Changing a character's parent works, but instantly resets the parent to its original one and breaks every local script

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#1

i have 2 folders that are used to track players; InMenu and InGame
by default, the InMenu folder is the one that players sit in

but the game tracks InGame for match logic, duh!
i need to give the game something it can track, that something being a player character!

i spawn the player and change the character’s parent to InGame, but the parent instantly goes back to InMenu and literally every single local script yields

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and before you ask, yes all of these things exist:
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this yielding issue only happens upon the parent being reset

please help :(((

local sStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")

-- Spawns;
local gameSpawn = workspace:WaitForChild("GameSpawn")

-- Folders;
local inGameFolder = workspace:WaitForChild("InGame")
local inMenuFolder = workspace:WaitForChild("InMenu")

-- Path to modules;
local stateHandler = script.Parent

-- Modules;
local joinQueue = require(stateHandler.JoinQueue)

-- Modules;
local playerSpawner = {}

-- spawns players that are in the queue
function playerSpawner:SpawnPlayers(tableOfPlayers: {Player})
	-- loop through the players given
	for _, player in tableOfPlayers do
		-- load character
		player:LoadCharacter()
		
		-- get the character into a variable
		local character = player.Character
		
		-- move the character to the game spawn
		character:PivotTo(gameSpawn.CFrame)
		
		-- parent it to the ingame folder
		character.Parent = inGameFolder
		joinQueue:RemovePlayerFromQueue(player)
		
		-- grant player fists
		local fists = sStorage.Fists:Clone()
		fists.Parent = player.Backpack
		
		warn(player.Name .. " was spawned!")
		warn(character.Parent)
		
		task.wait(1)
		warn(character.Parent)
	end
end

return playerSpawner
#2

It seems like player:LoadCharacter() may be interfering in some way, the function might also be getting called multiple times.

Also, FYI, using :WaitForChild on the server is not good practice.

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