Hey! I was wondering if we could maybe expand our map selection. I remember when we used to have like ten 24/7 map servers. It seems like just having rotation and Badwater/Dustbowl/Goldrush is kind of a step down. I think you should take some serious consideration into having a custom map server. The other day jester took us to pl_cranetop (there weren't many people on the server), and i enjoyed that. Not to mention Blackmesa, Orange x, and this cool one hamstaz showed me( it's pl_ but instead of bombs its cars and its really awesome!). This is just a thought, 'cause I know the originals -- Dustbowl, 2fort, and well --- will never go out of style.

The reason we downscaled is because we were not able to keep all 10 of those full. We just didn't and still don't have the player base for that.

I like custom maps as well, but they are twice as hard to keep full and active.

We will be adding another server soon, but it will not be a custom map server. I am not opposed to doing this, but I would need a commitment from the community to keep them full.

All right. I understand. Thanks though, and keep it in the back of your head for the future.

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Yeah, stay away from customs. Even popular customs like Warpath are 9 times out of 10 total server killers. The reason other communities can keep up with custom map servers is because they not only have a decent portion of people that enjoy customs, but they are just so big! Communities like DiG, eGO, Lotus, [-Q-], etc. still boggle my mind to these days because I have no clue how they got so huge! It is really hard dedication, persistence over the years, player loyalty, and perhaps a bit of luck that shaped them into the monsters they are today. I don't mind our group being small, but I find all too often it continues to be a major setback in things we really want to do. A big community doesn't happen over night, and we have no plans that I know of stopping so I don't know what will happen with our community. Really going to have to just keep working on the servers, seeing how we can improve them and increase new player flow and see what happens.

By the way, we are almost at our 100,000th player on the servers! Congrats to everyone that has helped us along the way.