Common sense would tell you that tuturials and how to's forum would probably help you ... hmmm set up EqEmu or a server... Also common sense would lead a person to read the News forum, to find out anything that they may not know (read, current events) And, BOTH of those forums tell you DONT patch unless told to.... Sorry but like Ademonde said
I DO feel badly for the people that patched. I really do, however, the posters that help out with questions have said the same thing over and over and over still to get the same question... If you would but read 4 or 5 posts you would probably find the answer to your question, or at least know where to look... Hell, I have posted about 3 or 4 times in a help thread, in the last week or so, "DONT patch on or after the 10th, because it might break the emu"....
Sorry so long... Nuff' said!