Hey everyone,
How do you report a false number of players so it appears that more people are playing than actually are?

So say 16 people are playing, but it shows 34/40 on the steam server list.

Thanks!
-Grimey

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The Den of Filth

I'm pretty sure that this does not exist? If it did then it would definitely be disallowed by Steam or VAC.

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I am 66% addicted to Counterstrike. What about you?

The XXL servers do this, it shows 34 people no matter how many are in the server.

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The Den of Filth

Yes this is possible and yes some servers do this. I believe this to be illegal because it's and addon that effects Steam instead of the server itself. Talking with some programmers that do these addons absolutely refuse to do this and highly recommend you don't do it. I am unsure why it is so bad to do so, only know that it is.

-Metal M

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that's interesting. I mean the other way of doing that is bots? Do they affect the player count as reported?

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The Den of Filth

Yes. I was speaking of doing that with bots. Check out the http://www/TBDgaming.net server. They do this, maybe you can get some information from them.

-Metal

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If you add bots it reduces the number of server slots shown on the steam server list.

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I am 66% addicted to Counterstrike. What about you?

Why don't you use this program?

nigsoft.do.am

It makes full of fake players server. And they appear to be real (not bots).
They have such progs for many HL-mods.
I bought one and raised the rating of my server for several days. Thanks to it and to my forum two of my other servers are full with real players.