Yeah, I can't say any of the Great Old Ones have ever made an appearance in the COC games I've run... our games are more like Holmes and Moriarty... where Holmes knew he was out there, somewhere... but didn't really come face to face with him until that last fatal moment (which we've never gone too)...
Also, I think people assume that every game of COC has to be about some Earth shattering plot they need to thwart... whereas I think it works just as well, if not better, to keep the focus more personal... closer to home... a lot can be done with just wierd cultists and minor Mythos entities... as well as the occasional string of games that have no Mythos content at all.
I think the D&D legacy sets people up to expect 'over the top' adventures in their RPGs... bright colors, lots of magic... then they get to COC and the magic is kind of off-limits and the colors are a lot more subtle... some people thrive on that and other get turned off...
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