Returning player question

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Hey, i played on p1999 last summer (2011) and then stopped. I'm just curious if my characters are still there or not. No biggie if they aren't, but in going through the install process this time (which has changed), and you have to create a forum account on the EQEmu forums and then create a login account from there which i have never had to do before. so it looks like i can't use my old login info.

so, are characters from 2011 still kept? and if so how do i use an old login to play them?

thanks.