Not long ago, I was thinking "wow, I love Demigod . . . and I'm doing really well at these multiplayer matchs!" Then, I realized that these multiplayer matches were, for some reason or another, against bots. This was all during a transition phase, with beta versions and all that: I figured that had something to do with that.
Last night, I fired up Demigod again, and played a ranked match. The other three players all had ping's! REAL PEOPLE! And my team won!
The game remains a great deal of fun. I match last night went smoothly (it took a while to find a match, but once it found one I was connected pretty quickly), so I hope that Stardock and GPG are past their history of Demigod problems. Personally, I think it's time for a massive heavily-hyped tournament, to show people that it's time to come back.