It's not easy to find Q2 players anymore. This game evolved into a standalone based off of q2's engine.
I played q1 with a 14.4 modem and a 900 ping... with just the keyboard. I've played the whole quake series online. Q2 still stands alone as a skilled online shooter in my opinion. Q3 was horrid, and q4 never took off online, the developers for ra4 dropped out I believe(correct me if I'm wrong)? Ra2 and pball are still the best mods for q2. Way back in the day (before everyone got good at fps), I was ranked 42nd in the world in Ra2 on theCLQ.com and clanned on OGL's open ladder.
I just checked CLQ's stats, there are currently 187 players online playing Q2 with 118 active servers.