jerc This many players it should be like number 2 or 3 on gametracker and I've never noticed it.
They have it as not rated on gametracker because of the fake players, at least that is how it was last time I looked at it.
the_cowboy The way to know real human players is to type !stats and that yields a list of human players present.
With the v436 browser you could easily tell without entering the server as real players were listed as Registered in the ngstats column. Now, you need Xbrowser to tell without entering -- it shows a red exclamation mark if there are fake players and if you hover on that it lists the real number. Once in the server, you can also tell by looking at the F2 server info screen or by checking mapvote.