diff -r e0f148794328 -r 3207dd5fdfd2 QTfrontend/net/newnetclient.cpp
--- a/QTfrontend/net/newnetclient.cpp	Thu Sep 26 19:03:14 2019 +0300
+++ b/QTfrontend/net/newnetclient.cpp	Thu Sep 26 19:36:56 2019 +0300
@@ -438,10 +438,6 @@
             // Another kind of fake nick. '(' nicks are server messages, but they must not be translated
             if(!sender.startsWith('('))
             {
-                // don't handle chat messages that are from ignored nicks
-                if (m_playersModel->isFlagSet(sender, PlayersListModel::Ignore))
-                    return;
-
                 // Check for action (/me command)
                 action = HWProto::chatStringToAction(message);
             }