REZ: you have to click "Modes" at the bottom left and click the modes you are interested in to highlight them. These will be the modes matchmaking is going to pick games in for you (unless you pick, for example, just a single mode with no games currently open, then you may land up in a completely random mode; simply leave the game without ever taking your first turn then).
I'm still AThousandD, on UK1. Can a mod/OP please edit the first page with new handles, pretty please?
Edit: Oh, and Moyako - if you get that bug, cancel the connection and retry. Usually helps, as the grand server sometimes freezes and you just have to resend your query.