BUSTED: what a mess. trying to get tournament round generation bits working. ack.

rails/map-mash/app/controllers/mash_tournaments_controller.rb

@@ -1,85 +1,62 @@
 class MashTournamentsController < ApplicationController
-  # GET /mash_tournaments
-  # GET /mash_tournaments.xml
   def index
     @mash_tournaments = MashTournament.all
 
     respond_to do |format|
-      format.html # index.html.erb
-      format.xml  { render :xml => @mash_tournaments }
+      format.html
     end
   end
 
-  # GET /mash_tournaments/1
-  # GET /mash_tournaments/1.xml
   def show
-    @mash_tournament = MashTournament.find(params[:id])
+    begin
+      @mash_tournament = MashTournament.find(params[:id])
+    rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+      redirect_to :action => 'new' and return
+    end
+
+    if not @mash_tournament.done?
+      return if should_start_mashing?(request.remote_ip)
+    end
 
     respond_to do |format|
-      format.html # show.html.erb
-      format.xml  { render :xml => @mash_tournament }
+      format.html
     end
   end
 
-  # GET /mash_tournaments/new
-  # GET /mash_tournaments/new.xml
   def new
+    return if should_start_mashing?(request.remote_ip)
+
     @mash_tournament = MashTournament.new
 
     respond_to do |format|
-      format.html # new.html.erb
-      format.xml  { render :xml => @mash_tournament }
+      format.html
     end
   end
 
-  # GET /mash_tournaments/1/edit
-  def edit
-    @mash_tournament = MashTournament.find(params[:id])
-  end
-
-  # POST /mash_tournaments
-  # POST /mash_tournaments.xml
   def create
-    @mash_tournament = MashTournament.new(params[:mash_tournament])
+    return if should_start_mashing?(request.remote_ip)
+
+    @mash_tournament = MashTournament.new(
+      :requester => Requester.new(:ip => request.remote_ip)
+    )
 
     respond_to do |format|
       if @mash_tournament.save
-        flash[:notice] = 'MashTournament was successfully created.'
-        format.html { redirect_to(@mash_tournament) }
-        format.xml  { render :xml => @mash_tournament, :status => :created, :location => @mash_tournament }
+        flash[:notice] = "Let's start mashing!"
+        format.html { redirect_to :controller => 'mashes', :action => 'new' }
       else
         format.html { render :action => "new" }
-        format.xml  { render :xml => @mash_tournament.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
       end
     end
   end
 
-  # PUT /mash_tournaments/1
-  # PUT /mash_tournaments/1.xml
-  def update
-    @mash_tournament = MashTournament.find(params[:id])
-
-    respond_to do |format|
-      if @mash_tournament.update_attributes(params[:mash_tournament])
-        flash[:notice] = 'MashTournament was successfully updated.'
-        format.html { redirect_to(@mash_tournament) }
-        format.xml  { head :ok }
-      else
-        format.html { render :action => "edit" }
-        format.xml  { render :xml => @mash_tournament.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
-      end
+  private
+  def should_start_mashing?(ip)
+    if requester = Requester.find_by_ip(ip)
+      redirect_to :controller => 'mashes', :action => 'new'
+      return true
     end
-  end
 
-  # DELETE /mash_tournaments/1
-  # DELETE /mash_tournaments/1.xml
-  def destroy
-    @mash_tournament = MashTournament.find(params[:id])
-    @mash_tournament.destroy
-
-    respond_to do |format|
-      format.html { redirect_to(mash_tournaments_url) }
-      format.xml  { head :ok }
-    end
+    false
   end
 end