Yeah. I've played quake live a ton. Not as much anymore, but I've played the quake series forever, playing a ton of quake 3.
Kind of wish they kept gibs in stuff in live, but whatever. Quake has a pretty high learning curve/competition. For people that haven't played a arena fps like quake, learning how to bhop and strafe and things like that is hard to learn, along with super fast reaction times for aiming. That's why I like it so much though, because of how fast a game it is.