Originally Posted by Irish Pirate

If someone missed something (like the pg location) and no one said what it was, would it be right to ask? I mean for the things on the minimap that do not appear for very long, if someone missed it they might want to know.

I often ask if a certain hive is clear or if a node is empty even though if I had been paying more attention a minute ago I might have caught the answer to the question.

The point is to teach people to use the minimap to answer questions for themselves. I haven't berated someone for asking a question like that, although it can be a bit irritating when half the team asks a question back-to-back-to-back that could have been answered if 1) they used the minimap and/or 2) listened enough the first one or two times it was said to get it. Liberal use of the minimap will make you a better player because you spend less time looking for information and more time acting on the information you have. Watching the minimap will tell you if a hive is clear because you will have seen billybob kill 2 marines there as fade then blink out, or you would have seen billybob get solo lmg'd as fade and know it's not clear. Using the kill/death messages, typed text, voicecomm, and minimap together will tell you literally everything you need to know about what is happening. Voicecomm should be about things people can't see clearly or easily on the minimap, or when the situation requires immediate attention. Examples would be "3 skulks in cargo" or "2 shotties in chem", it doesn't take a narrative to explain such a situation. People often simply say too many extra words that aren't needed, and it adds up.