I support Gyuri's idea about blitz timers.

I know some players would like to play real-time games, which is hypothetically not even impossible - however not enforceable - with the current settings on the site. Even with the strictest settings what all we can hope for is other players' willingness to play real-time, which hardly leads to the desired outcome, so games stuck, get frustrating and last several days as opposed to ~2 hrs.

To my mind, both the name of the game and the setting of the game is quite indicative for a hosted real-time game. People should ration themselves consciously to these games based on personal preferences and availability respecting the purpose of the hosted game, but apparently this is hardly the case, because they tend to be ruined by some players that don't pay attention to the games they are about to join.