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* p4 2.4ghz / 1gb ram / 120gb hard drive
* Windows 2003 Enterprise Server - Spankin' new installation, no service packs
* Visual Studio.NET 2003 - Spankin' new installation, no service packs
* Broadband Cable Internet (Comcast)
* Linksys Router
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* p4 2.4ghz / 1gb ram / 120gb hard drive
(only costly thing is this, lets estimate at 1.2k if even that, i haven't priced a computer in a long time, hehehe)
* Windows 2003 Enterprise Server - Spankin' new installation, no service packs
Run linux, its free, its stable, and you don't have to worry as much about using up resources, especially if you don't run xserv, then you will have tons of open resources for the zones, remember the emu doesn't require any 3d rendering, thats all done on the client side.
* Visual Studio.NET 2003 - Spankin' new installation, no service packs
again, use linux - Gcc comes with it, the devs create the makefiles in a very generic way, only minor editing is needed, and somtimes minor code changes to make it work. but other than that, its all you need.
* Broadband Cable Internet (Comcast)
100mbs/s is $120 where i live. so this is like half of the 330. I am not sure if WR has a faster connection or not, it seems like they do but i am not sure.
* Linksys Router
4port non wireless 100mbs router costs 39.99.
so with all this, if you wanted to pay off the server, router, in a year, plus pay for the internet each month, you are looking at around $230 a month to run a server, based on that i am guessing WR has a faster internet connection, or they run more than a single server, both of which i have no idea.
Now, you will find that alot of people left eqlive becuase of the fact it wasn't free, it was costing them money. but others left becuase they hated the GM/Guides, or maybe they got banned fromt he server, either way those are usually willing to "Donate" to your cause, you just have to give them a reason too. an Eqlive clone is going to have a hard time competeing with the actual eqlive, this is why custom-legit servers are more popular becuase you can do more on them than on eqlive.
So, requiring a payment is not only breaking the law, but most people aren't going to want to pay for it, unless they see some reason that paying is going to make it better than eqlive, which in this case, a clone would not be better, it would be the same. there are ofcourse always things you can do like recreate the pre-revamp zones, which people will be more than happy to probably "donate" for , i know that if i saw the old PoM come back to eqlive, i would gladly pay for a few months just to go do the old libarary card quests, nothing in GoD or the outer planes is as much fun as hunting for libarary cards.
If you build it they will come =P you just need to build it like they want it.
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