How to get people on your server

create group steam forum go live on youtube pub your server and have fun i have 23 player on my serv !!!!

I would recommend just making sure the players are happy. I wouldnt go over the edge with crazy insane addons and scripts. Do what the players want and keep a fair donation system

Invite your friends and tell your friends to invite their friends. In this way your server will grow and get bigger.

I have a Jailbreak server myself. I also have a lot of friends who play the gamemode. I give my friends "nicknames" on who enjoys populating the server (<5 people) who likes the start up games and who only plays when theres a legit game going on. Dont just spam invites to people though, send a semi personalized message to them. My favourite is:

Heya (persons name/my personal nickname for them) JB is doing pretty good right now, you fancy joining for a couple rounds?

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Hey (^^) I see you only have around (how ever minutes) till your next rank - you wanna join now whilst theres people in to rnak up??

I also have stuff in the server that encourages people to come in. I have the daily achievements in Pointshop 2 - so they get 10,20,30,40,50 points for joining each day. then on the 6th day joining, they get a point booster.

I am also adding new stuff and informing people in the steam group. There is a reward for joining the steam group - then they get informed of what I have added in.

Engage when players join. Add things to entice them to come back. Make it fun to play. Listen when they tell you something is buggy or needs changing.

You have to have good and active staff, good mods, catchy title, etc.

Try to make your server unique, don't make another DarkRP server, and most importantly, don't advertise on other servers, makes your own server stupid.

Get people to spread the word.

Also, have good addons and show them e.g. in your server name.

Making appealing and interesting jobs and promoting you server.

Try to hold your server 24/7 and make it addictive to other players, should help, and try to make some unique systems. Good luck! :3

just stay dedicated to it and make consistent updates and fix bugs and always be friendly to players and try not to make a big deal of when they join your server as that might overwhelm them and make them leave