Originally Posted by Rhialto

you know, you just had to google it..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seedbox

Yes I did google it before coming here. Like I said, I'm pretty sure I got the jist of it... but I just never dabbled in Seedboxes before, so the concept itself eluded me for a bit. Thanks for replies anyhow.

It pointed me in the right direction. Now I just have to follow the guides from this forum to find some good private servers