19.03.2012, 17:48
One hint: do not give away free VIP to gain more players.
It might work for some time, but it won't create a player base. A lot of (excuse me the word) noobs will come on your server and certainly enjoy their free VIP. They get easily bored though and will soon leave for another server. On the other hand, the other players, those who really want to stay within one server, will not be entering a server which gives away free VIP. I would never do so, at least. And those are the players you need; players who stick to only a few servers, and are very active on them. They'll be your playerbase, which might get you 24/7 off the 0/500 player count.
It might work for some time, but it won't create a player base. A lot of (excuse me the word) noobs will come on your server and certainly enjoy their free VIP. They get easily bored though and will soon leave for another server. On the other hand, the other players, those who really want to stay within one server, will not be entering a server which gives away free VIP. I would never do so, at least. And those are the players you need; players who stick to only a few servers, and are very active on them. They'll be your playerbase, which might get you 24/7 off the 0/500 player count.