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Re: Greetings

#542735
From: Jamie Kahn Genet
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:18
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~misfit~ <misfit61nz@yahoot.com.au> wrote:

> Somewhere on teh intarweb "Jamie Kahn Genet" typed:
> > ~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... :-(
> 
> Oh dear! Surely you know to read the NGs first?
> 
> Condolences,

I figured nothing would have changed. Blizzard never seemed to improve
D2.
-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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From: lists@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet)
Newsgroups: alt.games.diablo2,alt.games.diablo
Subject: Re: Greetings
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:18:24 +1300
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