here, you could use this:

Code:
var time_left = 180;

function countdown_startup()
{
	while(!player){wait(-4);}
	while (time_left >= 0)
	{
		minutes_left = integer(time_left / 60);
		seconds_left = time_left - minutes_left * 60;
		str_cpy(time_str, "Time Left to Play: ");
		str_for_num(temp_str, minutes_left);
		str_cat(time_str, temp_str);
		str_cat(time_str, ":");
		str_for_num(temp_str, seconds_left);
		if (seconds_left < 10)
		str_cat(time_str, "0");
		str_cat(time_str, temp_str);
		time_left -= 1;
		wait (-1);
		
	}
}



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