Custom alias for compact nameplates
alexx1
Currently, the compact nameplates option ("icons only") is completely useless because it shortens everyone's name to "ale", "bro", "yan", "ALu", "W h" and so on, except for the one or two VRC+ users in the lobby who instead have pictures of their own avatar that you can already see if you look down.
Being assigned the name "ale" and only being able to change it to an icon if I pay $10/mo makes me feel like I'm being dehumanized.
As a solution, I suggest adding an option where all users can choose their own alias of up to 5 characters or so, and show that when the "icons only" mode is enabled. For aliases longer than 3 characters, a more compact font could be used to make the name fit without having to expand the nametag too much.
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alexx1
My friend's name is shortened to "poo" under the current system, I'm very mad that VRChat does this.
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I was going around to friends and specifically looking at what their shortened names would be while this update was still in beta and some of the results are ridiculous.
You can not expect to take the thousands of names people use of varying lengths, special characters, languages and forcefully only display any limited number of those characters. You butcher the name, and thus their identity.
Hopefully these aggressive marketing approaches dont continue when implementing other vrc+ features. This feature request, or similar, is a solid idea to help compromise between the forced character limit and still allowing some identity back into the name.