--- a/hedgewars/uGame.pas	Sun Nov 26 21:19:24 2006 +0000
+++ b/hedgewars/uGame.pas	Mon Nov 27 17:29:08 2006 +0000
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 const SendEmptyPacketTicks: LongWord = 0;
 var i: integer;
 begin
+if isPaused then exit;
 if not CurrentTeam.ExtDriven then
    begin
    NetGetNextCmd; // its for the case when receiving "/say" message
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@
       SendEmptyPacketTicks:= 0
       end
    end;
-
 if Lag > 100 then Lag:= 100
 else if GameType = gmtSave then Lag:= 2500;