I closed the server cause no one played on it, why pay for something that hardly gets used? So what were the costs of the server? How was performance, where was it located and who did you get it through? What does one need to know or do with managing it? I have never done that before. Alternatively is it easy to create one's own private server and invite a friend or two? The in-game server options seem rather limited, I guess there is no easy net-connect kind of way to play but you have to have a dedicated server instead?