Chat abuse that needs to be fixed: And it isn't verbal abuse at all.

Deep Terror Nami··38 votes·6,213 views

Players can create false messages in chat, and may either use them just as a silly and harmless joke, or even as a way to trick other players into leaving the match for fear of a punishment from Riot. I'm going to explain below what it is I'm talking about;

If your message is long enough, it takes up more than one line in the chat box. If the first line has enough characters in it, you can make the second like look like a different message by making it a typical system message (a surrender vote for example) or adding a fake time stamp to it. If your initial message is short, you can just put a bunch of spaces after it to take up the space and push the next part to a new line as I do in the picture below (was in an empty custom match);

http://i.snag.gy/fUxGb.jpg

Some have been using this to trick other players. While it is easily spotted, if you don't know about it you may be easily duped into, for example, burning all your CD's and spells and suiciding when you think the enemy just surrendered, or logging out and changing your password because you think there's a security issue that could get you banned.

This should be fixed. My suggestion is that new lines for a long comment have a special character in front of the line to show it is part of a continuous message, and to limit spaces to one (so putting 15 spaces to reach the proper character number will only result in 1 space and the next trick message won't get pushed to a new line).

Until then, you all need to report people who abuse this by trying to trick people. Saying "[4:20] Snoop Dog has entered the game" is pretty harmless, but that's not all it's being used for.

20 Comments

TeemoJenkins12 votes

Reporting that as verbal abuse would get it flagged and the automated system would key on "banned" and ramp punishments for the offender.

TheVishual9 votes

If you fall for this you're a moron lol. All system messages are colored, chat is white

Deep Terror Nami33 votes

Morons need protection too. I don't want my dumbass teammates flash ulting into their fountain and throwing our match because they fall for it.

Zenthon Prime18 votes

I'm (hopefully) not even a moron, but I'd get nervous if I didn't know about this because I've never actually seen a system message.

HighH11 votes

They're colored

Zenthon Prime5 votes

I'm aware now, but having never seen one without this thead I'd have no idea.

ßluę1 votes

me neither

Tolfor2 votes

Maybe you shouldn't fountain dive when you win in the first place, then. I always thought that was a stupid practice.

ElJanitorFrank5 votes

Ignorance, more likely. I've never seen a system message, having it in plain text isn't uncommon for games with system messages, I would probably fall for that.

Especially since Riot has a system where they don't know who is individually using third party programs, they just know what games third party programs were used, and if you're in a lot of them, you get banned.

RottedApples4 votes

this happened once, and it even fooled someone IN A RANKED GAME. I sent a support ticket about it and they didn't do anything.

nightcharmm3 votes

lol thats just wrong but it would be kinda funny to watch everyone suicide or something at the end of a match or blow all there summoners when there getting ready to end still a pretty cruel joke though

NinjaCarryT2 votes

so im not the only one thats seen the 4:20 snoop dog shit

Prozzak2 votes

Sorry, but this shouldn't get someone banned just because you are easily tricked (Note: I am writing this for anyone thinking it, OP never mentioned banning those that do this), and no I would not do this (grew out of it) but I won't lie. I remember doing pretty much the exact same thing when I was 16 or 17 back in Warcraft III. I remember specifically doing it to see if a person would fall for something so stupid. The old alt + q + q for free gold trick lol.

I am, however all for Riot making it more obvious that someone is attempting this.

Carpe Victoria4 votes

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Sorry, but this shouldn't get someone banned just because you are easily tricked (Note: I am writing this for anyone thinking it, OP never mentioned banning those that do this), and no I would not do this (grew out of it) but I won't lie. I remember doing pretty much the exact same thing when I was 16 or 17 back in Warcraft III. I remember specifically doing it to see if a person would fall for something so stupid. The old alt + q + q for free gold trick lol.

I am, however all for Riot making it more obvious that someone is attempting this.

Definitely needs to be bannable. As is it's impersonating a system message/riot. And the worse version of this trick is someone using the second line to pretend to be some sort of GM or system message to get someone's account info or whatever else. I don't know why people fall for this stuff but they do. It sounds like nonsense but in tons of games people fall for scenarios like they think a gm is giving them free stuff because they won a contest but the 'gm' needs your account info to put the prize on your account.

R2D201 votes

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(grew out of it) but I won't lie. I remember doing pretty much the exact same thing when I was 16 or 17 back in Warcraft III. I remember specifically doing it to see if a person would fall for something so stupid. The old alt + q + q for free gold trick lol.

I am, however all for Riot making it more obvious that someone is attempting this.

You and I are on the same brainwave, that was me too xD

Best Darius KR2 votes

That "Hack detected. Log out or you will be banned." message would have gotten me FOR SURE

DazedOnlooker1 votes

I probably would have fell for that tbh....it looks too legit, good thing i know what it is now. xD

Glory to God1 votes

It mostly depends on the message. For example a player tricked us in lobby chat making us think riot said 'Good Luck Summoners'. I thought that it was nice from him.

Scrimshäw1 votes

Yeaaaah I can't picture anyone above level 2 falling for this...

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