Have you changed the starting algoritm? A couple of times the game has started just when I randomly go to the page. Or am I just being lucky?
Hmm.. anyway you woud not need to start the game, if there are no players ;-) You could delay the start until someone refreshes the page.
Exactly correct, I do not send the initial bid until the reveal address is seen by a player. So imagine the database is configured to start a game at 12:00:00 PM. 12:00:00 PM may come but if the address has not been revealed to anyone then the initial bid is not sent and the game therefore can not prematurely end. I put this in place so that games wouldn't be started by the initial bid and then ended without anyone ever seeing the address.