[lgl]

This is great, I always wondered if one could train an AI to play god level quake as they've done with DOTA and other games since it's such a quirky engine with so many niche and semi obscure moves and tactics.

For anybody wishing to try or revisit the game you can download the nquake pack [0] which a free and ready to go version of the game that includes the shareware portion of the original game and some gpl'd maps that are the most commonly used (if you own the original game you can just copy the \id1\pak1.pak file to the install folder and delete the gpl maps pak). Also included is the ezQuake [1] build which is a modern implementation of the engine that everybody uses these days and features lots of tweaks for improved graphics, fps, teamplay, better menus, better server browser and a lot more.

Then you can use a website like badplace [2] where you can look for servers and see who's playing. From there you can join or just watch some games by clicking the observe or QTV links (if you registered the qw:// handler during install/first launch).

It's still a brilliant game and there's still a relatively decent community playing everyday although the skill level is of some of these players is truly insane.

[0] https://www.nquake.com/

[1] https://ezquake.github.io/

[2] https://www.badplace.eu/