I remember a long time ago(im thinking like 5 years or so) I quit OSI, and started playing a freeshard, it was running sphere, and was quite amusing, and alot of fun.. Well, I was made a GM, as I liked to mess with Worldbuilder, and made 3 new towns, and an island..
Anyway, the shard didn't last very long, as it was impossible to get the .mul file spread around, it was like 12 meg, and on a dial up it took like 3 to 4 hours to transfer, and at the time, not to many people had anything better than a 56k.
When I went back to OSI, I took my mul file and did a world wipe, it was funny as hell, trying to run around on the public servers, as I could not see any trees, or buildings, Only the floor tiles.
I tried to set up an area for lumber jacking, and mining also, only to find out that just because I could see it, didn't mean that the game servers could...
I haven't tried this hack yet, Might have to just to play around, as I'm getting bored with the game again...

Coy