Solved Arraylist.size() is bigger than two despite it containing nothing

so basically I'm trying to code a minigame and I'm storing the players inside of an arraylist called "players".

Code:

private ArrayList<UUID> players = new ArrayList<>();

    public ArrayList<UUID> getPlayers() {
        return players;
    }
    public void setPlayers(ArrayList<UUID> players) {
        this.players = players;
    }

but, inside of a void in the same class when I'm checking if the "getPlayers().size()" is less than 2, a message will popup:

Code:

player.sendMessage(ChatColor.DARK_RED + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "The game is full, you can't join");

Now my problem is that when I try and join the queue (calling that void) I keep getting the unable to join message, despite not storing anything in the arraylist beforehand.

Code:

if(getPlayers().size() > 2) {
            //code
        } else {
            player.sendMessage(ChatColor.DARK_RED + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "The game is full, you can't join");
            player.sendMessage(ChatColor.GREEN + "" + getPlayers().size());
        }

When I checked how many UUIDs were stored in the second message, it said "0".

entire void:

Code:

    //used to join the queue
    public void joinQueue(Player player) {
        if(getPlayers().size() > 2) {
            if (f.getState() == GameState.WAITING) {
                if (!players.contains(player.getUniqueId())) {
                    getPlayers().add(player.getUniqueId());
                    player.sendMessage(ChatColor.GREEN + "Joined the game!" + " " + getPlayers().size() + "/2 players");

                    if (getPlayers().size() == 2) {
                        countdownGame();
                        Bukkit.broadcastMessage(ChatColor.RED + "Countdown requirements fulfilled! Game starting in 10 seconds");
                      
                    }
                } else {
                    player.sendMessage(ChatColor.GREEN + "You can't join if you're already in the game");
                }

            } else {
                player.sendMessage(ChatColor.DARK_RED + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "The game is already running, you can't join");
            }
        } else {
            player.sendMessage(ChatColor.DARK_RED + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "The game is full, you can't join");
            player.sendMessage(ChatColor.GREEN + "" + getPlayers().size());
        }
    }

the answer to this may be obvious but I have no idea as to what's causing the issue
also, there are no errors in the console

 

@xpaintall You're checking if the size of the list is more than 2, not less than 2. I believe a simple change from '>' to '<' should fix it.

 

@KarimAKL omg i am so sorry for being this stupid

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