent(old);
+                ClickEvent clickEvent = new ClickEvent();
+                clickEvent.setAction(ClickEvent.Action.OPEN_URL);
+                String urlString = message.substring(i, pos);
+                if (urlString.startsWith("http")) {
+                    component.setText(urlString);
+                    clickEvent.setValue(urlString);
+                } else {
+                    component.setText(urlString);
+                    clickEvent.setValue("http://" + urlString);
+                }
+                component.setClickEvent(clickEvent);
+                components.add(component);
+                i += pos - i - 1;
+                component = old;
+                continue;
+            }
+            builder.append(c);
+        }
+        if (builder.length() > 0) {
+            component.setText(builder.toString());
+            components.add(component);
+        }
+        return components.toArray(new BaseComponent[components.size()]);
+    }
+
     private String text;
 
     public TextComponent(TextComponent old) {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/connection/Connection.java b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/connection/Connection.java
index 2c9cae140..fb1461644 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/connection/Connection.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/connection/Connection.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package net.md_5.bungee.api.connection;
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.protocol.DefinedPacket;
 
 /**
@@ -26,8 +28,29 @@ public interface Connection
      * @param reason the reason shown to the player / sent to the server on
      * disconnect
      */
+    @Deprecated
     void disconnect(String reason);
 
+    /**
+     * Disconnects this end of the connection for the specified reason. If this
+     * is an {@link ProxiedPlayer} the respective server connection will be
+     * closed too.
+     *
+     * @param reason the reason shown to the player / sent to the server on
+     * disconnect
+     */
+    void disconnect(BaseComponent[] reason);
+
+    /**
+     * Disconnects this end of the connection for the specified reason. If this
+     * is an {@link ProxiedPlayer} the respective server connection will be
+     * closed too.
+     *
+     * @param reason the reason shown to the player / sent to the server on
+     * disconnect
+     */
+    void disconnect(BaseComponent reason);
+
     /**
      * Get the unsafe methods of this class.
      *
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/event/ServerKickEvent.java b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/event/ServerKickEvent.java
index 50a4cc933..7df8d9695 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/event/ServerKickEvent.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/event/ServerKickEvent.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package net.md_5.bungee.api.event;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.ToString;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.config.ServerInfo;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.connection.ProxiedPlayer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.plugin.Cancellable;
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ public class ServerKickEvent extends Event implements Cancellable
     /**
      * Kick reason.
      */
-    private String kickReason;
+    private BaseComponent[] kickReasonComponent;
     /**
      * Server to send player to if this event is cancelled.
      */
@@ -44,16 +46,26 @@ public class ServerKickEvent extends Event implements Cancellable
         CONNECTING, CONNECTED, UNKNOWN;
     }
 
-    public ServerKickEvent(ProxiedPlayer player, String kickReason, ServerInfo cancelServer)
+    public ServerKickEvent(ProxiedPlayer player, BaseComponent[] kickReasonComponent, ServerInfo cancelServer)
     {
-        this( player, kickReason, cancelServer, State.UNKNOWN );
+        this( player, kickReasonComponent, cancelServer, State.UNKNOWN );
     }
 
-    public ServerKickEvent(ProxiedPlayer player, String kickReason, ServerInfo cancelServer, State state)
+    public ServerKickEvent(ProxiedPlayer player, BaseComponent[] kickReasonComponent, ServerInfo cancelServer, State state)
     {
         this.player = player;
-        this.kickReason = kickReason;
+        this.kickReasonComponent = kickReasonComponent;
         this.cancelServer = cancelServer;
         this.state = state;
     }
+
+    @Deprecated
+    public String getKickReason() {
+        return BaseComponent.toLegacyText(kickReasonComponent);
+    }
+
+    @Deprecated
+    public void setKickReason(String reason) {
+        kickReasonComponent = TextComponent.fromLegacyText(reason);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java
index 67c8f93fe..80ca6ee9c 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.md_5.bungee;
 
 import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.log.BungeeLogger;
 import net.md_5.bungee.reconnect.YamlReconnectHandler;
@@ -489,17 +490,13 @@ public class BungeeCord extends ProxyServer
     public void broadcast(String message)
     {
         getConsole().sendMessage( message );
-        broadcast(ComponentSerializer.fromLegacyChat(message));
+        broadcast(TextComponent.fromLegacyText(message));
     }
 
     @Override
     public void broadcast(BaseComponent[] message) {
-        StringBuilder constr = new StringBuilder();
-        for (BaseComponent msg : message) {
-            constr.append( msg.toLegacyText() );
-        }
-        getConsole().sendMessage( constr.toString() );
-        broadcast( new Chat(ComponentSerializer.toString(message)) );
+        getConsole().sendMessage(BaseComponent.toLegacyText(message));
+        broadcast(new Chat(ComponentSerializer.toString(message)));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ServerConnection.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ServerConnection.java
index b5c5af500..f1490c64a 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ServerConnection.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ServerConnection.java
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Setter;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.connection.Server;
+import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.netty.ChannelWrapper;
 import net.md_5.bungee.protocol.DefinedPacket;
 import net.md_5.bungee.protocol.packet.PluginMessage;
@@ -40,10 +43,15 @@ public class ServerConnection implements Server
     @Override
     public synchronized void disconnect(String reason)
     {
+        disconnect( TextComponent.fromLegacyText(reason) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void disconnect(BaseComponent[] reason) {
         if ( !ch.isClosed() )
         {
             // TODO: Can we just use a future here?
-            unsafe().sendPacket( new Kick( reason ) );
+            unsafe().sendPacket( new Kick(ComponentSerializer.toString(reason) ) );
             ch.getHandle().eventLoop().schedule( new Runnable()
             {
                 @Override
@@ -53,6 +61,12 @@ public class ServerConnection implements Server
                 }
             }, 100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS );
         }
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void disconnect(BaseComponent reason) {
+        disconnect(new BaseComponent[]{reason});
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ServerConnector.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ServerConnector.java
index f3c3e93f4..0d317c935 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ServerConnector.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ServerConnector.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import net.md_5.bungee.api.event.ServerSwitchEvent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.score.Objective;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.score.Scoreboard;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.score.Team;
+import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.connection.CancelSendSignal;
 import net.md_5.bungee.connection.DownstreamBridge;
 import net.md_5.bungee.netty.HandlerBoss;
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ public class ServerConnector extends PacketHandler
         {
             def = null;
         }
-        ServerKickEvent event = bungee.getPluginManager().callEvent( new ServerKickEvent( user, kick.getMessage(), def, ServerKickEvent.State.CONNECTING ) );
+        ServerKickEvent event = bungee.getPluginManager().callEvent( new ServerKickEvent( user, ComponentSerializer.parse(kick.getMessage()), def, ServerKickEvent.State.CONNECTING ) );
         if ( event.isCancelled() && event.getCancelServer() != null )
         {
             user.connect( event.getCancelServer() );
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/UserConnection.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/UserConnection.java
index af5ee9121..85d3adb10 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/UserConnection.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/UserConnection.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.ProxyServer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.config.ServerInfo;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.connection.ProxiedPlayer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.event.PermissionCheckEvent;
@@ -258,15 +259,25 @@ public final class UserConnection implements ProxiedPlayer
     @Override
     public synchronized void disconnect(String reason)
     {
-        disconnect0( ComponentSerializer.toString( ComponentSerializer.fromLegacyChat( reason ) ) );
+        disconnect0( TextComponent.fromLegacyText(reason) );
     }
 
-    public synchronized void disconnect0(String reason)
+    @Override
+    public void disconnect(BaseComponent[] reason) {
+        disconnect0( reason );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void disconnect(BaseComponent reason) {
+        disconnect0(new BaseComponent[]{reason});
+    }
+
+    public synchronized void disconnect0(BaseComponent[] reason)
     {
         if ( ch.getHandle().isActive() )
         {
-            bungee.getLogger().log( Level.INFO, "[" + getName() + "] disconnected with: " + reason );
-            unsafe().sendPacket( new Kick( reason ) );
+            bungee.getLogger().log( Level.INFO, "[" + getName() + "] disconnected with: " + BaseComponent.toLegacyText(reason) );
+            unsafe().sendPacket( new Kick( ComponentSerializer.toString(reason) ) );
             ch.close();
             if ( server != null )
             {
@@ -285,7 +296,7 @@ public final class UserConnection implements ProxiedPlayer
     @Override
     public void sendMessage(String message)
     {
-        sendMessage(ComponentSerializer.fromLegacyChat(message));
+        sendMessage(TextComponent.fromLegacyText(message));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/ComponentSerializer.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/ComponentSerializer.java
index 7dd90c0a5..3dc4fe79f 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/ComponentSerializer.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/ComponentSerializer.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ public class ComponentSerializer implements JsonSerializer<BaseComponent>, JsonD
             registerTypeAdapter(TranslatableComponent.class, new TranslatableComponentSerializer()).
             create();
 
-    private static final Pattern url = Pattern.compile("^(?:(https?)://)?([-\\w_\\.]{2,}\\.[a-z]{2,4})(/\\S*)?$");
-
     public static BaseComponent[] parse(String json) {
         if (json.startsWith("[")) { //Array
             return gson.fromJson(json, BaseComponent[].class);
@@ -42,92 +40,6 @@ public class ComponentSerializer implements JsonSerializer<BaseComponent>, JsonD
         return gson.toJson(components);
     }
 
-    public static BaseComponent[] fromLegacyChat(String message) {
-        ArrayList<BaseComponent> components = new ArrayList<>();
-        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-        TextComponent component = new TextComponent();
-        Matcher matcher = url.matcher(message);
-
-        for ( int i = 0; i < message.length(); i++ ) {
-            char c = message.charAt(i);
-            if (c == ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR) {
-                i++;
-                c = message.charAt(i);
-                if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') {
-                    c += 32;
-                }
-                if (builder.length() > 0) {
-                    TextComponent old = component;
-                    component = new TextComponent(old);
-                    old.setText(builder.toString());
-                    builder = new StringBuilder();
-                    components.add(old);
-                }
-                ChatColor format = ChatColor.getByChar(c);
-                switch (format) {
-                    case BOLD:
-                        component.setBold(true);
-                        break;
-                    case ITALIC:
-                        component.setItalic(true);
-                        break;
-                    case UNDERLINE:
-                        component.setUnderlined(true);
-                        break;
-                    case STRIKETHROUGH:
-                        component.setStrikethrough(true);
-                        break;
-                    case MAGIC:
-                        component.setObfuscated(true);
-                        break;
-                    case RESET:
-                        format = ChatColor.WHITE;
-                    default:
-                        component = new TextComponent();
-                        component.setColor(format);
-                        break;
-                }
-                continue;
-            }
-            int pos = message.indexOf(' ', i);
-            if (pos == -1) pos = message.length();
-            if (matcher.region(i, pos).find()) { //Web link handling
-
-                if (builder.length() > 0) {
-                    TextComponent old = component;
-                    component = new TextComponent(old);
-                    old.setText(builder.toString());
-                    builder = new StringBuilder();
-                    components.add(old);
-                }
-
-                TextComponent old = component;
-                component = new TextComponent(old);
-                ClickEvent clickEvent = new ClickEvent();
-                clickEvent.setAction(ClickEvent.Action.OPEN_URL);
-                String urlString = message.substring(i, pos);
-                if (urlString.startsWith("http")) {
-                    component.setText(urlString);
-                    clickEvent.setValue(urlString);
-                } else {
-                    component.setText(urlString);
-                    clickEvent.setValue("http://" + urlString);
-                }
-                component.setClickEvent(clickEvent);
-                components.add(component);
-                i += pos - i - 1;
-                component = old;
-                continue;
-            }
-            builder.append(c);
-        }
-        if (builder.length() > 0) {
-            component.setText(builder.toString());
-            components.add(component);
-        }
-        return components.toArray(new BaseComponent[components.size()]);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public BaseComponent deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {
         if (json.isJsonPrimitive()) {
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/command/ConsoleCommandSender.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/command/ConsoleCommandSender.java
index 3cce5a38d..42a11eb37 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/command/ConsoleCommandSender.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/command/ConsoleCommandSender.java
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ public class ConsoleCommandSender implements CommandSender
 
     @Override
     public void sendMessage(BaseComponent[] message) {
-        StringBuilder constr = new StringBuilder();
-        for (BaseComponent msg : message) {
-            constr.append( msg.toLegacyText() );
-        }
-        sendMessage( constr.toString() );
+        sendMessage(BaseComponent.toLegacyText(message));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/DownstreamBridge.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/DownstreamBridge.java
index 3ab315304..93c6f325f 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/DownstreamBridge.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/DownstreamBridge.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import net.md_5.bungee.api.score.Position;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.score.Score;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.score.Scoreboard;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.score.Team;
+import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.netty.ChannelWrapper;
 import net.md_5.bungee.netty.PacketHandler;
 import net.md_5.bungee.protocol.PacketWrapper;
@@ -357,13 +358,13 @@ public class DownstreamBridge extends PacketHandler
         {
             def = null;
         }
-        ServerKickEvent event = bungee.getPluginManager().callEvent( new ServerKickEvent( con, kick.getMessage(), def, ServerKickEvent.State.CONNECTED ) );
+        ServerKickEvent event = bungee.getPluginManager().callEvent( new ServerKickEvent( con, ComponentSerializer.parse(kick.getMessage()), def, ServerKickEvent.State.CONNECTED ) );
         if ( event.isCancelled() && event.getCancelServer() != null )
         {
             con.connectNow( event.getCancelServer() );
         } else
         {
-            con.disconnect0( event.getKickReason() ); // TODO: Json concat util method // TODO: Prefix our own stuff.
+            con.disconnect0( event.getKickReasonComponent() ); // TODO: Prefix our own stuff.
         }
         server.setObsolete( true );
         throw new CancelSendSignal();
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/InitialHandler.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/InitialHandler.java
index a5cb8bb23..52179ea56 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/InitialHandler.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/InitialHandler.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import net.md_5.bungee.api.Callback;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.ProxyServer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.ServerPing;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.config.ListenerInfo;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.config.ServerInfo;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.connection.PendingConnection;
@@ -398,11 +400,25 @@ public class InitialHandler extends PacketHandler implements PendingConnection
     {
         if ( !ch.isClosed() )
         {
-            unsafe().sendPacket( new Kick( ComponentSerializer.toString(ComponentSerializer.fromLegacyChat(reason)) ) );
+            unsafe().sendPacket( new Kick( ComponentSerializer.toString(TextComponent.fromLegacyText(reason)) ) );
             ch.close();
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void disconnect(BaseComponent[] reason) {
+        if ( !ch.isClosed() )
+        {
+            unsafe().sendPacket( new Kick( ComponentSerializer.toString(reason) ) );
+            ch.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void disconnect(BaseComponent reason) {
+        disconnect(new BaseComponent[]{reason});
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getName()
     {