2003-03-07 00:54:17 UTC
From expirance in these games, a flatfile text system will fail under high loads. I would highly recommend a database. Access would work, or a while and MSSQL is expensive. MySQL will work on a NT based system, although I am not sure how well.
I would consider possible thinking about coding this in PERL or PHP with a database back end.
Just by .02 cents.