You get a squad together. Great first session. Next week, nobody shows.
For adult gamers, no-shows are not just people being flaky. They happen because most LFG setups have no structure.
Why no-shows happen
1) Saying "I'm in" means nothing
On Reddit and Discord, anyone can commit with no track record, no plan, and no downside to disappearing.
2) Scheduling stays vague
"Friday night" means different things to different people. Without a fixed slot, every session turns into a new scheduling conversation and people drop off.
3) The group is random every time
One-off strangers do not have momentum yet. When life happens, your session is easy to skip.
4) One cancellation kills the whole night
Most groups never set a rule for interruptions, so one no-show collapses the plan.
The fix
Pick a recurring slot (example: Tue 9-11pm). Keep pods small (3-5 people). Set one reliability rule: quick heads-up if you can't make it, and you still play if one person can't.
Match in this order: schedule overlap → game → vibe.
That's how you stop rebuilding a group every week.
PodUp is built around this idea: matching busy adults into weekly pods based on schedule, game, and vibe so the squad survives real life.