ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

A couple noob questions regarding the default in-game chat channels:

1. What determines whether death/achievement messages are announced in "general" vs. "tome"?

2. Why are some players' names displayed in green and others in white?

Donators are green.
Nondonators are white.
There's other colors for developing contributors I believe too.

Your announcements go into whatever channel you last chatted in.

Okay, thanks Dracos and HousePet!

Dracos wrote:There's other colors for developing contributors I believe too.

Blue people have set up monthly donations. Devs are strawberry red.