Lua: How do you update a variable that's in an event? - if-statement

Question

The issue I'm running into is that my variable isn't updating after an event. Here is my code:
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local intermission = 15 -- time in seconds
local AmountOfPlayers = #Players:GetPlayers() -- starts at zero
local minPlayers = 1
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player) -- updates amount of players in server
AmountOfPlayers = AmountOfPlayers + 1
end)
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(Player) -- updates amount of players in server
AmountOfPlayers = AmountOfPlayers - 1
end)
Below, this if-statement is not running since AmountOfPlayers is not equal to minPlayers.
while intermission > 0 do
if AmountOfPlayers >= minPlayers then
print("SUCCESS")
end
end
I have a scope issue of the variable AmountOfPlayers. I'm not sure how to fix this, so any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you for your help!

Answer 1

You forgot to add a wait() in your while loop. This is most likely what leads to the script crashing and not working. So it should look like:
while intermission > 0 do
wait()
if AmountOfPlayers >= minPlayers then
print("SUCCESS")
end
end
OR
If that isn't the problem, instead of making:
local AmountOfPlayers = #Players:GetPlayers()
Instead:
local AmountOfPlayers = Players:GetChildren()
And Remove the two functions.