Join event

I'm making a UHC plugin and im adding users to a list upon join if the game hasn't started, but even if the user is in the arraylist it still doesn't let them join

Code

Code:

    ArrayList<Player> users = new ArrayList<Player>();

    public ArrayList<Player> getUsers() {
        return users;
    }

Code:

     if (!uhc.getGameManager().isStarted()) {
            uhc.getUsers().add(event.getPlayer());
        }else{
            if (!uhc.getUsers().contains(player)){
                player.kickPlayer(ChatColor.RED + "Game already started! \n Check cooluhc.com/upcoming to view upcoming matches!");
            }

 

@gban
the getUsers() function returns a copy of that array, so adding them to that would be useless as it wouldn't save. The best option is to add a new function in the class with the arraylist that handles adding them to the list.