Because it is an FPS and people like getting kills in FPSs. The game is competitive by its nature the player wants validation of his triumph over another player.
^ exactly
it's a game so it needs to have the most common features seen in an fps game in order to attract the majority of players to actually play the game.
if people don't want any type of death messages regardless of delays, i suggest going down to your nearest Army recruiting headquarters......or just be happy that TW will give you the option to turn them off and hope that your server attracts enough "realism" fanboys to keep it filled
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