If you ask me or milly then 2001 was a much better server than GK will ever be, it was an all original idea, not based off another online game, and getting powerful was actually fun.
If you want a good RPG, then start from scratch, do your homework, and make sure the game if bug free before you make it public.
I'm not a scripter, but how hard is it to look over a few scripts a day and test them all to see if they work right? without having loopholes(that someone WILL find and abuse) or bugs?