Hi, I'm going to be starting a Hermitcraft-style, whitelisted SMP in a few weeks and I was wondering if anyone has an idea on how to get players onto it? I thought of posting on forums and on the discord, but is there a better way? Thanks!
The purpose of a whitelist server is to only allow certain people on it, so why would you want to make it a whitelist server if you want to advertise? Seems a little backwards to me.
At any rate, you can best advertise in the server section of these forms, various open MC discords, and creating a server page on different MC server list websites and having you and other players vote there daily (yes, there is a reason for /vote on every server ever)
advertising a server and a gaming community in general is a lot of work. The more you get involved in various communities where players gather that you want on the server the better. Create a community website, post in the server section of the minecraft forums, and post in other communities related to the style of your server/community. Talk to players posting they are looking for a community. Its going to take time and work to build a base of players, especially if you are looking to build a friendly community. I can't stress enough how long and much time it takes to get to that kind of a community. I think its worth it though.
Well thanks everyone for replying, but I've already started the server now. It took around 3-4 days to get 8 players. Also the reason I'm advertising is so I can actually get people to play.
Also I ended up using Minecraft's official discord to get players.
Hi, I'm going to be starting a Hermitcraft-style, whitelisted SMP in a few weeks and I was wondering if anyone has an idea on how to get players onto it? I thought of posting on forums and on the discord, but is there a better way? Thanks!
The purpose of a whitelist server is to only allow certain people on it, so why would you want to make it a whitelist server if you want to advertise? Seems a little backwards to me.
At any rate, you can best advertise in the server section of these forms, various open MC discords, and creating a server page on different MC server list websites and having you and other players vote there daily (yes, there is a reason for /vote on every server ever)
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Curse Premiumadvertising a server and a gaming community in general is a lot of work. The more you get involved in various communities where players gather that you want on the server the better. Create a community website, post in the server section of the minecraft forums, and post in other communities related to the style of your server/community. Talk to players posting they are looking for a community. Its going to take time and work to build a base of players, especially if you are looking to build a friendly community. I can't stress enough how long and much time it takes to get to that kind of a community. I think its worth it though.
Well thanks everyone for replying, but I've already started the server now. It took around 3-4 days to get 8 players. Also the reason I'm advertising is so I can actually get people to play.
Also I ended up using Minecraft's official discord to get players.
Thanks anyway!
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Curse Premiumnp, keep up the advertising if you want to keep an active base on your server. 8 is an ok start.