Game server popularity?

[Hikaru Zero]

Hey everyone.

First off I want to thank NFo for having cool servers. =) I'm very happy with my NFo server and intend to buy at least one more as my clan expands and more people start chipping in.

Anyhow, I've run into a bit of a problem ... for recruting, it's really useful to have a popular public server. Ours is a 12-slot public/private. The problem is, we don't have many pubbers come to our server. By default it has two bots -- is that the problem? Should I add more or remove them entirely?

Also -- is there any good place to advertise your server to attract more players? I've already placed a lot of the specs in the name (e.g. 100tick, ff, mug).

[zilla]

A couple of things from my point of view (take it for what its worth).

- Having bots in a server generally turns people away.

- 12 Slots is very small for a public server and most people will stay clear of that small of a pub

- Putting things like 100tick in your server name can increase popularity, due to the fact that most people enjoy playing on 100tick servers

- As far as advertising goes, you could try advertising on irc, or on your website (if you have one).

[Vampire Hunter X]

Hey everyone.

First off I want to thank NFo for having cool servers. =) I'm very happy with my NFo server and intend to buy at least one more as my clan expands and more people start chipping in.

Anyhow, I've run into a bit of a problem ... for recruting, it's really useful to have a popular public server. Ours is a 12-slot public/private. The problem is, we don't have many pubbers come to our server. By default it has two bots -- is that the problem? Should I add more or remove them entirely?

Also -- is there any good place to advertise your server to attract more players? I've already placed a lot of the specs in the name (e.g. 100tick, ff, mug).

I'll head in there a couple times.