How to get random teams from a function?

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01function getTeams()
02    local teamNum = 1
03    repeat wait()       
04        local spectators = {}
05        local teams = {"Red", "Blue"}
06        local players = game.Players:GetChildren()
07        for index, player in pairs(players) do
08            if (player.TeamColor == game.Teams["Spectators"].TeamColor) then
09                if (player.Character:findFirstChild("Torso")) then
10                    table.insert(spectators, player)
11                end
12            end
13        end
14        local randomPlayer = spectators[math.random(1, #spectators)]
15        randomPlayer.TeamColor = game.Teams[teams[teamNum]].TeamColor
16        local spectatorNum = 0
17        local players = game.Players:GetChildren()
18        for index, player in pairs(players) do
19            if (player.TeamColor == game.Teams["Spectators"].TeamColor) then
20                if (player.Character:findFirstChild("Torso")) then
21                    spectatorNum = spectatorNum + 1
22                end
23            end
24        end
25        teamNum = (teamNum == 1) and 2 or 1
26    until (spectatorNum == 0)
27end
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What I have here is a function which gives a player a random team. The problem is that they aren't random. Every single person who joins is put onto red team. The point of this script being so long and complex is to make it so if someone joins halfway through a game, they don't cause everyone else to have their teams changed.

have you tried an on player entered script instead? as soon as they enter assign them to a random team, then you dont have to worry about the player messing up the other teams. That or your problem could be you're not using math.randomseed(Tick()) < copy that line of code and put it towards the beginning of your script just past the locals. Your math.random might not be random enough. lol ace12345678135 50 — 8y

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