As we know, chatting in-game is an essential element of League of Legends. It is the quickest and clearest way to exchange information between players and helps the entire team perform better. In theory, that’s true, but over time, the chat box has become a place for players to criticize and throw “toxic” remarks at teammates and opponents. Therefore, Riot Games has introduced features like chat mute, pings, and emotes of a player to help gamers focus more.
However, recently, League of Legends players have discovered a much more effective way to mute chat with just 3 characters. Basically, when muting the opponent’s chat in a conventional way, that person can still chat normally, but you won’t be able to read it. However, by typing 3 characters, “%i:”, in the chat box, all players who press “Enter” to send their message will receive only a blank space. No matter how many words you type, it will not appear.
So how can you restore normal chat in the game? The simple answer is to type the character “%”. This is considered a rare glitch in League of Legends and was discovered by a streamer named Elosanta a few days ago. Another interesting thing is that you can also add some emotes when chatting in League of Legends. Specifically:
Many players are theorizing that this glitch originates from Riot Games secretly developing the ability to introduce emotes into the chat box of League of Legends. Since it doesn’t significantly affect gameplay and reduces toxic chat, this glitch could be a nice feature that Riot might keep.