Those projects always start with a couple of people that put the bulk of the ground work in then start gathering support when people can actually see something.

 

On that front, rebuilding the client seems like a huge undertaking, would it not make more sense to recreate the server first? If there is something to play with people will be more inclined to help out. I had a little play a while back but got stuck on how to work around their encryption, might take another look if I get some spare time.