public games

[codierose]

Are public games dead ? do anyone join them anymore ? with 4617 games waiting how long have these been waiting to fill ?
with the addition of Other games, Bot Games, Scenarios and Campaigns is there just to much to choose from or is it the great decline ?

[IcePack]

I still create / join them from time to time.
I'm sure there's some sets of combinations / maps that sit for awhile, for sure take longer to find players but that's natural I think with less players onsite.

[riskllama]

pretty much all i play are public games. the exceptions are clan games and the odd private game i get invited to.

[iAmCaffeine]

It's pretty obvious: less active players = less waiting public games. Plus, the "hardcore clan players" often restrict themselves to just clan games and perhaps a handful of others. I, personally, constantly have public games waiting for other players, usually team or poly. I rarely play bot games, campaigns are the latest farming method and scenarios are just a waste of time.

[owenshooter]

Are public games dead ? do anyone join them anymore ? with 4617 games waiting how long have these been waiting to fill ?
with the addition of Other games, Bot Games, Scenarios and Campaigns is there just to much to choose from or is it the great decline ?

do what the rest of us long timers have done... change the type of games you play, to get people playing them... my dubs partner vanishes, that was 90% of what i played... so, i now play poly.. the maps i like, people aren't into anymore... they want the over complicated/build maps... so, most of my games are set to RANDOM map... do i enjoy it? it is different and i play maps i would never play under any other circumstance... most importantly, i can keep 15-20 active games if i choose, which is right around what i like to manage... just figure something out to interest you and that is outside of your comfort zone... you may find some new challenges that way...-Jésus noir