diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/client/GameController.as b/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/client/GameController.as
index 46f0711d..a1b024d2 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/client/GameController.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/client/GameController.as
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ import com.threerings.crowd.data.PlaceConfig;
 import com.threerings.crowd.data.PlaceObject;
 import com.threerings.crowd.util.CrowdContext;
 
-import com.threerings.parlor.Log;
 import com.threerings.parlor.game.data.GameCodes;
 import com.threerings.parlor.game.data.GameConfig;
 import com.threerings.parlor.game.data.GameObject;
+import com.threerings.parlor.game.data.PartyGameCodes;
 import com.threerings.parlor.game.data.PartyGameConfig;
 import com.threerings.parlor.util.ParlorContext;
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public /*abstract*/ class GameController extends PlaceController
         // super.init() calls createPlaceView(), we have our casted
         // references already in place
         _ctx = (ctx as ParlorContext);
-        _config = (config as GameConfig);
+        _gconfig = (config as GameConfig);
 
         super.init(ctx, config);
     }
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public /*abstract*/ class GameController extends PlaceController
     {
         // deal with game state changes
         var name :String = event.getName();
-        if (GameObject.STATE.equals(name)) {
+        if (GameObject.STATE == name) {
             var newState :int = int(event.getValue());
             if (!stateDidChange(newState)) {
                 log.warning("Game transitioned to unknown state " +
@@ -314,16 +314,16 @@ public /*abstract*/ class GameController extends PlaceController
      */
     protected function isPartyGame () :Boolean
     {
-        return (_config is PartyGameConfig) &&
-            (PartyGameConfig(_config).getPartyGameType() !=
-                 PartyGameConfig.NOT_PARTY_GAME);
+        return (_gconfig is PartyGameConfig) &&
+            (PartyGameConfig(_gconfig).getPartyGameType() !=
+                 PartyGameCodes.NOT_PARTY_GAME);
     }
 
     /** A reference to the active parlor context. */
     protected var _pctx :ParlorContext;
 
     /** Our game configuration information. */
-    protected var _config :GameConfig;
+    protected var _gconfig :GameConfig;
 
     /** A reference to the game object for the game that we're
      * controlling. */
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/GameObject.as b/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/GameObject.as
index 400f0815..13cbd6e4 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/GameObject.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/GameObject.as
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
 
 package com.threerings.parlor.game.data {
 
+import com.threerings.util.ArrayUtil;
 import com.threerings.util.Integer;
 import com.threerings.util.langBoolean;
 import com.threerings.util.Name;
+import com.threerings.util.StringBuilder;
 
 import com.threerings.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import com.threerings.io.ObjectOutputStream;
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ public class GameObject extends PlaceObject
      */
     public function getWinnerCount () :int
     {
-        int count = 0;
+        var count :int = 0;
         if (winners != null) {
             for (var ii :int = 0; ii < winners.length; ii++) {
                 if (winners[ii]) {
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ public class GameObject extends PlaceObject
      */
     public function getPartyGameType () :int
     {
-        return PartyGameConfig.NOT_PARTY_GAME;
+        return PartyGameCodes.NOT_PARTY_GAME;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/PartyGameCodes.as b/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/PartyGameCodes.as
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf9ce50d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/PartyGameCodes.as
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.threerings.parlor.game.data {
+
+public class PartyGameCodes
+{
+    /** Party game constant indicating that this game, while it does
+     * implement PartyGameConfig, is not currently being played in party
+     * mode. */
+    public static const NOT_PARTY_GAME :int = 0;
+
+    /** Party game constant indicating that we're in a party game in which
+     * players must sit at an available seat to play, otherwise they're
+     * an observer. */
+    public static const SEATED_PARTY_GAME :int = 1;
+
+    /** Party game constant indicating that everyone in the game place is
+     * a "player", meaning that they do not need to claim a seat to play. */
+    public static const FREE_FOR_ALL_PARTY_GAME :int = 2;
+}
+}
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/PartyGameConfig.as b/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/PartyGameConfig.as
index f678d3a3..e60c4df4 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/PartyGameConfig.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/PartyGameConfig.as
@@ -29,20 +29,6 @@ package com.threerings.parlor.game.data {
  */
 public interface PartyGameConfig
 {
-    /** Party game constant indicating that this game, while it does
-     * implement PartyGameConfig, is not currently being played in party
-     * mode. */
-    public static const NOT_PARTY_GAME :int = 0;
-
-    /** Party game constant indicating that we're in a party game in which
-     * players must sit at an available seat to play, otherwise they're
-     * an observer. */
-    public static const SEATED_PARTY_GAME :int = 1;
-
-    /** Party game constant indicating that everyone in the game place is
-     * a "player", meaning that they do not need to claim a seat to play. */
-    public static const FREE_FOR_ALL_PARTY_GAME :int = 2;
-
     /**
      * Get the type of party game being played.
      */