At any given time, there are like 5 to 8 servers with players and 90 that have zero players. Some of those 90 never have any players. Some of those 90 servers have damn fine pings too.
ACTIVE SERVERS
RuneQuake & RuneQuake Plus Servers (various)
RQ Variant with Custom Maps and Custom pak (DeadZone)
Capture the Flag without Runes (quake.trinicom.com)
CRMOD Cheat-free and not (like quake.crmod.com)
Rocket Arena (IHOC ... like ihoc.essentrix.net and quake.ihoc.net)
CA+ (like max.essentrix.net, cql.essentrix.net)
Servers with Practice Bots (nygma.quake1.net and quake.xoc.net:26666)
FVF a role playing server (fvf.servequake.com)
But, there are several other types of servers that would get good play ...
1. A RQ/RQP Server running 100% custom maps with the full compliment of expected runes
2. Any type of server allowing cooperative vs. monsters
3. Classic CTF With 4 Runes ...
4. ... or CTF with Runes like Chuck's Artifact CTF
I just mention this because so many servers go to waste that have excellent pings. Almost everyone tries to do the same exact thing and that doesn't work.
There are probably 10 to 20 servers with killer ping that sit empty because they are so similar to the other servers available.
Btw, for anyone who likes custom maps and likes unlimited rockets but would like to have Runes too....
There are custom maps running @ IHOC.ESSENTRIX.NET (you must type vote-newmap otherwise only the standard ones play) and the map pack is available at
http://www.quake.ihoc.net/maps.html and just do VOTE-NEWMAP on the server.
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quake.shmack.net:26000 = RQ, 26001 = Rocket Arena, 26002 = Vote-Anything
quake.ihoc.net, Rockets/jet/7 runes
quake.singed.net, RQ on E1M7
http://www.GameStatus.Net stats,
http://www.GameAholic.Net Q1 servers