Well I tried something different today. I have about a dozen people on my friends list and usually just play with them. This morning no one was on so I decided to try something new, and just join someone else's game. After 2 hours and multiple tries where people dropped out left and right, I finally got into a threesome that actually played.
There was myself, (pro) from California, CMY4RE (pro) from New Zealand, and Cheester (amature) from Mexico. I know I'm not supposed to name names here, but this is GOOD :-), not bad. You couldn't ask for 3 more different backgrounds, but we got along great. Poor Cheester doesn't speak english, but his typing is suprisingly (is that a word?) readable. It's winter in New Zealand, summer here. We had such a good time chattin that I don't think anyone really paid attention to the score. We taught Cheester a little english, he taught us a little spanish, I even learned that kapi (pronounced Ka-pie) means thankyou in native New Zealander.
So you see, even if you are havin trouble with a group, just keep trying and sooner or later you will find good people. They're out there, and now I have a couple more friends on my list.
Thanks WGT