I built flopathon.cc last weekend - a live Steam player-count tracker where users vote whether a game is a "Flop" or "Hot." The whole thing is Next.js/React pulling public Steam data, behind Cloudflare.

Within 48 hours:

- 24k unique visits, 27k pageviews - Organic coverage from Push Square, TheGamer, OpenCritic - Mentioned by Paul Tassi (Forbes) and Asmongold - DDoS attack on day one that forced a hosting migration - Death threats over a site that shows publicly available numbers - Day two: someone brute-forced the hosting panel for hours

The site uses a Helldivers-inspired aesthetic - over-the-top military language ("targets", "enlist", "field reports") as a comedic framing. Some gaming outlets took it literally and wrote articles calling it "rock bottom."

The coverage drove more traffic than any marketing ever could. Streisand effect in action.

Happy to share Cloudflare analytics screenshots, demo the site, or answer any technical questions. Feel free to DM