   addPlayer: (newPlayer) ->
     @players.push(newPlayer)
     if @start
-      @sendGameStarted()
+      @sendGameStarted(newPlayer.socket)
 
   addWord: (player, word) ->
     # if moderator has not started the game

      @DbHelper.createGame @topic, (res)=>
        @gameId = res

      @sendGameStarted()
      if @gameLength
          cb = () =>
              @gameOver()

      @topic = topic
      @io.sockets.emit "new topic", @topic

  sendGameStarted: (socket) ->
      elapsed = Date.now() - @startTime
      socket.emit "game started",
          gameLength: @gameLength
          elapsed: elapsed
          players: (player.name for player in @players)
