diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pong/socket.ts b/frontend/src/pages/pong/socket.ts
index 9c419fd..7a530aa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pong/socket.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pong/socket.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ export type TourInfo = {
 export enum JoinRes {
 	yes = 'yes',
 	no = 'dont ever talk to me or my kid ever again',
-	dev = 'yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa',
 };
 
 export interface ClientToServer {
diff --git a/src/pong/src/game.ts b/src/pong/src/game.ts
index c3c81ee..d21ead9 100644
--- a/src/pong/src/game.ts
+++ b/src/pong/src/game.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ const RIGHT: number = 1;
 export class Pong {
 
 	public gameUpdate: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
+	public userOnPage : [boolean, boolean] = [false, false];
 
 	public static readonly CONCEDED_TIMEOUT: number = 1500;
 
diff --git a/src/pong/src/routes/createPausedGame.ts b/src/pong/src/routes/createPausedGame.ts
index efe0b40..e59a875 100644
--- a/src/pong/src/routes/createPausedGame.ts
+++ b/src/pong/src/routes/createPausedGame.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ const route: FastifyPluginAsync = async (fastify): Promise<void> => {
 		},
 		async function(req, res) {
 			const resp = State.newPausedGame(req.body.user1 as UserId, req.body.user2 as UserId);
-			if (isNullish(resp)) { return (res.makeResponse(404, 'failure', 'createPausedGame.generic.fail')); }
-			// else
-			return (res.makeResponse(200, 'success', 'createPausedGame.success', { gameId: resp }));
+
+			if (isNullish(resp)) { return (res.makeResponse(404, 'failure', 'createPausedGame.userUknown.fail')); }
+			return (res.makeResponse(200, 'success', 'createPausedGame.success', { gameId :resp }));
 		},
 	);
 };
diff --git a/src/pong/src/routes/startPausedGame.ts b/src/pong/src/routes/startPausedGame.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ef2f1c2..0000000
--- a/src/pong/src/routes/startPausedGame.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-import { MakeStaticResponse, typeResponse } from '@shared/utils';
-import { FastifyPluginAsync } from 'fastify';
-import Type, { Static } from 'typebox';
-import { State } from '../state';
-import { PongGameId } from '@shared/database/mixin/pong';
-
-const startPausedGameParam = Type.Object({
-	gameId: Type.String({ description: '\'id\' | <gameid>' }),
-});
-
-type startPausedGameParam = Static<typeof startPausedGameParam>;
-
-const startPausedGameResponse = {
-	'200': typeResponse('success', 'startPausedGame.success', {}),
-	'404': typeResponse('failure', 'startPausedGame.no_such_game'),
-};
-
-type startPausedGameResponse = MakeStaticResponse<typeof startPausedGameResponse>;
-
-const route: FastifyPluginAsync = async (fastify): Promise<void> => {
-	fastify.post<{ Body: startPausedGameParam }>(
-		'/startPausedGame',
-		{
-			schema: {
-				body: startPausedGameParam,
-				response: startPausedGameResponse,
-				operationId: 'pongstartPauseGame',
-			},
-		},
-		async function(req, res) {
-			const resp = State.startPausedGame(req.body.gameId as PongGameId);
-
-			if (resp !== true) { return (res.makeResponse(404, 'failure', 'startPausedGame.generic.fail')); }
-			// else
-			return (res.makeResponse(200, 'success', 'startPausedGame.success'));
-		},
-	);
-};
-export default route;
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diff --git a/src/pong/src/socket.ts b/src/pong/src/socket.ts
index f9dcd4f..6c787ee 100644
--- a/src/pong/src/socket.ts
+++ b/src/pong/src/socket.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ export type TourInfo = {
 export enum JoinRes {
 	yes = 'yes',
 	no = 'dont ever talk to me or my kid ever again',
-	dev = 'yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa',
 };
 
 export interface ClientToServer {
diff --git a/src/pong/src/state.ts b/src/pong/src/state.ts
index 00b961a..d03a7ec 100644
--- a/src/pong/src/state.ts
+++ b/src/pong/src/state.ts
@@ -223,12 +223,9 @@ class StateI {
 	}
 
 	public newPausedGame(suid1: string, suid2: string): GameId | undefined {
-		// if (
-		// 	!this.users.has(suid1 as UserId) ||
-		// 	!this.users.has(suid2 as UserId)
-		// ) {
-		// 	return undefined;
-		// }
+		if (!this.fastify.db.getUser(suid1) || !this.fastify.db.getUser(suid2)) {
+			return undefined;
+		}
 		const uid1: UserId = suid1 as UserId;
 		const uid2: UserId = suid2 as UserId;
 		const g = new Pong(uid1, uid2);
@@ -236,19 +233,10 @@ class StateI {
 		const gameId = newUUID() as unknown as GameId;
 
 		this.games.set(gameId, g);
+		this.fastify.log.info('new paused game \'' + gameId + '\'');
 		return gameId;
 	}
 
-	public startPausedGame(g_id: PongGameId): boolean {
-		let game: Pong | undefined;
-
-		if ((game = this.games.get(g_id)) === undefined) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		this.initGame(game, g_id, game.userLeft, game.userRight);
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	private tournamentIntervalFunc() {
 		const broadcastTourEnding = (msg: string) => {
 			this.users.forEach((u) => {
@@ -387,14 +375,17 @@ class StateI {
 
 	private tryJoinGame(g_id : string, sock : SSocket) : JoinRes {
 		const game_id : PongGameId = g_id as PongGameId;
-		let game : Pong;
 
-		if (this.games.has(game_id) === false)
+		if (this.games.has(game_id) === false) { return (JoinRes.no); }
+		const game : Pong = this.games.get(game_id)!;
+		if (game.local || (game.userLeft !== sock.authUser.id && game.userRight !== sock.authUser.id)) {
 			return (JoinRes.no);
-		game = this.games.get(game_id)!;
-		if (game.local || game.userLeft !== sock.authUser.id || game.userRight !== sock.authUser.id)
-			return  (JoinRes.no);
-		return  (JoinRes.dev);
+		}
+		game.userOnPage[game.userLeft === sock.authUser.id ? 0 : 1] = true;
+		if (game.userOnPage[0] === game.userOnPage[1]) {
+			this.initGame(game, game_id, game.userLeft, game.userRight);
+		}
+		return (JoinRes.yes);
 	}
 
 	public registerUser(socket: SSocket): void {
@@ -586,4 +577,4 @@ export let State: StateI = undefined as unknown as StateI;
 
 export function newState(f: FastifyInstance) {
 	State = new StateI(f);
-}
+}
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