[quote=&quot;x02&quot;]no. it's only on the minimap if someone on your team has view on them[/quote]
I don't know what all the parameters are for the FC/Flag to sho up on the minimap, but here are some things i've noticed:
1. No matter where you are on the map, if a teammate sees the FC then the flag shows up on minimap
2.  Its not time related.  ie grab flag and stand 50 ft away for 5 min, the flag will stay on minimap for 5 min
3. Distance has something to do with it, as do walls/obstructions (line of sight?).  ie 100 ft with an obstructing wall may not show flag, but 100ft w/o wall sometimes will.  some calculation is going on here (of course #1 overrides this)
4. demos and specs dont see fc on minimap [i:c475efeb20]at any time[/i:c475efeb20].  specs kind of makes sense except they could switch to fc easily anyway, so this 'feature' has limited usefulness for fc location protection.  a better implementation would have been to allow server admins to disallow speccing FC if desired, and disable spec minimap unless #1 applies (if desired).  Demos should always show FC minimap location (maybe in green if flag would not normally be seen on minimap)