I just played a very unsatisfying Skirmish round of Demigod. A 4 people game was forming, 3 people connected to each other just fine, but the fourth couldn't connect to anyone. Suddenly that person dissapeared from the connection screen and the game started with only the three of us, without a bot to add a fourth player. Well, let me just say that I didn't had a really good feeling about that from the start and off course I was killed over and over without much chance to win.
I know some people hate to play against bots, but a game like this is just stupid as I don't think there is anyway anyone can win 2 to 1. In a case like this, I think the game shouldn't have started at all, or added a bot. Even with a bot I probably would have lost anyway, but at least I'd feel as if I had a chance.