I got this game last Christmas and looked forward to playing on it, especially the versus mode, which was my all time favourite mode from the first game. So I went to hop on and search for a game and it says that it cannot find any open games and reverts me to creating a lobby. I thought "Oh well, new game, a patch will come along and fix this" as apparently, quite a lot of people in my country (NZ) have this problem. The only way I could play with other players was if I joined them directly or lucked out and managed to get a game - this has only happened twice in the year I've had the game, the first a really laggy English gather game, and the second a survival game. 
 
I decided to revisit the game again these holidays and thought "Surely I'll be able to search and find some games". Nope! No luck! This is the only game that I cannot connect to any games - sure I'm not saying my connection is the best, but I can at least FIND games on other titles! And then they only lag badly every ten or so games. So my connection clearly isn't the problem. Could it be the game? Well I managed to get all the games I needed on Left 4 Dead 1 without a problem. Valve? I've played both Left 4 Dead 1 and Team Fortress 2 many many times online and never had a problem. In addition, I know for a fact that many NZ'rs hae experienced similar problems (it was in an online news review), but then again, I know several who don't have the same problems. 
 
So, what the hell is the problem??? It basically takes away 80% of the fun from the game! Can someone please explain to me why the game cannot find me a lobby considering all the above factors that prove I'm not a special case and am capable of finding games elsewhere? It's very frustrating! : (

Maybe you need to forward some ports. I have no idea why you wouldn't be able to find matches in only one game. Very odd. Move to Australia; maybe they have better internet there. :P

Or not... : (