diff --git a/lib/constants.py b/lib/constants.py
index 28ab9d0..0ae82ab 100644
--- a/lib/constants.py
+++ b/lib/constants.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ POLL_TIMEOUT = 100
 # Timing constants
 QUIT_CONFIRM_TIMEOUT = 3.0  # Seconds to confirm quit (Ctrl-C twice)
 RESPAWN_DELAY = 3.0  # Seconds before players respawn after death
-STATUS_OUTPUT_WINDOW = 3.0  # Seconds a 'status' command echo hides its chunked table output
+STATUS_OUTPUT_WINDOW = 1.5  # Seconds a 'status' command echo suppresses its chunked table output
 STATS_CONNECTION_DELAY = 0.5  # Initial stats connection delay
 
 # UI dimensions
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 5417f71..abd7e8d 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -134,24 +134,38 @@ def is_command_output(message):
     return False
 
 
-def is_status_chunk(message):
+CHAT_SHAPE_PATTERN = re.compile(r'^[\w(][^:]*:\s')
+
+
+def is_real_content(message):
     """
-    Detect one chunk of 'status' command output. The server streams the table
-    as many small messages (row heads, '0 16384', the steamid, the address),
-    so per-chunk shape checks are loose; they only apply inside the
-    suppression window opened by the command echo.
+    True for messages that are definitely not status table debris: JSON,
+    chat-shaped lines and game initialization. Used to end the status
+    suppression window early; everything else inside the window is treated
+    as table debris, because the server splits rows into arbitrary chunks
+    (names, flag columns, '0 16384', bare steamids) that no shape check
+    can distinguish from real content. The status table's own 'map:' line
+    is chat-shaped and explicitly excluded, or it would end the window
+    on the first chunk.
     """
-    clean = strip_color_codes(message)
-    stripped = clean.strip()
-    if not stripped or stripped[:1] in ('{', '['):
+    clean = strip_color_codes(message).strip()
+    if not clean:
         return False
-    if 'num score ping' in clean or '--- -----' in clean:
+    if clean[:1] in ('{', '['):
         return True
-    if stripped.startswith('map:'):
+    if clean.startswith('zmq'):
+        return False
+    if clean.startswith('map:'):
+        return False
+    if clean.startswith('broadcast:'):
+        clean = clean[10:].lstrip()
+    if clean.startswith('print "'):
+        clean = clean[7:]
+        if clean.endswith('"'):
+            clean = clean[:-1]
+    if 'Game Initialization' in clean:
         return True
-    if STATUS_HEAD_PATTERN.search(clean):
-        return True
-    if re.match(r'^[\d.:-]+(\s+[\w.:-]+)*\s*$', stripped):
+    if CHAT_SHAPE_PATTERN.match(clean):
         return True
     return False
 
@@ -519,14 +533,16 @@ def main_loop(screen, args):
                             logger.debug('Suppressed RCON command echo')
                             continue
 
-                    # Hide status table chunks following a 'status' command
+                    # Suppress everything after a 'status' echo until real
+                    # content arrives (chat, JSON, game init) or the window closes
                     if status_suppress_until:
-                        if time.time() < status_suppress_until:
-                            if is_status_chunk(message):
-                                logger.debug('Suppressed status output chunk')
-                                continue
-                        else:
+                        if time.time() >= status_suppress_until:
                             status_suppress_until = 0.0
+                        elif is_real_content(message):
+                            status_suppress_until = 0.0
+                        else:
+                            logger.debug('Suppressed status output chunk')
+                            continue
 
                     if 'Game Initialization' in message:
                         logger.info('Game initialization detected - refreshing server info')