This is the guide I attempted to use for setup;
http://techguynky.com/Documents/Guide.pdf
It seemed more user friendly and less condescending than the wiki, which for some reason i'm unable to locate the setup guide there at this time. I am aware that the above guide has some typos, but at least I could follow along. I imagine my problem comes from the timeliness of that particular guide. I remember particularly that I couldn't locate the same version of MySQL he was using, and one of my first big hiccups involved trying to import the peq db into MySQL.
Regardless, it didn't work after trying for three days and being made to feel like an idiot in irc may float some boats, but not mine.
As for locating and reading the info available, please keep in mind that a novice like me can't differentiate what works and what USED to work. While there are tons of helpful folks involved with this project, and I hate to say this, there are a larger number who just want to feel superior and lord it over the rest of us. I imagine their day jobs are customer service and tech support in real life. Nothing I can do to change that.
What's the big turnoff with non-legit play anyway? How can twinking yourself out and taking Kerafyrm solo possibly be any more boring than levelling up 70 levels without working quests, a player econmy or a complete implement of abilities?
I don't mean to sound so whiney. I'll get with that guy and try to get a server working I suppose. Wish me luck I guess.