Why do so many people scream on roundstart anyways?

[Berrik]

This has been a thing for years and I'm kind of wondering how it began.

[warcrimes]

space is spooky

[Xeram]

To assert dominance over their immediate area and to warn the lesser specimens that grief is coming.

[Lady Birb]

Spaceman echolocation.

[Vitatroll]

*scream

[Recusor]

Anyone who doesnt is obviously prey.

[NateTheSquid]

to make sure i'm alive

[Superlagg]

I scream when I don't get the job I want. I never get the job I want.

[Technature]

Because we all know what's about to happen and it ain't pretty.

[locusts]

Because we want to go faster.

[CandleCandleCandles]

Powering up

[Wraithcraft]

i found this on youtube when i was looking for a stream clip but it 200% applies
this is why spacepeople scream

https://youtu.be/tNMU-LQXCOo?t=1m8s

[MeWaka]

Tip:
If you find something scary, press Ctrl+S!

screams

hears screams in the distance

That's why.

[Readster]

Many people will point back to the addition of nu-sound as the genesis of the roundstart scream but it actually goes back way farther than that. Anybody that spawned as a geneticist will remember screaming at the sight of another person next to your spawn.
Shortest answer I can give is it was the defacto roundstart greeting back then (since flipping wasn't a thing) and with the introduction of nu-sound you no longer needed somebody in sight for the "hello" scream

[Vitatroll]

Replacing screams with a bunch of stock greeting sound files sounds like a fine mingim.

Also: This. and This.