DesdiPhoenix Posted:

Because I’m sick of hearing all of the ****ing about how much ep 2 and BPs cost, I’ll break down for you what it would cost to host and run this game.

Server:

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&fb=1&kc=category~tower&l=en&oc=becwpk1&s=bsd

Once you add all of the features that you’d need to run FWZ it costs $2,728.

The fwz server can be built out of old, decommissioned desktop computers. $0.

DesdiPhoenix Posted:

Bandwidth:

http://www.t1shopper.com/us/oh/Toronto.shtml

$550 – $1,200 a month in Toronto CA.

The **** are you smoking… T1 is just an outdated buzzword. T1 is slower than most home broadband connections. Shop bettar. Also, fwz uses colo. Shop for colo, I’m too lazy.

(pre-post edit) Actually, fwz uses theplanet.com dedicated server hosting. They’ve got a DS plan for a multi-core, multi-CPU server (which fwz uses) for up to $299/month on a reasonable server. So that definitively answers that question.

DesdiPhoenix Posted:

Backup Software:

http://www.innodb.com/hot-backup/order/

$500 a year.

Oh, smooth move, find the most expensive backup software you can find, and bumume CZ uses it. PROTIP: Everything software-wise in *nix is free. Backup software is free as well. Doesn’t take much to export a MySQL database and tar|gzip everything.

DesdiPhoenix Posted:

Web Hosting for the .com:

Usually around $60 a year.

Again, what are you smoking, I want some. Domains are $10 each a year. Not even worth calculating. I’m dirt poor as **** and I own 4 domains.

DesdiPhoenix Posted:

Art and other commercial or licensed work:

God only knows.

This may be relevant to calculate.

DesdiPhoenix Posted:

So let’s sum up my quick estimate:

$3,278 up front.

Maybe $500 up front including hosting (colo) startup costs.

DesdiPhoenix Posted:

bumuming the cheapest for everything else:

$6,600 a year to run it.

I came up with about half that, $3,610 a year including domains, not including paying staff or profits. And that’s bumuming the most expensive dedicated server hosting.

And the rest is history.