Error 1018 - Active character

[ymw]

Timeline:
~5:15 PM MST: Left to go with the wife to a movie, camped (may have alt+f4'd, I forget).
~10:30PM MST: Got home, ready to slay gnolls, disregard bitches, and attain money. Received 1018.
~10:30-11:30 PM MST: Researched and tried the variety of fixes - restarting routers, modems, computers, installations, etc. No luck.
11:30 PM MST: Successfully logged in by using EQEmu Launcher and running all the way to character select, then back out to return to WinEQ2.

The entire thing may have been coincidental, but I had patched and run through several times, logged into Red, and was basically ready to kick my dog and go strangle my child. When using the different patcher and a standard launcher login, I got straight in. Something to try. Information above included for any data collection going on, if such exists.