Some things I've noticed about the free server, I thought I might share them here.  These are things that may change after a little google searching on my part.

- There seems to be WAY more creatures roaming around.. err.. not exactly roaming though.  I think that the game has placed actual creatures in place of waypoints (ie, spots a creature walks to).  So for example: Wolf walks A->B->C in the game.  On this server, there's 3 wolves, each kinda shuffling around points A,B and C.
- Because of the above issue, I've noticed multiple copies of certain NPC's (the ones that wander, anyway).  So if you need to talk to that NPC, any one of the instances will do.  Odd, but not a big deal.
- The Zepplins are missing.  Instead, you'll find portals to cross the continents.  Note that I've already found instructions on how to add the Zepplins to the game.. so this may change soon.
- First languages are kinda screwy.  I was trying to whisper with another player (same race as me) and it was coming out gibberish.  Apparently we were speaking Orcish instead of our native Tauren.  Easy solution is to just talk on the general channels if you run into this.
- Currently the server saves the world every hour.  This makes for a 20-30 second delay (usually during combat when you least appreciate a pause).  Do we want to make world saving less often?  Once a day?  If the server crashes, it will revert to the last saved position.
- Does anyone notice significant lag?  Should I beef up the hardware that's running the server?
- Adding a Friend did not work for me, but I was able to invite another player into a group.
- The map doesn't appear to update with areas you've discovered.     That one bugs me cuz I like to know where I've been/haven't been.

Update:
- Mapping has been fixed.  XP is now earned when you discover new areas as well.
- Zeppelins and boats are working
- Waypoints appear to be working... however, there's still multiple creatures roaming around where there would've been one.  We need to cull the herd a bit!  Lots to kill!

Do the creatures attack a player if the player ventures too close?  As well, where do I find the instructions for updating (retro-actively) the version for use with your free area?

Instructions are linked from the front page of my web site.

Creatures are a little overzealous, in my opinion.  They still run up and attack you if you're too close, but now they follow you much further.  Poor Horimtaur (?) had a train of 4 baddies chasing him all across Mulgore.  I think that bug has been fixed, since I've been able to lose creatures attacking me, but it still takes a longer run than before.

Y'see, you have to deal with the creatures yourself.  Towns guards won't help you.  They only fight something that attacks them (and then they ALL fight that something).

  Kinda like neverwinter when i would set the dragon off on a killing spree.. everyone tried to fight it.  Are there any fixes to that town guard thing?

No no no, don't get me wrong.  The town guards don't go crazy like they did in NWN.  It's just that when 1 joins the fight, they all will fight that same target.

Prime example:  I was thinning the creature population as Deaddly with a nifty command that kills ALL NPC's within view.  (Pretty cool watching entire herds of things die at once).  I guess a tauren guard was within range, so he was killed as well.  Then ALL the tauren npc's, upon spotting Deaddly would attack him.  I had to use another command to clear Deaddly's negative reputation with the Tauren.

And as I've already stated, npc's don't seem to be fighting each other, so the bug we saw in NWN won't occur here in WoW.

I like Trarman's Picture.

That's my character on this server: Mahuchur.

Yah I found the "portal" the other day which took me to the Undercity. But I couldn't find a "portal" over there to bring me back. Which was kind of annoying. ha.

There's a Zepplin just north of Undercity that you can take.  Sometimes it gets hung up just off the coast and you end up swimming to shore, but sometimes it works too.

Yah not only does that happen with the zepplins but it happens with the boats too! I wasn't even lvl 20 and it dumped me into water with lvl 30 monsters once!  Try swimming back out to your corpse with all that around!  (Happened to me online though, not on World of Diddlecraft)

  I like the way your server does skills.  If you fail it then increases your stat, but if you succeed then it doesn't.  More realistic I think.  You learn more from your failures than from your successes.

I think you learn from both your successes and your failures.
And depending on the person you don't necessarily learn from either experience.

Hmmm.. I still gotta decide which skills I wanna take on though.. hmmmm.. you may be right with having potions skill though, the one hour bonuses are pretty sweet.. do I just repeat what my last character had though?!?!?

I dunno, my skills only ever go up when i fail...

Yah I agree. It seems that mine only seem to go up when I fail as well.

Well here's to failure then!  
Wow.. maybe that's why so many Canadian athletes came in 4th in the Olympics.. instead of winning and taking the glory they CHOSE to LEARN more.  That must be why it happened, right?

Some things I've noticed with the new server:
- When you first enter the world, you're invisible (but cast a shadow!).  Just hit "c" to get rid of that problem
- Loot drops are HUGE!!  Take advantage of it now before I figure out how to normalize it.
- Falls still don't cause damage

When did you put the new version up?

How "HUGE" are loot drops. I was playing last night and loot seemed just as crappy as it was before.

Yah, don't fixing the falling damage thing. I love that. Also the druid aquatic shapeshift still doesn't work. But on the flip side everyone can swim underwater infinetly without drowning. So it counteracts itself in that aspect.

I only switched servers this morning.  You'll see how huge the loot drops are.

I can hear the cha-ching in shabadu's head.

In regards to fixing stuff, there are only certain individuals who can fix your equipment.  No longer every merchant.

So far I've found the Stable Master in Crossroads can fix equipment.

If only certain people can fix equipment then loot drops will need to increase because we'll need to buy new armour/weapons constantly!

Yah I'm slowly staryting to find the "equipment repairer" in each area. Don't rule anyone out it could be anybody I guess. ha.

Also, its still hard to get money. Things start to cost so much once you get above 20 and the price just keeps getting higher, but none of the monsters you fight ever drop money. Always drop things like "spider silk" and junk like that. Would help a lot if monsters dropped money relative to thier difficulty.

Any one NOT a stable master able to repair?

Only person I found so far was an "Armorer" he repaired my stuff. That is "Armorer" not "Heavy Armor Merchant" or "Leather Merchant" or anything like that, they actually had the title "Armorer" only seen like one or two of them so far in all the cities I've been to.

WOW!!! ok, the Halloween quests were cool...wish they did not remove them on the 30th. I liked the festive feel to the environment. But it has certainly become "all hells night" in Ironforge!! Re-spawn rates of 12 secs is INSANE!!!

Have you played WOW today!?!

What's special about today?  I logged in after you wrote that, but saw nothing out of the ordinary.