From 1e974a74d61d5276374b50ffd793524955f87cf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: informaniac <informaniac@shodan.local>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 18:11:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] moved creation of the socket into main function

---
 games/ttrs.py | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/games/ttrs.py b/games/ttrs.py
index 51ee92b..a816156 100755
--- a/games/ttrs.py
+++ b/games/ttrs.py
@@ -243,13 +243,7 @@ class BalanceTtrsPlayer(TtrsPlayer, threading.Thread):
         self.start()
 
     def run(self):
-        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-        try:
-            sock.connect(self.addr)
-        except ConnectionRefusedError:
-            print('could not connect to balance server', file=sys.stderr)
-            self.evt = PlayerEvent.QUIT
-            return
+
         self.running = True
         evt = None
         oldevt = None
@@ -481,6 +475,14 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     seed = random.random()
     games = []
+    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    host, port = args.balance.split(':')
+    try:
+        sock.connect(host, port)
+    except ConnectionRefusedError:
+        print('could not connect to balance server', file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
     def start_game(player_id, xpos):
         pg = Playground(10, 16)
         if args.pygame: