Bad Company 2 no longer a ghost-town.
I'd given up on BC2 a while back when the servers began to empty into BF3.
Joy of joys, it seems quite a few people have returned to BC2 recently and I've had some great matches. BF3 does have a lot of merits and there are certainly some things that are sorely missed, but BC2 still really holds it's own ( and demolishing Arica Harbour/Oasis/White Pass is still just as much fun as I remember ).
If anyone else missed BC2 but thought no-one played any more, now's a good time to come back. Just thought I'd share.