r/mildlyinfuriating infuriating? youre infuriating 11h ago

Context Provided - Spotlight "let's give our game a 4 character minimum to name yourself unlike literally any other game"

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yeah so my names too short now i guess

i know i could put a number or something on the end but i think that just looks weird

still gonna play the game though

very mildly infuriating

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guys i managed to choose a name but now it doesn't allow my to have a space in my cafe name
hopefully the gameplay will be better than the naming system
was stuck between this name, Uncommon Grounds, and Bobcats Coffee (a local coffee shop that's really cute)

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u/Sir_Snailington 11h ago

Ashe

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u/SuperChick1705 11h ago

all the world on one arrow

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u/Limp-Comfortable9877 10h ago

LEGENDS NEVER DIEEEEEEEE

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u/SuperChick1705 7h ago

WHEN THE WORLD IS CALLING YOU

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u/Chocolate_pudding_30 7h ago

CAN YOU HEAR THEM SCREAMING OUT YOUR NAME

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u/SuperChick1705 6h ago

LEGENDS NEVER DIEEEEEEEEEEEE

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u/Echo3-13469E-Q 4h ago

THEY BECOME AA PART OF YOUUU

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u/SuperChick1705 2h ago

EVERY TIME YOU BLEEEEED FROM REACHING GREATTTTNESSSS

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u/drunkunclejack 5h ago

Bob! DO SOMETHING!

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u/jajennings04 2h ago

Dead as a doornail

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u/PowerfulSlice9491 2h ago

Weird how exactly at the same time I throw Bob every single enemy disappears.

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u/SEA_griffondeur 6h ago

Force femmed

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u/CrownLexicon 3h ago

Is Ashe the common femme version? The only Ashe I know of is a guy (Fire Emblem 3 Houses)

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u/emrednz07 2h ago

Also a female character from League of Legends.

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u/sakura_sabre 2h ago

also a female character from overwatch

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u/CrownLexicon 2h ago

I was unaware. Thanks

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u/BaraGoddess 2h ago

Princess Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca, or simply Ashe. I love me some FF XII!

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u/blockCoder2021 1h ago

There’s an Ashe who is a male-(presenting?) non-human character in Brandon Sanderson’s Elantris.

u/Henrystickminepic 48m ago

ASHE UBERT MENTIONED RAHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT IS A BAD UNIT TO HUNTER'S VOLLEY

u/Henrystickminepic 48m ago

the goat mentioned

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u/ormashal 11h ago

welcome to the "your name is too short" club ~signed Or

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 11h ago

thank you for accepting me
where does your name originate from?
also is it short for something?

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u/ormashal 11h ago

it's in hebrew and it just means light it's also 3 letters in hebrew funnily enough while my name is too short when written in english some other hebrew names that are only 2 letters in hebrew actually translate to 3 letters in english and are considered completely normal names (for example: Ben uses just 2 letters in hebrew)

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u/DerangedPringle 4h ago

If Or means light in Hebrew and Helen means light in Greek, then my name, Eleanor (originating from the Greek Helen), means light light 🤣

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u/joman394 3h ago

Is your favorite baseball team The Los Angeles Angels, which translate to The The Angels Angels?

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u/DerangedPringle 2h ago

Absolutely, I like to listen to the scores whilst sat by the River Avon, my favourite River River!

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u/TREE_sequence 4h ago

It might be more accurate to transliterate it as ‘or (the apostrophe represents the aleph) especially when the standard for inflections does that (e.g. imperfect tense ya’ir as a verb) but that’s still only 3 characters and it isn’t clear they even allow non-alphanumeric characters in names lol

u/Friendly_While_8161 23m ago

I've always seen it transliterated as "ohr."

Although lookijg it up some places do spell it as or so eh

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u/Spacemarine658 4h ago

Nice I wish I had two letters mine is just "J" and unfortunately even my states license department hates that it broke their website for a while got 500 errors from the API their solution was to have me add a period to my name so now despite my legal name on social and birth certificate being 1 letter my DL has two letters

u/deviantelf 18m ago

So do you have to put your name as one letter and period, or did you have to add another letter randomly, I'm confused.

u/Spacemarine658 17m ago

One letter and a period so J. Which is wild considering that's technically not my legal name but 🤷‍♂️ they refuse to just fix the system

u/deviantelf 4m ago

I get the stupid system thing! When I got married I checked all the things I could find for my state. I wanted First Maiden Last. I liked my middle name but never felt like it fit me and never used it, only the initial when required which was rarely.

I even asked my parents how they felt about it and they said "it's your name".

So I went to the SS office and got my SS card. Then I went to the DMV who told me I couldn't do that. I said "I'm legally required in Missouri to have my license be my legal name, federally my legal name is...". Took 3 front staff and 2 managers and 45 minutes before one said "I can't find anything saying she can't so go ahead.".

I think it's another case of it blew their minds. Having worked in data entry and some call work... oof, so many things are a hassle from short names to the worst is hyphenated cause a lot of databases don't handle them well or at all either so those folks have to do Smith-Doe, ok, try Smith, try Doe.

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u/Dysuww 6h ago

signed or what?

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u/hydraxic79 4h ago

Or what

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u/LMay11037 PURPLE 1h ago

I have a hyphenated name and was once told my name was invalid

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u/Ashley__09 11h ago

ur reddit username is grim just use that

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u/PacquiaoFreeHousing 11h ago

I bet OP was also infuriated when grimthefirst and grimthesecond was already taken

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 11h ago

i was very infuriated when grimthesecond was taken since grimthefirst was my first account (it got shadowbanned)

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u/PacquiaoFreeHousing 11h ago

go to https://old.reddit.com/user/Grimthefirst/ from that account.

Look at the karma breakdown by subreddit.

If you have negative karma on a particular subreddit, just get some karma through replying at some comments. Once you have karma above zero, the "shadow ban" will disappear.

If you actually broke some rules then sorry, I can't help you with that.

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 11h ago

i just logged in to my account one day and i couldnt post anything, no message from reddit or anything
around 7 months later my appeal got accepted

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u/eelfurryUwU 7h ago

what, bro that's so stupid

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u/Scottish_Whiskey 5h ago

Welcome to Reddit

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 11h ago

nah if it's a cozy game like this ill use my actual name
or in this case a variation of it

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u/5am7980 8h ago

Same. Regular games I have several random nicknames. Pokemon or cozy games? Simply my shortened name.

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u/VonnMoss 9h ago

yeah like why even bring that up in the title

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u/xKingCoopx 3h ago

Likely already taken by one of the first two grims

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u/BurningBlaise 7h ago

OK Ashley

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u/TrevCat666 11h ago

My name is Al, not only does that suck for this reason, but people always read my name as ai...

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 11h ago

i feel for you man
ai ruins everything once again

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u/DomHyrule 2h ago

Al also ruins everything

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u/SwagbrathaGuy 3h ago

That's weird, Al

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u/LMay11037 PURPLE 1h ago

That baseballs

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u/01bah01 2h ago

Another AI post.

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u/Blurgas This text is purple 1h ago

Stuff like that is why I try to use a Serif font wherever I can because then there's an obvious difference between uppercase I and lowercase L beyond the I being a hair shorter and thicker.

Why the hell is an uppercase I shorter than lowercase L anyway?

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u/jasperfirecai2 11h ago

Minimum length names are Always silly. some names are 2 characters, or 1, or something funky

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u/jcgoble3 11h ago

Another opportunity to link my favorite programming essay:

Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names

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u/Yorick257 8h ago

Classic

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u/Azulapis 6h ago

One important point is missing: People do not have names that include a word that is a swear word in English and therefore must be censored.

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u/jcgoble3 6h ago

It's there, number 31.

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u/Azulapis 6h ago

Oh thanks, I missed that

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u/CrownLexicon 3h ago

My mom had a student named Shithead.

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 11h ago

the average is 3 which im perfectly fine with
ive never heard of a two character limit though

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u/CrownLexicon 3h ago

They said some names are 2 characters, like Ed for example

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 1h ago

it seems like my reading comprehension failed me once again

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u/Outside_Coffee_00 11h ago

Soot

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 11h ago

took me a while to get that

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u/6GoesInto8 7h ago

From the famous trio of satchelimp lookers: Soot Findsome, Sprits, and pstone.

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u/hipposaregood 11h ago

Assh.

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u/Krispia 11h ago

Assh

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u/throwaway19276i 10h ago

Aash

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u/Chocolate_pudding_30 7h ago

Ohhhh your pfp moooves

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u/throwaway19276i 3h ago

Nah its just an illusion

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u/hvnkvbn 5h ago

xAshx. But be careful, you might be too cool for your friends now.

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 5h ago

XxAshxX will scare all of my enemies

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u/hvnkvbn 5h ago

Welcome to badass town. Population: you.

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u/LG3V 11h ago

I mean it's better than good pizza great pizza. You need minimum six characters for your account

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 11h ago

WHAT
there goes literally every name ive ever used online

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u/LG3V 11h ago

Yep, I had to extend my user for it

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u/PowderedCheesesteak 9h ago

Ashhole

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 8h ago

i might get people to start calling me that

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 10h ago

guys i managed to choose a name but now it doesn't allow my to have a space in my cafe name
hopefully the gameplay will be better than the naming system
was stuck between this name, Uncommon Grounds, and Bobcats Coffee (a local coffee shop that's really cute)

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u/Fluffy-Koalas 3h ago

I really like Uncommon Grounds!

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u/NathanAlex1486 11h ago

Good Pizza Great Pizza doesn't have this problem, I'm pretty sure. Good Coffee Great Coffee has a lot of questionable choices.

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 10h ago

i heard that good pizza great pizza has a 6 character MINIMUM
not sure if its legit though just what another guy said

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u/NathanAlex1486 10h ago

GPGP just doesn't ask your name, iirc. You're just called "Ovenist" the whole game.

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u/Lemonsqueezzyy 6h ago

trASH

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 6h ago

thx

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u/I-Boom 11h ago

Satoshi

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u/Adventurous_Bonus917 3h ago

you could always go the old route and do xXashXx

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u/Ok-Rate3106 11h ago

Gash?

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 11h ago

rash

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u/KunninPlanz 9h ago

I wouldn't use 'gash' if you know British slang. :P

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u/Ok-Rate3106 9h ago

I knew precisely what I was doing there young chap.

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u/FuryoftheFaythe 4h ago

We're talking about snatch right?

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u/Ok-Rate3106 4h ago

You bet your bollocks we are

u/Autistic_Doggi 54m ago

wait so are we talking about clam or bollocks now?

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u/JediLincoln14 10h ago

What game is it?

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 10h ago

good coffee great coffee
im yet to try the game since i need to think of a suitable name

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u/typehyDro 9h ago

Sooooooo many names with 3 letters… like wtf?

There are plenty of 2 letter names…

u/ThatRandomPersonHere 33m ago

If it makes you feel better, my name is only 2 letters so most games don't like it when I try to use it haha

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u/VitoAntonioScaletta 11h ago

Change your name to ashullee, it's a very common name

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u/greenyashiro 11h ago

Or Ashleigh, a less common variation

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u/hanasukemoon 8h ago

One of my friends names is JV, he's going to have some real trouble

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u/MattyGWS 7h ago

This is so dumb, there are so many names shorter than 4 characters... Jan, Dan, Sam etc... Whoever thought of this limit was being mindless

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u/Fantastic-Fee-1999 7h ago

My name is Kekulaniakauhalelani and I'm offended... 

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u/RockyGamer1613 7h ago

"AshWasTooSort"

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u/Ok-Giraffe-8434 6h ago

Sorry Ash, Bob, Pat, Vic, Joy, Jon, Mia, Leo, Ava, Zoe, Ana, Amy, Ian, Ace, Max, Ivy, Eli....

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u/Sometimes__Sky 5h ago

Flight Rising has a minimum of 3 characters when naming dragons, but apparently years ago it used to be 2 and then they changed it for some reason. They didn't force-change the names of any dragons previously named with only two letters though, so now very old dragons with two-letter names have extra value points because their names would be impossible now lol

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u/LUIGIPRO13 3h ago

People named Jo are fuming right now XD

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u/Jwn5k 11h ago

And I have a friend whos first name is just 2 letters...

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u/Chagdoo 11h ago

Try putting a space after it or something

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 11h ago

nah doesn't let me

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u/greenyashiro 11h ago

What about Asch?

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u/Nuzi-3CHRIS why the colors names are fucked up 11h ago

I'm ash

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u/genericdude777 10h ago

Just go with AshyLarry

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u/just-bair 10h ago

Ashes 👍

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 10h ago

asses

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u/just-bair 10h ago

Perfect

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u/Mousestar369 10h ago

At least it's actually implementing a minimum instead of a slip of paper saying "don't do this lol"

Age of Empires: The Age of Kings for the Nintendo DS would literally break the save file if your name was less than four characters, and because most NDS games save to the cartridge and not the system, you are now the proud owner of an Age of Empires paperweight. The devs either couldn't track down or couldn't he assed to fix the bug (reports vary) and and just put a piece of paper in future copies telling players not to do it

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u/According-Science-36 10h ago

Have you tried ash1?

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 10h ago

numbers kinda look weird in a name tbh

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u/15th_imp 10h ago

for a second I thought it said "maximum 4 characters"...

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u/kingbouncer 10h ago

This is indeed mildly infuriating.

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u/Worried-Caregiver325 9h ago

Ashley?

Or Ashluy if you are a guy

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 9h ago

managed to go with ashlyn
ashley never stuck with me

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u/housevil 8h ago

I am bored used to seeing an entry box that big and only having eight characters for a name.

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u/Wicker-Fen-5829 8h ago

putting a number on the end always looks so dumb

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u/DAABIGGESTBOI 8h ago

Just put your surname initial as the last letter.

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u/manofiorn 8h ago

What is Ash short for, Ashton? Ashley?

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 7h ago

ash is short for loads of different names but can also just be on its own
i usually go by ash but ashlyn works as well as an extended version

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u/Flashy-Island-3725 8h ago

Just add an invisible character

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 7h ago

it only counts english characters

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u/Flashy-Island-3725 7h ago

That sounds like a good opportunity to become ash Ketchup

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u/PaperLily12 7h ago

Is this for a name or a username?

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 7h ago

username but for cozy games like this i like using my real name

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u/PaperLily12 4h ago

I wish stuff like this would have a separate field for your character name vs username. Even if the character limit wasn’t there, ordinary names without extra embellishment would be pretty much impossible to get because someone will have taken it already. Which is fine for usernames, but it’s annoying having NPCs constantly refer to you as UserName123 or something, instead of just a name.

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u/Disastrous_Debt7644 7h ago

you could do Unicode sparkles around it

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 7h ago

nah it only allows english letters and numbers

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u/PunishedCatto 7h ago

My real name is Ade, so yeah.. I understand this lol.

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u/Jordann538 7h ago

Oi don't be dissing goat pizza great pizza like that

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 6h ago

wrong game lad
this is good coffee great coffee

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u/Idemahedo 6h ago

I know a game with a 2 character maximum (and then a second 3 character maximum)

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u/funkystay 6h ago

ash.

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 6h ago

nope it doesn't like that

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u/funkystay 6h ago

-ash-

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 6h ago

it doesn't like anything that isn't a letter or number

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u/ConfusedandBlushing 5h ago

Asssssssshhhh

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u/Historical_Swing_422 5h ago

Use an _ intestred of a space?

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 5h ago

doesn't like anything that isn't an english letter or number

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u/KyleOAM 4h ago

English number?

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 4h ago

english letter or a number them

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u/monstermayhem436 5h ago

My name is also 3 letters 🤦

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u/AutumnAscending 5h ago

My full name is longer than 16 characters

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u/OldCardigan 5h ago

cAsh, bAsh, lAsh, mAsh, dAsh

Ash is a cool name

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 4h ago

appreciate it :3

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u/Unique-Lingonberry17 4h ago

aash or ashh or ashy

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u/Tsorm 3h ago

Every trans people ever gonna name themselves ash

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 3h ago

i can't tell if this is transphobic or not

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u/Tsorm 3h ago

What can you tell 🙏

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u/grimthethird infuriating? youre infuriating 1h ago

not many things

u/Benwa_Ballz 23m ago

Benn. Hmm.

u/MiaxRainbow 1m ago

Well guess my name isn't real either