Uhmm, while I have begun to form a more nuanced opinion on private Realms since joining these boards, I will adopt a wait and see approach in the very first weeks.
So, straightforwardly: should I find the project to be worthwhile (scripting, not population wise, that would not be your fault) by the time I reach 60, I will begin paying the equivalent of the monthly Retail subscription to Twinstar (retroactively too, should getting to 60 take me more than 1 month, which it may, given my limited time and the fit you gang threw against the sane x1.6 "after-all-my-life-is-ending-one-minute-at-a-time" leveling rate /shakesfist /gentlypatsall).
If it was good for Blizzard, it'll have to do for you chaps too.
I do cherish your effort. Yet, though I am aware it can't possibly pay off your coding time even if it was a requirement (given that you code for 1 Realm what they coded for hundreds), from a personal point of view, it is merely a game so as unfair as it may sound etc. matter of proper valuation.
I will also acquire a Black Nightsaber should I roll/switch to NE at some point.
I chose a NE Huntress in Classic because I had been a NE WC3 player and these were
my favorite unit. When I first glimpsed the NE huntress NPCs sauntering through Darnassus on their panthers, I decided I will actually reach 60 in this game and get one. I soon learned they had been removed a few months before. Huge fucking drama. I later found out the first child of the one who came up with the idea to take them away was stillborn
Just mentioning it...