rebuild from scratch using meteorite wrapper (http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/prototyping-with-meteor/)
basic prototype phase. No real data set up yet. implemented routing between home and battle pages with templates displaying fake dynamic content to test.
updating with data added to the db. may need to revert back to prototyping until all the major functionality is built. but commiting this to I have code to review when storing actual data.