time delay between action

i need to make a series of events which will trigger a loop.
however once it has joined the event i need to wait till it disappears and reappears to join again.
there will be upto five of these to join at a time.

I started something in the snapandplay function that can complete one loop but it gets stuck after one loop.
i tried to use the function where it stops after recognizing the same image twice for 10minutes but it never starts again.

ive crawled the forums all day but because i have limited understanding of coding to begin with im kind of stuck at where to start.

i have a resonable idea of the process of the functions and have gather a bunch of snapshots using one of the suggested addons snatchandsnap 
and also downloaded and installed intelliJ with the suggested plugin but i am just lost at where to begin.

if anyone could point me in the right direction id be greately appreciative. I can upload some photos if this would help people understand
better what i am trying to achieve.