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Why isnt this function script working?

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Why isnt this player script working? The output says attempting to call global start match a nil value. Can someone help me fix this script ?

hint = script.Parent
minplayers = 0


function CheckForPlayers()
	end
if game.Players.NumPlayers == minplayers then
hint.Text = "You need at least "..minplayers.." players to start a match."
Countdown()
end
StartMatch()

function StartMatch()
wait (1)
hint.Text = "Starting Match in: 5"
wait(1)
hint.Text = "Starting Match in: 4"
wait(1)
hint.Text = "Starting Match in: 3"
wait(1)
hint.Text = "Starting Match in: 2"
wait(1)
hint.Text = "Starting Match in: 1"
wait(1)
hint.Text = "Starting Match in: 0"
wait(2)
hint.Text = "Starting Match."
wait(1)
hint.Text = "Starting Match.."
wait (1) 
hint.Text = "Starting Match..."
wait(1.1)
hint.Text = "Starting Match."
wait(1)
hint.Text = "Starting Match.."
wait (1) 
hint.Text = "Starting Match..."
wait(2)
hint.Text = "Starting Match."
wait(1)
hint.Text = "Starting Match.."
wait(1) 
hint.Text = "Starting Match..."
wait(1.1)
hint.Text = "Starting Match."
wait(1)
hint.Text = "Starting Match.."
wait (1) 
hint.Text = "Starting Match..."
end
StartMatch()

function Countdown()
local i = 30
while i > -1 do
wait (1)
hint.Text = "Intermission: " .. i
i = i - 1
end
hint.Parent.Visible = true
end
Countdown()
Anonymous

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Your problem is that you are calling the StartMatch function before you define it. I fixed your code and added some for loops to make it shorter. Also please make sure you are tabbing your code properly. It is very hard to read without tabs.

Also why do you have an empty function? You are only checking for players once so if more players join nothing will happen.

But I fixed the part of your script with the error.

hint = script.Parent

function StartMatch()
	for i=5,0,-1 do
		hint.Text = "Starting Match in: "..i
		wait(1)
	end
	wait(2)
	for i=1,12 do
		hint.Text = "Starting Match"..string.rep(".",i%3.01)
		wait(1)
	end
end
StartMatch()

function Countdown()
	for i=30,0,-1 do
		hint.Text = "Intermission: "..i
		wait(1)
	end
	hint.Parent.Visible = true
end
Countdown()
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