You read that wrong. What you're referring to is the response you get from the server in the form of callback parameters. The function signature is playdat

You read that wrong. What you're referring to is the response you get from the server in the form of callback parameters. The function signature is playdate.scoreboards.addScore(boardID, value, callback) So you only send the boardID and the score. You get the player name back as part of the callback.