[yortem]

i bought new servers and i need to earn some money to cover the price. there is mods or Affiliate Program that can help me with that?

[napalm00]

Put premium benefits that don't break the gameplay or non-intrusive ads.

[Mitchell]

Or make a good enough community game server that players would mind donating to to help stay up. Honestly you shouldnt have the need to profit off of servers.

[napalm00]

Originally Posted by Mitchell Or make a good enough community game server that players would mind donating to to help stay up.

Yep, I meant "premium" as a gesture of appreciation for donations, not something a-la-saigns.

Originally Posted by Mitchell Honestly you shouldnt have the need to profit off of servers.

Exactly what my post was but I removed it because people here on AM like thinking they can get a lot of $$$ with little work, just like those ads on bad websites say ("Housewife makes $300 a day by completing surveys! Start now!").

[Mitchell]

Originally Posted by napalm00 Yep, I meant "premium" as a gesture of appreciation for donations, not something a-la-saigns.

I guess i kind mis-read your post then, but i was agreeing with you. should put anything that will be intrusive to the gameplay, or force the client to download alot of files. Then again if all server owners tell you how much they make from their servers and how they make that much then everyone would start a community. and it would become more competitive then it already is. I hate seeing the basic servers though, that have the same plugins and such as the next, literally the 'white girl basic' of TF2. Weird that im comparing girls to tf2 servers .-.

[yortem]

in my country there is only 1 community of cs:s and i want to open one.. but it expensive i need to to earn a little to cover the charges.

[Mitchell]

Originally Posted by yortem in my country there is only 1 community of cs:s and i want to open one.. but it expensive i need to to earn a little to cover the charges.

Sadly, CSS isnt that popular of a game any more. it is slowly dying as a player base.

[nightrider]

I have to agree that CS:S is a poor choice for a server.
Statistics for Counter-Strike Source are dropping regularly.

Current Players/Peak Today /Game
516,289 634,717 Dota 2
83,200 100,158 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
63,201 78,646 Team Fortress 2
54,524 79,105 Football Manager 2014
47,902 77,526 Sid Meier's Civilization V
39,804 44,712 Counter-Strike
38,210 47,492 Left 4 Dead 2
35,406 53,496 Garry's Mod
30,447 35,887 Counter-Strike: Source

[yortem]

Yes. but i live in a small country (israel) and CS:S is still better than CS:GO
the other games i dont like or not popular here.

[HvG Community]

That list should be other way around.
CSS and Gmod on top and shitty CSGO and Dota on bottom..