- I've added the regular players on my server to xfire.adv3rsary wrote:
- well through my own failures and successes id say:
24/7 servers work best (pick 1 map and run it all the time.. i know it takes some of the fun out of it, but the server will stay full and those are the 1s that attract good players... make sure it's a map people actually like)
- regulars are very important... make friends with people that come into your server, they are more likely to come back
- enforce your rules.. always.. not selectively
- obey your own rules... always... not selectively
- ask friends to help you keep the server full even if it means just idling there while it's empty
- never ever have a server that switches maps from different mods (like a bf2 map, then a SF map... your server will empty fast like you wouldn't believe)
- have lots of admins, specially at first.. one they ll be on the server more often keepin it full, two they can enforce the rules better
- make sure these admins arent a bunch of 13 year old punks
best of luck
- i always say on the server : if you dont like the rules then leave, and the whining about rules stops.
- I even kick my fellow admins when they break rules.....so that is no problem.
- asking friends to fill up the server is no problem.
- never knew this, ty for the advice.
- atm there are 7 admins, and there are now 3 admins 24/7 online (including me)
- youngest admin is 17 years and the oldest is 36. and im the head admin while im 19
- AB is on.[pt] KEIOS wrote:
+adv3rsary wrote:
- regulars are very important... make friends with people that come into your server, they are more likely to come back
- enforce your rules.. always.. not selectively
- obey your own rules... always... not selectively
- ask friends to help you keep the server full even if it means just idling there while it's empty
- never ever have a server that switches maps from different mods (like a bf2 map, then a SF map... your server will empty fast like you wouldn't believe)
- have lots of admins, specially at first.. one they ll be on the server more often keepin it full, two they can enforce the rules better
- make sure these admins arent a bunch of 13 year old punks
- leave autobalance on
- random switch of players after every round
- kick winning team joiner
- if you are a clan, do not always play on one side. i leave servers, when it is the whole clan vs. random noob party + me
this should keep the balance in teams, so no side gets too dominating.
- please don´t start a 24/7 server. it might be good for lamers, who want to whore just a single map, but it won´t get you the
base of regulars, you might want. it is fun, if you search for a map, but it must be boring as hell to be admin on a server like this...
or do you play just one map 24/7 yourselves?
how about a full special forces rotation on inf only?
- random switching is also on.
- No clan on my server. The admins have a tag so they can be recognized easily
Last edited by Viro (2007-06-19 06:40:34)