Currently a wide majority of people who play tournaments don’t know that they can avoid the ridiculous 5 minute wait if they just click ready. I understand that there is an unobtrusive ready button pop up in the pre-matches which is meant to make people click it. But, you have to understand that people are stupid and probably a majority of us ride the short bus.
So, here is my solution. It is a simple one, I assure you. Just give us a scoreboard popup in the pre-match, you know the one with the green check marks next to the people who have already readied; and make the scoreboard uncloseable and obtrusive. This will force even those of us with the lowest attention spans to pause and give notice.
If this doesn’t work (who knows, humanity never ceases to amaze), you can remove the pre-match entirely and put in a separate lobby where people can ready.
