Real players and flagged servers

Most of Counter-Strike 1.6’s and CS2’s server lists fake their numbers: bots named like people, rosters copied from other servers, crowds that never move. LobbyVerse asks every server for its player list, compares it with what the server claims and with Steam’s own count, and watches over time.

A server’s status says where it stands:

Status	Meaning
listed	Checked, and its players look real. Lists, rankings and counts include it
pending	Not checked yet: new, or rechecked after a flag lifted
flagged	Its numbers look fake. It’s left out of lists, rankings and every count

/v1/servers returns listed servers. Add status=flagged to list the flagged ones instead. Each flagged server’s flagged_reasons (on /v1/servers/{address}) say why:

Reason	Meaning
impossible_slots	More slots than the game allows, or more players than slots
future_version	CS2 only: a version newer than Steam’s own
missing_names	Claims a crowd but lists far fewer named players, twice in a row
frozen_roster	The same players “connected” for over a day: fake clients that never leave
name_pool	Its player names were on other servers elsewhere at the same moment
flat_crowd	A crowd that hasn’t moved in a day, with too few different players
steam_sees_nobody	Claims 10+ players while Steam’s own list counts none
nameless_players	Claims players but its player list is empty
silent_crowd	Claims players but its player list never answers
shared_roster	The same players as another server on its IP at the same moment
farm_ip	Its IP runs mostly fake servers

Flags lift on their own when the evidence goes. An owner who thinks theirs is wrong can ask for a review from their server’s page.