I apologize if my speaking so outright at this moment is beyond my current "status" as the film guy, but I doubt ragdolls are ever happening in Western Quake
FOR SURE at some point. It kind of depends on what happens when it goes 100% open source, since the standalone is the big benchmark to hit right now and after that the future is kind of uncertain.
Much as I like ragdolls, I also personally enjoy Western Q's...erh, excuse me, Smoking Guns' animations.
For HL2 and the like, sure, fine, great, lovin' it there. But Quake 3 and death animations are like pie and meat. Doesn't need to go together, doesn't even always go together right, but damn is it tasty.