>>have tried logging in through the website and through
>telnut
>>off the run menu, but i get the screen with the skull and it
>>tries to start a new char. Am I doing something wrong?
>
>Possibly using the wrong name. If you're using the right
>name,
>then your character's file has been purged (probably through
>autodeletion). When it tries to start a new character, that
>is
>because it does not detect an existing character with that
>name.


If you don't login your character for a while (the time varies depending on your characters level) then the MUD will assume your character is inactive (unwanted/unloved) and delete it.