Server "Shotty's House" is faking player count

There is a server out there called "Shotty's House" which is faking players. It always says it has 8/12 players, even when it's empty.

I would tell you more about the server, like DNS or IP, but the server list UI is a pile of crap.

There was one server, Brain-something that had similar going, wasn't sure if it was a bug or intentional

I've noticed a couple doing that recently. It allows for a max of 4 players(or 6 in the one case), so I'm thinking it might be someone's personal setup.

No idea if its intentional, but it is annoying.

It's intentional. On TF2, it can get your server blacklisted, I'm pretty sure. It's definitely unethical.

Basically, people look for servers with players playing, not empty ones. So, this makes servers artificially popular.

Server and operator deserves to be blacklisted.