diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
index a9fffc196c..23b5cdc0a6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat
     public static class MessageFormatter
     {
         // [[Performance Points]] -> wiki:Performance Points (https://osu.ppy.sh/wiki/Performance_Points)
-        private static readonly Regex wiki_regex = new Regex(@"\[\[([^\]]+)\]\]");
+        private static readonly Regex wiki_regex = new Regex(@"\[\[(?<text>[^\]]+)\]\]");
 
         // (test)[https://osu.ppy.sh/b/1234] -> test (https://osu.ppy.sh/b/1234)
-        private static readonly Regex old_link_regex = new Regex(@"\(([^\)]*)\)\[([a-z]+://[^ ]+)\]");
+        private static readonly Regex old_link_regex = new Regex(@"\((?<text>[^\)]*)\)\[(?<url>[a-z]+://[^ ]+)\]");
 
         // [https://osu.ppy.sh/b/1234 Beatmap [Hard] (poop)] -> Beatmap [hard] (poop) (https://osu.ppy.sh/b/1234)
-        private static readonly Regex new_link_regex = new Regex(@"\[([a-z]+://[^ ]+) ((((?<=\\)[\[\]])|[^\[\]])*(((?<open>\[)(((?<=\\)[\[\]])|[^\[\]])*)+((?<close-open>\])(((?<=\\)[\[\]])|[^\[\]])*)+)*(?(open)(?!)))\]");
+        private static readonly Regex new_link_regex = new Regex(@"\[(?<url>[a-z]+://[^ ]+) (?<text>(((?<=\\)[\[\]])|[^\[\]])*(((?<open>\[)(((?<=\\)[\[\]])|[^\[\]])*)+((?<close-open>\])(((?<=\\)[\[\]])|[^\[\]])*)+)*(?(open)(?!)))\]");
 
         // [test](https://osu.ppy.sh/b/1234) -> test (https://osu.ppy.sh/b/1234) aka correct markdown format
-        private static readonly Regex markdown_link_regex = new Regex(@"\[([^\]]*)\]\(([a-z]+://[^ ]+)\)");
+        private static readonly Regex markdown_link_regex = new Regex(@"\[(?<text>[^\]]*)\]\((?<url>[a-z]+://[^ ]+)\)");
 
         // advanced, RFC-compatible regular expression that matches any possible URL, *but* allows certain invalid characters that are widely used
         // This is in the format (<required>, [optional]):
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ private static void handleMatches(Regex regex, string display, string link, Mess
 
                 var displayText = string.Format(display,
                     m.Groups[0],
-                    m.Groups.Count > 1 ? m.Groups[1].Value : "",
-                    m.Groups.Count > 2 ? m.Groups[2].Value : "").Trim();
+                    m.Groups["text"].Value,
+                    m.Groups["url"].Value).Trim();
 
                 var linkText = string.Format(link,
                     m.Groups[0],
-                    m.Groups.Count > 1 ? m.Groups[1].Value : "",
-                    m.Groups.Count > 2 ? m.Groups[2].Value : "").Trim();
+                    m.Groups["text"].Value,
+                    m.Groups["url"].Value).Trim();
 
                 if (displayText.Length == 0 || linkText.Length == 0) continue;
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ private static MessageFormatterResult format(string toFormat, int startIndex = 0
             var result = new MessageFormatterResult(toFormat);
 
             // handle the [link display] format
-            handleMatches(new_link_regex, "{2}", "{1}", result, startIndex, escapeChars: new[] { '[', ']' });
+            handleMatches(new_link_regex, "{1}", "{2}", result, startIndex, escapeChars: new[] { '[', ']' });
 
             // handle the standard markdown []() format
             handleMatches(markdown_link_regex, "{1}", "{2}", result, startIndex);