[dogsballs]

unless i have it screwed up, it's because you have a party acct already.

They dont want people signing up with different skins. If you want an empire account as a 2nd party skin acct, you need to sign up on a "clean" computer (ie one which hasn't been used to sign up for a party skin previously). Some people go to an internet cafe to regsiter at a 2nd or 3rd skin. Or you can clean up the registry or some such files on your computer that give it away. Once signed up you can happily play both skins from your own PC (it's just the initial signing up for the 2nd Party/skin site that's quirky).

I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will come along and correct me if I'm off base, but I think that's the case.