DAPPERxDUCK Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 It seems like lately our CS:S servers have been lacking in popularity. Every once in awhile, I see the Crackhouse server popping, but I've never seen more than one person, MAYBE two, in our Iceworld and GunGame servers. I feel like our Dust2 and Office servers stayed more populated, yet they were shut down. I see runfast always there, but lately it seems he's been in spectate more than anything. I've joined many different times during the day and it still seems the same. So how can we boost this? I had suggested a Pub server, but I know there is some hesitation there for the game being "dead". Looking at the numbers from https://steamdb.info/app/240/graphs/ it seems that CS:S still has some active player base consistently at around 5-7k players. I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but it makes me really think that we could still be relevant considering there are many other servers that still bring in 20-64 players consistently every day. I know it's not feasible to request servers and really, that's not even my call considering I don't own or pay the rent for these servers. I'm just genuinely curious if anyone in this division still plays consistently, if I'm missing the point, or if I should just consider it dead myself and move on to something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeused Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 (edited) bhop server i own a bhop server on css and can help set it up as well^ Edited December 25, 2021 by Zeused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOSCH Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 I dont think we need a bhop server, personally, but doesnt mean i am not open to the idea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOSCH Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 See this is the thing that makes me think that we dont to think of our CSS servers dying, compared to other servers we do really well, especially in the evening when you break down the ratio of active CSS players. Alot of them we found are Runfast and my age group, guys in their 30's+ who love CSS and many told us they love our servers but they arent looking to join a clan/gaming group when we did our last recruit drive 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DezStylez Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 I would love to see a dust 2 server. There’s another clan that does well with that map. Crack house is good but sometimes seems to be empty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAPPERxDUCK Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 10:49 PM, BOSCH said: See this is the thing that makes me think that we dont to think of our CSS servers dying, compared to other servers we do really well, especially in the evening when you break down the ratio of active CSS players. Alot of them we found are Runfast and my age group, guys in their 30's+ who love CSS and many told us they love our servers but they arent looking to join a clan/gaming group when we did our last recruit drive Like I said, it depends on the time of day. Sitting here currently at 3:15 PM EST on a Sunday, the server only has like 3 people playing, and that goes for the whole weekend as well. I've seen it populate VERY late at night (11 PM or later), but that's of course by the time I'm in bed since I work at 5-6 AM every day. Not saying that to be selfish, but I find many other servers populated well before that time, but none of them are strictly Deathmatch like we are. Plus, I have a family myself so I know a lot of people may not even game until later due to family commitments as well, totally get that. But when I see other places staying populated at all hours of the day, it just makes me wonder what more we could be doing to draw a crowd and keep them here. 15 hours ago, DezStylez said: I would love to see a dust 2 server. There’s another clan that does well with that map. Crack house is good but sometimes seems to be empty. We had two Dust2 servers and an Office server up until last year when it was killed off. I do love some Dust2 myself, and I love the idea of a Pub server, but people seem to have mixed feelings about it. On 12/24/2021 at 11:24 PM, Zeused said: bhop server i own a bhop server on css and can help set it up as well^ I know bhop has a dedicated group of people who love and enjoy it (same as surf), I personally never figured out bhopping and would never find myself playing on a dedicated bhop server. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeused Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) the reason i stopped playing was because movement was severely nerfed/reset to default on the server a while ago (sv_maxspeed is set to 320? just why). part of the fun was bhopping around, trying out jumps or getting a good kill. now the server is filled with awp sweats that camp a roof and spawn kill. personally i can't play on the server for more than a few minutes because of how bland it is. there were also some servers that were actually good, but were deleted. office > everything else if the css division wants to increase pop, they should be actively adding things to the servers for players to stay on longer. the hg shop is either broken or disabled currently, you don't get vip for being in the top 20, and usually whenever i do join, most of the players are afk in spec, so its just fighting against bots. there is nothing to work towards, no reason to keep playing anymore. Edited January 9, 2022 by Zeused 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAPPERxDUCK Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 28 minutes ago, Zeused said: the reason i stopped playing was because movement was severely nerfed/reset to default on the server a while ago (sv_maxspeed is set to 320? just why). part of the fun was bhopping around, trying out jumps or getting a good kill. now the server is filled with awp sweats that camp a roof and spawn kill. personally i can't play on the server for more than a few minutes because of how bland it is. there were also some servers that were actually good, but were deleted. office > everything else if the css division wants to increase pop, they should be actively adding things to the servers for players to stay on longer. the hg shop is either broken or disabled currently, you don't get vip for being in the top 20, and usually whenever i do join, most of the players are afk in spec, so its just fighting against bots. there is nothing to work towards, no reason to keep playing anymore. I'm glad you brought that up, I remember when I first joined HG it was so fun to see the "Top 10" list and have my name on it, hell I still have the crackhouse rank in my forum signature (RIP Dust2 Top 10 signature link). I for one am pretty competitive (hence my love of Pub servers versus just DM). I wish our GG server was more populated as that can be very fun and competitive when it's more than just bots. I also agree that the DM becomes stale and stagnant when nothing is there to work towards. It's just mindless gameplay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOSCH Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 1/9/2022 at 3:21 PM, DAPPERxDUCK said: Like I said, it depends on the time of day. Sitting here currently at 3:15 PM EST on a Sunday, the server only has like 3 people playing, and that goes for the whole weekend as well. I've seen it populate VERY late at night (11 PM or later), but that's of course by the time I'm in bed since I work at 5-6 AM every day. Not saying that to be selfish, but I find many other servers populated well before that time, but none of them are strictly Deathmatch like we are. Plus, I have a family myself so I know a lot of people may not even game until later due to family commitments as well, totally get that. But when I see other places staying populated at all hours of the day, it just makes me wonder what more we could be doing to draw a crowd and keep them here. We had two Dust2 servers and an Office server up until last year when it was killed off. I do love some Dust2 myself, and I love the idea of a Pub server, but people seem to have mixed feelings about it. I know bhop has a dedicated group of people who love and enjoy it (same as surf), I personally never figured out bhopping and would never find myself playing on a dedicated bhop server. I myself was very sad when we got rid of Dust2 and Office, and so was a good portion of our regulars. I agree also about a bhop server, I don't like that idea. Maybe we can talk about doing some reorganizing within CSS, but first I was to talk to Runfast, DetectiveYellNow and Eddiecam. But very good points Dapper, next time you see me in Ts3 please feel free to hit me up buddy. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DezStylez Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 There’s another clan server that has dust 2 map and they are almost always full of people. Seems to be the most popular map. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DezStylez Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 1/9/2022 at 5:10 PM, Zeused said: the reason i stopped playing was because movement was severely nerfed/reset to default on the server a while ago (sv_maxspeed is set to 320? just why). part of the fun was bhopping around, trying out jumps or getting a good kill. now the server is filled with awp sweats that camp a roof and spawn kill. personally i can't play on the server for more than a few minutes because of how bland it is. there were also some servers that were actually good, but were deleted. office > everything else if the css division wants to increase pop, they should be actively adding things to the servers for players to stay on longer. the hg shop is either broken or disabled currently, you don't get vip for being in the top 20, and usually whenever i do join, most of the players are afk in spec, so its just fighting against bots. there is nothing to work towards, no reason to keep playing anymore. I mean when you have the option to use a awp on a roof then why not? It’s mainly part of the map Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetectiveYellNow Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I always wanted to do a map change to give more movement for everyone. If I wanted to, yes bring back the speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saund Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) I really miss bhopping on a hellsgamers servers, dust2, office, crackhouse, iceworld Was the main reason i was on your servers Especially miss a dust2 dm server Edited January 12, 2022 by Saund 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3R4 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 The server dies when an obvious aimbotter shows up and shoots everyone through walls, or when the server restarts. Its unfortunate that it restarts at full capacity because then not everyone comes back. Another reason is when everyone's abusing the awp on less skilled team. Runfast is the best, he's always on the server. Commitment 500% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAPPERxDUCK Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 7 hours ago, M3R4 said: The server dies when an obvious aimbotter shows up and shoots everyone through walls, or when the server restarts. Its unfortunate that it restarts at full capacity because then not everyone comes back. Another reason is when everyone's abusing the awp on less skilled team. Runfast is the best, he's always on the server. Commitment 500% Most of the reports I get through Discord occur during one of two times: 1) during my work day or 2) between midnight-4am when I am already asleep preparing for the following day's work so sadly I'm unable to help at those times. I agree that the AWPs/Autos can be a little overwhelming at times, but that's crackhouse. I personally enjoy using the scout to avoid being a cause of this headache, but I know most people can't bring themselves to do it. Nobody is knocking runfast, I just see him in spectate a lot of times, but I didn't mean that in a bad way, just making an observation. I get along quite well with @!runfast! and he LOVES getting blasted with a scout! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAPPERxDUCK Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/10/2022 at 11:13 PM, DezStylez said: There’s another clan server that has dust 2 map and they are almost always full of people. Seems to be the most popular map. You're probably thinking of the =(eGO)= 24/7 Dust2 server and yes, it is VERY popular. It is not a Deathmatch server though and instead runs like regular CS would with the twist of having upwards of 64 players in the server versus a traditional 5v5 or 10v10 team setup. It can be a little hectic, but it is still a LOT of fun, especially since they limit the use of AWPs and Auto snipers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOSCH Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 We are working on reviving one Dust2 DM server for HG. We will see, may have to pitch in.... 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DezStylez Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Any updates? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAPPERxDUCK Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 1/27/2022 at 10:09 PM, DezStylez said: Any updates? Bumping this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAPPERxDUCK Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/14/2022 at 4:20 PM, DAPPERxDUCK said: Bumping this 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ2 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 there are 1066 members in the roster... how many are active? Sad to see the lack of CS:S servers for HG when the platform is still popular Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ2 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 LOL "Friend of HG" nice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yiddman Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 I would try running some hard to find but yet sizeable and fast maps. There are a couple that i know that are really great maps. Best Buy is awesome. Best Buy is a big map with a nice layout for any type of player. Its a bigger map. Then there is Olive Garden its also great, but a little smaller. Superhero servers are fun they are also awesome in helping with donations. Lots more to add. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parallax Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 how about a dust2 + classic maps rotation with rock the vote enabled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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