@mattedmonds I like this. Good Idea.
Feature request - delayed start and notification sounds

loudness options every 10 seconds as a warning the game will soon start
"Loudness" what are you using the bathroom and need to know when to cut? LOL I could care less for sounds AS LONG as there is an option to disable them for the many of us who don't want this. Personally I wouldn't want them/it but with an option as in Live Chess to disable them I'm for it.
Given that most people seem to be using the rating range selector now, it seems to take 15+ minutes to get matched. In that time everyone goes off and does other things on the net.
Given things have changed, the sequence to start a game should match this. Perhaps a 30 second delay for red to start and a countdown with a range of loudness options every 10 seconds as a warning the game will soon start