There are separate servers for the items, iirc. There are separate servers for the instances as well, the same with the two different continents.
Edit: Oh, and yeah, I found that amusing as well, especially considering it was about one or two in the morning (USCentralTime) when one of the server restarts happened. :)
Edit: Oh, and yeah, I found that amusing as well, especially considering it was about one or two in the morning (USCentralTime) when one of the server restarts happened. :)
Intolerant monkey.