Place to meet gamers for co-op [closed]

I am looking for a place to meet similar minded gamers to play co-op with. I know Goozex has the playing now tab, but it is severely under utilized. (Left 4 Dead example). Xbox Live has the recent played with list, but I am looking for something more PC based.

Pretty much I just got Borderlands and looking for ways to play with people, but I want to expand the question for generality.

I would prefer finding people to consistently play with, but for sake of generality, answers can be for both consistent and random people.

Note: I am trying to avoid making this question too specific and subject to closing. Comments or edits to properly modify the question is appreciated.

I usually go about this a few ways.

• Play online and meet people. Joining pubs is a good way to meet good gamers to play with
• Visit the official forums of the game and see who is looking
• Use something like Steam or XFire to find groups of people who like the game. This can be community groups or sub-forums.
• If I find a server run by a group/clan and I am enjoying myself on it then I will usually check out their site. Sometimes it leads to joining, other times it just leads to more friends to play with.

Hope this helps.

Gameranger is an excellent application which allows you to create and join either public or private rooms for over 600 different games, including Borderlands. It comes with a built-in friends list and messenger to help you arrange games with your friends. You don't even need to have the game running when you start the game in the room; Gameranger will automatically open the game you chose and set up the game as though you were using LAN for almost-immediate play. It definitely helps to take away the hassle involved in multiplayer and meet new people playing the same co-op games you are.