@mentions for in-game chat

[crisp quartz]

As a Beyond all Reason player
I want to be able to @somber tundraion another player in my current game
So that it is clear who I am referring to

Target of an @somber tundraion sees the message highlighted at the top of their screen and gets a different audio alert. This gets their attention and helps to ensure they are more aware when someone is trying to tell them something in a match. Also helps to avoid chat ambiguity.

The sender of an in-game chat message benefits from some autocomplete. For example, player types "@" and a list of suggestions appears based on the other players in the current match. This list gets narrowed down as the player types more characters.

[weary copper]

Please don't ping random people, do this instead:

I want to be able to `@Mention` another player in my current game

I want to be able to @Mention another player in my current game

What you want is already a thing, it works without the @ though, autocomplete included. More audio alerts is a nice idea though.

[fading rampart]

Usually people write a maplabel in their ally's base for this. It's kind of neat in that you sort of get your own "chat window" that way without taking up any UI space.