y'all need to stop comparing information leak bugs to mechanical bugs, it's embarrassing
dqzSamusshould only be available to spectators"It should be" is an opinion unless someone from Valve actually comes out and confirms what it really should be (don't think this ever happened).
that's not how that works
even if it was, here's a bunch of references in the code that clearly refer to this as *spectator* HUD elements
when you are alive as a character in a team, you are not a spectator
https://github.com/lua9520/source-engine-2018-hl2_src/blob/3bf9df6b2785fa6d951086978a3e66f49427166a/game/shared/viewport_panel_names.h#L22
https://github.com/lua9520/source-engine-2018-hl2_src/blob/3bf9df6b2785fa6d951086978a3e66f49427166a/game/client/sdk/vgui/sdkviewport.cpp#L75
https://github.com/lua9520/source-engine-2018-hl2_src/blob/3bf9df6b2785fa6d951086978a3e66f49427166a/game/client/tfc/vgui/tfcviewport.cpp#L86
https://github.com/lua9520/source-engine-2018-hl2_src/blob/3bf9df6b2785fa6d951086978a3e66f49427166a/game/client/game_controls/spectatorgui.h