Please implement "send message"

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chris — Invalid Date

I think communication is extremely important, even more in the beta stages of the game. So, can you pleeeeeease implement the message sending to other players?

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nugarin — Invalid Date

We needs it.

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sscholl — Invalid Date

Also constants as messages would make sense. Then a player could send a message like this:
Game.players..sendMessage(PEASE_OFFER, "I would like...");
Other player:
if (Game.messages..type == PEASE_OFFER) Game.players..sendMessage(ACCEPT_PEASE_OFFER, "OK, we...");

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chris — Invalid Date

@sscholl Sounds interesting, but I doubt, that this is useful... You could just spam PEACE_OFFERs to anybody. Messaging is human interaction, which you really cannot automate.

if (Game.messages.msg.type === PEAS_OFFER){
   respond("Yuk, I hate peas!");
}

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sscholl — Invalid Date

@chris this is just an example. There is a lot of other message types possible...
- guild actions
- trade, blackmail
- and just "MESSAGE"

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chris — Invalid Date

I'd rather prefer to have an option for the say method, that other people can see it as well. This way you could mock your opponents while bashing them

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nugarin — Invalid Date

FYI, there's half-dead IRC channel #screeps on freenode

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DoctorPC — Invalid Date

I need this. I like to hand these notes

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ph4fm7555tb751q/exterminationNote.png?dl=0

out to my victims.

After implementing automatic noobkilling, (https://www.dropbox.com/s/0oplmijebkh5qal/NoobSwatter.png?dl=0) I have been unable to consistently provide them.