Hey everybody! A friend has recently told me about OA, so I finally got around to playing it and all I have to say is WOW... major props to everyone that made this game, because it is a brilliantly visceral fragfest. I'm mainly a UT player, and haven't played many Quake games, but now I really want to play the original Q3A to see what all the fuss is about :-] .
*ahem*
I do have a question about the subject of coloured names. I've seen a few people with them, but I don't know how to make my name coloured. Sorry if it's a n00b-ish question, but I have no previous experience with Quake. Thanks in advance for the help!
First, welcome to the game. Hope that you will have countless hours of fun with us

As for the names, take down your console and simply type: /name "^1Somberfire" this will present you with this:
Somberfire. The use of double-quotes lets you use spaces in your name and the use of the caret, or ^ followed by a number, is what brings color to your name.
Black = ^0
Red = ^1
Green = ^2
Yellow = ^3
Blue = ^4
Cyan = ^5
Purple= ^6
White = ^7