def startGame(bot, update): chatID = update.message.chat.id playerUsername = update.message.from_user.username playerID = update.message.from_user.id messageID = update.message.message_id usersToIDs[playerUsername] = playerID try: print("log: staring game with:" + repr(chats[chatID]['players'])) names = list(chats[chatID]['players']) update.message.reply_text(repr(names)) chats[chatID]['game'] = LoveLetter(list(chats[chatID]['players'])) bot.sendMessage( parse_mode='Markdown', chat_id=playerID, text="I'll be sending your hand information privately from here!") print("log: staring game with:" + repr(chats[chatID]['game'])) except Exception as e: print(e) bot.sendMessage(parse_mode='Markdown', chat_id=playerID, text="Error starting the game")