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Barek (jerm)

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did I get wiped?
« Topic Start: October 21, 2016, 05:25:56 AM »
Hi folks!  It's been ages.

I tried to login to the game this evening and the email/password combo in my password manager didn't work.  Strange.

Tried the password reset, and it does't recognize my real name or my email address.  I'm 99% sure that I'm using the correct email.

Do accounts purge after a certain period?  I think I'd activated for a bit within the last year or so.

Confused!
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Zakilevo

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Re: did I get wiped?
« Reply #1: October 21, 2016, 05:30:25 AM »
If you haven't logged in for 120 days, you might have lost your account.

I think the notification email goes straight to spam so most people don't see it sadly.

Barek (jerm)

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« Reply #2: October 21, 2016, 05:34:05 AM »
Ouch!  Is that new-ish?  I have a recollection of people going inactive for longer than 3-4 months and returning.

Sigh.
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Re: did I get wiped?
« Reply #3: October 21, 2016, 05:40:37 AM »
No it has been that way forever. It may soon be changed but not for now.

Some people kept their accounts around but most people just came back with new accounts.

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« Reply #4: October 21, 2016, 05:44:53 AM »
Ouch!  Is that new-ish?  I have a recollection of people going inactive for longer than 3-4 months and returning.

Sigh.

Unfortunately, I believe you'll have to make a new account.

Look at the bright side: a whole new story for you to write has just appeared. Your family? A sudden disease knocked it out... A single man or woman (Your favorite character or whatnot) has started a new name. Or... MAYBE not a disease, but your family was murdered and you switched names to save your remnants.

There's always the possibility of using your old name, no one will judge for doing so.



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Re: did I get wiped?
« Reply #5: October 21, 2016, 05:51:56 AM »
Eh, no thanks.

Part of the appeal to logging back in was to revisit those characters, some of whom I'd invested a couple of years in.  But I haven't logged in for ages, so I'm not really throwing stones.  Gone is gone.

But here's some feedback for the dev team.  A 120 day purge is stupid.

When I started playing, back in 2009, battlemaster was on fire.   More players than you knew what to do with.  And then around 2013 or so, it took a nosedive.  Tom got interested in Might & Fealty.  The ice age hit the continents.  Jenred was gone from Arcaea and Velax took over (good times!).

For a game that seems to be in a slump, it just doesn't make much sense to me to keep a barrier in place that might prevent people from returning.

Eh but what do I know.

Good luck!
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Re: did I get wiped?
« Reply #6: October 21, 2016, 06:21:34 AM »
Thanks for chiming in.

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« Reply #7: October 21, 2016, 06:22:39 AM »
Heh good luck to you as well!  ;D

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« Reply #8: October 21, 2016, 01:19:57 PM »
We actually completely agree with you, and are looking into removing that purge. We've just got various other things on our plate at the same time.
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« Reply #9: October 21, 2016, 06:54:46 PM »
We actually completely agree with you, and are looking into removing that purge. We've just got various other things on our plate at the same time.

I think this might be one of those top priority things since the longer you wait, the more accounts you will lose.

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Re: did I get wiped?
« Reply #10: October 25, 2016, 12:01:05 PM »
My work on the other game is either awaiting action from outside parties or requiring more time than I can dedicate in an evening and still have time for myself, so I took a look.

Rest assured, I'll be bringing up a discussion in the dev area about this, and while I can't promise it because I don't run this game, I'd expect a change on this policy soon.

Accounts that were deleted are still gone though :'(
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Re: did I get wiped?
« Reply #11: December 15, 2016, 09:11:10 PM »
Now I know what happened to my old account. I saw my character's name on the region description I wrote once. It's still there.

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« Reply #12: December 15, 2016, 10:15:03 PM »
Now I know what happened to my old account. I saw my character's name on the region description I wrote once. It's still there.

Who are you? :o

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« Reply #13: January 16, 2017, 11:46:57 AM »
Was in that realm with the bloodfruit religion on Dwilight. That was a fun place.

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Re: did I get wiped?
« Reply #14: March 05, 2017, 08:22:31 PM »
Aye, this is the main reason I won't rejoin this game. All those years of hard work.. gone. I even put my account into the "deep freeze" option.

Sometimes I log in here and remember the good old days..

And then it gets me thinking about the games that introduced me to text-based games. Makes me sad. GGs everyone.
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