I've been playing the Uncharted 2 mutiplayer, and I've noticed that whenever you get the "flag", the player yells it out. What the hell? Why? It just gives away their position!

I'd assume game balancing, yo.

Well sorry, but if I got an ancient treasure worth millions of dollars I would be pretty excited too.

"   I've been playing the Uncharted 2 mutiplayer, and I've noticed that whenever you get the "flag", the player yells it out. What the hell? Why? It just gives away their position! "

If there is an indicator on the screen at all times of where the flag is...then what does it matter if someone yells that they have it?  You'll see it moving anyways, right?

The glowing yellow/green/red icon of the treasure gives away their position too. No "I gots teh treasure" needed.

" Well sorry, but if I got an ancient treasure worth millions of dollars I would be pretty excited too. "

" @Metal_Gear_Sunny:  I guess that makes sense. I haven't played UC2, so I don't know what's in place. Any time of markers telling you if someone has the flag? (or location, excluding this yelling mechanism) "

" @Karmum said:

" @Metal_Gear_Sunny:  I guess that makes sense. I haven't played UC2, so I don't know what's in place. Any time of markers telling you if someone has the flag? (or location, excluding this yelling mechanism) "

Yes there is a colored picture of the treasure icon that you can see through walls no matter what part of the map you are on. Unless you are def and blind, it will be pretty easy to know when someone grabs the loot. "

Maybe in the full version, with cameo characters they say different things:
 
'I got them ice, bitches!' 50 Cent
'Yo dawg, look at this ice, man' Tony Yayo 
 'Where my skull? There my skull!'
Make up your own if you want to. You heard it here first.

Me and my friend were saying that in a real life situation you'd be shot to death right after you would yell that you have the flag.

" Me and my friend were saying that in a real life situation you'd be shot to death right after you would yell that you have the flag. "

" @Metal_Gear_Sunny said:

" Me and my friend were saying that in a real life situation you'd be shot to death right after you would yell that you have the flag. "

Lol, dissect what you just said. A real life situation of capturing a flag under hostile fire is only in the future, it is nowhere near 2015. We are safe from that. "

It's most likely just a notifier to tell the player that they actually grabbed it. Kinda like the kill sound.