I'm sure that if you play Battle and CTF in public servers such as Sals Impractical Server for a while, you eventually come across someone with a similar skill level (as in, not pro). But yeah, the majority of those hanging out in the duel servers who actually seek out apponents will be considerably more dedicated to skills.

For the event, I'd say it was a big success. Like Trey said, enough oldies joined on friday and saturday night. I dare to say there were more irregular players attending the UB than this year's AB. Next UB should definitely be in either the winter holidays or summer! Also, I loved playing old AB maps I rarely ever played in. Saying it subsequently, kind of missed old maps in this years AB list.