The reason we’ve been given for not being able to do anything while queuing is that people could be stuck in a loading screen or cutscene or whatever when the queue pops.
So why not send people straight into a custom server the moment they start queuing? You can even allocate special servers for this purpose with no score/time limit if you’re really worried about the loading screen at the end of the match and turn the whole thing into a warm-up arena. Players that leave the server will also leave the queue (with a warning popup). Could even put a trading post and merchant in the spawn areas of these special servers.
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