I'm currently working on a project that requires that I simultanously check the state of two buttons. Each button HIGH state is assigned to one if loop. Here's the basic concept:

void loop() {
  S1_State = digitalRead(S1_Pin);
  S2_State = digitalRead(S2_Pin);
  ButtonPRESSED = false;
  
  P1_Time = random(2000, 5000);
  delay(P1_Time);
  digitalWrite(P1_Pin, HIGH);
  
  while(ButtonPRESSED == false) {
    if (S1_State == HIGH) {
       Serial.print("Player 1 wins");
       Serial.print("");
       digitalWrite(P1_Pin, LOW);
       ButtonPRESSED = true;  
       delay(5000); } 
    if (S2_State == HIGH) {
       Serial.print("Player 2 wins");
       Serial.print("");
       digitalWrite(P1_Pin, LOW);
       ButtonPRESSED = true;  
       delay(5000); }

The problem is that checking for the button states this way requires that the S1_State loop has to be read before the S2_State loop, thus giving player 1 an advantage. Although I'm not sure how pronounced this issue is in practice, it certainly was noticable when I was first trying this project out through python code on a Pi through similar means.

Is it possible check the conditions to both if loops simultanously? If not, are there other ways to circumvent this problem?

I'm currently working on a project that requires that I simultanously check the state of two buttons. Each button HIGH state is assigned to one if loop. Here's the basic concept:

void loop() {
  S1_State = digitalRead(S1_Pin);
  S2_State = digitalRead(S2_Pin);
  ButtonPRESSED = false;
  
  P1_Time = random(2000, 5000);
  delay(P1_Time);
  digitalWrite(P1_Pin, HIGH);
  
  while(ButtonPRESSED == false) {
    if (S1_State == HIGH) {
       Serial.print("Player 1 wins");
       Serial.print("");
       digitalWrite(P1_Pin, LOW);
       ButtonPRESSED = true;  
       delay(5000); } 
    if (S2_State == HIGH) {
       Serial.print("Player 2 wins");
       Serial.print("");
       digitalWrite(P1_Pin, LOW);
       ButtonPRESSED = true;  
       delay(5000); }

The problem is that checking for the button states this way requires that the S1_State loop has to be read before the S2_State loop, thus giving player 1 an advantage. Although I'm not sure how pronounced this issue is in practice, it certainly was noticable when I was first trying this project out through python code on a Pi through similar means.

Is it possible check the conditions to both if loops simultanously? If not, are there other ways to circumvent this problem?