I'm not sure i can add anything more to what so many others have said.
This game is among the top 100 games of all time, it's like the chess of the FPS genera, anyone can run it and if you grew up at a certain time, being ridiculously good at this game was impressive in the 90's. This game was the reason i knew anyone outside of work or family. You could go to an internet cafe and play strangers, i would see every kind of person play this game.
The fact that people are still playing this game, even with all the amazing ray traced multi-billion dollar produced $90 games being released at thousands a day, when they die we will still be playing quake 3.
The gameplay is so tuned it feels like this game is just part of your nervous system, your mind goes blank of all the tasks and worries and your brain can only say one thing "CHASE" and you hunt for your opponent in a wriggling slithering blitz.
Even bad players enjoy this, it never feels personal to get fragged. There is no cooldown, you don't zoom into the lucky player who gibbed you, you just spring up ready for action.
I hope night dive finishes the game, i hope all the people i used to see at the internet cafe find some time to get together and gibb each other.
Can't we all just play Quake 3 together?

Masterpiece.

Since it's my recommendation. I'll tell you what I do.

I just play 5-10 minutes a day deathmatch against bots.

Right?

Don't knock it till you tried it.

endless classic