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Re: Greetings

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From: Jamie Kahn Genet
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:21
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~misfit~ <misfit61nz@yahoot.co.nz> wrote:

> 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.

Son of a bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *sob* I think you all can guess what
I did upon returning the other week... :-(
-- 
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From: lists@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet)
Newsgroups: alt.games.diablo2,alt.games.diablo
Subject: Re: Greetings
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:21:04 +1300
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