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Question About Inactive Usernames

By Borgov, history, 15 months ago, In English

Hi everyone,

I haven’t used Codeforces in quite a while, so I’m not sure what the current rules are.

Is it possible to create a new account using a username that belonged to someone who was last active 12 years ago? I remember there used to be a rule that allowed username changes if the original account hadn’t been active for 5 years. Is that still the case?

Thanks in advance!

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I think it is not possible to create a new account using a username that already belongs to someone, but I might be wrong.

However every year during christmas, you can change the username of your existing account to the one of an inactive user, if the following conditions are satisfied:

Again this year, if you’ve participated in at least 10 rounds, you can request the handle of an inactive participant. This means the participant must have had a period of activity on Codeforces lasting at most 180 days, and this activity must have occurred in 2020 or earlier. The inactive participant must not have posted comments, messages, or similar content, and they must not have participated in more than 2 contests. In such cases, the handle will be automatically renamed, and the original owner will be notified via email. If the original user requests their handle back, we will roll back the change and restore your previous handle.

https://codeforces.me/blog/entry/137562

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    So I have to participate in +3 rounds before Christmas, as the other user participated in only two rounds, and last login was 12 years ago.

    Thanks

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