EPTWhen does a Battle.net account expire?
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GrandInquisitor
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IzzyCraft
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Helio
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GrandInquisitor
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vhallee
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arb
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Equinox_kr
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Or does it just mean that the account dies to the user who originally held it and nobody else is capable of using it? | ||
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EtherealDeath
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SoMuchBetter
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On July 28 2008 09:48 Equinox_kr wrote: It's weird though, does that mean that names that would've obviously been taken years ago (common ones like say, Zergling or Zealot or something) have people still logging on every few months to keep their account? o_O Or does it just mean that the account dies to the user who originally held it and nobody else is capable of using it? if the owner doesnt renew it then someone else will come along and snap them up. | ||
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Shauni
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asel
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Cloud
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Ra.Xor.2
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RoC)Ninjah
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inertinept
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thats how it goes. | ||
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red.venom
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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 does seem to be kind of how it works. Though there are no permanent accounts. Seems more like they just take longer to expire. | ||
Sigrun
United States1654 Posts
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. Yeah I have one really old account with the {} brackets and nearly 2000 games. I didn't touch Starcraft for like six-seven months yet it was still there. | ||
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NrG.Bamboo
United States2756 Posts
This is just what I thought, nothing is for sure :p EDIT: Because I had plenty of old accounts with over 2000 games (and some with pretty "1" ladder ratings =[ ) that were recreated by other people who wanted to fuck with me after 3 months. | ||
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Jonoman92
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bustaBust
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il0seonpurpose
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mikeymoo
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Kentor
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Puosu
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Aux1
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CharlieMurphy
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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. | ||
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Luvz
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KwarK
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Tropics
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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 | ||
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CrownRoyal
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he stole it | ||
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Starparty
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Raithed
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n3m0
Portugal247 Posts
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 ;; | ||
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closed
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IzzyCraft
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Ancestral
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Why did they make {} illegal characters? Seems pretty pointless. | ||
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suxN
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meathook
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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
Canada423 Posts
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. | ||
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iCCup.Trent
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Chef
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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. What makes you people think it wouldn't be automated? lol seriously. As was said before, you account isn't safe if you leave it for 3 months, but if no one takes it on you, you still have it. It has nothing to do with how many games you have on it. 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. Wait really? That can't be right... My characters all had retarded names I doubt anyone would try to steal, and they still expired... you click on them and it goes "this character has expired." I could make a new character with the same name, but none of the items would be there. | ||
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LonelyMargarita
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On July 28 2008 16:42 Tropics wrote: 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 About the accounts that now contain illegal words/characters: I don't think this is true, because I had two accounts with now censored words that were deleted at some point after they censored the words. If your theory were true, I'd be able to log onto it because obviously no one else could have taken it. It's probably something like a year before an account gets cleared, but 3 months before it's up for grabs. EDIT: Actually, when did it split into 4 gateways? Before or after they censored words and deleted characters? That may have something to do with why my old accounts stopped working. They may have deleted all inactive accounts (3 months inactivity) at the time they split into the east/west/asia/europe gateways. | ||
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Chef
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LonelyMargarita
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On July 31 2008 05:13 PsycHOTemplar wrote: They would obviously have more reason to delete accounts with censored words than with random symbols... But censored accounts that remained active since the beginning still exist. | ||
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kroko
Finland2136 Posts
Actually majority of my accs r alive with last game played years ago.. | ||
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