diff --git a/Konane.py b/Konane.py
index 6a9513f..95a9b8d 100644
--- a/Konane.py
+++ b/Konane.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import client
+import sys
 import state
 
 # Top level class that has the client and the state
@@ -7,6 +8,23 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.client = client.ArtemisClient("artemis.engr.uconn.edu", 4705)
         self.state = state.State()
         self.playerNumber = None
+
+    def stringToCoords(self, string):
+        coords = []
+        coords.append(int(string[string.find("[")+1:string.find(":")]))
+        coords.append(int(string[string.find(":")+1:string.find("]")]))
+
+        return coords
     
     def start(self):
-        self.playerNumber = self.client.initialize('TESTOPPONENT')
+        firstMove = self.state.first_moves_set()[0]
+        firstMoveCommand = "[{0}:{1}]".format(firstMove[0], firstMove[1])
+        firstRemoved = self.client.initialize(firstMoveCommand)
+        removedCoords = self.stringToCoords(firstRemoved)
+        self.state.removePiece(removedCoords[0], removedCoords[1])
+
+
+
+k = Konane()
+print(k.stringToCoords("[0:14]"))
+
diff --git a/__pycache__/client.cpython-36.pyc b/__pycache__/client.cpython-36.pyc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8531e5b
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diff --git a/__pycache__/state.cpython-36.pyc b/__pycache__/state.cpython-36.pyc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e25d00
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diff --git a/client.py b/client.py
index 6bff94f..7ffeec1 100644
--- a/client.py
+++ b/client.py
@@ -6,21 +6,35 @@ class ArtemisClient:
     def __init__(self, server_host, server_port):
         self.server_host = server_host
         self.server_port = server_port
-        self.username = "MHJZ"
-        self.password = "4705"
+        self.username = None
+        self.password = None
+        self.opponent = None
+        self.playerNumber = None
+        self.color = None
+        # self.username = sys.stdin.readline()
+        # self.password = sys.stdin.readline()
         self.server_sock = None
 
+    def extractREMOVED(self, string):
+        # len("Removed:")
+        offset = 8
+
+        string = string .rstrip()
+        segment = string[string.find("Removed:"):string.find("]")+1]
+        return segment
+
     def waitForResponse(self):
-        response = self.server_sock.recv(1024).decode('UTF-8').rstrip()
-        print(response, end="")
+        response = self.server_sock.recv(1024).decode("utf-8")
+        print(response)
         return response
 
     def send(self, string):
-        formatted_string = string + "\r\n"
-        print(formatted_string, end="")
+        formatted_string = string.rstrip() + "\r\n"
+        #formatted_string = string
+        #print(formatted_string, end="")
         self.server_sock.send(formatted_string.encode())
   
-    def initialize(self, opponent):
+    def initialize(self, firstMove):
         # Create socket and connect to server
         try:
             self.server_sock = socket.socket(
@@ -34,17 +48,33 @@ def initialize(self, opponent):
         #self.server_sock.sendall("!".encode("utf-8"))
         self.waitForResponse()
         self.waitForResponse()
+        self.username = input("")
         self.send(self.username)
         self.waitForResponse()
+        self.password = input("")
         self.send(self.password)
         self.waitForResponse()
+        opponent = input("")
         self.send(opponent)
         self.waitForResponse()
         response = self.waitForResponse()
-        playerNumber = int(response[7])
+
+        # First player
+        if(response[7] == "1"):
+            self.playerNumber = 1
+            self.send(firstMove)
+            response = self.waitForResponse()
+            self.color = response[6:11]
+        # Second player
+        else:
+            self.playerNumber = 2
+            self.color = response[6:11]
         
-        # Return player's turn position
-        return playerNumber
+        response = self.waitForResponse()
+        # EX: [0,0]
+        removedPiece = self.extractREMOVED(response)
+
+        return removedPiece
 
     def close(self):
         self.server_sock.close()