Then explain why there are about a maximum of two populated servers, ever...I'm not the only one who feels this way.

Trust me, you don't want to play that steaming pile of crap game called Unreal Tournament 3. The original Unreal Tournament was incredibly more enjoyable, more innovative, and most surely held my attention more than 2.3 minutes. Epic is a worthless company, they no longer make good video games, they make Microsoft Games.