public boolean login(){
        if(viewController.getMainController().isUsingRMI()) {
            while (true) {
                try {
                    //giving the RMI server a copy of this client
                    return controller.getConnectionController().login(viewController.getMainController().getPlayerName(), viewController.getMainController().getClient());
                } catch (RemoteException r) {
                    System.err.println("Object export failed " + r.getMessage());
                }
            }
        } else{
            try{
                out.println("login" +
                        viewController.getMainController().getSocketClient().getRegex() +
                        viewController.getMainController().getPlayerName());
                if((in.readLine()).equals("true"))
                    return true;
                else
                    return false;
            } catch (IOException i){
                if(!viewController.getMainController().getSocketClient().handleDisconnection())
                    return false;
                else{
                    //reconnected successfully
                    //TODO: replace this thing
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }
    }