Messages is the private inbox for talking to other players on Rovian. It has four tabs: All, Unread, Requests and Archive.
The Requests tab is the important one: a first message from someone you don't know doesn't drop into your chat list — it waits as a request.
What are message requests for?
When a stranger writes to you, accepting is your call. Three options: Accept, Delete or Block.
Accept and the chat moves into All, where the conversation runs normally. Decline and nobody sees anything — no “your request was rejected” notification goes out.
The design serves one purpose: keeping your inbox from filling with people you don't know. To narrow it further, privacy settings let you allow messages from friends only, or nobody.
What can you do inside a chat?
🎮 Game invite: say “Start game” mid-conversation and the invitation appears on their screen.
🎥 Video room: open a private room straight from the chat.
📊 Head-to-head: how many games you've played, who won how many, and your recent matches.
👤 Profile summary: games played, win rate, best rating and join date sit beside the conversation.
When you're done you can archive a chat, or block and report if needed.
Why the safety filter?
Profanity and insults are masked in messages, and external links, phone numbers and email addresses are blocked from being sent.
That second part matters most. On platforms where strangers meet, the most common abuse pattern is pulling people somewhere without moderation. The filter exists to make that harder.
Official messages from the Rovian team carry their own badge — that's how you tell them from accounts pretending to be “admin”.
To open your inbox: Messages.
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