From e1fb9121af97f09c2fb4ec9902243d98153d9c4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxmtg <maxmtg@cardforge.org>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:27:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] hotseat: NPE fix at the beginning of 2nd match

---
 src/main/java/forge/game/GameAction.java | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/forge/game/GameAction.java b/src/main/java/forge/game/GameAction.java
index a31068cd137..39013c6bf8d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/forge/game/GameAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forge/game/GameAction.java
@@ -1487,6 +1487,12 @@ public class GameAction {
                 }
             }
         }
+        
+        if ( goesFirst == null ) { 
+            // This happens in hotseat matches when 2 equal lobbyplayers play. 
+            // Noone of them has lost, so cannot decide who goes first .
+            goesFirst = game.getPlayers().get(0); // does not really matter who plays first - it's controlled from the same computer.
+        }
     
         boolean willPlay = goesFirst.getController().getWillPlayOnFirstTurn(isFirstGame);
         goesFirst = willPlay ? goesFirst : goesFirst.getOpponent();