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In alt.games.diablo Mark <bongofury@verizon.net> wrote:
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: 
: "~misfit~" <misfit61nz@hooya.com.au> wrote in message 
: news:47eb4a9a$1@news2.actrix.gen.nz...
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:> Mark, great to see you back. :-)
: 
: Give it some time, I'm sure I'll piss someone off soon enough, and you'll 
: regret that this SoB came back.
: LOL
: 
:> Yeah, the BCMs changed it so that expired characters are still accessable 
:> unless someone else uses the name, in which case they're unrecoverable. 
:> Being the BCMs I wouldn't want to rely on it too much though. You're one 
:> of the lucky ones, more than one person has returned to the fold and 
:> deleted their 'expired' chars, only to hear the news...
: 
: Oh, I know the BCM's. I've been able to recover the occasional 'expired' 
: character in the past. So it's de rigueur to at least attempt to activate 
: them before deleting. So that's why I was so delighted to get all of my 
: toons back. Even the ones from last ladder on West (so if anyone wants 
: non-Ladder HC stuff, speak up. Bueller?).
: 

It makes me want to be sure to pick odd enough names now when I make new
characters so that they aren't 'used' if I allow them to expire.  I've
also enjoyed this new feature.

Glad you're back.  Wherever we are.
-dave