Bukkit

This is a suggestion for changing how the plugin deals with tributes, spectators, sponsors, etc.

Perhaps players could be automatically placed in permissions groups when they joined a game or started spectating.

For example, you could set a "tribute" group in Bukkit's permissions file and set all the permissions a tribute should have.
Likewise, you could have a "spectator" group which would specify what spectators can and can't do.

The reason I suggest this is that plugins such as PermissionsEx/ModifyWorld can allow/disallow block breaking or placing or enchanting or crafting or dropping or picking up, etc. Since these plugins already have nearly all the features you would need for a great Hunger Games plugin, you could use them rather than writing custom code to do all the same things.

The only thing that would be required would be to set the player's group in the permissions file and then remove that group when they no longer belong there.

Yeah... The only problem is, not everyone has PEX I myself use PermissionsBukkit, I am going to make it so tributes can't do commands today.

It would be cool to have something like this in config:

in_arena_permissions: other.awesome.plugin
The ppl that are in the /ha list

outside_arena_permissions: other.awesome.plugin
The ppl that not are in the /ha list

spectators_permissions: other.awesome.plugin
The ppl that have done /ha watch