I've done some work creating an automated ladder system that currently supports Quakeworld and Quake 2. check it out:

http://subsurface.se

The User-experience is (or in most cases, it is beta)

1. Signup
2. Install plugin (game clients for select games is installed here)
3. Click <Play Ladder> button(s)

When there is an opponent available game client is launched and both players are connected to a game-server that is password protected for the duration of the game.

When the game ends, the ladder-system collects score and updates the ladder ranking.

Server selection
Server is selected from a pool of available servers. The ladder-system uses a trivial algorithm to determine most fair server.
the server with lowest ping1+ping2 + pingdif

When a server is selected, the ladder-system use rcon to setup the server with password, maps and other settings needed for the current ladder.

post on quakeworld.nu

The Satanic Slaughter clan, creators of previous QW movies Frags Done Satanic and Frags Done Satanic Refragged, have released their latest audio/video sensory excursion.

* Running time: 16:06
* Size: 791MiB / 312MiB
* Video: 40FPS 800x600 6664kbps XVid
* Audio: 44.1KHz 192kbps CBR MP3


source: quakeworld.nu
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