30 Mar 11, 11:53PM
It's very frustrating indeed. Especially the people that seem to seriously enjoy matches with 15+ people on maps not meant for that sort of player load (currently ac_douze seems to be a great favourite here).
My suggestion is to find an empty server - there are usually only a handful filled out of 150-200 registered servers, so there should be no trouble finding one even with an acceptable ping - just start your game there, people will join; there are enough people I've talked to who find this situation as deplorable as we do.
Another idea is to join an IRC-channel to find people and agree beforehand on what kind of match you'd all enjoy playing.
My suggestion is to find an empty server - there are usually only a handful filled out of 150-200 registered servers, so there should be no trouble finding one even with an acceptable ping - just start your game there, people will join; there are enough people I've talked to who find this situation as deplorable as we do.
Another idea is to join an IRC-channel to find people and agree beforehand on what kind of match you'd all enjoy playing.