In these times it's impossible to make a new popular ET server... The most popular servers exist few years I've seen only one server opened in 2010 which has some players not omni-bots... Ripjaw, just a tip, don't install shit omni-bots. Organise some regular players for your server (e.g. clan members) and show all ET communities that somebody cares about the server, I am sure you'll get few new players after some weeks.