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docs: scope casual and ranked matchmaking as a 1.0 launch blocker

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Queued matchmaking had never been considered anywhere in the planning
docs - not as planned work, and not even on the explicitly-deferred
list. It is a launch requirement, so record the design before code.

Add docs/MATCHMAKING.md covering the model change (community-server ->
per-match allocation), the decision to use Steam for identity and a
project-owned backend for queue/rating/allocation, what the existing
server already provides (--max-matches=1 is the allocation primitive,
ServerConfig, the roster, MatchState), the casual/ranked ruleset split,
and the open questions - rating algorithm, team-to-individual rating,
and the server cost that allocated matches reintroduce.

Ranked is hard-blocked on Phase 7 Steam auth tickets: slot reclaim is
keyed by display name today, and a rating on a spoofable identity is
worse than no rating.

Add Phase 8 to multiplayer-next.md, and correct README/CLAUDE.md/
TECH_STACK.md, which asserted no backend exists or is planned - true
before this was scoped, wrong now.
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## Technical Information
Cosmic Clash is a single Godot 4.7 project, written entirely in GDScript — there is no separate C# backend. That same project exports both the interactive game and a headless dedicated server for online multiplayer. See [`docs/TECH_STACK.md`](docs/TECH_STACK.md) for the full stack and the reasoning behind each choice.
Cosmic Clash is a single Godot 4.7 project, written entirely in GDScript. That same project exports both the interactive game and a headless dedicated server for online multiplayer. See [`docs/TECH_STACK.md`](docs/TECH_STACK.md) for the full stack and the reasoning behind each choice.
Online play with casual and ranked queues is a 1.0 requirement, and it needs a small backend service for identity, matchmaking and ratings — separate from the Godot project, and not yet built. See [`docs/MATCHMAKING.md`](docs/MATCHMAKING.md).
## Contributing