diff --git a/Minecraft.Client/Gui.cpp b/Minecraft.Client/Gui.cpp
index 993f48050..cc18d67a6 100644
--- a/Minecraft.Client/Gui.cpp
+++ b/Minecraft.Client/Gui.cpp
@@ -994,14 +994,14 @@ void Gui::render(float a, bool mouseFree, int xMouse, int yMouse)
 				if (alpha > 0)
 				{
 					int x = iSafezoneXHalf+2;
-					int y = -(static_cast<int>(i)) * 9 - 10;
+					int y = -(static_cast<int>(i)) * 9 - 20;
 					if(bTwoPlayerSplitscreen)
 					{
 						y+= iHeightOffset;
 					}
 
 					wstring msg = guiMessages[iPad][i].string;
-					int bgColor = ((alpha / 4) << 24) | (0x404040);
+					int bgColor = ((alpha / 2) << 24) | (0x404040);
 					this->fill(0, y - 1, screenWidth/fScaleFactorWidth, y + 8, bgColor);
 					glEnable(GL_BLEND);
 
diff --git a/Minecraft.Client/Windows64/KeyboardMouseInput.cpp b/Minecraft.Client/Windows64/KeyboardMouseInput.cpp
index c174e8959..a1d779a80 100644
--- a/Minecraft.Client/Windows64/KeyboardMouseInput.cpp
+++ b/Minecraft.Client/Windows64/KeyboardMouseInput.cpp
@@ -409,10 +409,4 @@ void KeyboardMouseInput::ClearCharBuffer()
 	m_charBufferTail = 0;
 }
 
-bool KeyboardMouseInput::IsGameInFront()
-{
-    HWND InFrontWindow = GetForegroundWindow();
-    return (InFrontWindow == g_hWnd);
-}
-
 #endif // _WINDOWS64
diff --git a/Minecraft.Client/Windows64/KeyboardMouseInput.h b/Minecraft.Client/Windows64/KeyboardMouseInput.h
index 82618d8c8..0f14dfa1f 100644
--- a/Minecraft.Client/Windows64/KeyboardMouseInput.h
+++ b/Minecraft.Client/Windows64/KeyboardMouseInput.h
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ private:
 	wchar_t m_charBuffer[CHAR_BUFFER_SIZE];
 	int m_charBufferHead;
 	int m_charBufferTail;
-	
-	bool IsGameInFront();
 };
 
 extern KeyboardMouseInput g_KBMInput;