Are servers on DZAlauncher manipulating their player count somehow? Been play on a server for a while without meeting a player. Then I looked up the server stats.. 0 vs 76 player

How to display player count on your DayZ Standalone Server every 5 minutes (BEC Plugin)

Are these real numbers? I just bought this game today, and got these within the first hour - how is it the other 90% of the player base hasn't? : r/dayz