Rejected Allow users to set their main account name to display when using alts

[SBPC]

So PS alts have a known history of being used for a lot of things, such as tour matches, ladder tours, and the new speedrunning event that I've been hosting out over in the PS! Forum. Naturally, having to identify players from their alternative account names can be a bit of a pain for both moderating and just trying to spectate runs live if you manage to catch the attempts, especially in the case of speedrunning where you have to make a fresh new alt every attempt.

The idea here is pretty simple, add a command (eg: /setalt or /displayname) to allow users to have their name be easily shown without having to repeatedly tell others who you are. We could use one or both of the following examples, having the main name exist in an area somewhere around where the status function is on current ps

profile example

or have the name display by your messages during text chat

chat example

it'd also probably display names before the colon as well but this was the best i could make it look

Its a small quality of life change but it'd help a lot for identifying players.

 

[Hecate]

Does /status not serve this purpose already?
Additionally, it seems like if someone wants to be known, they can just say their name, otherwise they don't want to be known, and wouldn't do this anyway.
So, why not just use statuses for this?

 

[SBPC]

I've never once seen status used for this, and i probably should have mentioned this in OP but it would allow it to stay consistent between alts, since the idea stemmed from speedrunning where you go through 4-5 alts in every session

 

[Hecate]

Well, status stays regardless of the alt. So why not just agree to use that instead?

 

[Hecate]

Discussed on PS - closing as it's feasible, but too much work for little gain.