Seeing as how custom maps "MAY" come soon i have to say this even though that wyk suggested many good things in here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/commen..._first/cfv8r5a
He still missed a point and that's the fact that custom lobbies are dead because hosts go afk and don't come up because they're tired of waiting for people to return, so how about if each time that the slots get filled Dota starts glowing just like it does when you find a match or your game starts? Would surely help with hosts who minimized.
http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/commen..._first/cfv8r5a
He still missed a point and that's the fact that custom lobbies are dead because hosts go afk and don't come up because they're tired of waiting for people to return, so how about if each time that the slots get filled Dota starts glowing just like it does when you find a match or your game starts? Would surely help with hosts who minimized.