I think deleting the accounts is a clean way to end things but it’s not critical in moving on.
I used to play HoN but then switched to LoL shortly after, didn’t bother me that my account couldn’t be deleted.
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KGS apparently deletes accounts that are unused for more than six months. I say “apparently” because I once went that long and lost my account. Fortunately, no one took my user name and I was able to get a new account with the same user name as before, but all my old games were gone.
But I agree that I can’t understand why anyone would want to delete their account.
I guess by "delete my account " people are actually asking to have all their personal information permanently removed from the system. This means delete users email, real name, links to Twitter, FB and similar crap they got and everything else not directly required for opponents rank calculations. I am absolutely sure there is no need to keep this game data for more than 6 months (maybe even less) for rank calculations. This is probably why KGS can delete you, after 6 months, completely from the system (this is actually good for many reasons) because your old games are not needed for the system to operate.
Only reason why any server owner wants to keep your personal information after you wish leave is to sell it to spammers. Money for nothing.
Use throw away email account, never link to your personal email or fb, twitter etc.
Your data will be sold or stolen. It’s not a question of “if” but “when” this happens.
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RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! OGS will enslave us all. They will sell all our emails and make BILIONS of dollars!!! Because nobody else knows your e-mail!!! Also they silently take pictures of you thinking about your moves and will use these emberassing pictures to blackmail you. It’s not a question of why, it’s question of if. Or where. Or which way.
Seriously though 
I have nothing against online security (I am quite possibly more paranoid than any of you), but these doomsday terror cries are just laughable :-D. By using internet you just have to accept that some of your “privacy” is not private. And you won’t be safer by using disposable e-mail on sites like OGS, it’s just retarded. You have to understand that people who understand computers can get your personal data you used on the computer. But most of all you have to undersand that nobody cares about you or me :-D. We are not important. There are like billion users on the internet. Nobody wants your crappy e-mail.
And those who do already have it anyway.
Even if you have the option to delete whatever from here, that does not make it any safer. You entered it once, it can be stored if OGS wanted. It’s just a matter of being it visible to you You can change it to nonsense if you want to feel like a hacker. Won’t make you more safe anyhow though :-D.
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Where do you see dooms day? Maybe you are too paranoid indeed. Perhaps it’s good time for you to seek professional help.
Study here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole
It’s quite a common figure of speech 
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Yes, I understand why some might want to hide private data. But can’t they do that just as easily by erasing any sensitive data from their profile? Or am I missing something?
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