GL getting new TF2 servers going.
You can have all the servers in the world, but if you don’t have people on them every day keeping them going or starting them once they are empty, they are doomed to fail.
Not much TF2 community here at WCU either. I would gander there is a higher chance of getting 1.6 going again rather than TF2. I see at least 10 of the old regulars on at random times of the day each day.
That being said, if you guys get a PL/PLR server going, I will help populate it. Only thing I play outside DiG.
If its just a question of making them more fun, I suggest trying a different idle map. There are more with bigger arenas, things to do, and glitches to exploit.