The problem is that I've played FS so much with less than half a dozen people on the server that I've grown very tired of it, and as such never play unless there's at least 7-10 people online.
As for sitting in empty servers, i do. What i do notice alot is people join, never get into game, then get disconnected. Problems their end?
You mean the people who join the server and don't spawn, so that team balance gets messed up as the game thinks they're actually contributing? I have no idea what's up with those. If it's some sort of system malfunction, it needs to be fixed. If it's just that they alt-tab out of FS and do something else while waiting for the next map to start, **** them. It gets on my nerves bit time when I'm in a 3v3 on, say, Mos Espa and suddenly get steamrolled because my two teammates are sitting there idling and I have to take on three people singlehandedly. Servers should kick people who idle for more than 30-60 seconds.
"One of the bitches actually gave birth while she was attacking, and her puppies joined in on the carnage."
--the awesomeness that is Boatmurdered.