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).

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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.

1. Clubhouse
   German Biker bar located in Hanover, Germany
2. Bank
   American bank located in Los Angeles, California
3. Chalet
   Snowy Chalet located in the French alps
4. Oregon
   located in Oregon, USA
5. Consulate
   French consulate building located in the Ivory Coast
6. Kafe Dostoyevsky
   big, upscale café located in Moscow, Russia
7. Hereford Base
   redeveloped air base located in Hereford, United Kingdom which is used as a training ground for the SAS
8. Kanal
   takes place near a dock in the industrial area of Hamburg, Germany
9. House
   Suburban 3 story house located in Los Angeles, California
10. Presidential Plane
    Takes place inside a non-moving plane in London, United Kingdom
11. Yacht
    takes place on a frozen and abandoned yacht int eh Baffin Bay
12. Border
    border control building located in the middle east
13. Favela
    takes place in the Brazilian slums
14. Skyscrapper
    takes place at the top of a Japanese skyscraper which belonged to a criminal
15. Coastline
    Takes place at a nightclub in Ibiza, Spain
16. Theme Park
    abandoned theme park in Hong Kong
17. Tower
    Takes place in South Korea in which you can only infiltrate from the rooftop
18. Villa
    villa that belongs to a Italian mafia family located in Tuscany, Italy
19. Fortress
    Morrocan mansion military installment and also Kaid’s home
20. Outback
    Takes place in Australia’s Red Heart and contains a motel, restaurant, and gas station