One of the best parts of joining a gaming community is the abundance of memes to enjoy. The Rainbow Six: Siege community has no shortage of memes, especially memes that mock the logic behind gameplay and game developer Ubisoft's motivation behind changes.
From server crashing and queue times to toxic teammates and operators with reputations of their own, there are plenty of jokes to make at Rainbow's expense, and what better jokes are there than memes? Take a break from playing to enjoy a collection of ten hilarious logic memes that poke fun at Rainbow Six: Siege.
10 Rook Armor vs. A Metal Thing
Rook's operator video makes it very clear: his armor plates are not to be trifled with. They can stop a .357 magnum round traveling at 490 meters per second, and in actual gameplay scenarios, Rook's armor plates will guarantee a DBNO state rather than death (assuming you haven't been downed before and you remember to pick one up). So how is it that when an attacker knifes a defender wearing Rook's armor, they die instantly? Aren't bullets typically stronger than a knife? They certainly travel faster than a knife does. So what gives, Ubisoft?
9 He's Right THERE!
Rainbow Six: Siege is a game that leans heavily on teamwork, and the best way to communicate with your team is via callouts. However, Rainbow also has a steep learning curve, and new players often don't know the etiquette or culture of the game on top of not knowing the map whatsoever.
This makes making callouts particularly difficult for them, which can be particularly frustrating to teammates who have been playing the game longer and know the maps better. Never mind that the name of the location is conveniently located right there in your HUD.
8 Expectations vs. Reality
This is a meme that hits too close to home for anyone who's ever tried to solo-queue into Ranked before. The dream would be to find four stellar teammates who 1) speak the same language you do 2) know what they're doing in-game and 3) actually have a mic, but more often than not, the reality is disappointing and looks more like the second image. When teammates actually have a mic and decide to speak up, their callouts are worthless—so worthless, in fact, that most of the time, they might as well be in another language.
7 Rainbow Six: Siege Operators
It feels accurate, doesn't it? Especially for those who have been playing Rainbow since Year One and have seen the layout changes Ubisoft implements to make room for all of Rainbow's newest operators, it can seem like one day the operator selection screen will look more like the screen on the right.
Ubisoft has stated in the past that their goal is to eventually have 100 operators for gamers to pick from, and at the time of this writing, there are already 50, and Rainbow is only in Year Four. It's not a stretch to imagine that by 2025, the operator screen will look like something out of a Lego Star Wars game.
6 Galaxy Brain Breaching Strats
Anyone who's familiar with this meme format knows that the ideas tend to get worse as the meme goes on. Everybody with any knowledge of Rainbow and the way the game works knows that Ash, a three-speed attacker with arguably some of the best weapons in the game, is the best operator to breach the objective with. But what makes memes funny is the unexpected. You might see someone use a Buck or Jackal with their slower speed and more cumbersome weapons to breach the objective, but you'd be pretty hard-pressed to see someone breach as Glaz. And if someone is breaching with Fuze, they know they're being a meme.
5 Callouts
Here's another accurate meme that represents just how awful some teammates can be about callouts. Whether it be a group of strangers who simply have no idea what they're doing or friends who think it's funny to mess with you when you're trying to clutch a victory, callouts are either your best friend or your worst enemy.
As important as callouts are in a game like Rainbow, sometimes it would be better if your team would just shut up for a minute.
4 Terrorist Hunt Logic
The Terrorist Hunt game mode isn't everyone's cup of tea, and this could be a contributing factor. The enemies themselves may be easier to defeat than the ones you're faced with in PVP game modes, but Terrorist Hunt is infamous for the number of gadgets the terrorists are allowed to use to keep attackers at bay. Anyone familiar with Terrorist Hunt knows the pain of destroying entire hallways full of barbed wire only to step into that one room full of nitro cells that you never seem to find until nearly the end of the match when your health is depleted. Totally unfair, Ubi.
3 Year Passes
Most of the time, buying a year pass for Rainbow Six: Siege is totally worth it. You get eight new operators every year, and you'll have access to them a week before the general public does so you can practice and get to know their weapons and recoil.
However, sometimes Ubisoft hits with great operators, and sometimes they miss. Year Four, according to a majority of Rainbow fans, has an abundance of operators with gadgets, guns, and abilities that could have been much better than they are. So before you think of buying a year pass, maybe consider waiting it out.
2 Sweaty Enemies
They're everywhere. They're in Casual, they're in Ranked, they're even in Terrorist Hunt. Sweaty players are unavoidable in Rainbow Six: Siege. It's more understandable in Ranked, when winning or losing actually matters because losing means losing points and ranks and winning means actually gaining MMR and a better rank. But by no means does that mean sweaty players don't show up in Casual for no reason other than to totally ruin your day. It's easy to spot a sweaty player. They're the defenders that hunt down your drone and spawn peek you, and they're the attackers that drone the entire map before taking a step inside. Beware!
1 Thermite Logic
"It's time to make a new door!" Anyone who's played Rainbow before is familiar with Thermite's iconic voice line. And when you're playing Thermite, why not abuse his gadget by blowing holes straight through walls (reinforced or not!) instead of doing what the rest of your team is doing and breaking down the doors? His gadget is there for a reason, it's basically unstoppable (unless someone on the other team decides to go Bandit or Kaid), and you might even get a gadget kill in if you're really lucky!