Game requests take a number of weeks yes, you'll know whether it was accepted or denied whenever kirk has the time to look at it

All game requests are currently handled manually, and yes it's possible for the queue to get backlogged, especially with 300+ requests per month - http://www.speedrun.com/statistics

Until there is a base set of rules for mods to go off for accepting new games, Kirkq handles them all. Hold tight, they may just be busy with life at the moment.

It's ideally a deadline. It slipped a bit. I think it's caught up to 7 or 8 days behind as of last night.