From af725f8a6e57ff44083abbeb760820c4bf547f01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: spjspj <spjspj4@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 22:39:18 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix spam filter on a per-user basis and implement rudimentary
 swear guard.

---
 Mage.Server/src/main/java/mage/server/ChatManager.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Mage.Server/src/main/java/mage/server/ChatManager.java b/Mage.Server/src/main/java/mage/server/ChatManager.java
index 6ade71332d1..ac0e7a6821f 100644
--- a/Mage.Server/src/main/java/mage/server/ChatManager.java
+++ b/Mage.Server/src/main/java/mage/server/ChatManager.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class ChatManager {
 
             if (!messageType.equals(MessageType.GAME)) {
 
-                if (userName != null && !userName.equals("")) {
+                if (message != null && userName != null && !userName.equals("")) {
                     if (message.equals(userMessages.get(userName))) {
                         // prevent identical messages
                         return;