Counter-Strike: Source The Status of CS:S Office

[erickablyat]

Everyone knows and plays Dust_2 and Italy. Both are usually filled or at least have a high population for the majority of the day. However, in the background, there has always been a black sheep of the family. The sheep being our Office server. The peak of the server's population on most days doesn't even reach 10 people.

This is not a post on saying it should die or be left alone, but more along the likes that I, along with others, am afraid of its future and if it dies, it may shift even more attention away from CS:S and Counter Strike as a whole in eGO. I'm suggesting that I would like to, with the potential support of others and possibly Leadership, try to fill the server up to at least 15 people each day and keep a population like this for a hour or more. I've watched the painful process of our servers dying and want to try my very best to prevent from watching the process once more.

If you are interested in determining a time or to volunteer, contact me or add me on Steam. I do not have anything to offer as a prize at the moment, but when more financially stable times return, I will try my best to offer an award to those who work their hardest to help with my self-imposed goal.

 

[ZER0C00L]

Office is my favorite CS:S server and since Jail, there hasn't been enough support for the server as the people who generally try to fill Office have shifted gears towards Jail. The Jail server is one of the most important servers we have currently, and we as a division have to ensure its success through constant support to build a player base. Server success comes from players having a good time and wanting to come back to the server. When players favorite our servers it's a huge success, it means that they had a positive experience and we want them to continue to have a good time. That means using our recruitment methods of being personable, and having strong connections with our pubs. I appreciate you making this post, and I'll help you make a push on Office at certain hours to try to get the server up. In your opinion, what is an ideal server rank you have for Office? We can aim for that goal and every time we meet that goal, we can set a new one.

 

[Helpless Glint]

Count me in. Don't need any prize or something like that. Just want to save this server. My only problem is with my heretic hours. We'll talk.

 

[ashley.]

Yeeee!! Keep Source alive!! Count me in! Message me on Steam

 

[erickablyat]

Office is my favorite CS:S server and since Jail, there hasn't been enough support for the server as the people who generally try to fill Office have shifted gears towards Jail. The Jail server is one of the most important servers we have currently, and we as a division have to ensure its success through constant support to build a player base. Server success comes from players having a good time and wanting to come back to the server. When players favorite our servers it's a huge success, it means that they had a positive experience and we want them to continue to have a good time. That means using our recruitment methods of being personable, and having strong connections with our pubs. I appreciate you making this post, and I'll help you make a push on Office at certain hours to try to get the server up. In your opinion, what is an ideal server rank you have for Office? We can aim for that goal and every time we meet that goal, we can set a new one.

Thanks for the support, Zer0 .For the server ranks, I was suggesting to be able to break 1,500 ASAP. I also thought about once I start getting money again, I can start a giveaway where people enter their name once every day and at the end of each week, I'll draw a name and buy the person choose a CS:GO key or two.

 

[Ric]

I'll start seeding overnight.

 

[dotPHUNK]

15 people an hour a day for a few weeks will increase the rank by only so much. It'll probably bring the server back down to the 1000s but in the end it won't go much higher than that.

 

[erickablyat]

15 people an hour a day for a few weeks will increase the rank by only so much. It'll probably bring the server back down to the 1000s but in the end it won't go much higher than that.

I can understand why you would be skeptical about it, but I said that it would be a minimum of 15 people and would often try to get possibly 25. Plus, when a server has people actually playing on it and not idling, it attracts pubs, increasing the population even more. Who knows exactly how this will work out in the long term, but to me, it's the thought that counts and knowing we at least tried to the best of our ability.

 

[dotPHUNK]

I can understand why you would be skeptical about it, but I said that it would be a minimum of 15 people and would often try to get possibly 25.

I'm skeptical because I've done this before. I've filled multiple servers not only to 15 people or 25 people but to FULL every day for two months and those servers are now gone.

Plus, when a server has people actually playing on it and not idling, it attracts pubs, increasing the population even more.

No one would disagree with that. That is literally what everyone says. "I'm not just going to seed it I'm going to actually get people and play and stuff." Well... The time it takes to get a server to be dust2 status would be a year of dedication or even years. Once a sever hits a certain rank you think you've done it. You think you can take a step back and let the pubs roll in but as Italy's decline would show, it eventually declines. Pubs come to play when people are on it and the only time people are on the server is when a good portion of eGO members on on it to start it.

Who knows exactly how this will work out in the long term, but to me, it's the thought that counts and knowing we at least tried to the best of our ability.

I never got a chance to honestly try a long term plan out because people didn't like it, didn't believe in it, and ditched. To achieve what you want months if not a year or more

 

[kilroyy-]

I'm skeptical because I've done this before. I've filled multiple servers not only to 15 people or 25 people but to FULL every day for two months and those servers are now gone.

lel

 

[BlackDragon008]

I try to join to when I can..

I just played there for about half-hour with around 10 to 15 people..

 

[neverme]

count me in..
If you see me playing on Italy.. feel free to send me an invite on steam.. as you did yesterday. It was nice playing with you.

 

[MGR]

15 people an hour a day for a few weeks will increase the rank by only so much. It'll probably bring the server back down to the 1000s but in the end it won't go much higher than that.

More like top 600. There aren't 1000 servers with 15 people in it. The server being in the top 5-600 will be fine. A server's life was never questioned if it was in that range. Set realistic goals.

 

[Rawburt]

More like top 600. There aren't 1000 servers with 15 people in it. The server being in the top 5-600 will be fine. A server's life was never questioned if it was in that range. Set realistic goals.

Agreed, the average player count for the server currently at rank #999 is 6 while the server at rank #500 is 8. Both are deathmatch servers with the #500 being office, both are currently nearly empty

500 could be so easy to achieve on office considering it's at 4.

 

[erickablyat]

Thanks for the insightful replies and thoughts on the plan. I will consider trying to get to the 500-600 range based on what MGR and Rawburt have both said. Taking Dot's criticism into mind, I know where all of your points come from due to myself witnessing Highschool's death twice and the attempts to save it. However, I believe that if we work hard enough in this and don't just let up after reaching the goal, this may just work. I am hopeful for the best and believe this may also give some support to those in the other divisions with servers that also aren't up to par in ranks at the moment. All this really means a lot to me and I will make sure to succeed to the best of my abilities.

 

[dotPHUNK]

More like top 600. There aren't 1000 servers with 15 people in it. The server being in the top 5-600 will be fine. A server's life was never questioned if it was in that range. Set realistic goals.

15-25 people for an average of 3-5 hours doesn't = 15-25 on average a day. That being said, I've seen a server get that many people and get into the top 1000. Not 1000. Top 1000. It went back and forth between lower 700s and high 900s. Now this was about two years ago when CS was a little more popular so maybe it'll be easier to get into the 600 or lower, but you have to ask your self, is that really an accomplishment?

 

[Cryptex]

oh great CSS gods please do not kill office, I wouldn't know what to do with myself if it went away

 

[RedDragonKnight]

I wouldn't know what to do with myself if it went away

You would have to move to the freezer of my jail map.

 

[AceElite]

Adding Highschool and Office on a rotation server would probably be amazing... idk. just a suggestion. Or maybe adding popular maps onto that as well. I realize Dust2 24 hours keeps people on, and Italy holds up ok. I just figure people get bored with the smaller maps, or dont want to download Highschool.

 

[erickablyat]

Adding Highschool and Office on a rotation server would probably be amazing... idk. just a suggestion. Or maybe adding popular maps onto that as well. I realize Dust2 24 hours keeps people on, and Italy holds up ok. I just figure people get bored with the smaller maps, or dont want to download Highschool.

I'm not sure about that. Last rotation server we had, regardless of it being cs:s or cs:go, failed miserably and couldn't gain much attention. I think it's better just to focus on the 24/7 Office server and Jail once we officially stabilize Office's position.