[Tyhm]

Someone (Shaun I think) suggested distributing the GServer again to cut down on overhead - a horrid idea that would lead to the illegal servers all over again...or would it? What if, instead of GServer, they distributed NPCServer? What if you could have the Graal servers run the NPCServer for you for a fee, OR you could route the calculations to one account, which you run on your client? What if your RC did all the calculations and appeared on the serverlist as "NPCServer (RC)"?

Would that even work? Would it be just as dangerous? I dunno...I mean, Unixmad could pack maybe 20 worlds to a server, move all the level-packs to a FTP server and make people download the "patches" before they start playing, the server's just running a "Connect this account to the server...send all NPCServer requests to Maloria_Admin_1 and let that account handle the calculations..."
If it works, it'd mean those people with ridiculously powerful computers and ridiculously fast connections in their basement offices could have uber-fast NPCServ, uber-low lag (higher low...? Uber doesn't always work as an adjective I guess), and they'd be paying about the same...servers who need the overhead can pay for it, and it'd probably be more expensive...