<Update: This is corrected in 0.7.7.>
This is the kind of crap I get in the console with the new version, Linux, Debian, whether compiled myself or using the package maintainers version from UNSTABLE:
say(Kyonshi^7): I am the leader.
telteltelKilsay(Major^7): I'm the leader.
ItetelteltelIteIteItesay(Dark^7): who is the leader of this rag-tag bunch?
telteltelItesay(Major^7): I am off to get the flag.
telteltelItesay(Penguin^7): Who's the leader of this rag-tag bunch?
IteItesay(Grism^7): Sounds like a plan.
Itesay(Major^7): I lead.
say(Nekoyss^7): Sounds like a plan.
IteIteIteIteIteIteItebroadcast: print "Beret^7 got the RED flag!\n"
IteIteItetelteltelteltelteltelteltelteltelteltelteltelteltelteltelteltelKilItebroadcast: print "Grunt^7 got the BLUE flag!\n"
IteIteIteKilbroadcast: print "Sergei^7 fragged BLUE's flag carrier!\n"
telteltelteltelteltelIteteltelteltelsay(Sergei^7): Sounds like a plan.
telteltelteltelteltelKilItebroadcast: print "Sergei^7 returned the RED flag!\n"
KilKilItesay(Beret^7): I shall get our flag back.
telteltelteltelteltelteltelteltelteltelteltelteltelteltelteltelIteKilsay(Rai^7): I'm off to get the flag.
My games.log is really arfin' weird too:
slipgate:~.openarena/baseoa# tail -f games.log
0:00 --- 0:00 Ini 0:00 War 0:10 Cli 0:10 Cli 0:10 Cli 0:10 Cli 0:10 Cli 0:10 Cli 0:10 Ite 0:12 Ite 0:18 Ite 0:18 Ite 0:19 Ite 0:20 Cli 0:20 Cli 0:20 Cli 0:20 Cli 0:20 Cli 0:20 Cli 0:23 Ite 0:23 say 0:23 Ite 0:24 say 0:24 Ite 0:25 Ite 0:26 Ite 0:26 say 0:29 Shu 0:29 ---
I'm about to recompile the ioQuake executable with some of my patches and see if maybe you just grabbed a bad version from SVN...