Make sure you have the newest binaries from the link above, that should fix your World.exe crashing.
The database is the worst part about running a server, its not hard but time consuming and you pretty much have to figure it out on your own. I recommend downloading
MySQL-Front to edit the database.
You can set GM's through MySQL by command or MySQL-Front under the accounts table or in game with the #flag command, can also use flag on a command line by running world.exe.
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