@normanmaurer, @trustin in relation to netty/1317 can we consider this a motion to allow channel.write(Object,null), I think it is a very good idea and cannot see it breaking any existing functionality at all.

proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/netty/ChannelWrapper.java

@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 package net.md_5.bungee.netty;
 
 import io.netty.channel.Channel;
-import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 
-@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class ChannelWrapper
 {
 
     private final Channel ch;
+    private final SillyPromise promise;
+
+    public ChannelWrapper(Channel ch)
+    {
+        this.ch = ch;
+        this.promise = new SillyPromise( ch );
+    }
 
     public void write(Object packet)
     {
-        ch.write( packet );
+        ch.write( packet, promise );
     }
 
     public Channel getHandle()

proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/netty/SillyPromise.java

@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.netty;
+
+import io.netty.channel.Channel;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelPromise;
+import io.netty.util.concurrent.Future;
+import io.netty.util.concurrent.GenericFutureListener;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class SillyPromise implements ChannelPromise
+{
+
+    private final Channel ch;
+
+    @Override
+    public Channel channel()
+    {
+        return ch;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPromise setSuccess(Void v)
+    {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPromise setSuccess()
+    {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean trySuccess()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPromise setFailure(Throwable thrwbl)
+    {
+        return this;
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPromise addListener(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<Void>> gl)
+    {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPromise addListeners(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<Void>>... gls)
+    {
+        return this;
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPromise removeListener(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<Void>> gl)
+    {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPromise removeListeners(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<Void>>... gls)
+    {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPromise sync() throws InterruptedException
+    {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPromise syncUninterruptibly()
+    {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPromise await() throws InterruptedException
+    {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPromise awaitUninterruptibly()
+    {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isSuccess()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Throwable cause()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean await(long l, TimeUnit tu) throws InterruptedException
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean await(long l) throws InterruptedException
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean awaitUninterruptibly(long l, TimeUnit tu)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean awaitUninterruptibly(long l)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Void getNow()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean cancel(boolean bln)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCancelled()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isDone()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Void get() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Void get(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean trySuccess(Void v)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean tryFailure(Throwable thrwbl)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+}