Anybody remember back in about 95-96 when they were switching domains and had a beta instance up for a while to test out the new site before going live? Automatic lvl 40 when rolling up a character, newbie sacks full of pretty solid gear, typical for Tiamat and/or the matron mother to be sitting in market square, some Imm (Sacer maybe?) tossed an avg 80 shadow dagger into the mix for a while (made for some nasty dual backstabs). That was one hell of a free for all. The kind of thing that would lose its appeal fairly quickly, but for just a couple of days it was a blast.