From the talks of it, they're opening a demo shard next week on the pre-alpha build so people can test. ;]

Hi all, have you seen the Kickstarter for Shards Online?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1468280928/shards-online-a-customizable-sandbox-mmorpg

Gameplay Trailer - http://youtu.be/gIsB0vWqbRI

A bunch of guys from UO are on the project, the main thing is that they'll make sure admins have ...