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When a game starts in the HOI channel, the players and the game, disappear from the display. So you only see players who are waiting or games that are being rehosted after a crash. Existing, multi-session games often use other channels like Common and COTN to avoid gate-crashers and problem players.

There are quite a few players out there but you need to be patient and lurk in the HOI channel for a while to get familiar with them. Or check out the group threads here and make contact via the forum and/or ICQ.

Andrew
 
You can also be proactive and find a group to play with, then you can have (semi)-regular game sessions and get all the HoI you need. :D