I do prefer to stay away from servers that will remain empty. Nothing worse then paying for something that doesn't get used!
If people will use it then that's different. I like to see my servers ALWAYS active at peak time. If not, it's a fail. Maybe my standards are too high now?
What about a regular server? Maybe I could run comp settings on a normal server? I miss playing just regular csgo, since I don't do comps, I don't really play "normal" csgo.