Verifying proves an in-game name is yours. Find your name on the players page, open it and press “Claim this name” to get a code like SOF2MP-AB12CD34. Join any tracked server as that name. When the page shows step 1 ticked, rename yourself to the code without leaving the server. Within about 15 seconds the page turns green and your hub unlocks. Then change your name back.
Before you start
- You need an account and must be signed in. See Create an account.
- The name must already be on the site, which happens the first time you play as it on a tracked server. Search for it on the players page. If it isn’t there, play a few minutes on any server on the server list and search again.
- Keep the claim page open in a browser tab while you play. It checks the servers for you every 15 seconds.
Step by step
- Open your player page and press “Claim this name”. The button is at the top of the page. You get a code that starts with
SOF2MP-and lasts 30 minutes. Names are claimed from their own page, so there’s nothing to type and no risk of a typo. - Join any tracked server as that name. Play or spectate. With the claim page open, step 1 usually ticks in under a minute and shows which server you were seen on.
- Without leaving the server, rename to the code. Open the console with ~ and type
/name SOF2MP-AB12CD34(use your own code; the page has a Copy button for the whole command). Your name can be just the code. - Stay on the server for a few seconds. The page confirms within about 15 seconds and turns green with “verified!”.
- Change your name back. Type
/namefollowed by your usual name. Your hub, My SoF2, is now open.
Why the rename? Game servers only report names, scores and pings, so nothing else can prove who is behind a name. Seeing your name and then the code on the same server, in the same slot, shows that the person holding the code controls that name.
What verifying unlocks
- The ✔ Verified badge next to your name everywhere on the site
- Your player hub, with a picture, tagline, bio, level and rank (My SoF2)
- Attaching your other names so their stats count as yours (aliases)
- Friends, the live chat, following servers, and creating or joining a clan
- The Verified achievement
Names with a long history
If the name has 20 or more hours of history, the claim goes through a 7-day public review. Your hub works straight away, but the badge and your profile details only show to everyone once the review ends. Anyone who thinks the name is theirs can report the claim during that time. See The 7-day public review.
Limits
- Codes last 30 minutes. A new code replaces any unfinished one.
- You can get up to 5 codes in 24 hours.
- Your first verified name is your main name. Further names become aliases, up to 10.
- Default names that many people share, like “Player” or “UnnamedPlayer”, can’t be claimed.
Something not working? See Name verification problems.
Questions
Does the code show up anywhere public?
No. Names containing a claim code are never tracked as players and are hidden from scoreboards, name histories and the activity feed. Don’t post your code in chat; the chat refuses messages containing one.
Can I verify a name I haven’t played as yet?
Not until it’s on the site. Play as it on any tracked server for a few minutes, then it appears on the players page and you can claim it.
Do I have to play a whole match?
No. Being seen on a server as the name, then as the code, is enough. Spectating works too.