Why do I Never Get Paired in Bughouse

I just tried and played a bughouse game without issues. Which problem are you facing, please?

Sometimes it does take a few minutes to find a partner, but every time I have looked I found one in < 5minutes 

And I would advise that the best way to play bughouse is to play with a friend  

The time control has to be 3 min for fastest match.

hmm. Maybe your too low rated? 

I'm 800 and I get paired instantly.

We’re both low rated.

this is a sad forum

I never see bughouse on openchallenges (unless I set the challenge myself), is it a setting that I need to change?

no it's a computer only feature so...

no, but yeah, but ... please finish your sentence (I'm listening) - It doesn't make sense. If I can set an open challenge, other people must be able to see it in order to join, but I can never see their's. Is there a special place to look?

You're supposed to either join the pool or challenge a friend. They aren't on the same server as the Live Games Open Challenges because App users can't play those games. Yet.

Okay, thanks for responding. I am still not quite clear, can you please clarify - how do we "join the pool"?
I am using a browser not the app, I have no trouble with King of the Hill or Crazyhouse or Live960, it is only bughouse that never appears on Live Chess Open Challenges unless I make the challenge myself - but it does appear there when I do.

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frfr it takes so much time tf

still struggling with this same issue in 2024. kind of ridiculous if you ask me. chess.com, please make this easier and more clear. new players that want to play bughouse can't find bughouse games!!

I hate it when i get paired to a person that is just plain useless, i had checkmate and i needed only one piece and somehow in that time my partner just lost half of their inventory.