This is typical, yes?

No, not really, I'd say. I get to play my games pretty easily. When there doesn't seem to be much going on in the lobby, it's generally a good idea to ask whether anybody's willing to take/issue a challenge.

Welcome to DB anyway, and see you on the pitch! That will have to wait till tomorrow, though, tonight I'm busy

Usually I don't have to wait more than 10 mins at the most, but due to the low number of players, which is even more fragmented depending on the time of the day, maybe TV restrictions should be relaxed. Waiting for such long periods of times, or not even getting a single game in, on an exclusively online platform could be considered an issue. If we are limited by low number of players (at least for now) that shouldn't prevent us from playing something we paid for, correct?

As Brihaspati mentions, it's not always the case, but it would definitely help! Just IMHO!

well i have 2 of each team set up, one ranked one not. usually on around 7pm GMT so maybe see you then DW

20:30 on a Friday evening, 11 people in the game and only 2 others "on-line" status, ranked MM 10 minutes and counting with TV 1000...

20 minutes now again ^^ and still waiting!

At this hour, took me two minutes. TV 990 MM ranked.

Yes but Reed you are the only person who says that ^^

Yeah -- if you don't count csbear or Brihaspati, and that's just in this thread.

I don't think it has yet been conclusively proven that a majority of the players are having to wait a long time for games. If it were so, wouldn't there be more complaints about it here? People don't usually keep stuff like that to themselves with the tantalizingly inviting forum available right here.

Mind you, I don't know what the truth is. The plural of anecdotes, yours or mine, is not data. I heard it on the Internet, so it must be an anecdote.

Hmm just noticed my Steam download zone was on "US" so could that be having an effect - are lobbies further segregated by country as well as ranked/unranked? I've just switched it to "UK" and I do see more people in the lobby than earlier, but I'll try again over the next few days I guess and hope I get a match...