ofc they are welcome to come and play here, theorically.
Thing is it doesn't happen, probably because first they have never heard of e+ and second when they have tried it they didn't like it.
Most of the ql players I have seen here came for a ql.cfg tournament so was only a small part of e+, and they stuck to it (their big loss imo). So few stayed after the events and are still playing from time to time.
On the other hand you have e+ community : small, narrow-minded, torn appart but also old and somehow united.

If you wanna attract some players from elsewhere you should remember what you liked first time you played it, what made you stay and insist. Best way to sell it imo besides doing their cfg so they come to play it for events and maybe try the other parts of e+.

Though selling isn't all: i tried to introduce e+ to my firends -> epic fail, only my bro liked it Most of them didn't like what I like here : the speed.
when I first played here I got gangbanged from everywhere and was like OMG HOW CAN THEY MOVE SO FAST, BE SO REACTIVE!!! I was so fascinated that I wanted to keep trying in order to someday be able to do the same.
I think it helped that I was already hooked up by the gamestyle and welcomed by some awesome guys, before discovering e+ and its forum because forum was/is often a terrible window for the mod.

Anyway, if you have some contacts there, and sell them an event enjoyable for them, they might come. Shady did it, no reason it couldn't happen again.

People will play what they like to play, you cant force anyone or even attract here to convince to play totally different style of game, they have to like it to be so stubborn to not quit and learn to play it no matter what, I remember what attracted me here, it was on Dreamcast console, where I discovered servers based on E+ config, those were default ones with fast multi rockets, shotgun trails and most what I liked in that time while controlling my model via Pad was the immunity when I shooted into ground or wall, it wasnt killing me and was a lot easier to kill someone spamming with weapons to any corners

Then when I had PC and own Internet connection I just reminded myself about to find those servers and I found E+, me and my brothers was stick to it, we all liked to play it, one liked plus/rail cfg while other more insta rail, but we all mostly played on plus/insta cfg's as e5 or e5r always was and will be the most spammy & nub cfg that imo ruined the image of excessiveplus, because most new comers goes into random servers that runs on such cfg's, they look and see milion flying rockets and bfg all around and think WTF and leave immediately xD

on QL what I liked was insta game type, sad that it wasnt ranked but I enjoyed playing it from time to time, then came CA gametype where I played some too.

Those gametypes and settings on QL which I played reminded me the E+, thats why I played them and not the other ones, I saw lot of 1on1 with normal vanilla on which I wouldnt have any chance to win as I stopped playing baseq3 looooong time ago before I even had the internet connection on my PC

Quake Live Players laugh about this mod, and why ? becuase of memphis , his movie in the year 2009!

Most people know excessiveplus from this video !

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really - e+ most feature is GAME SPEED AND ACTION! I don't know any other game with this character, even ql is slow shit.

omg your comment has no sesne at all.

you treat this e+ mod as a separate game. but this is just a modification. dont forget that ql is based on the q3, so you still play Quake 3 (having regard e+ mod inside) and talk about the same game as it is quake 3 and you say this is slow shit because there is no bfg jump and possibility fly like a stupid monkey which is idiotic shit for the whole ql community and it makes reverse to real quake game.

btw if your skills are too weak and you need more "game speed and action" you just play e+ because for example vq3 is too difficult for you. maybe you should watch some videos from duel games the best players of the Quake Live game.

in sum.

e+ is a modification.
quake live is the game.

there is no choice. people will never get bored of real Quake game - this standard one ofc, without additives in the form of e+ mod. here is boring and lame for them (plusN, e5r eg or smth).

ps asphyx's answer and link with video is the best to explain!