diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Multiplayer/ForceGameplayStartCountdown.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Multiplayer/ForceGameplayStartCountdown.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ec5019a07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Multiplayer/ForceGameplayStartCountdown.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using MessagePack;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Online.Multiplayer
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A <see cref="MultiplayerCountdown"/> started by the server when clients being to load.
+    /// Indicates how long until gameplay will forcefully start, excluding any users which have not completed loading,
+    /// and forcing progression of any clients that are blocking load due to user interaction.
+    /// </summary>
+    [MessagePackObject]
+    public class ForceGameplayStartCountdown : MultiplayerCountdown
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Multiplayer/GameplayStartCountdown.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Multiplayer/GameplayStartCountdown.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index d3d7f78507..0000000000
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Multiplayer/GameplayStartCountdown.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
-// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
-
-using MessagePack;
-
-namespace osu.Game.Online.Multiplayer
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// A <see cref="MultiplayerCountdown"/> indicating that gameplay will start after a given period of time.
-    /// </summary>
-    [MessagePackObject]
-    public class GameplayStartCountdown : MultiplayerCountdown
-    {
-    }
-}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Multiplayer/MultiplayerCountdown.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Multiplayer/MultiplayerCountdown.cs
index 308eea3aef..dbf2ab667b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Multiplayer/MultiplayerCountdown.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Multiplayer/MultiplayerCountdown.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Multiplayer
     /// </summary>
     [MessagePackObject]
     [Union(0, typeof(MatchStartCountdown))] // IMPORTANT: Add rules to SignalRUnionWorkaroundResolver for new derived types.
-    [Union(1, typeof(GameplayStartCountdown))]
+    [Union(1, typeof(ForceGameplayStartCountdown))]
     public abstract class MultiplayerCountdown
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/SignalRWorkaroundTypes.cs b/osu.Game/Online/SignalRWorkaroundTypes.cs
index 00fdadb87e..d1f0ba725f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/SignalRWorkaroundTypes.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/SignalRWorkaroundTypes.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online
             (typeof(TeamVersusRoomState), typeof(MatchRoomState)),
             (typeof(TeamVersusUserState), typeof(MatchUserState)),
             (typeof(MatchStartCountdown), typeof(MultiplayerCountdown)),
-            (typeof(GameplayStartCountdown), typeof(MultiplayerCountdown))
+            (typeof(ForceGameplayStartCountdown), typeof(MultiplayerCountdown))
         };
     }
 }