Hosting a MP Game--Newb Questions

[Mooglay]

Thanks for the fast replies.

Gandalf, would you mind further qualifying your response to #2:

In other words, would it be possible for me to, for example, host (without using PBEM) but still shutting down my PC at the end of the day? In other words, the players would have to post their turns between certain intervals (modified for time zone, of course), let's say, between 9:00 AM and 11:00 PM each day, and then I could shut down my PC and host the game (with the new turn generated) again at 9:00 AM the next day.

Because I have a good PC, I don't mind hosting, but it is a bit taxing on my system to leave it powered-up 24/7, and PBEM may be a bit too much for me to manage. I basically want to know if I could sustain a long-term game even though I would be shutting down the server at the end of the day each day and restarting it in the morning.

Moog