Attracting Players

[BR5DY]

Hey guys,

I've had my server up for bout two or three months, but can't get many players to join. The daily average is about 5 (har har). My connection is solid, and most players' ping are under 80. I've tried switching between custom and stock maps, but no luck. I'm not in a clan, but I do have two other admins.

Any ideas to increase the number of players? Thanks.

[Hazz]

You could try deathmatch, they are very popular.

Its quite hard to get a server popular if you don't have a clan/community behind it.

[CioNide]

Only one word, advertise.

[mobnitti]

always keep at least 1 person in the server at all times. cus none looks at the servers that are empty. everyone filters to only see populated servers.

[dualcore1289]

what works for me, is i get my friends to play on the server, and as people join, your friends can leave slowely if they want. And what cionide said, advertise

[Mooga]

Give all your close friends admin so they are more likely to play there. Organize game nights. People will state coming over time. Creating a strong community also helps.

[Ghost Assassin]

Try running mods on your cs:s server. Like gungame, zombiemod, deathmatch, or etc. Most players nowadays join servers with different mods and plugins. It's difficult to get a strong amount of players to join your server cuz players have already found good servers that they regularly go on. You can try doing 24/7 maps like dust2, office, etc.

[BR5DY]

Thanks for your ideas. I appreciate it.

[realchamp]

I had a: 32 slots rpg dm surf server. Only played on it once, but the day after and the rest of the month it was very popular.
Allways 32/32 players on it.

A good idea is also to get a good server name: [DK]|RPG-DM|Only Surf Maps| 1ooTIC| - Works very well

Try to get the Attension by the Name.