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Thank you all so much, I took Davlin's and Djlatino's posts in consideration. I also feel like before purchasing hosting and domain, that I will give it a test on low-cost to nothing providers and see where that takes me, and for Kevin that contacted me via PM; I'm sorry I could not respond to you in a timely fashion because of work and school. With that said I already been working on the type of forum I was talking about for the fast few hours and I released a download for some files I put together earlier for users here to use!

The only one who can tell you if this is a solid idea or not, is yourself. What can you do differently, that hasn't already been done before? What is it you believe will set you apart from the hundreds, if not thousands, of communities that already exist for this very purpose? To be quite frank, your targeted demographic isn't going to be virtuous, much less desirable. Last-Gen products are quickly going the way of the dodo thanks to spectacular deals from Microsoft and Sony. Modifying consoles [illegally] doesn't afford the preferred reward over risk it may have at one time. Don't waste your time putting together a community "just because". It's a disservice to both yourself and countless others attempting to achieve something worthwhile.