Basically I have this tournament game that assigns a player's name to a specific number in a folder that includes a place rank [e.x. player1 goes with 1, player 2 goes with player 2, etc.] and I'm trying to randomize it in a way that's more efficient.

Here's the script:

local ss = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local values = ss:WaitForChild("Values")
local ingame = values:WaitForChild("In-Game")
local display = ingame:WaitForChild("display")
local countdown = ingame:WaitForChild("countdown")

local players = ss:WaitForChild("Players")
local number = players:WaitForChild("Number")
local number1 = number:WaitForChild("1")
local number2 = number:WaitForChild("2")
local number3 = number:WaitForChild("3")
local number4 = number:WaitForChild("4")
local number5 = number:WaitForChild("5")
local number6 = number:WaitForChild("6")
local number7 = number:WaitForChild("7")
local number8 = number:WaitForChild("8")

local playerfolder = ss:WaitForChild("PlayerFolder")
local playercount = ss:WaitForChild("PlayerCount")

local assign = players:WaitForChild("Assign")

while true do
	if playercount.Value >= 3 then
		while true do
			for i = 20,0,-1 do
			display.Value = 'Welcome! The game will begin shortly. Time Left: '..i
			wait(1)
			end
		end
	wait(3)
	local p1 = playerfolder:FindFirstChild("1")
	local p2 = playerfolder:FindFirstChild("2")
	local p3 = playerfolder:FindFirstChild("3")	
	local p4 = playerfolder:FindFirstChild("4")
	local p5 = playerfolder:FindFirstChild("5")
	local p6 = playerfolder:FindFirstChild("6")
	local p7 = playerfolder:FindFirstChild("7")
	local p8 = playerfolder:FindFirstChild("8")	
	if p1 then
		math.randomseed(tick())
		assign.Value =(math.random(1, math.random(1, 8)))
		if assign.Value == 1 then
			if number1.Value == "" then
			number1.Value = p1.Value
			elseif number1.Value ~= "" then
				if number2.Value == "" then
					number2.Value = p1.Value
				elseif number2.Value ~= "" then
					if number3.Value == "" then
					number3.Value = p1.Value
					elseif number3.Value ~= "" then
						if number4.Value == "" then
							number4.Value = p1.Value
						elseif number4.Value ~= "" then
							if number5.Value == "" then
								number5.Value = p1.Value
							elseif number5.Value ~= "" then
								if number6.Value == "" then
									number6.Value = p1.Value
								elseif number6.Value ~= "" then
									if number7.Value == "" then
										number7.Value = p1.Value
									elseif number7.Value ~= "" then
										if number8.Value == "" then
											number8.Value = p1.Value
										else
											display.Value = "Game is broken. Please rejoin."
										end
									end
								end
							end
						end
					end	
				end
			end
		end
	end
	else
		display.Value = "Game does not have enough players. " .. 3 - playercount.Value .. " players needed."
		end
	wait()
end

This is the script that runs when a player joins:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ss = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local playerfolder = ss:WaitForChild("PlayerFolder")

local playercount = ss:WaitForChild("PlayerCount")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
	playercount.Value = playercount.Value + 1
	print(player.Name .. " has entered the game")
	local playerval = Instance.new("StringValue")
	playerval.Parent = playerfolder
	playerval.Value = player.Name
	wait(1)
	playerval.Name = playercount.Value
	local playingval = Instance.new("BoolValue")
	playingval.Parent = playerval
	playingval.Name = "Playing"
	playingval.Value = false
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:connect(function(player)
	playercount.Value = playercount.Value - 1
	print(player.Name .. " has left the game")
	local pvalue = playerfolder:FindFirstChild(player.Name)
	pvalue:Destroy()
end)

Screenshot of where everything is located: Explorer Screenshot

I know I have to use tables in a way, or figure out how to put players' names into a table, but how would I approach this so that the Number Folder will have player's names inside and randomized in order to start a game, and to do it efficiently? (Basically the Number's Value will correlate to a player's name (meaning the 1,2,3,4, etc. are StringValues.)

-Luke

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