Q1: Where will the server be physically located?
Q2: How will we support this project financially? Donations like in Reloaded?
Q1 - Aight since I don't really know how to formulate this into a proper sentence, I'll quote the one hosting:
" Idk what the software requirements are but I can put it on CA or EU"
" Since I own my own hosting company"
Hope that is a enough of a answer to you.
Q2 - The server will be hosted by Silver Knight from Hyper Gaming Network, they have their own forum so you can check them out. HGN for short. They offered to host the server for us. Which I am thankful for.
Since we have about 30 players (And roughly just 4 from these Forums, which are FOnline focused - that's quite low), the server will be most likely up for just a month or so, I don't see it continuing much longer unless we gain some significiant amount of players, as in atleast 50. These 30 players I'm talking about are just players that'll check out the server, they aren't stable players, they aren't anyhow super-interested in the roleplaying server. They'll just join, and leave if they dislike it.
The 'core' of our players is roughly 6 players that are actually interested in this server and have some ideas for it, are positive about the idea and are willing to support it.
Well, a bit off-topic. Now to answer your actual question, I'm pretty sure we can manage the first month, maybe even 1/4 of the year without donations. The server will be up aslong as players are interested in it. Without players, there won't be server. But then again, it isn't really worth it to host a server for 10 players, those 10 players can pack up their things and create some roleplaying minority on an already existing server.
Edit; Of course you can donate if you enjoy the server, after all hosting
does cost something : ).
We just need players. 30 might seem somehow enough, but hey look at how big New Reno is for example, throw in 30 players and how many positions do you have filled? Two out of three clubs are filled, great.
That was of course just an example, the number of the players plays an important role, since we'll decide the setting based onto it. You can't really roleplay a whole town with 30 players properly, some closed scenario (Such as NCR army training camp, as done before) would be more fitting. If you consider how big is the Fallout world, there's just really alot of things to do, many ways to approach the roleplay, alot of situations. So you just really need players for this project.