oh ojk,l can NOT wait to play sanctuary looks cool,
its nice that you have completely custom game modes was really only curious about this, i remember a week or 2 ago there was an issue, and (btw i think still like this) when you type /servers it shows that as "down" but me and my friend (thorn) tryied joining, then we crashed and had to like task man to close gmod and steam lmao. then maybe a few days ago we were able to join but needed 2 more players to join lol.
i think (this also works for the TTT server me and thorn exclusively play on) (i know tech afk isnt liked, BUT if afk and not earning token then no buig deal (meaning not using like +right to spin to avoid getting thrown to afk etc) then having a few people on alot, then people will join. advertising, etc. not sure how long this as been around but being the only server with this game mode. it maybe hard for most to come across it.
so i believe same goes for the bttt, if 3-4 players where to stay on it, then people would join, and get on. but no one joins empty server usually lol.