sounds like an interesting idea; I've thought of it before. and to be completely off topic, q3 1v1 would be perfect if:

1) the jump height were fixed
2) the icon sizes were fixed
3) the icons themselves were fixed
4) rocket splash off stairs actually did damage 100% of the time
5) telefrags were removed

np. someone do it.

I liked it when it was called CTF.

Halo:CE does this. The way respawn works in Halo:CE is that you always spawn at the closest spawnpoint by a teammate within a max radius. If all spawnpoints are blocked, or no teammate's spawn radius is by a spawn point (which usually means all teammates are dead) a random spawnpoint is chosen.

The "flaw" in the system though is that in CE the ultimate result was a series of complex spawntrap strategies in which if you got caught in it, sometimes the only way to get your team out was to go as far as kill yourself. I use the term flaw loosely as competitive Halo players rather enjoy this mechanic because if you get spawntrapped it's not because of anything the other team did, it's because your own team fucked up.

Having a completely deterministic spawn system without a doubt make Halo TS more strategic than Quake TDM, but I'm not so certain it can work in Quake. It works so well in Halo because it can take you a long time to get crossmap so I don't even know if its necessary. On the other hand there's no spawntrap issue because there's nothing in VQ3 that can kill instantly off spawn. The nature of power weapons between Halo and Quake also plays a factor that could prevent it from working. In Quake power weapons are an issue of "why don't you have one?", in Halo every power weapon is hard to get ahold of and essentially have a Quad Damage built into the barrel of the gun while at the same time the pistol is so powerful if you outaim them you can overcome this. This is in stark constrast to the MG which is an unreliable no-skill piece of shit in comparison to the power weapons.

It's worth trying, but Quakers whine at the tiniest of changes so I don't ever see it getting tried.

The minute I read this I thought of Halo as well, I believe Halo 3 does this somewhat as well not sure about Halo 2. I don't think it will work just because of the speed of Quake and Halo like you said. Things like Quad Runs would also be 2x more devastating if they players keep spawning back for more in a clump sort of speak. But yeah it is worth a try in the short run to see if it can't be tweaked to adjust to the speed.

Great idea imo.