alosso:
A live lobby would take care of actuality - no left-behinds.
Obviously, there are free chat sites - one has been mentioned here not long ago - a CC uses it for your intended purpose.
Yes agree 100% on live lobby.
Back in 2009, nivlac, iconian, Bollox (i think), and some others had a kind of private-ish free chat room somewhere... set up just for wgt players... u could log on and look for a game... I think they posted the link to it in the forums somewhere... I can't find it now.