How to find a server with actual players?

[Yuumi main]

I noticed most servers have a fake player count, and only a few of them have a couple of players actually playing. Is there a way to know which ones are real? Like a third party website or something that helps.

[hot dog beginner]

https://www.quakeservers.net/quake3/servers/so=8/ check scores and pings to find the hoomans

[Yuumi main]

Originally posted by ^1g^7nasty:

https://www.quakeservers.net/quake3/servers/so=8/ check scores and pings to find the hoomans

Another thing, how do I connect to servers with words on the Ip? The game only backs to the main menu screen when I try to do that, only number ips let me join the game.

[hot rocker]

https://discord.gg/GdTXZ88x cpma pugs here

[Tenta]

Originally posted by Stranger:

https://discord.gg/GdTXZ88x cpma pugs here

Discord link expired.

Originally posted by ^1g^7nasty:

https://www.quakeservers.net/quake3/servers/so=8/ check scores and pings to find the hoomans

I checked but when i enter servers with "Players". They are ALL spectating.

[MissingNo.]

Originally posted by Yuumi main:

I noticed most servers have a fake player count, and only a few of them have a couple of players actually playing. Is there a way to know which ones are real? Like a third party website or something that helps.

q3retro has an active community ffa.q3retro.com:27960

[MissingNo.]

Originally posted by Tenta:

Originally posted by Stranger:

https://discord.gg/GdTXZ88x cpma pugs here

Discord link expired.

Originally posted by ^1g^7nasty:

https://www.quakeservers.net/quake3/servers/so=8/ check scores and pings to find the hoomans

I checked but when i enter servers with "Players". They are ALL spectating.

ffa.q3retro.com:27960

[Freundschaftsbunder]

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Gametracker, which actually has a zero tolerance policy for ranking servers that contain fake clients (across all games). The interface is also useful for identifying when servers that normally use fake clients have real players online. If you see "NR" where a ranking would usually be, then the server is known to Gametracker as one that uses fake clients.

https://www.gametracker.com/search/q3/

[Yuumi main]

Originally posted by Ｃａｓｔｌｅ．:

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Gametracker, which actually has a zero tolerance policy for ranking servers that contain fake clients (across all games). The interface is also useful for identifying when servers that normally use fake clients have real players online. If you see "NR" where a ranking would usually be, then the server is known to Gametracker as one that uses fake clients.

https://www.gametracker.com/search/q3/

I had tried the first server, the german one with 22 slots, and it did have real players there. Not sure why I didnt try the other ones, but at least one server in this list is real and almost always full.

[IIRevenant]

You can wait til the server list refreshes on the Multiplayer tab. I´ve just played some matches right there with random guys on random servers, along a surprisingly good ping.

[Freundschaftsbunder]

Originally posted by Yuumi main:

Originally posted by Ｃａｓｔｌｅ．:

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Gametracker, which actually has a zero tolerance policy for ranking servers that contain fake clients (across all games). The interface is also useful for identifying when servers that normally use fake clients have real players online. If you see "NR" where a ranking would usually be, then the server is known to Gametracker as one that uses fake clients.

https://www.gametracker.com/search/q3/

I had tried the first server, the german one with 22 slots, and it did have real players there. Not sure why I didnt try the other ones, but at least one server in this list is real and almost always full.

Glad I could help! Q3Retro is pretty active, but only during the evenings (North America). In the meantime they pad their servers with fake clients, which is a shame. Their CTF and FFA servers almost exclusively run custom maps too.

[Banshee]

Www.quake3server.com will also filter out servers full of bots if your looking for humans

[Banshee]

more people should download and check out www.lrctf.com/public/alliance for the mod, but also the maps which work with other mods :) some of the most interesting maps ever

[Banshee]

Originally posted by Banshee:

more people should download and check out www.lrctf.com/public/alliance for the mod, but also the maps which work with other mods :) some of the most interesting maps ever

oops, move to www.alliancectf.com

[Freundschaftsbunder]

Originally posted by Banshee:

Www.quake3server.com will also filter out servers full of bots if your looking for humans

I think you mean https://www.quakeservers.net/

[Banshee]

Originally posted by Red China:

Originally posted by Banshee:

Www.quake3server.com will also filter out servers full of bots if your looking for humans

I think you mean https://www.quakeservers.net/

nope, www.quake3server.com gets it done for me