Thanks for the info Xachariah it really helped.
If I may help you folks in any way with your adventures with QuakeII, please let me know. My name is Herb aka Flash[TBH]. I have a web site dedicated to the players of Q2. I have been playing this game since it was released and have acquired a great deal of things for this game. In fact I have over 8gb of information, over 6000 maps, and most of the mods ever crested for QuakeII.
Please stop by sometime 
http://q2database.com
I’m so close to actually doing something about this.
the zip file has been updated with some better directions and more legality. I’m still working on the server, I’ll read up on it this weekend.
What’s different in the new zip file?
Yay. Necropost. Still wondering if anyone’s interested in Q2. The FTP’s still there.
I’ve been playing on public servers, did the private go up?
Not that I know of.