Yep, that's the worst part. Anyway it wouldnt be hard to add a proxy cache server between my plugin and a web client. It would only slow things a little, but well, if you cannot port forward... that would be interesting to set up, indeed.
Quite a good idea but CowStats is being dev. I still don't really understand why people have to check on their bots all the time. Isn't the point of being a botter to be able to have a life and do other things?