A short story, by NinjaNic:

Hey all!

It was a dark and stormy night.
So, I was just about to start a game with some clan buddies, I clicked on create game and invite players. All happy right? Well anyway to my dismay some players had names that were less than 3 characters long, or had some odd symbols. (I try to keep my friends list small and organized rather than friending everyone in the clan.)
I was unable to invite them because of this. It was a tough position I was put through. Looks like adding to friends is my only choice, then. Or is it?
Who thinks that inviting by URL is a good idea?
Is it just me...?

The end.

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Ok, sorry for that, I was bored. My point is, inviting players can easily be made better. Who agrees?

~NinjaNic

Sounds like a good idea. Actually, it'd be nice if the search were more like picking people from your Friends List. When I search "Coalition" in my Friends List during game creation, I immediately get a list of everyone in that list who's in CORP. However, when I search "Coalition" or "Union" or "League" or whatever in Search proper, it doesn't work the same way.

Yeah, sometimes, you pretty much have to type the whole player's name. For example, if you search "Ninja," you won't find "NinjaNic," even though it only has 3 more letters in the same word.

you can copy paste their name. (should work with the symbols even if you computer doesn't have them)

Not if their name is <3 characters in length or (edge case) if it's blank.

@MightySpeck , especially if you plan on inviting Жұқтыру to a game.

Thanks for the feedback, we will look into this area.

I'd find this very useful.