# Cleaning out Block List "hangs" my iPad

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cleaning-out-block-list-hangs-my-ipad/56290>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [July 9, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cleaning-out-block-list-hangs-my-ipad/56290 "2019-07-09T12:10:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Starlite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/starlite/32/43018_2.png) [@Starlite](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Starlite)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cleaning-out-block-list-hangs-my-ipad/56290/1 "2019-07-09T12:10:35Z")

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**Platform, device version and operating system:**  
iPad 6, iOS 12.latest

**What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened:**  
I decided to clean out my Block List in chat, assuming most spammers I’d blocked were no longer around. So I removed all but one name from my Block List – at least two of those names looked more like Discord names than GoW names. And then things got weird.

What I _could_ do: change to any other tab in chat (green tabs on the left), scroll within those tabs, click on a player in Chat and see the Honour-assignment window.  
What I _could not_ do: close the chat window (to return to the game), activate Lite Chat (or probably any of the other buttons on the Chat Settings tab), post to Chat, view any player’s profile from their Honour-assignment window (I think the window just disappeared).  
What I _didn’t check_ (or don’t remember, because I was half asleep): some of the buttons, change portrait/title, see new message (I think I could, but I can’t recall).

I ended up having to force-close GoW and restart.

**How often does this happen? When did it begin happening?**  
Only time I’ve seen it. I removed about 8 Players.

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**Author:** ![Starlite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/starlite/32/43018_2.png) [@Starlite](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Starlite)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cleaning-out-block-list-hangs-my-ipad/56290/2 "2019-09-20T04:57:27Z")

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It happened again. Same platform, same details.

I had one person in my Chat block list. I unblocked them. I was unable to leave the Chat interface.

Seems like this bug may be completely reproducible.

Given that it’s possible to enter chat in the middle of a match, and that the match would be lost as a result of this bug, I reckon the priority of fixing it should be elevated from “ignore” to “important.”

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**Author:** ![Graeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@Graeme](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Graeme)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 8:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cleaning-out-block-list-hangs-my-ipad/56290/3 "2019-09-20T08:21:18Z")

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Same thing happens on PS4 also. Can’t exit the chat window.

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**Author:** ![Starlite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/starlite/32/43018_2.png) [@Starlite](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Starlite)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 8:48am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cleaning-out-block-list-hangs-my-ipad/56290/4 "2019-09-20T08:48:36Z")

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Just tried it on PC. Same thing happened.

Clearly, it’s not platform-dependent; the bug is in the fundamental code.