Server Seeding

[CaffeinePowered]

I wanted to make this post to figure out when people can seed and give a few tips to people to do it more easily. Ive just noticed in the past few days we've been having trouble getting the server to fill up in the afternoon.

A Simple Guide

- Helpful things: large friends list, about an hour of free time
- When you go into the server spam a 'join game' invite to everyone on your list, regardless of status (Busy/away/in another game)
- Switch to either 2fort or dustbowl, these are the most popular maps and attract people easily.
- You can switch to these maps alone without admin by using nominate and rtv while alone or with a friend
- Try to break the 4v4 or 5v5 threshold
- Never ever rtv to an odd custom late at night or early in the morning, this WILL kill the server.

When you hit a certain breaking point for the number of people in the server more people will just keep coming in and fill the server. I see this as being right around 4v4 or 5v5. From that point on the server fills by itself. At this point if you don't want to spend a lot of time playing TF2 the server will keep itself full for the most part.

This topic continually comes up because I'm sure all of you would love to see the server sporting some form of population at all times. What we really need are people who are around later at night and early morning/afternoon to start or keep the population going. Ive yet to see the server go an overnight and stay full.

Thanks for the support from everyone, hopefully we can see even more activity on the server in the future

[Neonie]

I try to fill the server when I can, late and night I can do but I usally go to bed around 2am and usally get off TF2 around 12am. But I am tring to do what I can.

[ScottyGrayskull]

Nice. Looks like whatever people has been doing has been working, as the server broke into the top 300 ranks for the first time that I've ever seen. Keep it up people!

[CaffeinePowered]

Nice. Looks like whatever people has been doing has been working, as the server broke into the top 300 ranks for the first time that I've ever seen. Keep it up people!

Yea, but to get any farther we need to get a large community base and late night support  :-\

[Surf314]

I've been seeding it a bit at zero or Joel.

Does it help to join when it's dead and go spec?  Because I'll start doing that a lot if it does.

[CaffeinePowered]

Nice work today, Trace, Neonie, Ain, Spore and a few others managed to fill it up in about 45min

[Surf314]

Nice work today, Trace, Neonie, Ain, Spore and a few others managed to fill it up in about 45min

Holy shit!  I've never seen it full this early/.

[Kor]

Mmm... The secret is to stay at the MotD screen, where the plugin doesn't touch you.  8)

[CaffeinePowered]

Mmm... The secret is to stay at the MotD screen, where the plugin doesn't touch you.  8)

Its not a plugin that kicks you its built into TF2 itself, also you can stay on spec indefinately

[cbre88x]

My ping is usually shotty in the afternoon so I don't get online until 9ish when I'm not busy.

Also..I need add people to my friends list..the only person I have on there is Senor Tacos.

[CaffeinePowered]

the only person I have on there is Senor Tacos.

No Excuse

[Black Aspen]

I try to seed fairly often, especially late at night.  Let me vouch for the "obscure custom map killing the population" comment by Caff.  Sometime you can't get around it though, as you'll sometimes be out-numbered on an RTV, and it ends up becoming a post-midnight Science match.  Now THAT'S how you kill a server.

Warpath (not just saying this because it's my favourite) is also a really good map to seed with, because there's a demand for Warpath, and very few 24/7 servers that run it.

[CaffeinePowered]

Warpath (not just saying this because it's my favourite) is also a really good map to seed with, because there's a demand for Warpath, and very few 24/7 servers that run it.

Its a tough call, Ive seen Warpath as a custom that will fill it. Ive seen Chaos kill or fill the server, and Ive seen labor do both as well. I might give that plugin another go that was supposed to alter the map cycle at night, make it do 2fort/dustbowl/warpath

[Versus]

badlands/granary/lazytown*

[Surf314]

[quote author=Black Aspen link=topic=136.msg3254#msg3254 date=1208505273]

Warpath (not just saying this because it's my favourite) is also a really good map to seed with, because there's a demand for Warpath, and very few 24/7 servers that run it.

Its a tough call, Ive seen Warpath as a custom that will fill it. Ive seen Chaos kill or fill the server, and Ive seen labor do both as well. I might give that plugin another go that was supposed to alter the map cycle at night, make it do 2fort/dustbowl/warpath
[/quote]

Am I the only one that hates 2fort?  Seriously it would make me leave if I didn't like you guys so much.  Although going all melee on it is usually pretty fun.

[fyre]

Am I the only one that hates 2fort?

No, you're not. It's not bad with just a few players, but when the server's full and there's a few SG's up it gets really boring.

[jorge]

badlands/granary/lazytown*

DIAF

[Kor]

Am I the only one that hates 2fort?  Seriously it would make me leave if I didn't like you guys so much.  Although going all melee on it is usually pretty fun.

Perhaps old 2fort would change your mind. No roof on the bridge = it all comes through the front door >D

[Surf314]

[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=136.msg3308#msg3308 date=1208533248]
Am I the only one that hates 2fort?  Seriously it would make me leave if I didn't like you guys so much.  Although going all melee on it is usually pretty fun.

Perhaps old 2fort would change your mind. No roof on the bridge = it all comes through the front door >D
[/quote]

Not counting the rocket and nade jumping.

[Kor]

[quote author=Kor link=topic=136.msg3408#msg3408 date=1208612872]
[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=136.msg3308#msg3308 date=1208533248]
Am I the only one that hates 2fort?  Seriously it would make me leave if I didn't like you guys so much.  Although going all melee on it is usually pretty fun.

Perhaps old 2fort would change your mind. No roof on the bridge = it all comes through the front door >D
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Not counting the rocket and nade jumping.
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Old School mutherfucker.

Rummy, queue up the gdamn 'Conc Here' spray!