CurryKing: it was the birthday mod. Look in OT forums for my post about what exactly it was doing.
I chose the server location by looking at
http://www.frappr.com/amxmodx/ which PM started in the OT forums (it's still sticked as "Hello" I think). The biggest concentration was in east coast USA and again in Europe -- so, if the server works out, we'll try to get one in Europe as well.