From e1ffa37af9a27dd57ad59049609c3ce49d55bc72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LevelX2 <ludwig.hirth@online.de>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:58:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed NPE that broke the tests.

---
 Mage/src/mage/game/GameImpl.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Mage/src/mage/game/GameImpl.java b/Mage/src/mage/game/GameImpl.java
index b1023b8667..9fec5e24e1 100644
--- a/Mage/src/mage/game/GameImpl.java
+++ b/Mage/src/mage/game/GameImpl.java
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ public abstract class GameImpl<T extends GameImpl<T>> implements Game, Serializa
         for (Player player: state.getPlayers().values()) {
             player.beginTurn(this);
         }
-        if (startMessage.isEmpty()) {
+        if (startMessage == null || startMessage.isEmpty()) {
             startMessage = "Game has started";
         }
         fireStatusEvent(startMessage, false);