Game modes
Duel: Player versus player (1-on-1) combat. Whoever gets the most frags before the time is up wins.
Free For All (FFA): Players engage in a match, where everyone fights for themselves. Whoever hits the frag limit first wins and ends the game. When the time limit expires, player with the most frags is the winner.
Instagib: Free for All mode or TDM where players start with only a Railgun. There are no powerups around the map (ie. health, ammo, weapons). Instagib servers are unranked.
Team Deathmatch (TDM): Same rules as Free for All but in this mode, two teams fight each other.
Pro Team Deathmatch: a variation on Team Deathmatch for higher skilled players where some of the server settings are changed, such as the respawn time of weapons increased from 12 seconds to 30 seconds.
Capture the Flag (CTF): Each team has a base, holding a flag. To earn points and win the game, a player must take the opposing team's flag and return it to their own base, while his team's flag is secure at his own base.
InstaCTF: Similar to Instagib (i.e. railgun, lack of powerups, etc.) but in a CTF format. Instagib CTF servers are also unranked.
Clan Arena (CA): Teambased gameplay where everyone starts fully equipped with full armor and weapons. When fragged, the player must wait for the next round to begin. Players can rocket jump and plasma climb with no health penalty.
Freeze Tag (FT): (subscription only) A team based game mode combining elements of Clan Arena and Team Deathmatch. Rather than spectating when one is fragged, one is instead "frozen", and cannot respawn until a player on their team "thaws" them by standing adjacent to them for several seconds. When all players on one team are frozen, the other team wins the round.
InstaFreeze (IFT): Similar to Instagib (i.e. railgun, lack of powerups, etc.) but in a FT format. Instagib FT servers are also unranked.
During the QuakeCon 2008 keynote speech, John Carmack stated that Quake Live has no plans to allow user-made modifications, but they have hired successful Quake III mod authors to help them with their project.[8] The majority of the maps are based heavily on originals from Quake III Arena, Team Arena and popular user-made maps.
It doesn't even matter if you lose or win, you still have fun. Also its FREE!
