Been going to sleep at 7 PM and waking up at like 2 AM for the past week and half, thus EMC during downtime.
When that happens I usually run around town screaming out I'm taking over this smp unless someone says no....But no-one does. Embrace it become King of the place.
Normally when I'm awake in the morning not many people are on because of time zones, I may be awake at 9 am where I am but that is 4 am EMC time etc. so there aren't many people to talk to.
When that happens to me I usually try to invite the whole server over to my residence. Sometimes it actually works