If I had to guess, I'd say they did that trick again where they logged everyone in. People I know aren't around have "Last Seen: 1 minute ago" on their profiles. Which is fun for people camping names, right? Because it resets the time, and everyone loves waiting longer for names they're hoping to grab. ;)
All I can say is: WTF.
I really hope Staff kept track of who was away so they can delete the pets. I've already waited over a year, I do NOT want to wait another one.
Wouldn't they have patched this glitch the first time it happened?
Jessi, I feel really sorry for you if this can't be reversed. I know how much you are wanting one of the names
I don't know if there is a way to have kept track of the accounts that had been away for a certain amount of time :/ Although alx does have a habit of surprising me with his way of getting data back xD But this is why Keith last cleared the accounts that were all at 8 months and something instead of 12 months, because this happened before. I swear i'm screenshotting the last seen dates of accounts whose names i'm after now.
Rah and Seerow both know how long I've been waiting for names. Rah and I knew the EXACT DATES our names were going to be free.
...I might cry.
ETA
Well, Ty, you are exactly right. This isn't the name I was really, really waiting for - but it was an account that had been abandoned and I was waiting for a pet anyway. It was probably at about 9 months:
Username: *******
Name: Ducky
Gender: Female
Last Seen: 4 hours, 37 minutes ago
I just saw someone post about this in Subeta's forum. I'm not currently waiting on a name, but as someone who's waited for names before I feel for you all.
Don't worry, I'm goign to talk to alx and figure out why this happened, and then if needed, I'll just find another way to determine the amount of time since a lost login on an account.
No problem . I wish I'd cleared accounts the other day when I was thinking about it!
So those of you waiting on names might want to keep checking the site for the next few days, since it seems like they might actually be cleared out soon.
There is a few names I wouldn't mind owning, but not sure how I'd disown/rename to do so heh.
The first thing I did just now was nearly have a heart attack since the name Jessi wants was taken. Then I noticed it still belonged to the frozen account!
I created Inara I really loved the name Daisy Adair, but could just never think of what to make her. I was pretty much certain that she was going to be a Spectrum Celinox but that the one that was released just did not work. Inara is a much more species/color neutral name in my mind so I shouldn't have any problems with her. I will miss my dear Daisy Adair though.
Haha! I told you that alx had a habit of surprising me with his lost date retrieving xD Yay to those of you who snagged names! And yay to the rest of us who are still waiting the much shorter amount of time! (I think my next one clears in around 3 months!)