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Did anyone succeed in taking over an inactive handle?
By mnbvmar, 6 years ago, In English

Hi folks,

I was just trying to change my handle to a handle of another user. I believe that the user is inactive: they registered back in 2015 and were active for a couple of hours only (as confirmed by Codeforces API). The user didn't submit anything to the judge and didn't write any blog/comment/contest/etc. However, I'm still unable to change the nickname as the server states that the handle is currently in use.

So here comes my question: did anyone successfully change their handle to an already used one? Also, if you managed to do it, did the previous handle owner register in 2015 or was it earlier than 2015?

Thanks!

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6 years ago, # |
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It seems that user must not send any private message too, which is impossible to check (at least there is no information about this in API).

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Successfully changed today, this handle was registered in 09.2014. Last year I tried to change, but failed.

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I changed my handle to an inactive one. The previous owner registered before 2015.

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Every year I try to change my handle to mr.x, but it never happens. I'm starting to think maybe Santa Claus ain't real!

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I tried to change my handle to MikeMirzayanov but it seems that handle was taken. Who the fuck is Mike Mirzayanov?

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I changed my handle from BasselBakr to Bassel

The last time the previous owner of this handle visited codeforces was 5 years ago. He also registered 5 years ago

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I changed my handle from lyh to lyh

The last time the previous owner of this handle visited codeforces was 5 years ago. He also registered 5 years ago

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Changed from quality to quality. I believe creation/last visit was 5 years ago.

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I changed my handle one year ago from jvmusin to jvmusin. The previous Musin was registered much earlier than 2015, maybe 2012 or something like this.

I'm not sure, but Musin1 is possibly the one who had my current handle.

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23 months ago, # |
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I was successfully able to take handle of inactive user, who did nothing on codeforces. Now my question is can they take back the handle anytime ?

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    How did you change it ?

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      23 months ago, # ^ |
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      codeforces gives us option to change handle on christmas every year. somewhere near from 25dec to 10jan

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        12 months ago, # ^ |
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        how to change to an inactive one tho?

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