So I'm very happy ^.^
There's this old oRPG that I used to play when I was younger called RPG World Online. It was programmed by a single-man team and originally opened in November of 2000. I decided to see if it was still up, even though I didn't think it would be, and it turns out it is! He's working on the third version now.
It was never a very visually-appealing game, but it wasn't too unbearable. And for some reason, I've always loved this game. It's sort of like Ultima Online, in the way that the world is created/maintained by the players. Once you get to level 5 i believe, you can purchase a land plot and you can build your house on it, keep all your stuff there and everything. It's pretty damned cool if you ask me.
Then again maybe I just think it's cool because im a legacy VB6 programmer, and its always been my dream to make my own orpg using it. :V
Either way, check it out if you'd like.
www.RPGWO.com - Original
www.RPGWO2.com - Numbah 2