I got a response from a mod earlier that multiple accounts aren't aloud on lichess. he/she closed that topic, so im replying here. i am very careful to not violate the TOS. And to publicly display that I have an alt account DEFINATELY means that it is legal. here is what the TOS say according to the matter: "Untitled players can create a second account for similar reasons, with some examples including having a private account to hide opening preparation, playing “blindfold” games, or playing games with any other self-imposed impairment. Creating an excessive number of accounts (typically any more than three) will generally not be allowed,
regardless of reasons." my reason is for an account that ONLY plays Racing Kings, just like other plays have an account that ONLY plays blindfolded games. Multiple accounts in general are disallowed, but in few circumstances (like mine) they are aloud. (Please let me know if i have a misunderstanding of the TOS) I wanted to make this clear before i get any messages from Lichess or anything like that.
Yes we can consider your second account for variants only as a hiding prep purpose, so that's fine.
The problem starts when you open multiple for either no purpose or the same purpose over and over, at that point we may take action. If we do, it won't be a message.
A Lichess Moderator said in #2:
> Yes we can consider your second account for variants only as a hiding prep purpose, so that's fine.
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> The problem starts when you open multiple for either no purpose or the same purpose over and over, at that point we may take action. If we do, it won't be a message.
yeah. also in the terms of service is a warning not to open more than 3 accounts. scary
@ALucasM said in #1:
> my reason is for an account that ONLY plays Racing Kings, just like other plays have an account that ONLY plays blindfolded games.
These are not the same, because blindfold is not a separate variant, but of course you will likely be much weaker playing blindfolded so will want a separate rating. Racing kings is already a separate variant with a separate rating, so there's no need for another account. Why do you want another account for racing kings? Just play on your current one.
hello....I already have a account with an email id..if i close it, will I be able to create a new ID with different name and same email id?
@ChessPlayer1810 said in #5:
> hello....I already have a account with an email id..if i close it, will I be able to create a new ID with different name and same email id?
Yes, unless the first account has been banned for something.
@AsDaGo said in #4:
> These are not the same, because blindfold is not a separate variant, but of course you will likely be much weaker playing blindfolded so will want a separate rating. Racing kings is already a separate variant with a separate rating, so there's no need for another account. Why do you want another account for racing kings? Just play on your current one.
A second account could possibly be needed to play unorthodox openings.
@KenulL_76 said in #7:
> A second account could possibly be needed to play unorthodox openings.
Perhaps, yes, but that's not what he said. He said he wants a second account to play racing kings, which makes no sense because racing kings already has a separate rating.
