Researching before game starts

GrandNagusZek wrote:

I have noticed that in games which do to not start until full that you are still able to research.

I (personally) am not able to give any orders to any unit or cities, but in every game I have played which does not start until full, I am able to start researching with my initial resources before the game actually begins.

I don't know if it's intentional, but that is exactly what happened in all of the "starts when full" games I have played to date. This should be less of an issue than it has been in the past when there might be a two or three-day delay in the start of these games. As part of the last round of software updates and bug fixes, all "starts when full" games should now automatically begin at the next daily update following the last player joining the game.