This could be happening for any number of reasons. Here are some more common ones:

• You are NOT using the same BROSWER that you used to create your character.
• You are NOT using the same COMPUTER that you used to create your character.
• Your computer's OPERATING SYSTEM (such as windows) routinely deleted your Internet cookies.
• YOU deleted your Internet cookies (such as doing a hard disk clean-up).
• Your broswer's JAVASCRIPT support is disabled.
• Your browser's COOKIE support is disabled.
• Your character parished while adventuring.
• When creating your character, you never clicked "Keep This Character".

Make sure that none of the above is true.

The problem here is obvious. Your character data was lost. The cause of this could be many things. Most commonly, this is because at some point while playing the game, you clicked too fast or closed the browser while the scripts were in the middle of saving your character data. This would cause your character data to become corrupted and therefore look like a bunch of gibberish. If this happens, then your character is lost. There is no way to recover the lost data. You will have to start over with a new character.

This is a direct result of clicking too fast, and not letting the pages finish loading. It is imparative that you let every page LOAD COMPLETELY before you begin clicking, otherwise your character data could get corrupted. If the inability to carry gold is the only problem you are having, this can be fixed. Get your character killed, and on the death screen, click "Revive Your Character."

This is a direct result of clicking too fast, and not letting the pages finish loading. It is imparative that you let every page LOAD COMPLETELY before you begin clicking, otherwise your cookie containing your account data could get corrupted. You must let every page completely finish loading so that the scripts can finish recording your transactions and updating your account information.