Anyone ever play Eternal Lands? (low budget mmorpg)

[Quall999]

I see my little brother playing all the time. It is not a high budget company game, actually, it uses 8-bit images for detail. There is a free trial version (which lasts forever, but is limited in characters and maps), and one p2p version. I found out that you can submit maps and if they are good enough, you can exchange a larger map creation service for an account with unlimited play on the p2p version.

Anyways, It looks kind of odd and the gameplay is a little wierd, but it's loaded with cool features. So, anyone ever play it, and is it worth being a dedicated mmorpg for a while?