hello, e+ devs. i've got pretty nice idea (imho )

i suggest implementing an advanced rules system in e+ server cfgs in order to have different goals in game or even goals, changeable during match, to have an opportunity to implement a gametype logic (rules, thanx epsi for this term ) in cfg file, rather that in e+ code. this will include events, handlers and some additional stuff. it's a bit hard for me to explain, so i'll give some examples.

an event could be whatever: reaching certain score, fragging certain player, fragging all players of opposite team, picking an item, picking an object (like flag or smth), etc.

an event handler would contain any cfg code, that will be executed when handler is fired.

we sure would need an api kit - a set of aux functions, here're some examples:
1. PickPlayer - chooses a player for whatever purpose in cfg - randomly or by a condition (most score, most kills, first killer, last victim, item/object picker, etc)
2. Shuffle - would shuffle players between teams
3. EnumeratePlayers - enumerates through all active players (all who joined a match)
4. SwitchTeams - all players are forced to join opposite team (like changing ends in football )
5. EndMatch - ends match on event,
etc

also, we would need objects like Player (with some attributes like lives, score, killz, etc)

with such a system we could create even new gametypes without modifying e+ code each time! for example, smth like 'king of the hill' (dunno, you can call it whatever): ffa-based gametype; each player has certain amount of lives; when a player gets killed, he loses one life and respawns if he's not run out of lives; when he/she hasn't got lives any more he gets 'frozen' (forced to spec) until match ends; the one who survives (has at least one life rest, while all others don't have any) is the winner (yeah, those who are familiar with the UT99, do know what i'm talking about - the 'last man standing' game type, i like it a lot, wish i could play it with plus weapons and physics). well, it's just an example, there could be much more ideas, i guess.

the idea is to 'invent' as much event types and aux funcs as possible, categorize, generalize and parameterize them, so we would have as much options to use, while designing a scenario, as possible.
well, we're not going here to just copy-paste stuff from other games, but since e+ has means to emulate other configs, we could extend it with such advanced rules system in order to have an opportunity to emulate gametypes or even create new ones, and raise e+ configurability to a whole new level! this would bring new unique configs, not just another 'dont-forget-to-rename-me-N.cfg' we could make e+ the best q3 mod ever (well, it is already, but we still can make it even better, right? )
there sure will be some enthusiasts which would use this cool feature to design some nice scenarios with different goals, instead of always playing dumb ffa/tdm raw meat. the more new unique servers, the more newcomers, i guess.

with respect, illca.