I think we could find a way, although those donating server time probably shouldn't be participants. If I weren't going to participate (and that would depend on too many factors to list) I'd probably be able to donate a small server for a few days. Enough for, say, 5 to 10 bots - if they were relatively low traffic.

The main problem is that you'd need people with the time and resources to donate, AND who weren't planning to participate. Not only that, but those people would have to know they weren't going to participate far enough in advance to be able to organize the event. Perhaps they should be rewarded with small amounts of XP (less than any of the prizes) or those really cool Perl Monks tshirts/hooded sweatshirts/cowls we've been yammering about. <G>

- Ozymandias

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