im trying to find a place where i could draw some traffic to friends server, but i can't think of any good place to search for. Do any of you know of any good places i could advertise the server?
Totally not servers as you will be banned.
I'd advise uhhh... Steam community? But you can get some minges.
Duh, honestly don't know.
I honestly don't know anyone who looks for gmod servers outside of the server list.
Your best bet is getting as many friends on as possible and get them to get their friends on. Once you hit a good 10-15 players, you will get randoms joining. As long as the server is a fun experience for them, they will stay.
I was also concerned with this. But it seems the friend method works the best. Just get a bunch of friends you can TRUST and have them invite people.. Don't want people trying to exploit you like I experienced. :alien:
I haven't had the need to advertise my servers.
I was at first, wanted somewhere to advertise them, used Gametracker and the likes, but it didn't seem to really work.
Instead, i started playing on the server with a couple of friends, and, or just simply being on the server, and slowly people started joining the server, and if they liked it they stayed.
A good way of keeping people on is by interacting with them and giving them a rank after playing the first hour or so, thereby rewarding them for being on the server.
This works in the same way, that achievements encourage players to play games, thereby holding folks on your server for longer.
i suggest u take inspiration from suprerior servers, they use bots to increase their player count about 3x that way more people join because their is more people compaired to the other choices.
another way is to use the default map of the gamemode so that players dont see the red name for the map and this way they will want to join the map because it means there wont be a long download
also you should use [fastdl] in the server name by using workshop downloads to make the server more unique with addons
the last way which is harder is to make your server better than the existing servers of the same gamemode, this may be difficult because it requires effort and intelligence which is lacking in most server owners and gmod players. i suggest using steam discussions page for gmod to hire an experienced developer to create custom weapons such as a one shot kill deagle that is rapid fire, or u can have the developer make custom jobs for roleplay for example antifa protestor job
Advertising your server is futile. People aren't going to go out of their way and look for servers when there's a convenient in-game browser.
Youtubers. Get them on your server.
Ezpz
I like what SmithStanley said, tho that gives me another question to add in. How exactly would you request a youtuber to join the server? how exactly would you go about it?
Some youtubers leave their business emails in the about me page on their channels, or inside their descriptions, you could come to them with a offer of a rank, or a sponsored video on their email, or if they have a social media you can reach out to them on that.
any ideas about how to go about it? not sure how to approach it honestly
Offer them a deal
I'd personally advise against using Youtubers, it typically follows the same loop.
Youtuber upload 1-3 videos on your server.
Aforementioned Youtuber's fans join your server.
Youtuber is no longer being paid by you and is therefore no longer playing on your server at all.
50% of the players that joined due to the Youtuber's presence stop playing.
Youtuber uploads content in which he was on a different server.
Most if not all remaining players that joined because of that Youtuber's presence leave to join that server, in some cases taking some of your players that were there before the Youtuber because of friendships formed.
Essentially what I'm saying is, unless you can find a Youtuber that will consistently upload on your server, in most cases - unless you have something that really keeps people playing - your going to find yourself in one of three situations:
You receive minimal growth that is unstable and slowly dies out because those who joined assume the server is dying and will inevitably close.
You return to your original player-count and have ultimately received no benefit from the Youtuber's presence.
Some of your regular players become angered by the annoying fans and leave the server - you then ultimately end up worse off.
I personally think it's not worth it. Youtuber's can build a playerbase, however it will never be a stable playerbase, ever.
better then the server browser tbh.
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where is a good place to advertise your server?
