#modHelp was discussing different restrictions with peppy last night about this. Number of ranked maps, playcount, (and possibly forum posts?) would be taken into account. Therefore, old ACTIVE users would never be touchable.Pokebis wrote:
I don't like that idea.peppy wrote:
Support for taking existing usernames that are no longer active will be available soon.
And how is "no longer active" classified? I've seen quite a few people who put osu! down for quite a while, but eventually came back to it. I don't think that's fair to them, plus you could do some nasty things with it. Say I turned into MOOMANiBE, Saturos, or Sarumaru. Actually, they have recent site visits...
But still, I could hijack a recognizable person and mess with people, despite them being able to see I used to be Pokebis.
I think it's just a bad idea 100%.
The accounts that people want seem to have <100 playcount, haven't been logged since 2008 or early 2009, or were only active for a day or two.