For the "alternate" servers, I know that only used servers make any obvious sense, which is why RealCTF and other servers went downhill from disuse quickly.
But on the other hand, when such a server exists, you always have the ability to join it once in a while and bring buddies along. We now have MonsterMash and it IS being used now, but we have no Domination server either.
Also, Smirftsch has brought back Oldunreal's Serpentine server (and it was promptly teeming with life), but as fate had it it crashed again hard and now the server is gone until someone attends to the box. I was about to suggesting having a few "replacement" servers setup (I don't suppose harddrive space would be a problem??) for our friends' servers like that one at Oldunreal - that would include giving Smirftsch admin of course. We could launch any such replacement once the downed server is detected... Serpentine would be well worth it too I think, I was amazed how many people joined it again. It would have to carry the identical name and config as the original server (oldunreal in this case, so Smirftsch would have to help set it up - maplist etc) only with something like "(backup server }TCP{ hosted)" in the name.... well just a thought
