Hello, I'm new to this whole thing and I was just wondering.

[Shapper]

Could I make a server myself, and just have like me and a friend or a couple friends, walk around... go to any zone... fight monsters or whatnot or would I be limited to certain zones depening on how many my PC could handle?

I only ask because I heard something like you can only have all the zones up if your connection and PC is real fast. I have a cable connection, 2.26 ghz Proc, with 512 megs of RAM.

[Bardboy]

The short answer is, yes.

However you should prepare yourself. It can be rather complicated to set up properly, depending on your level of experience with: your operating system, tcp/ip protocols, relational databases(mysql or sql) and your willingness to educate yourself by reading all the documentation and forum topics that apply.

[Poison]

I believe that the "number of zones per computer" applies to how many different zones can be in USE at the same time. That is, if say 5 of you want to hang out, and your computer can only hold 4 zone slots or whatever, that means you can still go to any zone you want, but you all can only be in 4 different zones at once.