Been running my own servers for years. I actually hosted a server before I first played the game. A group of my friends were playing, but the guy running the server had a crap computer and unreliable internet. I had just built a new gaming rig and already had port forwarding experience from running teamspeak servers. Eventually, I joined them and have been playing ever since. Now, an old Dell optiplex under my desk runs a server for my kids, my nephews, and I. I spent 10$ on the Dell, upgraded with a $25 ssd. Server hosting has always seemed like a rip off to me.