Ok, soooooo ranked search Blows....................but
I think that I may kinda sorta know what is going on.................... the thing is that well ummmmm
you see..........
Gears is based on a leaderboard system that when a ranked search is performed the server tries to hook you up with players of a similar skill level. That means that if People like Hillman10 play every night and get lots of (shotgun) kills then they rank up past everyone else.
While this sucks.................. apparently the leaderboard is wiped clean every month so in a couple of days it should be easy to find each other again as we will be all the same rank. Then naturally it gets harder as the month goes on.
So I believe anyway..................................... its part of the responsibility of us Level 2 Community users to pass on this information.................
Now my fingers are tired and I think I'll leave ranked alone for a couple of days........
Regards .............. The Host with the Most
A far superior product to Mortien