diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0967ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/pkg/client/src/components/Table.tsx b/pkg/client/src/components/Table.tsx
index f506e0f..7eed922 100644
--- a/pkg/client/src/components/Table.tsx
+++ b/pkg/client/src/components/Table.tsx
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ export default (props: { tableKey: string }) => {
 							<Player
 								playerKey={player}
 								style={{
-									transform: `translate(0, ${
-										verticalOffset() * 150
-									}vh)`,
+									transform: `translate(0, ${verticalOffset() * 150}vh)`,
 								}}
 							/>
 						);
@@ -114,9 +112,7 @@ export default (props: { tableKey: string }) => {
 					<div class="absolute tc mt-8 flex gap-4">
 						<select>
 							<For each={Object.entries(games)}>
-								{([gameId, game]) => (
-									<option value={gameId}>{game.title}</option>
-								)}
+								{([gameId, game]) => <option value={gameId}>{gameId}</option>}
 							</For>
 						</select>
 						<button
diff --git a/pkg/server/src/api.ts b/pkg/server/src/api.ts
index 968e7e1..943aaee 100644
--- a/pkg/server/src/api.ts
+++ b/pkg/server/src/api.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { combine } from "kefir";
 import Bus from "kefir-bus";
 import db from "./db";
 import { liveTable, WsIn, WsOut } from "./table";
+import { err } from "./logging";
 
 export const WS = Bus<
 	{
@@ -76,13 +77,17 @@ const api = new Elysia({ prefix: "/api" })
 			})
 	)
 	.ws("/ws/:tableKey", {
-		async open({
+		body: WsIn,
+		response: WsOut,
+
+		open: ({
 			data: {
 				params: { tableKey },
 				humanKey,
 			},
 			send,
-		}) {
+		}) => {
+			console.log("websocket opened");
 			const table = liveTable(tableKey);
 
 			table.inputs.connectionChanges.emit({
@@ -90,22 +95,14 @@ const api = new Elysia({ prefix: "/api" })
 				presence: "joined",
 			});
 
-			Object.entries(table.outputs.global).forEach(([type, stream]) =>
+			Object.entries({
+				...table.outputs.global,
+				...(table.outputs.player[humanKey] ?? {}),
+			}).forEach(([type, stream]) =>
 				stream.onValue((v) => send({ [type]: v }))
 			);
-
-			combine(
-				[table.outputs.gameState],
-				[table.outputs.gameImpl],
-				(state, game: Game) => state && game.getView({ state, humanKey })
-			)
-				.toProperty()
-				.onValue((view) => send({ view }));
 		},
 
-		body: WsIn,
-		response: WsOut,
-
 		message: (
 			{
 				data: {
@@ -114,19 +111,20 @@ const api = new Elysia({ prefix: "/api" })
 				},
 			},
 			body
-		) => WS.emit({ ...body, type: "message", humanKey, tableKey }),
+		) => liveTable(tableKey).inputs.messages.emit({ ...body, humanKey }),
 
-		close({
+		close: ({
 			data: {
 				params: { tableKey },
 				humanKey,
 			},
-		}) {
+		}) =>
 			liveTable(tableKey).inputs.connectionChanges.emit({
 				humanKey,
 				presence: "left",
-			});
-		},
+			}),
+
+		error: (error) => err(error),
 	});
 
 export default api;
diff --git a/pkg/server/src/index.ts b/pkg/server/src/index.ts
index d6ab4f0..adcb906 100644
--- a/pkg/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/pkg/server/src/index.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ new Elysia()
 		})
 	)
 
-	.onRequest(({ request }) => log.log(request))
-	.onError(({ error }) => log.err(error))
+	.onRequest(({ request }) => console.log(request.url))
+	.onError(({ error }) => console.error(error))
 
 	.get("/ping", () => "pong")
 	.use(api)
diff --git a/pkg/server/src/logging.ts b/pkg/server/src/logging.ts
index 4638a82..21627c8 100644
--- a/pkg/server/src/logging.ts
+++ b/pkg/server/src/logging.ts
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ export const log = (value: unknown) => LogBus.emit(value);
 export const err = (value: unknown) =>
 	LogBus.emitEvent({ type: "error", value });
 
-LogPool.log();
+LogStream.log();
+LogStream.onError((err) => {
+	console.error(err);
+});
diff --git a/pkg/server/src/table.ts b/pkg/server/src/table.ts
index c01a162..421c3e4 100644
--- a/pkg/server/src/table.ts
+++ b/pkg/server/src/table.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 import GAMES, { Game, GameKey } from "@games/shared/games";
-import { isEmpty, multiScan, ValueWithin } from "@games/shared/kefir";
+import {
+	isEmpty,
+	multiScan,
+	partition,
+	set,
+	setDiff,
+	ValueWithin,
+} from "@games/shared/kefirs";
 import { t } from "elysia";
-import { combine, pool, Property } from "kefir";
+import { combine, Observable, pool, Property } from "kefir";
 import Bus, { type Bus as TBus } from "kefir-bus";
 import { log } from "./logging";
 
@@ -31,15 +38,7 @@ type TablePayload<
 			},
 			never
 		>;
-
-		readys: TBus<
-			Attributed & {
-				ready: boolean;
-			},
-			any
-		>;
-		actions: TBus<Attributed & GameAction, any>;
-		quits: TBus<Attributed, any>;
+		messages: TBus<Attributed & TWsIn, any>;
 	};
 	outputs: {
 		global: {
@@ -77,14 +76,11 @@ export const liveTable = <
 	if (!(key in tables)) {
 		const inputs: TablePayload<GameConfig, GameState, GameAction>["inputs"] = {
 			connectionChanges: Bus(),
-			readys: Bus(),
-			actions: Bus(),
-			quits: Bus(),
+			messages: Bus(),
 		};
-		const { connectionChanges, readys, actions, quits } = inputs;
+		const { connectionChanges, messages } = inputs;
 
 		// =======
-		const playerStreams = {};
 
 		// players who have at least one connection to the room
 		const playersPresent = connectionChanges
@@ -102,7 +98,37 @@ export const liveTable = <
 			.map((counts) => Object.keys(counts))
 			.toProperty();
 
-		const gameEnds = quits.map((_) => null);
+		const playerStreams: TablePayload<
+			GameConfig,
+			GameState,
+			GameAction
+		>["outputs"]["player"] = {};
+		playersPresent
+			.map(set)
+			.slidingWindow(2, 2)
+			.map(([prev, cur]) => setDiff([prev, cur]))
+			.onValue(({ added, removed }) => {
+				added.forEach((p) => {
+					playerStreams[p] = {
+						view: Bus(),
+					};
+				});
+				removed.forEach((p) => {
+					delete playerStreams[p];
+				});
+			});
+
+		const { ready, action, quit } = partition(
+			["ready", "action", "quit"],
+			messages
+		) as unknown as {
+			// yuck
+			ready: Observable<Attributed & { ready: boolean }, any>;
+			action: Observable<Attributed & { action: GameAction }, any>;
+			quit: Observable<Attributed, any>;
+		};
+
+		const gameEnds = quit.map((_) => null);
 
 		const playersReady = multiScan(
 			null as {
@@ -114,8 +140,8 @@ export const liveTable = <
 					Object.fromEntries(players.map((p) => [p, prev?.[p] ?? false])),
 			],
 			[
-				readys,
-				(prev, evt: ValueWithin<typeof readys>) =>
+				ready,
+				(prev, evt: ValueWithin<typeof ready>) =>
 					prev?.[evt.humanKey] != null
 						? {
 								...prev,
@@ -165,7 +191,7 @@ export const liveTable = <
 					prev || (game.init() as GameState),
 			],
 			[
-				combine([actions], [gameImpl], (action, impl) => ({
+				combine([action], [gameImpl], (action, impl) => ({
 					action,
 					...impl,
 				})),
@@ -185,7 +211,7 @@ export const liveTable = <
 						action,
 					}) as GameState),
 			],
-			[quits, () => null]
+			[quit, () => null]
 		).toProperty();
 
 		const gameIsActive = gameState
diff --git a/pkg/shared/kefir.ts b/pkg/shared/kefir.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fc9234..0000000
--- a/pkg/shared/kefir.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import { merge, Observable } from "kefir";
-
-export type ValueWithin<O extends Observable<any, any>> = Parameters<
-	Parameters<O["map"]>[0]
->[0];
-
-type Mutation<A, O extends Observable<any, any>> = [
-	O,
-	(prev: A, value: ValueWithin<O>) => A
-];
-
-export const multiScan = <A, M extends Mutation<A, any>[]>(
-	initValue: A,
-	...mutations: M
-): Observable<A, any> =>
-	merge(
-		mutations.map(([source, mutation]) =>
-			source.map((event) => ({ event, mutation }))
-		)
-	).scan((prev, { event, mutation }) => mutation(prev, event), initValue);
-
-export const partition =
-	<C extends readonly [...string[]], T, E>(
-		classes: C,
-		partitionFn: (v: T) => C[number]
-	) =>
-	(obs: Observable<T, E>) => {
-		const assigned = obs.map((obj) => ({ obj, cls: partitionFn(obj) }));
-		return Object.fromEntries(
-			classes.map((C) => [
-				C,
-				assigned.filter(({ cls }) => cls == C).map(({ obj }) => obj),
-			])
-		);
-	};
-
-export const isEmpty = (container: { length: number }) => container.length == 0;
diff --git a/pkg/shared/kefirs.ts b/pkg/shared/kefirs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19244ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/shared/kefirs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { merge, Observable } from "kefir";
+import Bus from "kefir-bus";
+
+export type ValueWithin<O extends Observable<any, any>> = Parameters<
+	Parameters<O["map"]>[0]
+>[0];
+
+type Mutation<A, O extends Observable<any, any>> = [
+	O,
+	(prev: A, value: ValueWithin<O>) => A
+];
+
+export const multiScan = <A, M extends Mutation<A, any>[]>(
+	initValue: A,
+	...mutations: M
+): Observable<A, any> =>
+	merge(
+		mutations.map(([source, mutation]) =>
+			source.map((event) => ({ event, mutation }))
+		)
+	).scan((prev, { event, mutation }) => mutation(prev, event), initValue);
+
+export const partition = <
+	C extends readonly [...string[]],
+	T extends { [key: string]: any },
+	E
+>(
+	classes: C,
+	obs: Observable<T, E>
+) => {
+	const classBuses = Object.fromEntries(classes.map((c) => [c, Bus()]));
+	obs.onValue((v) => {
+		for (const _class of classes) {
+			if (_class in v) {
+				classBuses[_class].emit(v);
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+	});
+	return classBuses;
+};
+
+export const isEmpty = (container: { length: number }) => container.length == 0;
+
+export const setDiff = <T>(
+	sets: [Set<T>, s2: Set<T>]
+): { added: T[]; removed: T[] } => ({
+	added: [...sets[1].difference(sets[0])],
+	removed: [...sets[0].difference(sets[1])],
+});
+
+export const set = <T>(arr: T[]) => new Set<T>(arr);
diff --git a/pkg/shared/package.json b/pkg/shared/package.json
index c3e13e6..2ade969 100644
--- a/pkg/shared/package.json
+++ b/pkg/shared/package.json
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 	"version": "1.0.0",
 	"dependencies": {
 		"kefir": "^3.8.8",
+		"kefir-bus": "^2.3.1",
 		"object-hash": "^3.0.0"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@types/kefir": "^3.8.11"
+		"@types/kefir": "^3.8.11",
+		"ts-xor": "^1.3.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/shared/tsconfig.json b/pkg/shared/tsconfig.json
index 73eedab..7bf61ea 100644
--- a/pkg/shared/tsconfig.json
+++ b/pkg/shared/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 {
 	"extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
 	"compilerOptions": {
-		"esModuleInterop": true
+		"esModuleInterop": true,
+		"target": "esnext",
+		"moduleResolution": "nodenext",
+		"module": "nodenext"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index ad0df3c..2aace19 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ importers:
       kefir:
         specifier: ^3.8.8
         version: 3.8.8
+      kefir-bus:
+        specifier: ^2.3.1
+        version: 2.3.1(kefir@3.8.8)
       object-hash:
         specifier: ^3.0.0
         version: 3.0.0
@@ -137,6 +140,9 @@ importers:
       '@types/kefir':
         specifier: ^3.8.11
         version: 3.8.11
+      ts-xor:
+        specifier: ^1.3.0
+        version: 1.3.0
 
 packages:
 
@@ -983,6 +989,7 @@ packages:
 
   dayjs@1.11.17:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-qgiVOerp5QCVMfE7hZ6z/gM+ug52I+xv70rCf6rWJXf0b4d8Kv6Yw9BmcLZlCvP3Xz8i3fjXbaU6Hwu7aGRXfA==}
+    deprecated: This version has a bug that adds semantic-release dependencies by mistake. Please upgrade to 1.11.18.
 
   debug@4.3.4:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-PRWFHuSU3eDtQJPvnNY7Jcket1j0t5OuOsFzPPzsekD52Zl8qUfFIPEiswXqIvHWGVHOgX+7G/vCNNhehwxfkQ==}