I use ROX-Filer http://rox.sourceforge.net to control my desktop. The inclusion of two small files in the .zip distribution will make my life (and the life of anyone else who uses rox and plays wq3a a lot easier as it will make the western quake 3 folder something I can just click on to play:
1) a file named AppRun containing the following:
#!/bin/sh
dir=`dirname $0`
echo $dir
game=`basename $dir`
quakedir=`dirname $dir`
gamedir=${HOME}/.q3a/$game
logfile=$gamedir/client.log
[ -d $gamedir ] || logfile=/dev/null
exec $quakedir/quake3 +set fs_game $game >&$logfile
2) A .png version of the icon named .DirIcon I can provide this if you like
Thanks