Gremxula, I think that i play BW on a competitive level... I'd be impressed if you could beat some of the people I play with. Also, I've never seen you in the Hamachi networks I frequent. I'm sure you could find these experienced, active players you say you want to find very easily.
I've been on your side of this argument for a long time(because of this website), but since I started playing on Hamachi(where the players use 1.3) I've noticed that no one has a problem with it. Seriously, everyone uses it and no one's "game breaks". Have you tried it and noticed that it...
Hamachi still works and some people still use it. Tunngle just seems to be easier to use, less buggy and slightly more active(at least in my opinion). Hamachi may be better in the sense that people there will be willing to help you, join the B&WBeginngers network and you'll find this out very...
http://www.tunngle.net/en/
^The links to download the latest version and sign up can easily be found there. Shouldn't take you more than 10 minutes.
Once you run the program and sign in, search for the Black & White network, or click 'Strategy' in the genre list and you'll see 'Black & White'...