I understand that a compass will show where players are when players are holding it in their hands.
What I don't understand is how the cardinal directions on the compass work. What I currently understand is that the compass' cardinal direction is based on the player's orientation (rotation with Q and E). This is also where the confusion comes into play. If I have the red point of the compass pointing North, that should mean north, right? But guess what, turn your compass around to 180 degrees rotation, North has become South! 
This means that both players would have to have the same orientation in order to say "Go North" w/o their being confusion (same with East and West). To me, this is counter-intuitive to how a real life compass works, unless I'm wrong on how that works too. Below are pictures of what I mean, with the duct tape facing "North" initially from the first picture.
It's possible I'm missing something or just not understanding this game's compass. (It's most definitely different from a real compass, where the red line always points North).
