i see.

as you already have some experience, you better start playing with mysql(there is a plugin for both c-script and lite-c, D3D's i think.)

it's really much more fun to play with mysql, you may start with how do you do changes on a sql server or how you get info from it(i mean sql queries).

i tried some little things with GS&mysql using the plugin i mentioned above, it did pretty well.

But if you go more complex, sometimes you may need something more on sql side, in this case you should program the server on your own using c++ or other languages.

Gstnet is a multiplayer plugin for GS, much easier to use, but there is no lite-c version yet