diff --git a/Launcher/Comparers.cs b/Launcher/Comparers.cs
index d8cbe118a..0bf24208e 100644
--- a/Launcher/Comparers.cs
+++ b/Launcher/Comparers.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ namespace Launcher {
 		public NameComparer( int column ) : base( column ) { }
 		
 		protected override int Compare( ListViewItem x, ListViewItem y ) {
-			int value = String.Compare( x.SubItems[col].Text, y.SubItems[col].Text, true );
+			StringComparison comparison = StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase;
+			int value = String.Compare( x.SubItems[col].Text, y.SubItems[col].Text, comparison );
 			return Invert ? -value : value;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/Network/FastNetReader.cs b/Network/FastNetReader.cs
index 9cc482cc8..aa3c9015e 100644
--- a/Network/FastNetReader.cs
+++ b/Network/FastNetReader.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,16 @@ namespace ClassicalSharp {
 		
 		public string ReadString() {
 			byte[] data = ReadBytes( 64 );
-			return Encoding.ASCII.GetString( data ).TrimEnd( '\0', ' ' );
+			return GetAsciiString( data ).TrimEnd( '\0', ' ' );
+		}
+		
+		static string GetAsciiString( byte[] data ) {
+			char[] characters = new char[data.Length];
+			for( int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++ ) {
+				byte code = data[i];
+				characters[i] = code >= 0x80 ? '?' : (char)code;
+			}
+			return new String( characters );
 		}
 		
 		static string GetTextString( byte[] data ) {
diff --git a/Network/NetworkProcessor.cs b/Network/NetworkProcessor.cs
index 153276f90..ea5299acd 100644
--- a/Network/NetworkProcessor.cs
+++ b/Network/NetworkProcessor.cs
@@ -226,10 +226,14 @@ namespace ClassicalSharp {
 		}
 		
 		static void WriteString( byte[] buffer, ref int index, string value ) {
-			for( int i = index; i < index + 64; i++ ) {
-				buffer[i] = (byte)' ';
+			int count = Math.Min( value.Length, 64 );
+			for( int i = 0; i < count; i++ ) {
+				char c = value[i];
+				buffer[index + i] = (byte)( c >= '\u0080' ? '?' : c );
+			}
+			for( int i = value.Length; i < 64; i++ ) {
+				buffer[index + i] = (byte)' ';
 			}
-			Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes( value, 0, value.Length, buffer, index );
 			index += 64;
 		}