So I was just spectating a friend's game and noticed that I was able to send him messages while I was spectating. I could see everything that his enemies were doing. I'm not that person to cheat like that, so I want to ask: is there a way of preventing such behavior where a friend who spectates tells someone who is playing in that game the exact location of a jungler for a example? Is it bannable? Then how do you know? What if they use a foreign language?
Sir ArmaMalum2 votesSpectating is always at a 3-minute delay if it's through the League client, and it's a usual practice to incorporate that same delay in streams but that's up to the streamer in question.
JungHai01 votesI think there is a delay of around 30-seconds to a few minutes to prevent that. The person watching is behind what the players are doing.
Frosty Tibbers1 votesIt's 3 minutes iirc.
SnowFall1 votesThanks for clarity, I knew it was handled some way.
Worgslarg1 votesIt can still be exploited for timers on enemy buffs, if you can figure out the exact delay.
However, the delay stops all serious cases of abuse.
Hyrum Graff1 votesWhen you spectate, it's not in real time. What you're sending him is 2-5 minutes delayed.
So, it might be useful for some things, like giving him drag timers when the enemy took it and his team didn't have vision, but it's not nearly as useful as it could be. Once, I spectated a friend's game with the intent of offering him advice, but it was really difficult to do since anything I said was a couple minutes ago already for him.