Not really, they still said the other guy can get it back though.
YNK is having a hard time weighing name priorities. Apparently someone else had tried to name change to HellHunter pre-merge do he's got the #1 slot, and although I've got the other 4 criteria down, they're not sure which to prioritize.

So technically I could log in tomorrow and still be without it. I think Slowboi had the same problem, too. It's not as easy as you think it is unless you've gotten a previous name change and have more of the other criteria in your favor.