Either way, we've grown by word of mouth. We haven't done any real advertising, and to be honest for a revival project we're doing pretty well. People dont seem to understand how cartographer works or just didn't like halo 2, that's the only reason i can think of big YouTubers not giving Cartographer any coverage.
The community is comprised of lurkers, that's just how it has always been. There can be tons of servers up and running and it wont make a difference because you have 10 or so guys watching the server list waiting for someone to join a game. More people should take the incentive to fill servers rather than join the people who wait.