You didn't sucker anyone in and you're the one needing to relax. It was a simple question. First of all, UT2004 did it differently and they weren't arrows btw. Second, it's a fairly consolish way of pointing you to your goal. That's why we have a map...
As is fairly obvious, this is something seen on console versions and not PC versions. Unless of course, what was seen in those videos, is from the console version.
o rly?
And no UT2004 had arrows pointing you in the right direction for the beginning of the map. It did the same thing where it trailed away from you and "snaked" its way to where you should go. Console? WHATEVER.
You're just searching for problems