Before you ever buy or consider buying a server. You must gather all necessity such as staff, a solid server plan, etc.
For an example, In this case. I am planning on buying a server in the future. To give myself all the time I can get when I buy the server, I must provide myself a solid staff team that have a low chance of attrition, server idea and a complete plan of what the server is going to be. Right now, I am working on my server. For now, I'm just making mock ups and graphics. Later I'm going to make actually levels.
By the time I purchase the server, I should already have a lot of contents ready to be converted for online game-play. I should also have an assembled staff team. This will allow me ample time for any fixes or changes for conversion to online and immediately be ready for Hosted or better yet, Classic!
