When waiting for players to join a game, you now remain in the lobby which is allowing you to chat with other players.
Try quitting while waiting, try joining twice the same game, close the browser and go back to the game (you should be taken back into the Waiting for players mode).
Basically, try to mess up the "waiting mode" and report any bugs found.
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