Hello,
I am running 13 CS1.6 servers with 4 servers in top 100 and 1 was #1 and currently at 21 position. I monitor the servers ranks and population almost 24/7 and i noticed something unusual today. My De_dust2 24/7 server dropped in rank drastically for no apparent reason. from 50+ to 102 when the amount of players did not change almost at all. Also my #1 server went down a few ranks when we had a straight line throughout the whole day. I am running a community and members aren't pleased with the results when everyone is working hard to bring those servers in better positions. Can you please look into this for me and see what the problem could be. Thank you for your time and services.
[AoG] De_Dust2 24/7 - 74.91.112.58:27015 - postillions in the past week - 41-45-47-56-59-57-54-53-64-102

[AoG] Killing Grounds - 216.52.148.71:27015 - positions in the past week - 7-9-11-13-15-18-19-19-20-21 <--- In this case we dropped a rank when the server was full (straight line) all day.

Hello aogtheblade,

While I can understand 50 to 102 seems like a drastic drop, it is actually a very minor drop for CS servers. It is equivalent to a 0.2% drop in rank, as in 50/26000 servers.

Please take a look at the "month" historical graph for the first server you mentioned. It will be pretty easy to see a slight decrease in traffic.

For the second server, it is difficult to determine from the month graph. However, this can be explained by other servers gaining popularity (gaining more than you, if that's the case).

Unfortunately ranks are not static and will never be so you have to be able to 1) maintain traffic and 2) grow, where needed.

Hope this helps.