R.yan
classicus.org
starter town is a circle I mean....4 screen wide. If you cant map it yourself its just not the server for you. You have temple and blacksmirth in middle surround by houses and shop.a 3min walk on lvl 8. Then you have the boat south east/task giver. (20sec walk on lvl8).
If you want more players to join and stay on a custom they need directions, also not everyone reads otland. Helping out players with where to find starter hunt spots (cycs, dwarfs, rotworms) should be no problem and NPCs. One of the reasons people play that much realmap over custom is because they know the map and where to hunt, especially at the start.
Once someone is higher level and is a bit further they are more likely to stay then a fresh created character of lvl 8 that quits because he doesn't know where to go.