# Digital Media Concepts/Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an online, multiplayer, tactical shooter developed by Ubisoft and was published on December 1st, 2015 for Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

# Gameplay

Each player gets placed on a team and plays 5v5 with one team are the attackers and the other team are the defenders. The defenders are responsible for defending a bomb, hostage, or area, and the attackers are responsible for breaking into the building containing the defenders and stopping them. In this game, the defenders are the terrorists and the attackers are the Counter-Terrorism Units (CTU).

## Ranked and Casual Play

There are many different modes in Rainbow Six: Siege, but the two main ones are ranked and causal. In ranked play, each team gets to ban 2 operators, one on the defending team and one on the attacking team. Each team will play 3 rounds before switching from attacker to defender and vise-versa, until one team has won 4 matches and have won by 2. In ranked play, for each match the attackers have only three minutes to attack whereas in casual play, the attackers have four minutes to attack. IN casual play, the team who wins 3 matches first is the winner of the game. In casual play, the site for the defenders is determined randomly, whereas in ranked play, the defenders get to choose which site to defend. Also, in casual you can play all three objectives, hostage, secure area, and bomb, whereas you can only play bomb in ranked.

## Attacking

As an attacker, you only have access to the CTU operators. The goal of the attackers is to either kill all 5 of the defending team or to complete the objective. There are three types of objectives which are called hostage, secure area, and bomb. In the hostage objective, the attackers must capture and escort the hostage to the safe zone. In the secure area situation, the attackers must secure a room inside the objective building which contains a bio-hazard container for 10 seconds without any defenders contesting the objective. In the bomb objective, the attackers must place a defuser on the bomb site and defend the defuser for 45 seconds for it to activate. At the start of the match, each player on the attacking team uses their drone to find the objective and identify the defenders inside the building. After the preparation phase, the attackers have to infiltrate the building in order to stop the defenders or complete the objective.

## Defending

As a defender, you only have access to the terrorist operators. The defenders must defend their objective until the timer runs out each match or until all of the enemy team is killed. During the preparation phase, the defenders reinforce walls, place barbed wire, and place other types of defenses around the objective building

# Operators

Operators are what the characters you play are called. There are currently 54 operators with more coming out every season. There are 27 attackers and 27 defenders and one operator named "Recruit" who is available to both sides. Each operator has their own different guns and gadgets that they can use. Each operator belongs to a certain division. These divisions are SWAT (USA), SPETSNAZ (Russia), GSG9 (Germany), GIGN (France), SAS (United Kingdom), JTF2 (Canada), Navy Seal (USA), BOPE (Brazil), SAT (Japan), GEO (Spain), SDU (China), GROM (Poland), 707th SMB (Korea), The Unit (USA), GIS (Italy), GIGR (Morocco), SASR (Australia), Secret Service (USA), Jaeger Corps (Denmark), FES (Mexico), APCA (Peru), Nighthaven (India), REU (Netherlands).
ATTACKERS
| Name of Operator | Army Division | Special Gadget |
| Glaz | SPETSNAZ | HDS Flipsight |
| Fuze | SPETSNAZ | APM-6 cluster charge |
| IQ | GSG9 | Wrist mounted scanner |
| Blitz | GSG9 | Ballistic Shield and 3 rows of 8 flash-bang grenades used to blind enemies |
| Twitch | GIGN | RSD MODEL 1 SHOCK DRONE |
| Montagne | GIGN | Extendable Shield |
| Thermite | SWAT | Exothermic Charge |
| Ash | SWAT | Breaching Rounds |
| Thatcher | SAS | EMP Grenade |
| Sledge | SAS | Tactical Breaching Hammer |
| Buck | JTF2 | Skeleton Key |
| Blackbeard | Navy Seal | Rifle Shield |
| Capitão | BOPE | Tactical Crossbow |
| Hibana | SAT | X-Kairos |
| Jackal | GEO | EYENOX MODEL III |
| Ying | SDU | Candela |
| Zofia | GROM | KS79 Lifeline |
| Dokkaebi | 707th SMB | Logic Bomb |
| Finka | SPETSNAZ | Adrenal Surge |
| Lion | GIGN | EE-ONE-D |
| Maverick | The Unit | Breaching Torch |
| Nomad | GIGR | Airjab Launcher |
| Gridlock | SASR | Trax Stingers |
| Nokk | Jaeger Corps | Hel Presence Reduction |
| Amaru | APCA | Garra Hook |
| Kali | Nighthaven | LV Explosive Lance |
| Iana | REU | Gemini Replicator |
DEFENDERS
| Name of Operator | Army Division | Special Gadget |
| Kapkan | SPETSNAZ | Entry Denial Device |
| Tachanka | SPETSNAZ | Mounted LMG |
| Bandit | GSG9 | Shock Wire |
| Jäger | GSG9 | Active Defense System |
| Rook | GIGN | Armor Pack |
| Doc | GIGN | Stim Pistol |
| Pulse | SWAT | Heartbeat Sensor |
| Castle | SWAT | Armor Panel |
| Smoke | SAS | Remote Gas Grenade |
| Mute | SAS | Signal Disruptor |
| Frost | JTF2 | Welcome Mat |
| Valkyrie | Navy Seal | Black Eye |
| Caveira | BOPE | Silent Step |
| Echo | SAT | Yokai |
| Mira | GEO | Black Mirror |
| Lesion | SDU | Gu Mine |
| Ela | GROM | Grzmot mine |
| Vigil | 707th SBU | ERC-7 |
| Alibi | GIS | Prisma |
| Maestro | GIS | Evil Eye |
| Clash | MPS | CCE Shield |
| Kaid | GIGR | RTILA Electroclaw |
| Mozzie | SASR | Pest Launcher |
| Warden | Secret Service | Glance Smart Glasses |
| Goyo | FES | Volcan Shield |
| Wamai | Nighthaven | Mag-Net System |
| Oryx | Unaffiliated | Remah Dash |

# Maps

There are 20 different maps in Rainbow Six Siege which all replicate a place in the world. https://www.ign.com/wikis/rainbow-six-siege/Maps] Some maps are not available in ranked play, some are always available, and some maps are rotated in and out every season.
* Clubhouse German Biker bar located in Hanover, Germany
* Bank American bank located in Los Angeles, California
* Chalet Snowy Chalet located in the French alps
* Oregon located in Oregon, USA
* Consulate French consulate building located in the Ivory Coast
* Kafe Dostoyevsky big, upscale café located in Moscow, Russia
* Hereford Base redeveloped air base located in Hereford, United Kingdom which is used as a training ground for the SAS
* Kanal takes place near a dock in the industrial area of Hamburg, Germany
* House Suburban 3 story house located in Los Angeles, California
* Presidential Plane Takes place inside a non-moving plane in London, United Kingdom
* Yacht takes place on a frozen and abandoned yacht int eh Baffin Bay
* Border border control building located in the middle east
* Favela takes place in the Brazilian slums
* Skyscrapper takes place at the top of a Japanese skyscraper which belonged to a criminal
* Coastline Takes place at a nightclub in Ibiza, Spain
* Theme Park abandoned theme park in Hong Kong
* Tower Takes place in South Korea in which you can only infiltrate from the rooftop
* Villa villa that belongs to a Italian mafia family located in Tuscany, Italy
* Fortress Morrocan mansion military installment and also Kaid’s home
* Outback Takes place in Australia’s Red Heart and contains a motel, restaurant, and gas station