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My problem here is that I was only gone for three months before they decided to do it. I was playing during the MoP launch.
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Took a break from WoW in October. Found out someone freed up one of my names on a character that's been around since bc with 500+ hours of game time in January according to a blue. ActiBlizzard will not hesitate to take names even on low-pop servers if you aren't giving them money. They don't care about what happens before or after the fact. Its not losing the name that gets me, its the way this happened, that the guy who took it quit at lvl 27 in feb, and that they won't even do anything to correct it. They suggested to try and free up the name in a few months. Whatever.
(while on a new alt) http: //i.imgur.com/kVMnM5p.jpg?1