Strange name bugs?

[InterStella0]

So, i've been using your library for years, and i do notice once in awhile, that the results coming from a2s.players would show this

2026-06-23 14:57:42 INFO     root PLAYERS: [Player(index=0, name='λиđґєγ | cola-team.es', score=0, duration=1107.8865966796875), Player(index=0, name='chigga\u200b', score=0, duration=1107.43359375), Player(index=0, name='Yum1ko\u200b', score=0, duration=1107.4332275390625), Player(index=0, name='🌞Luuk1', score=0, duration=1107.371337890625), Player(index=0, name='Freya officially', score=1, duration=1107.323486328125), Player(index=0, name='La Cyka', score=3, duration=1107.2462158203125), Player(index=0, name='Paja\u200b', score=1, duration=1106.8084716796875), Player(index=0, name='Thanh | cola-team.es', score=0, duration=1106.6993408203125), Player(index=0, name='sahaku', score=0, duration=1106.48046875), Player(index=0, name='ERFFFFF', score=1, duration=1084.189453125), Player(index=0, name='✪Frunap', score=0, duration=1084.1737060546875), Player(index=0, name='semer15 | cola-team.es', score=0, duration=1079.79833984375), Player(index=0, name='Shadow11', score=1, duration=1079.485595703125), Player(index=0, name='⚡Raio McQueen⚡\u200b \u200b', score=0, duration=1077.986328125), Player(index=0, name='Emmieee :>', score=0, duration=1075.673828125), Player(index=0, name='Russian Incident\u200b', score=1, duration=1071.8145751953125), Player(index=0, name='toma\u200b', score=0, duration=1069.0487060546875), Player(index=0, name='大刀が突き進みます', score=0, duration=1068.486083984375), Player(index=0, name='Gurkenmixer8700', score=0, duration=1064.142333984375), Player(index=0, name='FoRtUnA', score=0, duration=1061.250244140625), Player(index=0, name='CHRIS', score=0, duration=1059.0643310546875), Player(index=0, name='KOTBACbKA', score=0, duration=1055.4078369140625), Player(index=0, name='βlue\u200b', score=0, duration=1052.1419677734375), Player(index=0, name='tenkothescapegoat | cola-team.es\u200b', score=0, duration=978.3919067382812), Player(index=0, name='bakani_:3\u200b', score=0, duration=965.0335083007812), Player(index=0, name='TitanR\u200b', score=0, duration=945.87646484375), Player(index=0, name='Younes\u200b', score=0, duration=907.5858154296875), Player(index=0, name='Joe\u200b', score=0, duration=831.963134765625), Player(index=0, name='vidamz1328', score=0, duration=288.28887939453125), Player(index=0, name='Fym', score=0, duration=115.00045776367188), Player(index=0, name='Maverick\u200b', score=0, duration=105.87601470947266)]
2026-06-23 15:44:17 INFO     root PLAYERS: [Player(index=0, name='λиđґєγ | cola-team.es', score=0, duration=3902.356201171875), Player(index=0, name='Yum1ko', score=1, duration=3901.90283203125), Player(index=0, name='🌞Luuk1', score=0, duration=3901.8408203125), Player(index=0, name='Freya officially\u200b', score=2, duration=3901.793212890625), Player(index=0, name='Thanh | cola-team.es\u200b', score=0, duration=3901.1689453125), Player(index=0, name='sahaku\u200b', score=3, duration=3900.949951171875), Player(index=0, name='semer15 | cola-team.es', score=1, duration=3874.267822265625), Player(index=0, name='⚡Raio McQueen⚡ ', score=8, duration=3872.4560546875), Player(index=0, name='Russian Incident', score=4, duration=3866.2841796875), Player(index=0, name='toma', score=3, duration=3863.518310546875), Player(index=0, name='大刀が突き進みます', score=1, duration=3862.955810546875), Player(index=0, name='CHRIS', score=0, duration=3853.533935546875), Player(index=0, name='KOTBACbKA\u200b', score=2, duration=3849.87744140625), Player(index=0, name='TitanR', score=0, duration=3740.345947265625), Player(index=0, name='Joe\u200b ', score=1, duration=3626.432861328125), Player(index=0, name='rmachq\u200b', score=0, duration=2773.6103515625), Player(index=0, name='Re1 Expert', score=0, duration=2405.69482421875), Player(index=0, name='13Ø0Saínť', score=1, duration=2380.4140625), Player(index=0, name='⯀⯀⯀⯀⯀', score=2, duration=2350.803466796875), Player(index=0, name='PeX_^\u200b', score=0, duration=2139.165771484375), Player(index=0, name='PTSD\u200b', score=2, duration=1954.0728759765625), Player(index=0, name='Kodta\u200b', score=1, duration=1911.711669921875), Player(index=0, name='lucky ducky - hot and spicy\u200b', score=0, duration=1746.702392578125), Player(index=0, name='SASUKE`S BESTBRO', score=0, duration=1648.1806640625), Player(index=0, name='🔻Mo 𓇢𓆸', score=0, duration=1632.289794921875), Player(index=0, name='✪CHIBA\u200b', score=1, duration=1307.70166015625), Player(index=0, name='محمد رشيد mohmmed reshed\u200b', score=0, duration=1084.9996337890625), Player(index=0, name='KoR\u200b', score=0, duration=1020.8941040039062), Player(index=0, name='Durren\u200b', score=1, duration=984.95654296875), Player(index=0, name='CATCHUP KICKFLIPS\u200b', score=1, duration=979.6597290039062), Player(index=0, name='wiseguy\u200b', score=0, duration=962.0188598632812), Player(index=0, name='Monsieur Viande', score=0, duration=829.3286743164062), Player(index=0, name='pipone773', score=0, duration=818.580322265625), Player(index=0, name='[xT]ButtSquirt | cola-team.es', score=0, duration=703.8927001953125), Player(index=0, name='0say', score=0, duration=676.9693603515625), Player(index=0, name='FeeeLeet', score=0, duration=670.3121948242188), Player(index=0, name='kivki20_39', score=0, duration=414.79058837890625), Player(index=0, name='KILLGROM', score=0, duration=392.58526611328125), Player(index=0, name=' ＃ Акв DanTe\u200b', score=0, duration=293.4681091308594), Player(index=0, name='castellito\u200b', score=0, duration=293.2193603515625), Player(index=0, name='↯\u200b', score=0, duration=111.73467254638672), Player(index=0, name='VaSaYo\u200b', score=0, duration=57.86100387573242), Player(index=0, name='Ambitious', score=0, duration=55.205535888671875)]

The random \u200b tend to appear randomly for the player names. I'm not sure what to do other than str.replace() these and im not sure if its server related or this library.

My related code,

    async def fetch_players(self, ip: str, port: int, quick=False) -> list[a2s.Player]:
        for attempt in range(self.MAX_RETRIES):
            try:
                return await a2s.aplayers((ip, port), timeout=3 if quick else self.TIMEOUT)
            except (asyncio.TimeoutError, ConnectionRefusedError):
                ...

        raise asyncio.TimeoutError()