AFK SEEDING MODE
Leave a tab open and forget about it. Once the server starts filling up, Squad opens on its own and drops you into the match: the game does not have to be running, and you do not have to sit there watching the player count. The tab keeps watch for you.
- 1Open the tab and allow your browser to launch Steam.
- 2Go do something else. The tab waits on its own, costing nothing.
- 3Once it hits 20 players, Squad opens and you are in.
The more people waiting at once, the sooner the match starts: seeding is a coordination problem, not a willingness one. This is how you make the kick-off without staring at a screen.
We also announce every seeding on the SPH Discord, if you would rather be pinged.
WHAT IS SEEDING?
Joining a nearly empty server to populate it — “planting the seed” — until the match really kicks off and more people join. A server does not fill itself.
WHY IT MATTERS
Without seeders there is no server. Every SPH match starts because someone got there first and stuck around. Seeding keeps the server alive and guarantees matches for everyone.
WHO KEEPS IT RUNNING
In Squad, SPH is one of the longest-running communities in the world: a public server, seeding, an Academy and one of the oldest competitive teams on the international scene.
HOW THE THRESHOLD WORKS
SEEDING PHASE
Fighting is limited to the central flag: restriction zones stop you from pushing into enemy territory.
NO PENALTIES
No ticket bleed and no punishment for deaths: the goal is to play and fill the server.
PLAYER THRESHOLD
Once 50 players are in, the server switches to LIVE PHASE.
LIVE PHASE
The match starts in AAS mode with 100 tickets per side.
SEEDING RULES
Do not attack the enemy main base.
Fight only around the central flag.
Respect the restriction zones.
Build garrisons and FOBs for your team.
Communicate and coordinate: seeding is teamwork too.
Keep it friendly: this is where community is built.
REWARDS
At SPH we value the people who seed: the first ones on the field are what make every match possible.
WHITELIST FOR 24h
XP TOWARDS YOUR NEXT RANK
THE PRIDE OF GETTING THE SERVER UP
HOW TO TAKE PART
Join our Discord.
Connect to the server when we announce seeding.
Follow the code of conduct.
Stay until it fills: every player counts.
Connect when we announce seeding on Discord and be among the first on the field.
Seeding keeps the server alive inside the game. Patreon and Twitch keep it alive outside. One fills the server; the other sustains the infrastructure that makes it possible.
