From 4e6d7137aa370d89c7a8381ffb1e41c357a77c10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LeNitrous <n20gaming2000@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 17:25:19 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] disallow current user from opening their own private
 channel

---
 osu.Game/Online/Chat/ChannelManager.cs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/ChannelManager.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/ChannelManager.cs
index 2efc9f4968..3af11ff20f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/ChannelManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/ChannelManager.cs
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat
             if (user == null)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(user));
 
+            if (user.Id == api.LocalUser.Value.Id)
+                return;
+
             CurrentChannel.Value = JoinedChannels.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Type == ChannelType.PM && c.Users.Count == 1 && c.Users.Any(u => u.Id == user.Id))
                                    ?? new Channel(user);
         }

From 516575a132fead92342b62aa02da527ebbccabe2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LeNitrous <n20gaming2000@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 18:54:29 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] don't create "Start Chat" option when the sender is the
 local user

---
 osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/ChatLine.cs | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/ChatLine.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/ChatLine.cs
index 66a6672ab1..86bbe91d35 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/ChatLine.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/ChatLine.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
+using osu.Game.Online.API;
 using osu.Game.Online.Chat;
 using osu.Game.Users;
 using osuTK;
@@ -201,6 +203,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Chat
 
             private Action startChatAction;
 
+            [Resolved]
+            private IAPIProvider api { get; set; }
+
             public MessageSender(User sender)
             {
                 this.sender = sender;
@@ -213,11 +218,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Chat
                 startChatAction = () => chatManager?.OpenPrivateChannel(sender);
             }
 
-            public MenuItem[] ContextMenuItems => new MenuItem[]
+            public MenuItem[] ContextMenuItems
             {
-                new OsuMenuItem("View Profile", MenuItemType.Highlighted, Action),
-                new OsuMenuItem("Start Chat", MenuItemType.Standard, startChatAction),
-            };
+                get
+                {
+                    List<MenuItem> items = new List<MenuItem>
+                    {
+                        new OsuMenuItem("View Profile", MenuItemType.Highlighted, Action)
+                    };
+
+                    if (sender.Id != api.LocalUser.Value.Id)
+                        items.Add(new OsuMenuItem("Start Chat", MenuItemType.Standard, startChatAction));
+
+                    return items.ToArray();
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         private static readonly Color4[] username_colours =