Game starts too early

See minimap, as to units not moving


See minimap, as to units finally start moving after 7 & a half minutes

Facts:

1. Mak is from a country with a poor internet connection (from conversations from yesterday);
   
2. Yesterday, the first game, I played with Mak took about 20 minutes to start;
   
3. The second game took about 5 minutes to start;
   
4. Important: this started as another bug, showing 100% completed load by Mak (this bug happens about 5% of the time; I will file a report on it later, as its now more relevant);
   
5. I am on a very fast connection, so I quickly got to 100% - probably before the 2nd packet arrived from Mak, indicating loading was really at 0%;
   
6. I was therefore put into the game, while it was still loading for Mak
   
7. The total time until the units started moving was about 7 & a half minutes (which is average load time with Mak as a cooperative partner, based on about 5 games together).
   

I suspect the actual bug is item #4 above -- and due to the fast difference between Mak's & my connection it triggered the interesting effect of me ending in the game before it started.

I have frequently had the same experience. I don't know what is causing it, but it never took 7.5 mins. for me. Sometimes it barely lasted for seconds, sometimes longer (1-2 mins). Whenever the other player (being stuck in loading screen, so re-starting the game) would disconnect, the game would begin instantly.