It is possible to input such strings, that when stripped from color code escape squences in one pass, would result in a color coded string (expected to have no color codes).

For example ^^14noob is the player's name. The ^1 squence will activate a red color istead of writing ^1. (So the name will look like a default (white) "^" followed by a red "4noob".) When we need to display the name without colors (or one specific color), we ignore ^N sequences. This results in a printing of ^4noob, in which ^4 is recongnized as a blue color escape code! (Resulting in a blue "noob" output.)

I recommend a function that processes the string until there is nothing to strip. At the end of execution, the function guarantees no remaining color codes.

void Q_StripColorEscapes( char *str ) {
	qboolean wasColored;
	char *src, *dst;

	do {
		wasColored = qfalse;
		dst = src = str;

		while( *src ) {
			if( *src == Q_COLOR_ESCAPE && *( src + 1 )
			 && *( src + 1 ) != Q_COLOR_ESCAPE ) {
				wasColored = qtrue;
				src += 2;

				while( *src ) {
					if( *src == Q_COLOR_ESCAPE && *( src + 1 )
					 && *( src + 1 ) != Q_COLOR_ESCAPE ) {
						src += 2;
						continue;
					}
					*dst++ = *src++;
				}

				*dst = '\0';
				break;
			}

			dst++;
			src++;
		}
	} while( wasColored );
}

TODO:
- Implement this. This function should be used for all user-inputted strings that need color escape code stripping (not just names).
- To optimize, for every player name there should be a pre-stored stripped string.