Just for the heck of it, I thought I'd log a night of Pantheon activity, and hopefully give those who might like it an accurate snapshot of the situation.
Summation on the top, feel free to skip reading the part starting with Details: 
Demigod 1.00.0114, May 22nd 2009 log:
Total stats:
29 match attempts, 6 successful.
3 games beginning with all human players. (one unenjoyable due to negative sim speed)
1 "even" AI match (due to disconnects during waiting for players)
3 "uneven" AI matches (2 due to disconnects during waiting for players)
Time spent:
~77 mins in uneven AI matches.
~26 mins in "even" AI matches.
~120 mins in human matches (45 of which was an entirely unenjoyable neg sim speed).
~75 mins waiting for failed games.
Longest time between "successful" matches:
44 minutes.
Details:
18:13 Entering Pantheon
18:15 match attempting to be made (3AI, 3 humans)
18:16 match starts (Cataract), Light side all human!
18:35 match ends after winning flag cap at 9000 with giants destroying citadel.
Match didn't register at all.
18:35 Entering Pantheon
18:36 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
18:38 quit, after 2 players fail to connect to the others
18:39 Entering Pantheon
18:40 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
18:42 player quits after connection status bumping up and down
18:43 Entering Pantheon
18:43 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
18:44 match starts (Prison fortress)
19:23 Light won (2 regs and a sedna vs 2 TB's and a QoT) (Close till 7, then 2x 3 mines overtake them)
Match registered as win for the 2 other players on my team, loss for me. Yay.
19:24 Entering Pantheon
19:25 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
19:26 Player leaves after 2 ppl fail to connect
19:26 Entering Pantheon
19:28 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
19:30 Player leaves after 1 player fails to connect
19:30 *SHORT BREAK*
19:41 Entering Pantheon
19:44 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
19:45 Player leaves after 3 ppl fail to connect
19:45 Entering Pantheon
19:48 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
19:50 I left after connection window going back to "Finding a suitable game"
19:52 Entering Pantheon
19:55 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
19:56 Player leaves after 1 person fails to connect
19:56 AFK Phone
20:17 Entering Pantheon
20:18 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
20:19 Player leaves after 1 person fails to connect
20:19 Entering Pantheon
20:21 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
20:23 Quit the attempt after 1 player goes from none to connected to all, but does not show up in any of the other players connected list. Connection window is by this time back to "Searching for a suitable game"
20:24 Entering Pantheon
20:26 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
20:27 match starts (Prison fortress) (3 players drop during "Waiting for players screen"), 1 reg + AI sedna + AI oak vs 2 UB and AI QoT
21:04 Light side wins. (15 AI kills for dark side total 10-8-0, 7 AI kills for light side total 21-1-1)
Match registered as win, loss for those who disco'ed.
21:14 Entering Pantheon
21:17 Leave connection attempt after same procedure as 20:23...
21:18 Entering Pantheon
21:20 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
21:22 I cancel after one person has not connected to anyone, and my screen's back to "Finding a suitable game"
21:23 Entering Pantheon
21:25 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
21:26 Player leaves after 1 person fails to connect
21:27 Entering Pantheon
21:27 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
21:26 Player leaves after 1 person fails to connect
21:28 Entering Pantheon
21:30 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
21:31 I cancel after two people has not connected to anyone, and my screen's back to "Finding a suitable game"
21:32: Entering Pantheon
21:33: match attempting to be made (6 humans)
21:35: Player leaves after 1 person fails to connect
21:35: Entering Pantheon
21:36: match attempting to be made (6 humans)
21:37: Player leaves after tho people fails to connect
21:37: Entering Pantheon
21:38: match attempting to be made (6 humans)
21:38: Player leaves after 1 person fails to connect
21:39: Entering Pantheon
21:40: match attempting to be made
21:41: I quit, still waiting for connection data
21:42: Entering Pantheon
21:42: match attempting to be made
21:43: I quit, still waiting for connection data
21:44: Entering Pantheon
21:45: match attempting to be made
21:46: I quit, still waiting for connection data
DEMIGOD RESTART
21:48: Entering Pantheon
21:48: match attempting to be made (6 humans) 3v3 on Brothers, 2 players with negative sim speed...
22:33: Game FINALLY over. Light won
Game registered correctly.
22:34: Entering Pantheon
22:36: match attempting to be made (6 humans)
22:37: One player who can't connect gets kicked, rest return to Finding players... and eventually leave.
22:38 Entering Pantheon
22:42 I quit, still waiting for connection data
DEMIGOD RESTART
22:45 Entering Pantheon
22:46 match attempting to be made (6 humans)
22:47 Game starts, one dark player disconneced at the Waiting for players... screen
23:08 Game ends, both erebus dark players quit during match, after getting pwned repeatedly by reg+rook
Game recorded as win for lightside players, loss for all darkside including one disconnected before game started.
23:11 Entering Pantheon
23:14 match attempting to be made (6 humans)'
23:15 Game starts, all connected!!!!!!!! (Conquest Zikurat 2 regs and a sedna vs 2 ub's and a ere)
23:35 The erebus quits after getting doublesnipe-killed for the 3rd time.
23:51 Match ends. Light wins.
Game is recorded correctly.
23:55 Entering Pantheon
23:57 all players connect
23:59 game starts, Structured Defense on Leviathan, 2 players have disconnected. rook, one reg and AI reg vs. reg(!), UB and AI UB
00:25 Game ends, light wins.
Game registered correctly.
END LOG
