diff --git a/bspect/main.go b/bspect/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27fec05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bspect/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"log"
+	"math/rand"
+	"time"
+
+	"bitbucket.org/hackerbots/client"
+)
+
+var serverHostname = flag.String("server", "localhost", "server hostname")
+var port = flag.Int("port", 8666, "server port")
+var verbose = flag.Bool("verbose", false, "run verbosly")
+var forceJSON = flag.Bool("json", false, "force json encoding")
+
+func main() {
+	log.SetFlags(log.Ldate | log.Ltime | log.Lshortfile)
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	var gameId string
+	flag.Parse()
+	if flag.NArg() < 1 {
+		gameId = "debug"
+	} else {
+		gameId = flag.Arg(0)
+	}
+
+	c := &client.Client{
+		Server:    *serverHostname,
+		Port:      *port,
+		Name:      "bspect",
+		GameId:    gameId,
+		Verbose:   *verbose,
+		ForceJSON: *forceJSON,
+	}
+	var err error
+	err = c.Negociate("spectator")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("%s: failed to negociate: %s", c.Name, err)
+	}
+
+	c.Player = client.NewSimpleSpectator(
+		c.Game.BoardSize.Width,
+		c.Game.BoardSize.Height,
+	)
+
+	if err := c.Play(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index e63401f..e4fe9fb 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type decoder interface {
 }
 
 // Negociate runs through the hackerbots negociation protocol.
-func (c *Client) Negociate() (err error) {
+func (c *Client) Negociate(clientType string) (err error) {
 	if c.Verbose {
 		log.Printf("%s: trying to connect to game '%s'", c.Name, c.GameId)
 	}
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (c *Client) Negociate() (err error) {
 	}{
 		Name:      c.Name,
 		Useragent: "gobot",
-		Type:      "robot",
+		Type:      clientType,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -114,38 +114,45 @@ func (c *Client) Negociate() (err error) {
 		c.dec = gob.NewDecoder(c.ws)
 	}
 
-	conf := server.ClientConfig{
-		ID: c.GameId,
-		Stats: map[string]server.StatsRequest{
-			c.Name: c.StatsReq,
-		},
-	}
+	switch clientType {
+	case "robot":
+		conf := server.ClientConfig{
+			ID: c.GameId,
+			Stats: map[string]server.StatsRequest{
+				c.Name: c.StatsReq,
+			},
+		}
+		if c.Verbose {
+			log.Printf("%s: client config: %+v", c.Name, conf)
+		}
 
-	err = websocket.JSON.Send(c.ws, conf)
+		err = websocket.JSON.Send(c.ws, conf)
 
-	var handshake struct {
-		Id      string `json:"id"`
-		Success bool   `json:"success"`
-		Type    string `json:"type"`
-		server.Failure
-	}
-	websocket.JSON.Receive(c.ws, &handshake)
-	if !handshake.Success {
-		return errors.New(handshake.Reason)
-	}
-	if c.Verbose {
-		log.Printf("%s: handshake: %+v", c.Name, handshake)
-	}
+		var handshake struct {
+			Id      string `json:"id"`
+			Success bool   `json:"success"`
+			Type    string `json:"type"`
+			server.Failure
+		}
+		websocket.JSON.Receive(c.ws, &handshake)
+		if !handshake.Success {
+			return errors.New(handshake.Reason)
+		}
+		if c.Verbose {
+			log.Printf("%s: handshake: %+v", c.Name, handshake)
+		}
 
-	// we don't do anything useful with dstats, but could be interesting to
-	// pass along to the player?
-	dstats := struct {
-		Stats map[string]server.Stats `json:"stats"`
-		Type  string                  `json:"type"`
-	}{}
-	err = websocket.JSON.Receive(c.ws, &dstats)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		// we don't do anything useful with dstats, but could be interesting to
+		// pass along to the player?
+		dstats := struct {
+			Stats map[string]server.Stats `json:"stats"`
+			Type  string                  `json:"type"`
+		}{}
+		err = websocket.JSON.Receive(c.ws, &dstats)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	case "spectator":
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/gobot/main.go b/gobot/main.go
index 4a37936..e9edb5b 100644
--- a/gobot/main.go
+++ b/gobot/main.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func main() {
 		ForceJSON: *forceJSON,
 	}
 	var err error
-	err = c.Negociate()
+	err = c.Negociate("robot")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("%s: failed to negociate: %s", c.Name, err)
 	}
diff --git a/spectator.go b/spectator.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b3b5c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spectator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package client
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"bitbucket.org/hackerbots/server"
+)
+
+type SimpleSpectator struct {
+	width, height float64
+}
+
+// NewSimpleSpectator simply returns a populated, usable *SimplePlayer
+func NewSimpleSpectator(width, height float64) *SimpleSpectator {
+	return &SimpleSpectator{
+		width:  width,
+		height: height,
+	}
+}
+
+// Recv is our implementation of receiving a server.Boardstate from the server
+func (p *SimpleSpectator) Update(bs *server.Boardstate) map[string]server.Instruction {
+	log.Println("hi")
+	return nil
+}