Duplicate name/account

Question

I just checked the weekly contest leaderboard and noticed that the person in 3rd place had the same username. Didn’t think much of it, except it’s (I thought) pretty unique.  I then changed mine, and the other persons automatically/instantly changed too. I’ve tested this 3 times and each time, the same. I’ve now just put my usual username back and plan to keep it, as is.   Do I need to be worried about this ? Not really sure what’s going on.  Pic attached - I’m in first place with blue cat pic.

christinewupp · Answer

It's different players when you check the player cards. It happens in my games all the time now and I just ignore it. Even my own name got changed to the person in second place when I was in third spot!

christinewupp · Answer

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3598701#Comment_3598701

It happens in my games as well and has done for about two or three weeks. It's always the second and third places that have the same name. It only affects the leaderboard, the player cards are different.

Alienscar · Answer

@LoFiGummy something similar has occurred in my game.

I am third in my Contest but my name on the Contest board has been changed to match that of the player in first place.

When I click on my Player Card my name is displayed as normal.

I fairly sure this is something that has been complained about previously. I am not overly concerned by the issue as I believe that what we are seeing is King accidentally showing us how the Contest works