diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2096d85..0e1f6f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ npm install socket.io
 npm install mysql
 npm install sanitizer
 npm install google-trends-api
+npm install promise
 ````
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diff --git a/googletrendsgame/server/server.js b/googletrendsgame/server/server.js
index 273fd20..e121119 100644
--- a/googletrendsgame/server/server.js
+++ b/googletrendsgame/server/server.js
@@ -1,41 +1,164 @@
-var app = require('express')();
-var http = require('http').Server(app);
-var io = require('socket.io')(http);
+const serverUtils = require('./serverUtils.js');
 
-const port = 3000;
+const utils = require("./utils.js");
 
-var room = function(capacityP, roomN)
+/**
+ * Object used for storing rooms
+ * @param capacityP -- the number of people that can be in room
+ * @param pass -- the room password -- null if none
+ * @param owner -- the person who is creating the room
+ */
+var room = function(capacityP, pass, owner)
 {
     //max capacity of room -- default is 4 for now
     this.capacity = capacityP;
 
     //name of the room
-    this.roomName = roomN;
+    this.roomName = owner.name;
+
+    this.addUser(owner);
 
     //list of words used in the game
-    this.words = [];
+    //7 for now will change later to be room specific
+    this.words = utils.getRandomWords(7);
+
+    this.currentWord = this.words.pop();
 
-    //list of clients sockets -- so we can push requests to them
+    //list players -- so we can push requests to them
     this.users = [];
 
     //increments when rounds pass
-    this.currentRoom = 0;
+    this.currentRound = 0;
+
+    // the password of the room -- null if no password
+    this.password = null;
+
+    /**
+     1 = Waiting for users
+     2 = Word shown, Waiting for response from users
+     3 = Showing Result
+     4 = Game Over, Display Final Results
+    */
+    this.state = 1;
 
     /**
      * adds a user to a room
-     * @param socket
+     * @param p
+     * return 0 if they could join
+     */
+    this.addUser = function(player)
+    {
+        //check if room is not full
+        this.users.push(player);
+        player.room = this;
+
+        if(this.users.length == this.capacity)
+        {
+            this.state = 2;
+        }
+
+        this.sendRoomUpdate();
+
+    }
+
+    this.sendRoomUpdate = function()
+    {
+        var message = this.generateRoomUpdate();
+        this.users.forEach(function(u)
+        {
+            u.socket.emit('roomUpdate', message);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes a specific user from the room and adjusts the size of the array
+     * if the array is empty, the room closes
+     * @param p
+     */
+    this.removeUser = function(p)
+    {
+        var temp = new Array();
+
+        for(var i = 0; i < temp.length; i++)
+        {
+            if(p.name === this.users[i].name)
+            {
+
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                temp.push(this.users[i]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.users = temp;
+
+        //if room is empty remove the room from rooms list
+        if(this.users.length == 0)
+        {
+            rooms[this.roomName] = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * creates json to send in the 'roomUpdate' socket event
+     *
+     * {users: gameState: roundWinner: currentWord: }
      */
-    this.addUser = function(socket)
+    this.generateRoomUpdate = function()
+    {
+        var result = new Object();
+        result.users = [];
+        this.users.forEach(function(u)
+        {
+            result.users.push(u.genJASON());
+        });
+
+        result.gameState = this.state;
+
+        result.roundWinner = "meh";
+
+        result.currentWord = this.currentWord;
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether or not a user can join this room -- checks for number of people are
+     * already in the room and the password
+     * @param p
+     * @returns {boolean}
+     */
+    this.canJoin = function(p)
+    {
+        if(this.password == null)
+        {
+            return (this.users.length < this.capacity);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return (this.users.length < this.capacity) && (p === this.password);
+        }
+    }
+
+    //updates room variables
+    this.update = function()
     {
 
     }
 
 }
 
-var player = function(name)
+//list of all the rooms
+var rooms = {};
+
+var player = function(s)
 {
     //name of the user
-    this.name = name;
+    this.name = null;
+
+    //players socket
+    this.socket = s;
 
     //score of the player
     this.score = 0;
@@ -43,28 +166,134 @@ var player = function(name)
     //reference to the room -- might not need this
     this.room = null;
 
-
-    //
+    //the word the user selected for current round
     this.sumbission = null;
+
+    /**
+     * generate the json object used in 'roomUpdate' socket io event
+     *
+     * return {name: score: word:}
+     */
+    this.genJASON = function()
+    {
+        var result = new Object();
+        result.name = this.name;
+        result.score = this.score;
+        result.word = this.sumbission;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * data -- literally a string
+     * @param data
+     */
+    this.selectWord = function(data)
+    {
+        this.sumbission = data;
+
+        this.room.update();
+    }
 }
+//list of all players --accessed using names like a dic
+var players = {};
+
+
+var app = require('express')();
+var http = require('http').Server(app);
+var io = require('socket.io')(http);
+
+const port = 3000;
 
-//list of all the rooms
-var rooms = [];
 
 //Whenever someone connects this gets executed
 io.on('connection', function(socket)
 {
+    var player = new player(socket);
+
     console.log('A user connected');
 
+    /**
+     *Register user nickname/handle (register)	Client => Server
+     */
+    socket.on('register', function(data) {
+        console.log("Register event called");
+        console.log(data);
+        console.log("  ");
+
+        //checks for user name in use
+        if(serverUtils.userAvailable(data, players))
+        {
+            player.name = data;
 
-    socket.on('clientEvent', function(data) {
+            players[data] = player;
+
+            socket.emit('sendRooms', serverUtils.generateSendRoomsJSON(rooms));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            socket.emit('registerFailed', 'User name taken');
+        }
+    });
+
+    /**
+     *Create Room (createRoom) Client => Server
+     * data {password:  , capacity: }
+     */
+    socket.on('createRoom', function(data) {
+        console.log("create room event called");
+        console.log(data);
+        console.log("  ");
+        rooms[player.name] = new room(data.capacity, data.password, player);
+
+
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * Room Selection (joinRoom)	Client => Server
+     * data {roomName:  , password: }
+     */
+    socket.on('joinRoom', function(data) {
+        console.log("join room event called");
         console.log(data);
+        console.log("  ");
+
+        if(rooms[data.roomName].canJoin(data.password))
+        {
+            rooms[data.roomName].addUser(player);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            socket.emit('registerFailed', 'Failed connecting to room');
+        }
     });
 
+    /**
+     * data -- literally a string
+     */
+    socket.on('submitWord', function(data) {
+        console.log("submitWord called");
+        console.log(data);
+        console.log("  ");
 
-    //Whenever someone disconnects this piece of code executed
+        player.selectWord(data);
+    });
+
+    //Whenever someone disconnects
     socket.on('disconnect', function () {
         console.log('A user disconnected');
+
+        if(rooms[player.name] != null)
+        {
+            rooms[player.name] = null;
+        }
+
+        //leave the room
+        if(player.room != null)
+        {
+            player.room.removeUser(player);
+        }
+
+        players[player.name] = null;
+
     });
 });
 
diff --git a/googletrendsgame/server/serverUtils.js b/googletrendsgame/server/serverUtils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cef83f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/googletrendsgame/server/serverUtils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+module.exports=
+    {
+        /**
+         * Returns a random word
+         * @returns {string}
+         */
+        roomOpen : function(name, rooms)
+        {
+            rooms.foreach(function(r)
+            {
+                if(name === r.roomName)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            });
+            return true;
+        },
+        userAvailable : function(name, players)
+        {
+            // players.foreach(function(p)
+            // {
+            //     if(name === p.roomName)
+            //     {
+            //         return false;
+            //     }
+            // });
+
+            if(players[name] != null)
+                return false
+            return true;
+        },
+
+        generateSendRoomsJSON : function(rooms)
+        {
+            var obj = new Object();
+            obj.rooms = [];
+
+            rooms.forEach(function(r)
+            {
+                var roomObj = new Object();
+
+                if(r.password.password == null)
+                {
+                    roomObj.passwordBool = false;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    roomObj.passwordBool = r.password;
+                }
+                roomObj.capacity = r.capacity;
+                roomObj.occupents = r.users.length;
+
+                obj.rooms.push(roomObj);
+
+            });
+
+            return obj;
+        },
+
+        getOpenIndex : function(rooms)
+        {
+
+        }
+
+    };
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diff --git a/googletrendsgame/server/trendsAPI.js b/googletrendsgame/server/trendsAPI.js
index c3abe26..d359614 100644
--- a/googletrendsgame/server/trendsAPI.js
+++ b/googletrendsgame/server/trendsAPI.js
@@ -1,9 +1,86 @@
+const googt = require('google-trends-api');
+const Promise = require('promise');
+const DAY = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24; // 1 day in milliseconds
+const YEAR = DAY * 365; // 1 year in milliseconds
+const GEO = 'US'; //the scope of the trends
 
 
+/**
+desc: helper function for getYearStats, gets list of popularity for days in
+the month.
+*/
+function getMonthStats(word, month){
+
+  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject){
+    //set up query for 1 month length
+    googt.interestOverTime({
+      keyword:word,
+      startTime:new Date(Date.now() - (YEAR * month/12)),
+      endTime:new Date(Date.now() - (YEAR * (month-1)/12))
+    }).then(function(results){
+      //parse the json, fill return array w tuples of date + value
+      var times = JSON.parse(results).default.timelineData;
+      var ret = [];
+      for(var i = 0; i < times.length; ++i){
+        var tup = new Object();
+        tup.time = times[i].formattedTime;
+        tup.value = times[i].value[0];
+        ret[i] = tup;
+
+      }
+      resolve(ret);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 module.exports=
     {
+        /*
+        desc: returns an integer score for the word over the day
+        */
         getPopularity: function(word)
         {
-            return 0;
+            //must be a promise since call to trends API is async
+            return new Promise(function(resolve, reject){
+
+            //specifies the keyword, time interval, granularity, and region
+            googt.interestOverTime({keyword:word,
+              startTime:new Date(Date.now() - DAY),granularTimeResolution:true,
+              geo:GEO
+            })
+              .then(function(results){
+                //turn into json object
+                data = JSON.parse(results).default.timelineData;
+
+                //add up values
+                var total = 0;
+                data.forEach(function(element){
+                  total += element.value[0];
+                })
+
+                //tell function to return
+                resolve(total);
+              }).catch(function(err){
+                reject("Google Trends Query Failed");
+              });
+            });
+        },
+
+        /**
+        desc: returns a list of tuples (date, value) representing word's
+        popularity for the past year
+        */
+        getYearStats: async function(word){
+          var ret = [];
+
+            for (var i = 9; i > 0; --i) {
+              await getMonthStats(word,i).then(function(data){
+                ret = ret.concat(data);
+              });
+              console.log(i);
+            }
+
+            return ret;
         }
-    };
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+
+     };
diff --git a/googletrendsgame/server/utils.js b/googletrendsgame/server/utils.js
index f647cc8..fa2633d 100644
--- a/googletrendsgame/server/utils.js
+++ b/googletrendsgame/server/utils.js
@@ -12,5 +12,15 @@ module.exports=
         getRandomWord : function()
         {
             return '';
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * returns a specific amount of words -- unique
+         * @param num
+         * @returns {Array}
+         */
+        getRandomWords : function(num)
+        {
+            return [];
         }
     };
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