[Aerotactics]

I've seen the crummiest servers gain 30-40 players A DAY, and the most advanced servers not get more than 3 or 4 players a day. How do servers that have been ripped off the forum, or are simply stunt servers gain 30+ players a day?! And how would I go about growing my community's player base?

[Vince]

Don't let your server be empty. There are actually a fair amount of people that have the checkbox "not empty" checked at all times. Even if it's just you playing in your server, people will eventually drop in.

[StuartD]

The majority probably have [REFUNDING] in the name which draws either new players or those who don't want to work for their stuff. The ones that don't normally get looked over if their player base is already low, my tip is when you have players, work to keep them. If that doesn't work, look at your server and think what would make me stay and play.

[Aerotactics]

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Originally Posted by Vince Don't let your server be empty. There are actually a fair amount of people that have the checkbox "not empty" checked at all times. Even if it's just you playing in your server, people will eventually drop in.

The issue with that is we can't always be in our server. :/ As much as we like playing on our server, we are usually trying to update on our dev server so that we could keep updates for the main server.

[TDM]

Get hosted tab , and within 1 week ur server 30-40 players

[Si|ent]

Advertising it is a good start. As is making the (ugly) text in your signature an active link to something relating to it. Rather than a seemingly random word. Getting people to try is the first step. Keeping them is another matter.

[rangerxxll]

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Originally Posted by Si|ent Advertising it is a good start. As is making the (ugly) text in your signature an active link to something relating to it. Rather than a seemingly random word. Getting people to try is the first step. Keeping them is another matter.

Could you be constructive on the text? What would make it more appealing to others? Is this better?

[rangerxxll]

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Originally Posted by ****** Really no. Don't use any text that looks like it could have been done with Word Art in Office 6!

The font, colors, textures? Give me some "Constructive" criticism so I can attempt to make it more appealing. I'm not getting your point(s).

[LocMax]

Totally true. I see unique RP servers running with 1-5 players while NG:RP edits have 20+ players.
Same with COD WaW servers. There are literally over 10 of them running currently and 7 will have over 10 players.

I think you should add [RUS] tag on your server name.

[AssMunchingFool]

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Originally Posted by Si|ent Advertising it is a good start. As is making the (ugly) text in your signature an active link to something relating to it. Rather than a seemingly random word. Getting people to try is the first step. Keeping them is another matter.

what about my sig ?