I don't have Q3A, but I hope this helps.From PlanetQuake:
- adjusting your handicap with the "Handicap" option allows you to make the game more difficult by choosing a value less than 100 - the lower the handicap, the tougher you'll make it on yourself.
- Handicap: This will give you a health handicap; the value you choose is the amount of health you'll have each time you spawn in. It gives more advanced players a way to make the game more challenging, and is also a way to even out the game if you have both newbies and advanced players in the same game. Of course, it's voluntary, so a player has to elect to use it.