Well I own DoB2, I created DoB1 back in Dec. 2001, just wondered if anybody plays there still? Back in the day we had 150 players on at all times. Now we're down to around a pathetic 20 which we had in the first week of beta.
No you don't pay anything.
Yes the OSI (UO official) servers are still up, but no way as good as free ones.
They are the same world unless a new map has been created, or a new part of the map has been created.
I am actually quite famous on the UO Emu scene. Known as Merlin however.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.