diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/client/GameControlBackend.as b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/client/GameControlBackend.as
index 580998a9..d6c13b9c 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/client/GameControlBackend.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/client/GameControlBackend.as
@@ -787,8 +787,8 @@ public class GameControlBackend
 
         } else if (EZGameObject.TICKER == name) {
             var targs :Array = event.getArgs();
-            callUserCode("messageReceived_v1", (targs[0] as String),
-                (targs[1] as Integer).value);
+            trace("Got " + targs + " :" + targs[0] + "/" + targs[1]);
+            callUserCode("messageReceived_v1", (targs[0] as String), (targs[1] as int));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/ezgame/server/EZGameManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/ezgame/server/EZGameManager.java
index 990e0025..8ae5f01e 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/ezgame/server/EZGameManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/ezgame/server/EZGameManager.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class EZGameManager extends GameManager
         validateUser(caller);
 
         if (playerId == 0) {
-            _gameObj.postMessage(EZGameObject.USER_MESSAGE, new Object[] { msg, data });
+            _gameObj.postMessage(EZGameObject.USER_MESSAGE, msg, data);
         } else {
             sendPrivateMessage(playerId, msg, data);
         }