plugin requested by user on Bukkit forums

RandomMOTD

package com.codermason.randmotd;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;

import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerJoinEvent;
import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitRunnable;

public class RandomMOTD extends JavaPlugin {

	private List<String> motd = new ArrayList<String>();
	
	public void onEnable() {
		
		this.saveDefaultConfig();
		
		loadMOTD();
		
		this.getLogger().info("Loaded "+motd.size()+" MOTD(s)!");
		
		this.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new Listener() {
			
			@EventHandler
			public void onJoin(PlayerJoinEvent e) {
				if(!e.getPlayer().hasPlayedBefore())
					sendMOTD(e.getPlayer());
			}
			
		}, this);
		
	}
	
	private void sendMOTD(final Player p) {
		new BukkitRunnable() {
			public void run() {p.sendMessage(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', getRandomMOTD().replace("%player%", p.getName())));}
		}.runTaskLater(this, 3L);
	}
	
	private String getRandomMOTD() {
		return motd.size() < 1 ? "Welcome, %player%!" : motd.size() == 1 ? motd.get(0) : motd.get(new Random().nextInt(motd.size()-1));
	}
	
	private void loadMOTD() {
		this.motd.addAll(this.getConfig().getStringList("motds"));
	}
	
}