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Accadion
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Dear Y!PP support, My son's pirate on the account called "Accadion" was deleted about two years ago. This was because we had a long vacation of two months to the island of Bali, where Y!PP had never been heard of. It was because of that, that my son had no chance of accessing his account. Because of his "long" break, his pirate was deleted. Since that moment I have done all sorts of things to try and retrieve the pirate, including entering the forums, but nothing seemed to help. My son was very, very unhappy at the start, because he had spent loads of time and effort on this account, and had earned a fair bit of money. I am sending this message because I think it is unfair that people who haven't put any real money in this game, are treated other than people who have, in the area of keeping accounts. I hope that there is something that can be done. greetings, Accadion's mom |
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Dylan
Joined: Jul 21, 2003 Posts: 10005 Status: Offline |
Either visit http://www.puzzlepirates.com/support/ or travel back in time and space to Bali...  They do have internet cafes, although this one moved in 2006. Good luck, and please consider spending $2.95 to secure the account (and get 10 doubloons) so that your precious child doesn't throw more tantrums after your next two-month holiday to Truk. |
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Jezzebel
Joined: Feb 3, 2006 Posts: 4243 Status: Offline |
This was explained to your son back in 2008. ---------------------------------------- Redjenny, Now merged with Health Nutz
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Accadion
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@ Jezzebel I see. Still what I don't see, is that YPP has the right to delete accounts that are actually still in use, just to "clear up some space". My son wasn't one of those players that plays a week and stops. ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Accadion at Feb 18, 2011 11:06:55 AM] |
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Accadion
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@ Dylan It's a big island smartass. And I didn't even know he played, until YPP screwed him up in this way. ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Accadion at Feb 18, 2011 11:06:36 AM] |
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Dylan
Joined: Jul 21, 2003 Posts: 10005 Status: Offline |
So you knew his playing habits well, yet were unaware of his playing until two years ago, when "YPP screwed him up", and now, two years later, you are posting on his behalf, on his forum account for the first time? Does your son know you have a little bit of a potty mouth? Or is it perhaps more likely that you are not the mother at all? Did another account of yours get banned recently, perhaps? |
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Jezzebel
Joined: Feb 3, 2006 Posts: 4243 Status: Offline |
They have the right to do pretty much anything they want. It's their game. They have the right to make NO aspect of the game playable for free if they want to. I'm really confused as to why you've waited another 2 years to address this issue (albeit in the wrong place - Dylan linked you to the correct place to submit a support ticket). Has your son just been bemoaning his loss all this time? In any event, it's $2.95 for the smallest doubloon package to protect future pirates from deletion. Much cheaper than your next vacation to Bali. :) ---------------------------------------- Redjenny, Now merged with Health Nutz
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Ikeyzo
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Correct me if I am wrong, but there's a hole in this story... Doesn't it take 90 days to remove an account..? O_o |
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madzack2918
Joined: Aug 8, 2007 Posts: 1303 Status: Offline |
Inactive pirates are typically removed once every 4-8 weeks. ---------------------------------------- Omegaking of Emerald
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Exquisitivee
Joined: Aug 21, 2010 Posts: 341 Status: Offline |
Uhm. Aren't these issues supposed to be dealt via email? |
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Shirato
Joined: Oct 12, 2006 Posts: 677 Status: Offline |
Yes. ---------------------------------------- Finnigan Yppedia Profile Finnigan on Viridian |
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Ikeyzo
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As tonnes of people have already said, you don't post THIS in the PC. However, 4-8 weeks isn't a very lonk time. I am sure I had an E-Mail saying I had 90 days when I came back from Holiday, given that it was sent a little while before I came back. Though, that was what, like, 2 years ago, so have they shortened it? |
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sprngweather
Joined: Jan 21, 2006 Posts: 1391 Status: Offline |
A sloop and 20K isn't that much. If you spend $9.95 on the 42 doubloon package, he will actually have more than what he left with. However, if you still do not want to spend real money on the game, it would take a couple of days to earn that back once you already have the skills at a couple of puzzles. If your son had gone through the effort to create a new pirate years ago when this happened, he probably would have been able to get his ship back by talking to the captain of the crew he was in (since the ship isnt' deleted, the deed is just put in the hold of the ship). My advice: Either spend a few $ to protect your account (and also get back what your son lost) or have your son create a new pirate and earn it back. It will be much easier than it was the first time. Since you haven't played the game you may not be aware, but, this isn't like other online games where there is a grind to earn stuff. It's a skill based game, and your achievements are measured in your actual ability, not in what you spend you money on. Also, you do not have to pay real money to prevent your account from getting deleted. You can "coinscribe" instead. If your son was playing a doubloon ocean (which he almost certainly was), all he would have to do is spend 42 doubloons to coinscribe for 1 month and all the pirates on his account would be protected for eternity. What I have to wonder is: If over 2 years later you are posting on your son's behalf, was your son even old enough to play this game when he was originally here? (You have to be 13 years old or older to play, if not, he was violating the terms of service). ---------------------------------------- Sprngweather & Picory Avatar by the talented Sancha |
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Gothmog1065
Joined: Apr 12, 2004 Posts: 11593 Status: Offline |
They perform a purge every 4-8 weeks on pirates who have been inactive for 90 days. So in general you have 90 days + 4 to 8 weeks. ----------------------------------------
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Galene
OceanMaster Joined: Mar 20, 2008 Posts: 1703 Status: Offline |
Minor correction: Coinscribing does not protect an account from purging unless those doubloons were purchased with real $ Only purchases with real $ are guaranteed to protect an account from purging should the account go dormant. ~Galene Who recently had a few coinscribed player accounts purge, much to my dismay. ---------------------------------------- Galene (12:24:59 PM) Oceanus: Hahaha ur ded on teh grond Avatar by Tilinka! |
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Berthy7
 Joined: Sep 23, 2009 Posts: 136 Status: Offline |
umm galane? ~.~ i don't like your new avatar ..... Are you really a gecko eater? thats ... yuck! ---------------------------------------- Berthy everywhere |
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Verixx
Joined: Nov 14, 2005 Posts: 1688 Status: Offline |
I read somewhere in this forum that the account is not deleted, only the pirate...so your son still has his account, because you are posting with it, and like others said it only cost 2.95 to get yer account safe, if your son used to or play a lot this is the best option to protect your account I know pirates can but can someone tell me if the accounts can be delete? I'm still a little confused...cuz i read in other threads where say than yes and no to this. ---------------------------------------- -+-Vera-+- |
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Jezzebel
Joined: Feb 3, 2006 Posts: 4243 Status: Offline |
No, accounts do not get deleted. That confuses a lot of people. People say "account" when they mean "pirate". When your pirate gets deleted, you lose everything that particular pirate was holding. You can still log into the account, you will just get the "create-a-pirate" screen. The account (which can have 3 pirates) is not deleted. A purchase with real cash will keep the pirates from being deleted off that account. The account itself will sit there forever, empty, if the pirates are deleted. ---------------------------------------- Redjenny, Now merged with Health Nutz
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Verixx
Joined: Nov 14, 2005 Posts: 1688 Status: Offline |
Thanks, finally a direct answer :P ---------------------------------------- -+-Vera-+- |
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Thunderbird
Joined: Sep 4, 2003 Posts: 5762 Status: Offline |
From what I've seen, a lot of the details on the account itself are deleted. I've seen a number of posts from people who had the happen complaining that they have to wait another 6 months to be a greeter. And I've also seen posts essentially stating that accounts that have been banned then purged can't be reviewed because the data needed to review is gone. Hopefully that last one has changed since I heard it... ---------------------------------------- Pirate tells you, "my, that's one BIG wad o' chewing gum ye have mounted on yer bonce! oO'" Sungod officer chats, "I wonder if anyone's sailing the harpsichord" Pirate tells you, "ZOMG CANDYFLOSS!!! *munches*" |
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ade446
Joined: Dec 30, 2005 Posts: 2146 Status: Offline |
Your pirate does not have to be 6 months old or have any of the requirements that's needed to be a greeter, your account need to fill all the requirements tho.. ---------------------------------------- Sincerely |
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Gaea
OceanMaster Joined: Mar 20, 2008 Posts: 964 Status: Offline |
Accounts which are purged are treated as brand-new when they're reactivated, for a variety of reasons - for greetership purposes, they start again from zero. ---------------------------------------- A Pirate says, "u know OMs are much nicer than i thought" |
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Kysha1055
Joined: Aug 16, 2010 Posts: 42 Status: Offline |
Ye know if ye really are upset about this...and if ye are gone for 2 months then y are ye waiting 2 years to complain?? And also all the stuff your son lost ye can probably get back in 2 days. I got my sloop in 2 days. 20k isn't that much. So why don't ye just make a new one so every one would be happy?? ---------------------------------------- ~ Cap'n Kysha , Avatar by, Cattrin <3 "Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all." - Johnny Depp |
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Captainnkid
Joined: Jun 17, 2010 Posts: 180 Status: Offline |
It depends on the ocean, number of pillages & other sailing activities held in that ocean, etc. For example - There are blockades every weekend (almost?) on Sage, Hunter and viridian. A pirate playing on one of these 3 oceans can earn more than 30k if he is online for the weekend and puzzles in 2 or more blockades. (Or maybe even 1 blockade can earn ye that much, after-all; it depends on the pay)
Just think that ye have a lot of money and a few vessels (Or one). And, it took ye a lot of time, effort and hardwork to build this good stats, respect and fame in the ocean. Creating a new account means - Starting completely again. This would mean starting as a greenie again --> Building yer stats --> Getting PoE and fame --> Convincing yer in-game friends that this new pirate is the same as Accodion (most people won't believe this) --> Finding a crew and getting a good rank and many more! So i feel Accadion's mom is correct in someway or the other. But, the rules are fixed by YPP and it clearly states - Pirates, who haven't purchased doubloons at all with real money and have been inactive, will be deleted in 6 weeks from the start of their inactivity. YPPedia Purging article states : Occasionally, pirates who have gone inactive for more than about six weeks are deleted by the server. An email is sent to the email address registered with an account a few days before this happens. Pirates go inactive on an account-wide basis - that is logging in to any pirate on an account is enough to protect all pirates on that account from purging until they become inactive again. The following actions are known to protect the pirates on an account from purging for an unlimited amount of time: Buying a subscription with real money Buying doubloons with real money Activating the CD key from the Box edition [5] Buying the StARRter Kit (no longer possible) To read the full document on deletion of pirates, click here __________________________________________________ I reckon, by now, Accadion's mother would have already contacted the Puzzle Pirates Email Support. If not, i would recommend to do that; since the Oceanmasters COULD try to revive the account. ___________________________________________________ YPPedia Purging Articles also states - If a pirate have been intentionally deleted by the account-holder and then changes his mind, there is a grace period of 10 days to get back yer pirate (from the day of deletion). In the words of Retired Developer, Lizthegrey himself - '''Around 10 days, for deleted pirates being held. Three weeks is for inactive accounts to get their pirates purged.''' Click here to read Lizthegrey's post in one of the thread in YPP Forums. ---------------------------------------- Captainnkid on all oceans. |
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Jezzebel
Joined: Feb 3, 2006 Posts: 4243 Status: Offline |
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Thunderbird
Joined: Sep 4, 2003 Posts: 5762 Status: Offline |
That was years ago, and Liz has long since been retired (things could have changed, but I don't know if they have). A dev has stated that the purges are done in waves, eg, a pirate won't be purged the minute it hits the inactivity period, but it will be purged when the next sweep comes in (and presumably emailed a bit before that point, if there is an email address on the account). ---------------------------------------- Pirate tells you, "my, that's one BIG wad o' chewing gum ye have mounted on yer bonce! oO'" Sungod officer chats, "I wonder if anyone's sailing the harpsichord" Pirate tells you, "ZOMG CANDYFLOSS!!! *munches*" |
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