Can someone explain how the ranking works?
A1 Population
- Thread starter MelRose
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I copied this from the Gametracker forum and I think it explains it pretty well
How does server ranking work?
GameTracker ranks servers based on the past 30 days of activity. In simple terms, it is the average players but the average players value is not what GameTracker will look at. It will look at the trend of players throughout the month and recent activity plays an important role that can push you up or down. Naturally, larger servers will rank higher than smaller servers. Things like the total number of players in the stats, total scores, and length the server has been on GameTracker (more than 30 days) do not affect ranking.
How does server ranking work?
GameTracker ranks servers based on the past 30 days of activity. In simple terms, it is the average players but the average players value is not what GameTracker will look at. It will look at the trend of players throughout the month and recent activity plays an important role that can push you up or down. Naturally, larger servers will rank higher than smaller servers. Things like the total number of players in the stats, total scores, and length the server has been on GameTracker (more than 30 days) do not affect ranking.
In short, the more players in the server, the better the ranking. Rank 1 = Best, 5000 = shit.
What I have learned from my years is it pays to seed your server. More will come and the ranking goes up. Then you concentrate on policing the new peep's, if you treat them fair and with respect they will come back and become regulars. I have noticed the good people in this clan and how they treat new-comers. That's the key ingredient for any clan.
So summer time is coming up soon and for americans that means no school. And a lot of people play games through the summer a lot more because of extra time that they don't normally have. So I thought that I would just remind y'all of this in hopes of continuing a1s upward trend. Maybe even get it a little higher in the ranks and possibly get more regulars at the same time. Just a reminder 
No, but i can't imagine it wasn't in the very top of the rankings. It was full literally all day, every day. At least that's what i remember. Same with our old Mixed gametype S2. Always full up with 20 people solid. 20 was the limit. This was back on patch 1.6.
yeah s1 used to be hella filled, sometimes even to filled to be enjoyable
.100th place is porn, that should b our new benchmark.
also lets set a benchmark for s10 at 60th, that was our record i think, we dropped to 66th within the last 1 or 2 weeks:/
good job everyone and lets keep it up!
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Remember just before the IP switch, we had S1 and LA Broadcast bumping 24/7. Given the possibility idling on more than on server at once, it's do-able. A1 has had 20 people, but half have been idlers, even more at times. Maybe we could move a few to another server?
