From 8dd36ee1a98a54ccf4ede99a4f829b1fc6b2ed19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DrabWeb <sethunity@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 06:08:57 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Default Max to null in ParticipantCount.

---
 osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Components/ParticipantCount.cs | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Components/ParticipantCount.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Components/ParticipantCount.cs
index e47a529ff8..2e9183d047 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Components/ParticipantCount.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Components/ParticipantCount.cs
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Components
                     Font = @"Exo2.0-Light"
                 },
             };
+
+            Max = null;
         }
     }
 }

From cc32adf51fb008e5e9573397c5c320cb8e3ea075 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DrabWeb <sethunity@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 14:28:24 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Move max text updating into updateMax.

---
 .../Multi/Components/ParticipantCount.cs      | 38 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Components/ParticipantCount.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Components/ParticipantCount.cs
index 2e9183d047..e7183cbd92 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Components/ParticipantCount.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Components/ParticipantCount.cs
@@ -12,28 +12,23 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Components
         private const float text_size = 30;
         private const float transition_duration = 100;
 
-        private readonly OsuSpriteText count, slash, max;
+        private readonly OsuSpriteText count, slash, maxText;
 
         public int Count
         {
             set => count.Text = value.ToString();
         }
 
+        private int? max;
         public int? Max
         {
+            get => max;
             set
             {
-                if (value == null)
-                {
-                    slash.FadeOut(transition_duration);
-                    max.FadeOut(transition_duration);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    slash.FadeIn(transition_duration);
-                    max.Text = value.ToString();
-                    max.FadeIn(transition_duration);
-                }
+                if (value == max) return;
+                max = value;
+
+                updateMax();
             }
         }
 
@@ -56,14 +51,29 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Components
                     TextSize = text_size,
                     Font = @"Exo2.0-Light"
                 },
-                max = new OsuSpriteText
+                maxText = new OsuSpriteText
                 {
                     TextSize = text_size,
                     Font = @"Exo2.0-Light"
                 },
             };
 
-            Max = null;
+            updateMax();
+        }
+
+        private void updateMax()
+        {
+            if (Max == null)
+            {
+                slash.FadeOut(transition_duration);
+                maxText.FadeOut(transition_duration);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                slash.FadeIn(transition_duration);
+                maxText.Text = Max.ToString();
+                maxText.FadeIn(transition_duration);
+            }
         }
     }
 }