I have had this problem for quite a while; however, I started noticing that I was getting a \"name is already taken\" error on the first try every time. That does blow the idea that the server cant send data back to my client.

Odd enough I just tried to create a character with a name like \"alskjdlfnelsidfenklihcvbl\" to see if i got the \"name already taken\" error and the bloody thing worked.

Perhaps, just perhaps, the catch phrase that returns the error for a used name is terminating the server socket?