first of all, this   

GeSHi (eventscripts):
es_xcopy dead all
es_math dead - server_var(all)

wont give you the amount of dead players, but a negative amount of players. this will give you the amount of dead player:

GeSHi (eventscripts):
es es_xmath all - server_var(alive)

basic maths tells us that to get the amount of apples in a bundle of apples and bananas, we have to remove the bananas (apples being dead players, bananas being living players and the bundle being all players on the server).

what you did was to remove the amount of apples and bananas from the apples, that will give you a negative value

now, the es_xcopy command does this: it copies the value of the first var you mention, to the second var you mention, so infact what you did in the es_xmath command, was to subtract the dead amount of players from the dead amount of players, but im sure that wasnt what you thought you did?

i think you can exclude the es_xcopy command from this "script".

conclusion: try this

GeSHi (eventscripts):
block dead
{
		es_xset alive 0
		es_xset all 0
		es_xset dead 0
 
		es_xgetplayercount all
		es_xgetlivingplayercount alive
 
		es es_xtell event_var(userid) #multi #green server_var(alive) Players are alive
		es es_xtell event_var(userid) #multi #green server_var(all) Players are in the server
 
                es es_xmath all - server_var(alive)
 
		es es_xtell event_var(userid) #multi #green server_var(all) Players are dead
}

this would be my suggestion, try it out and tell me how it works.

Kind regards
Rasmus

P.S. es_math command aint my favorite, but think it should work though

haha, no, it shouldnt be last thing you wrote
what you are doing there is to subtract the amount of living players from the amount of dead players

if you want tho show the amount of dead players you have to do as i told:

GeSHi (eventscripts):
es es_xmath all - server_var(alive)

otherwise you will get some wierd values.

and what do you mean by cut out long crap? i was just giving you a thoroughly and understandable explanation and examples.

ok,

nevertheless, have you gotten my point?
if not, please tell me where it snaps for you so i can explain it deeper.

your welcome