The same thing happened to me, but I don't know how to replicate it; though I didn't try very hard.
Basically, the game started, fresh map, and I died instantly as the countdown clock was going(not sure what caused this because I didn't type kill in console). I re-spawned before the clock finished and the camera got stuck in 3rd person.
When the server does an sv_reset like with some of the admin mods running on the servers, it can cause you to spawn in third person if you're dead or in a third person view for spectating, waiting to hatch, etc...
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Hopefully b217 is finished and ready to be released soon then, this happens every 3 or 4 spawns to me, it's less painful as a skulk as i can just hit b and get cara and it clears but marines dont get that blissfullness.
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Basically, the game started, fresh map, and I died instantly as the countdown clock was going(not sure what caused this because I didn't type kill in console). I re-spawned before the clock finished and the camera got stuck in 3rd person.
This is fixed in 217.