Just so it’s said, passing out lots of reserved slots when the server is still in steady linear growth is a bad idea. You’ll reach the point where the regulars will start complaining about getting kicked all the time for reserved slots at which point you get to choose between running off new players or *edited*ing off old ones by cutting back on the reserved slots. Better to avoid that decision if you can. Unless of course Liam is setting those slots to be for reserved only and it doesn’t kick anyone for them, in which case there are no consequences except loads of win. (Not sure how CS16 mods do reserved)
If it were me I would set reserved to admins only and set it to 3. That way you know admins can get on to do their job and it still encourages those who are regulars to come here to be active and get admin. As a jumpstart you can do like they did with TF2 and lower the requirements for admins to get the server started (for a very limited time and handpicked people only).