diff --git a/Spigot-API-Patches/Add-BaseComponent-sendMessage-methods-to-CommandSend.patch b/Spigot-API-Patches/Add-BaseComponent-sendMessage-methods-to-CommandSend.patch
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+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Riley Park <rileysebastianpark@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 13:05:59 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Add BaseComponent sendMessage methods to CommandSender
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/command/CommandSender.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/command/CommandSender.java
+index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/command/CommandSender.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/command/CommandSender.java
+@@ -0,0 +0,0 @@ public interface CommandSender extends Permissible {
+      * @return Name of the sender
+      */
+     public String getName();
++
++    // Paper start
++    /**
++     * Sends the component to the sender
++     *
++     * <p>If this sender does not support sending full components then
++     * the component will be sent as legacy text.</p>
++     *
++     * @param component the component to send
++     */
++    default void sendMessage(net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent component) {
++        this.sendMessage(component.toLegacyText());
++    }
++
++    /**
++     * Sends an array of components as a single message to the sender
++     *
++     * <p>If this sender does not support sending full components then
++     * the components will be sent as legacy text.</p>
++     *
++     * @param components the components to send
++     */
++    default void sendMessage(net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent... components) {
++        this.sendMessage(new net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent(components).toLegacyText());
++    }
++    // Paper end
+ }
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
+index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
+@@ -0,0 +0,0 @@ public interface Player extends HumanEntity, Conversable, CommandSender, Offline
+      *
+      * @param component the components to send
+      */
++    @Override
+     public void sendMessage(net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent component);
+ 
+     /**
+@@ -0,0 +0,0 @@ public interface Player extends HumanEntity, Conversable, CommandSender, Offline
+      *
+      * @param components the components to send
+      */
++    @Override
+     public void sendMessage(net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent... components);
+ 
+     /**
+--
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