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Steam News1 April 20206y ago

Leaderboard Update

So very quickly after the last update, it was brought to my attention that Steam profile names can't always be trusted to be appropriate.

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removedThe goal of this update isn't to punish people with inappropriate names. You'll still be able to play the game and upload scores with no issue. In fact, your name will still be stored unaltered on the back end. It's only when the names are being displayed on the leaderboard that inappropriate parts of your name will be removed.
addedNaturally with this functionality still being new, there may be glitches ranging from names not displaying properly to leaderboards flat out not displaying at all. Most of these should be ironed out but should you run into any issues, please contact me on Steam and I'll work with you to figure out what's going on and fix it.

So very quickly after the last update, it was brought to my attention that Steam profile names can't always be trusted to be appropriate. With this update, a change was made in the way leaderboards display usernames to other players when viewing the leaderboard.

The goal of this update isn't to punish people with inappropriate names. You'll still be able to play the game and upload scores with no issue. In fact, your name will still be stored unaltered on the back end. It's only when the names are being displayed on the leaderboard that inappropriate parts of your name will be removed.

I think this is the best overall compromise to make because it's not my right to tell anyone what they should use as their profile name, but it is my responsibility to put a reasonable effort into avoiding these names from showing up by default in a game designed for a broad audience.

Naturally with this functionality still being new, there may be glitches ranging from names not displaying properly to leaderboards flat out not displaying at all. Most of these should be ironed out but should you run into any issues, please contact me on Steam and I'll work with you to figure out what's going on and fix it.

As always, feedback is always encouraged. Thank you. <3

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