If I had a server running I'd love you to be on it. People who are interested in the development of the server, who love to learn and find it interesting and fun at the same time, not just a chore. I'm sure someone will take you. It would be nice to see someone helping with the server for the fun and learning other than "haha I'm a ServerOP on Soandso, and a GM on there haha".
I would recommend downloading the CVS and browsing through it. I know absolutely zero C++, but looking through the code I can see how some things have been done and have sucessfully managed to customize a few things. It is very interesting
You'll probably like learning Perl by the sounds of it, I would recommend looking into quests if I were you. I find that one of the most interesting things behind running the server.
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Good luck,