It's not so much the I'm hardcore, but how did you meet most of your friends when you started playing on live? I would assume MM amirite? As a matter of fact, ALL of my friends are either people who have played with me in customs, who were friends of people I met in matchmaking, or people I met directly in matchmaking a long time ago. It's nearly impossible to meet new people nowadays. As a matter of fact, me and my friend BabySmuggler, who is a friend of a friend that I met in matchmaking, went into a social big team lobby today, and EVERY SINGLE PERSON on the game on both teams was in a party. Get's really annoying.
I no longer even care about winning too much anymore, the last ranked game I've played was like 2 months ago. Lack of communication happens so much to me when I'm playing, that it really doesn't bother me. Instead of complaining about it, maybe it would be better to accept and deal with it? Or get your friends to play with you?
So, everyone seemed to accept the game when there were no parties. @Dow - I don't play Xbox, at all. I was not even aware of parties until now.