Why is the player returning as nil?

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Server Script in Workspace:

01game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(plr)
02    local value = Instance.new("StringValue")
03    value.Value = plr.Name
04    value.Parent = game.Lighting.PlayerStore
05    script.Trigger:FireAllClients(plr)
06end)
07 
08game.Players.PlayerRemoving:connect(function(plr)
09    if game.Lighting.PlayerStore:FindFirstChild(plr.Name) then
10        game.Lighting.PlayerStore[plr.Name]:Remove()
11    end
12    script.Trigger2:FireAllClients(plr)
13end)

LocalScript in StarterGui under a ScreenGui

01local localplayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer
02local currentSlot = 0
03local back = script.Parent.Back
04local players = game.Lighting.PlayerStore:GetChildren()
05 
06local function updatelist()
07    for i,v in pairs(back:GetChildren()) do
08        v.Position = UDim2.new(.02, 0, 0, (35*currentSlot))
09    end
10    back.Size = UDim2.new(.2, 0, (.048 * currentSlot), 0)
11end
12 
13game.Workspace.Script.Trigger.OnClientEvent:connect(function(plr)
14    local player = plr.Name
15 
16    if player ~= localplayer.Name then
17        local default = script:WaitForChild("Default"):Clone()
18        default.Parent = back
19        default.PlayerName.Text = player
20        default.Name = player
21        default.Slot.Value = currentSlot
22        default.Position = default.Position + UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, (35 * currentSlot))
23        back.Size = back.Size + UDim2.new(0, 0, (.048 * currentSlot), 0)
24        currentSlot = currentSlot + 1
25    elseif player == localplayer.Name then
26        for i,v in pairs(players) do
27            local default = script:WaitForChild("Default"):Clone()
28            default.Parent = back
29            default.PlayerName.Text = v.Value
30            default.Name = v.Value
31            default.Slot.Value = currentSlot
32            default.Position = default.Position + UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, (35 * currentSlot))
33            back.Size = back.Size + UDim2.new(0, 0, (.048 * currentSlot), 0)
34            currentSlot = currentSlot + 1
35        end    
36    end
37end)
38 
39game.Workspace.Script.Trigger2.OnClientEvent:connect(function(plr)
40    local player = plr.Name --Here it errors, it says plr is nil?
41    local slot
42    for i,v in pairs(back:GetChildren()) do
43        if v.Name == player then
44            slot = v.Slot.Value
45            v:Destroy()
46        end
47    end
48    if slot ~= nil then
49        for i,v in pairs(back:GetChildren()) do
50            if v.Slot.Value > slot then
51                v.Slot.Value = v.Slot.Value - 1
52            end
53        end
54    end
55    currentSlot = currentSlot - 1
56    slot = nil
57    updatelist()
58end)
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I am making a custom PlayerList, and for some reason, it returns player as nil (I put a note next to where it is erroring at)

Help is appreciated, thanks! :D

Replication

It's nil because it genuinely is nil. Because the player was removed from the game, aside from the closure of the Instance, it is no longer replicated and does not exist on the client. Solution? Connect to the events locally - It works now.

In the off chance that it doesn't work locally, send the UserId instead.

Why is the player returning as nil?

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Replication

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