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il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
July 28 2008 04:35 GMT
#21
I wanna take the account Computer/
mikeymoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada7170 Posts
July 28 2008 04:56 GMT
#22
My friend on bnet is "wong".
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Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
July 28 2008 04:57 GMT
#23
someone registered Ocean[Shield]
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
6985 Posts
July 28 2008 05:16 GMT
#24
If you don't log in to the account for 3 months anyone can create the same name account and it will replace it, but if no one tries to create the same account it will stay there waiting for you.
Aux1
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States780 Posts
July 28 2008 05:21 GMT
#25
an account that you own that is not logged into ina three month period can be remade, but if nobody remakes it you will still own it.
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
July 28 2008 06:17 GMT
#26
On July 28 2008 14:16 Puosu wrote:
If you don't log in to the account for 3 months anyone can create the same name account and it will replace it, but if no one tries to create the same account it will stay there waiting for you.



Thats what I was thinking. Its just like cell phone numbers. Once the account is dead they go into a recycling pool and will stay there until someone else picks it up. If it doesn't get reused then you can get it back.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
Luvz
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Norway356 Posts
July 28 2008 06:42 GMT
#27
i have a acc that hasnt playd a game sience 2000 ^^, its still active
Norway ~ Home of the brave <3
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States42690 Posts
July 28 2008 06:58 GMT
#28
If nobody steals the name off you after 3 months you keep the account. For 3 months it'll say the name has been taken. After 3 months you're fair game to name poachers.
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Tropics
Profile Joined August 2007
United Kingdom1132 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-07-28 07:43:48
July 28 2008 07:42 GMT
#29
On July 28 2008 10:53 inertinept wrote:
ok heres what it is: if you have had an acct for a long time and it has a lot of games on it, it becomes permanent and wont get deleted. If it is just a shitty acct that hasn't been used for a longtime, it will get deleted in the 3months.

thats how it goes.


This is wrong, it works the same way d2 characters do

If you leave the account 3 months it's expired. It still exists, but it can be recreated and someone else can take the name. so in the case of the account with {} it can't be remade because {} are illegal characters now so you don't need to worry about it ever.

basically after 3 months its up for grabs but its still yours til someone takes it

edit: hm i did not notice this thread had a 2nd page
CrownRoyal
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Vatican City State1872 Posts
July 28 2008 10:21 GMT
#30
I had the account "inertia" which rekrul uses now probably 5 years ago

he stole it
You're pretty when I'm drunk.
Starparty
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Sweden1963 Posts
July 28 2008 10:36 GMT
#31
actually if u made an account and activated it by loggin in for a total of 2 hours during the first 2 days, it will last for a guaranteed 3 months. After that your account MIGHT be deleted, but its not like it will automatically dissapear after that exact amount of time. If you're lucky (if u define that as luck), your account might last for longer if someone isn't in the mood of removing it.
The artist formerly known as Starparty
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
July 28 2008 10:45 GMT
#32
90 days. thats 3 months. same with d2 accounts and w3 accounts
n3m0
Profile Joined January 2007
Portugal247 Posts
July 28 2008 12:15 GMT
#33
I lost my n3m0 account at europe, some1 stole it -.-;

The sad thing is that i logged on with it every single month and now its stats are 0-0-0 and it's stolen ;;
Former WGT Clan League Admin - Former Portugal A team manager - Former member of MgZ) / iG. / LRM) - Starcraft Broodwar
closed
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Vatican City State491 Posts
July 30 2008 00:43 GMT
#34
The change of the battle.net account expiration policy is quite nice for diablo players - because in some cases it is possible to get old accounts back. Im not sure how old the accounts can be re-enabled (1 year since last login; 1,5?), but my friend managed to log onto his old mule account with some interesting items.
IzzyCraft
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4487 Posts
July 30 2008 01:01 GMT
#35
Heh well i've had Virtue for ever got stolen awhile back by a name poacher but then everytime i loged into sc i looked to see if i can get the account back dude didnt sign back in for awhile got it back.
I have ass for brains so,
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Ancestral
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3230 Posts
July 30 2008 01:40 GMT
#36
What Tropics said seems the most reasonable without contradicting any of the other arguments.

Why did they make {} illegal characters? Seems pretty pointless.
The Nature and purpose of the martial way are universal; all selfish desires must be roasted in the tempering fires of hard training. - Masutatsu Oyama
suxN
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
Finland1167 Posts
July 30 2008 01:45 GMT
#37
i like hedgehogs :/
I dont want to be totally out :3
meathook
Profile Joined December 2007
1289 Posts
July 30 2008 12:16 GMT
#38
On July 28 2008 10:53 RoC)Ninjah wrote:
No the way it works is, if the account is availible and you make it, the you must be logged in for 2 hours in a 48 hour period. If you want to keep it from expiring, then you must log in once every three months. BUT, say your ID was something silly like asdftacos3957278. If the account is not remade, and you log into it outside of that 3 month period, its still yours, then after that log in, the process repeats itself with once every 3 months.


Yeah, this seems to be how it works. I just confirmed it by recreating a friend's, who had quit SC, account and it worked. Lols. . . it will be funny if he ever decides to get back into it, b/c he considered it to be of great importance to have good stats. He only played Hunters, ofc.
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shinigami
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Canada423 Posts
July 30 2008 17:35 GMT
#39
It works like Diablo 2's character creation system.

D2: You make a character named Xkdakeaw. You go inactive for 90 days and it expires. As long as no one else had created a character with the same name after the expiration, you can reclaim it and all the items/levels are restored.

In the same way, as long as no one else makes a new account and overwrites your old one when its expired, you can reclaim it.
I was thinking about joining a debate club, but I was talked out of it.
iCCup.Trent
Profile Joined May 2005
Argentina450 Posts
July 30 2008 18:49 GMT
#40
I have reclaimed TrentLane@East a few times way after 3 month period without loosing stats, I'm quite sure. I think the ninja guy is right :D
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