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Re: Greetings

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From: ~misfit~
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:51
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Somewhere on teh intarweb "Luciferus" typed:
> "~misfit~" <misfit61nz@yahoot.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:476da195@news2.actrix.gen.nz...
>> Somewhere on teh intarweb "RegNitto" typed:
>>> It's been a long while... RL has kicked in and so I have few hours
>>> on my own.
>>>
>>>
>>> I see our newsgroups are still overrun with spam :(
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Interesting thing this morning... logged into an "expired" character
>>> by mistake and it refreshed... wow!  I refreshed about 30 expired
>>> chars before getting banned by switching too fast.  Has anyone heard
>>> of this recently?
>>
>> Hey Reg! Great to see you buddy!
>>
>> About the 'expired character' thing, Blizz has changed it so that
>> they still stay 'available' for refreshing in perpetuity as long as
>> nobody else has used the toon's name. Once a character expires, it's
>> name becomes available for recycling. Just so long as it hasn't ben
>> used, you're good to resurect it.
>>
>> I'm pleased that you discovered it for yourself. I made the mistake
>> of checking my old mule accounts (some with collections of good
>> stuff, including HRs) and deleting them on seeing that they were
>> expired. A week later I found out about this new policy of Blizz's.
>> :-( Happy holidays old friend.
>> --
>> TTFN,
>>
>> Shaun.
>>
>> "another academic failure.... trying to prove that your smart"
>> 'blanking', nz.comp,  20 Dec 2007.
>>
>> "your so predictable misfit"
>> 'blanking', nz.comp, 21 Dec 2007.
>>
>
>
> ARGHHH!!!  Why oh why did I not come here first before logging BNET?
> I just deleted 13 chars, that I now find out, I coulda saved. ROFLMAO!

Sorry to hear that. At least you're not alone.
-- 
Shaun. 
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From: "~misfit~" <misfit61nz@yahoot.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: Greetings
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