107 Rainbow Six Siege Facts You Should Know Part 2 | The Leaderboard

Rainbow Six Siege is going on 5 years with over 55 million players strong. Season 1 of year 5 is starting soon with Operation Void Edge, so let's go through our second round of 107 facts about Rainbow Six Siege.
Don't miss our videos, make sure you subscribe!
frdr.us/TLBsubscribe
Rainbow Six Siege is coming up on 5 years. Recently, it just surpassed 55 million players and it's continuing to go strong. With year 5 starting soon and Ubisoft teasing the new Operation Void Edge, let's take a look back at Rainbow Six Siege and bring you 107 facts about Rainbow Six Siege vol. 2.
Watch All of 107 Game Facts Videos
frdr.us/TLB107plys7
Do NOT forget to visit our KZbin friends!
Channel Frederator - frdr.us/YTCFyoutube
Cartoon Hangover - frdr.us/YTCHyoutube
Want to tell us something? Write an email.
[e-mail]
Want to work at Frederator? See our job openings and internships.
frdr.us/YTFREDjobs
Sign up for EMAIL UPDATES
frdr.us/TLBemail
#RainbowSixSiege #Videogame #Videogameculture
Credits for This Episode
-----------------------------------
Researched by: Kyle Stover
Written by: Kyle Stover
Hosted by: Kyle Stover
Edited by: Phoenix Williams
Thumbnail Design by: Elvin Apolonio
Executive Producers: Carrie Miller, Fred Seibert
Producers: Adrian Apolonio, Nicholas Fung
Head Writer: Casey Gonzalez
Production Assistant: Chantel Ikotidem
Writing & Talent Coordinator: Dan McQuade
Lead Graphic Designer: Alexandria Batchelor
Program Manager: Nick Jennings
Music Provided by Epidemic Sound:
Your Home For Video Game Facts! The Leaderboard offers fascinating insights, development history, tips & tricks, as well as the latest in news and commentary about your favorite games past and present. We cover a mix of AAA titles and indie releases with compelling characters and deep stories. We upload about 7 times a week Chat with us on Discord (The Leaderboard Fam) / discord .

[@TheLeaderboard]

Hope you all enjoy the video. :) Are you excited to see what Operation Void Edge brings. What would you want to see next?

[@pyeitme508]

Please make a video about the timeline of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon?

[@ManiX207]

im impresed they actually made the charging wall breaker boy .... thouhg i wonder what thatchers role will be then

[@jojestjo]

In polish finka dont man knive knive in polish is nóż

[@furiousmoose1053]

The Leaderboard I love these vids keep up the great work even though I know you all will

[@ManiX207]

Did not expect him to be a def boi

[@kravin4454]

**Kills Zofia as Ela** Their mother: "Why?" Ela: "Needed that 10 for mvp dog"

[@warriorpaths237]

YourBoi Reaper u mean kills ela as zofia??

[@Jjjj-my6yz]

Relentless Verxi works both ways

[@fried_infant895]

According to lore the whole game is training operations and those are blank bullets

[@kravin4454]

@@fried_infant895 pretty funny either way. I also didn't know that so thank you!

[@cormac7884]

Stolen from the Russian badger but ok

[@thehourglass7279]

"capitao actually has impaired vision" well yes generally missing an eye impairs your vision

[@DjGhost718]

He does in real life too: www.rio-de-janeiro-travel-information.com/bope-elite-squad.html

[@fionnodonnell1537]

Lol

[@overl0ad_x762]

And yet he can still lean to his left side without any visual problems

[@thatssofetch3481]

Pepethegeek、 duh, he just takes his good eye out and swaps it with his bad one

[@sackugo]

Generally yes, but not always. If you’re a really good boy mom lets you see with both eyes for a while.

[@juugnn]

literally just the wired r6s interview with some different words

[@Hussain-965]

yup, was lookin for this comment lol

[@quazar8952]

@@Hussain-965 same here

[@aiden7224]

Me too

[@deityog3888]

Yes

[@cosmichoops94]

Honestly tho

[@treggosaurus]

Fact 107: Newcomer is a playlist in which you wait 10 minutes for a match. The you get placed with smurfs and hackers. Better say your prayers.

[@Jacob-es5tv]

Yellow Tri-stand i play p4 on a smurf and never faced another smurf lol

[@julioescobar-francisco3330]

@@Jacob-es5tv ha same I like to smurf. I was going against another smurf enemy player. He texted me on Psn message saying wassup my smurf brother 😂. Because he seen the kill cam my aim locked in his head real quick. I have level 199 account almost 200. Diamond 2 right now.

[@georgemitchel23]

Been there... I'm a xbox R6 vet trying PC for the first time Too many smurfs and hackers man And if I go to xbox... too many cowards with mouse and keyboard

[@miiidiyadaquate4037]

He just read off the description and called it a fact you should know.

[@whereami66666]

@@julioescobar-francisco3330 wtf diamond 2?

[@minhkhoapham950]

So y'all telling me that fuzing the hostage is canon

[@bananasplitman345]

Em Kay Basically, yeah. Ying is actually concerned about Fuze being in Rainbow and does not like how he doesn't care about civilian casualties.

[@patchthefat]

Bananasplit Man Ying should stay in her league and get off my boy Fuze. Keep killing them hostages my man.

[@raegonthe5]

@@patchthefat u really wouldn't like fuze when u are the hostage

[@lveloxl]

i heard my name, and what i see here disappoints me. Ying’s concerns, shouldn’t be a concern, as someone above has stated. Anyways. Cluster Charge deployed.

[@catblitz5103]

@@lveloxl the last time u used ur cluster charge u killed me

[@NotRJ001]

Nomad basically has 3 fingers? That explains why the recoil on her gun is uncontrollable and controllable at the same time

[@MarksterC]

also because like buck, no vertical grip die to the gadget

[@blackkid8032]

Maybe it’s because bronzes can’t control recoil 😈

[@NotRJ001]

@@blackkid8032 I'm actually Silver about to be on gold my friend....so keep your arrogance to yourself.

[@0jaidan164]

Big Boss Rob damn gold? 😳 insane

[@derpyy3139]

@@NotRJ001 lol gold is nothing im diamond xd

[@lveloxl]

you didn’t have to expose me like that, guys.

[@polish2945]

eh its fine keep on fuzing on!

[@aaryanpallath8172]

Fuze Kills are Kills even if it’s the hostage

[@gmodguy1479]

No one uses you anymore fuze....

[@lveloxl]

_Memes R Us _ T-that’s not true..!

[@whiteboishadyythegmaer398]

There's a bunch of ppl who still use fuse

[@panzerfrost3223]

Fuze was inspired by a team who made an oops Fuze’s whole character: Killing hostages

[@gondal4]

:o

[@Hanlb]

You can make an hour long video just talking about the backstories of the operators.

[@AlphalanceVO]

Personally, I would love to do that

[@Imaberealwitcha]

More like a day long video

[@eezzyyymoney]

Bro there’s a hour long video of Ubisoft dev explaining all the operators. Dude pretty much just copied the whole video word for word

[@yammolot5689]

i just have to ask, why tf do you have young Stalin as your peofile picture? xDD

[@giuSE2004]

I dont get why ubisoft doesn't make a story mode or more cutscenes

[@KhreamedKhorne]

"Montagne" "pick up those plates" I think y'all got some things mixed up.

[@AlphalanceVO]

They're both GIGN tho

[@asdfg3046]

Alphalance monty is on attack tho

[@mirakhalifa8704]

Just a reminder to sweaty roamer mains to pick up Rook armor before wandering off. I don't see what's wrong.

[@funerismilker3451]

Mira Khalifa actually that’s a bad idea, it adds one to their armor and decreases their speed while also increasing their sound

[@mirakhalifa8704]

@@funerismilker3451 but Ela's cheeks clapping is louder tho

[@KanyeEastLondon]

23:45 “Everybody liked that”

[@masterofrats533]

Fun Fact: the "new comer" playlist is where new players decide they never want to play siege again because smurfs and youtubers abuse it for "content".

[@kalebmcarthur6817]

Chameleon Airsoft yeah I’m a diamond and whenever I encounter a genuinely new player I let them get kills on me from unexpected angles to give them the satisfaction of getting a kill on a high ranked player and seeing the unpredictable nature that is of sieges gameplay so that way they enjoy playing and actually get into the game

[@julianbrito2247]

This comment is stolen

[@julianbrito2247]

@@kalebmcarthur6817 I doubt a diamond would waste their time dying. Makes zero sense to do that. If you know the rainbow community you know that half the people you let kill you would just call you a carried diamond.

[@nuclearpotato6253]

julian brito was way except he has skill and unlike you does not need to kill low levels to make themselves look better. People like you are the reason this community that you think Siege is (When in reality a lot of people are extremely nice), is so “toxic”

[@julianbrito2247]

@@nuclearpotato6253 if he is a diamond how is he encountering genuinely new players. See it makes no sense. Even casual has a matchmaking system based on level that the game doesnt tell you. Honestly doubt "kaleb" is a diamond too. I'm not even being toxic I'm just putting 2 and 2 together.

[@randomteddy9938]

Boy I kinda feel sorry for the terrorists that kidnapped Cav's bro

[@joea7590]

Terrorists don't deserve sorrow

[@user-jw6ui3og9v]

It was a drug cartel

[@HK-sn4rx]

@@user-jw6ui3og9v yeah you get to save him in Ghost recon wildlands

[@REDD_addict]

Ya

[@nathanslonaker9941]

I love the lore ubi has been adding to the siege universe, I really hope they expand on it in quarantine

[@joea7590]

I'm really hoping quarantine gives more character development.

[@digi3391]

I hope not everyone leaves siege and goes to quarantine

[@markthorburn9404]

Quarantine might not have much to do with siege,might just be small cameos

[@funkmasterfunk1221]

Haha like we will get it

[@basil8474]

"siege universe" is the worst thing i've ever heard

[@makkapakka7460]

5:20 Old twitch haunts my nightmares

[@mittenz4219]

Pure fear

[@wool__]

55 Million Players. and 1/3 of them are smurfs and cheaters

[@Camper7760]

I thought Pulse was based off of Mr. Worldwide, Pitbull, not Bruce Willis

[@cumminsi-xz2qf]

Johnny Sins

[@popeofpain6904]

The Rock

[@Mudpies69]

David from alvin and the chipmunks

[@VoIkov]

@@cumminsi-xz2qf Nah that's Blitz

[@bellial974]

This could be posible, Pulse has hispanic heritage

[@D.Wapher]

11:43 Though the table had turned now. Doki: Look at me, I'm the counter now.

[@fivo_viirus_jay7576]

Castle, Easygoing? If he is so easy going y is it that when hit gets hit with the tiniest piece of shrapnle he will scream louder that the EE-one D drone.

[@LesRequiem957]

Bruh, you didn't have to do Castle like that!

[@funkmasterfunk1221]

S3NDP13 bri be glad he didn’t point out how useless he is

[@natbutter2721]

he did play football....

[@RoHaCKeRuS]

As a polish citizen, I can confirm that 'Finka' Doesn't mean knife in polish

[@maddisonparker3695]

I was looking for this comment. If she is Russian, why would her nickname be Polish?

[@toxy1858]

Finka is actually a type of knife used by scouts, "nóż finka" - "finka knife"

[@wigglyrock6764]

Yea i got really confused

[@maximiliancynar2085]

WigglyRock5 so did I

[@Dunnos-05]

Was about to say that

[@TheKoza]

nie ogarnąłem właśnie

[@markthorburn9404]

Yet in Russian finka means knife,so he's a language off

[@colebennett620]

Wamai has a rare change that allows his heart rate to lower allowing him to hold his breath longer.

[@jaydeleon8094]

Course he he can hold his breath for several min, and says he isn’t from “around here”

[@Kinos141]

Fun Fact: Cav's gadget isn't a gadget at all. It's just her learned skill and abilities.

[@dariangarcia7577]

Should've made wamai a 3 speed since jager is and since his stamina is insane apparently

[@anonymoose8020]

Also every op past phantom sight is a two speed

[@seeps6469]

3 speeds are deemed to strong by Ubisoft

[@teo-dk3yd]

Lachlan Maxwell lol never buying another dlc then

[@jaydeleon8094]

Matt Ornelas ....you know they are free right?

[@joea7590]

@@teo-dk3yd why?

[@ocean_booi]

4:13 imagine being the 7th child of the family. this post was made be me, the 10th child of the family.

[@random_guy8098]

Damn thats crazy, but i dont remember asking bro

[@ocean_booi]

@@random_guy8098 yeah , that's fair.

[@mymaingotbanned_not5816]

@@random_guy8098 I mean its a comment so... As long as he asks people to leave a comment its fair game.

[@Wings_-9S]

"Kaid is the oldest operator, at 58 years old." Sam Fisher: Hold my argus

[@yeather_6562]

22:04 “gadget realism consultant” That must have been a short lived job title

[@Austin-jz7po]

You forgot fact 108: Tachanka is the lord

[@imayummysteak8184]

hahaha thats a funny joke

[@fhearrbod858]

Haha nice joke bro

[@realmswinger6939]

imayummysteak it’s not a joke

[@realmswinger6939]

Siltuatha it’s not a joke

[@noobsaibot6482]

Yall complaning about Lord Tachanka meme yet keep spamming the deadass fuzing the hostage meme

[@okay1705]

4:42 Cav: this is a bucket Attacker: dear god Cav: theres more

[@natbutter2721]

no

[@-artzin-6640]

Finka & Tachanka: "TO THE VODKA MY COMRADE"

[@austinpowerzz2678]

ДLЇZЦ I need Chinka

[@defaultplay3r363]

Kali gets professional gear Wamai "what if we put a swimsuit on a guy"

[@polish2945]

actually finka in polish dosent mean anything nóż is knife in polish what i think you mean is that finka in russian means knife

[@mmth4761]

Tomasz kerowski that’s what I thought too

[@lveloxl]

👁👁

[@kot4235]

Finka in Polish actually means finish girl

[@polish2945]

@@kot4235 yeah, sorry i forgot

[@lordarbitration1228]

I was looking for someone that pointed this out before I commented

[@honeybadgerstudios8877]

Hostage: “Help Me, Please!” Fuze: “Yesn’t”

[@canadianneko2177]

"First map to include bulletproof glass" Presidential Plane: Am I a joke to you?

[@jace3143]

“Sofia keeps her distance from everyone, even her squadmates” Especially when she has defuser...

[@apis617]

7:39 i tought he was johnny sins

[@cier7228]

"finka wich in polish means knife" what knife in polish is "nóż" finka is special scout knife

[@thanoschin7106]

Amaru: Indiana johns Ash: tombraider P.S why does ash have 3 god damn elites?!?!?!?!

[@funkmasterfunk1221]

Thanos chin money

[@noahsykes2402]

She has 2...

[@thanoschin7106]

Noah Sykes basically she had three just with a different type of colour

[@funkmasterfunk1221]

@Noah Sykes ya she has 3. There is the new one, the one you got for free if you played outbreak, and there was a second from outbreak. It literally was the same as the free one but it was like gray instead brown

[@noahsykes2402]

@@funkmasterfunk1221 My bad. I didn't know there were 2 versions of that elite skin

[@razerbladegaming8983]

Kaid be throwing metal spiders around. I wish they did cartwheels tho.

[@ProdLvnden]

YoU cAn StOp WoRrYiNg AbOuT gReNaDeS nOw

[@KhreamedKhorne]

How many of those 55 million players are smurfs though?

[@da3329]

5 million ish

[@aaronsound]

it happens in every game

[@fettychow7648]

probably like 15%

[@MC-rf4bh]

Like 75% of the people that play newcomer

[@nimitz6428]

I have 2 Smurfs lol

[@StayCovert]

I still remember playing the beta with my friends in high school.. man how time goes by

[@funkmasterfunk1221]

Section good times

[@keithallen5670]

I watched the Wired interview prior to this and honestly it just seems like you guys copied literally everything that was stated during that video.

[@funkmasterfunk1221]

Keith Allen and got almost everything wrong

[@FrostyFragz]

19:36 I'm just going to correct the fact that "Finka" doesn't mean knife in Polish

[@lojomn6669]

Frosty Fragz it does in Russian I think

[@dewannabe8845]

Louis Maynard it doesnt

[@sanzwastaken]

7:46 *"NUMBER 31"*

[@kesean87]

Twitch's sister is in a whole different game. Her name is Wattson in Apex Legends

[@joea7590]

Lmao

[@funkmasterfunk1221]

Don’t compare that trash to siege

[@chorko696]

The Leaderboard : Castle usually plays the role of diplomat in arguments. Thermite : Am I a joke to you?

[@bananazo6]

“Huge hammer” *SLEDGE-hammer....*

[@Gael1212O4]

Where do i see mira's gadjet testing

[@AlphalanceVO]

Check out the Ubisoft YT page. They have several from the last few Operations

[@theredeyther7502]

The gas the spetsnaz used in the Moscow theatre was fentanyl gas.

[@legendary_siege_goat1540]

The next 107 facts should be about why my dad left to go get milk and never came back 😢😢

[@ultron2-465]

13:19 *Me when i trip over a toy and fall down the stairs.*

[@soufinator3631]

I've been waiting for this for a very long time

[@killa3648]

Tachanka can drink 36 bottles of vodka, 37 is when he finnaly sweats this is without the nanobots.

[@austinpowerzz2678]

Killa I need Chinka

[@killa3648]

@@austinpowerzz2678 i saw him squatting in some moscow suburbs, try looking around bars.

[@austinpowerzz2678]

Killa wait what no I’m talking about Finka-Tachanka=Chinka

[@arashi8876]

The next sniper from Finland name would be - The White Death.

[@Aprex.]

107 facts u deadass already know

[@carlthelongshoreman1979]

“Charlice starling” omg that made me mad

[@bluntlyhonest6803]

17:14 then Nøkk would either be 18 years old or 14 years old which is quite unlikely.

[@froxu8924]

19:38 in polish knife mean nóż bruh im polish Edit: finka is in polish a finnish knife usually used by scouts

[@ShinigamiAnger]

The stadium should be a modular map, with several modules randomly arranged at each round start to never have the same layout.

[@Oscarstevens760]

17:40 Castle is called "Papa Bear" just as Terry Crews' character, Sergeant Terry Jeffords is in Brooklyn nine nine. Coincidence? I think not.

[@austinpowerzz2678]

Jesus Christ yeah freaking loved that

[@Oscarstevens760]

@@austinpowerzz2678 Yeah I love how most operators have been influenced from characters in movies, TV shows and other video games. My favorite probably being Maverick being influenced by Macready from Fallout 4, if you know who that is. But this Papa Bear one really cracked me up.

[@beastlyg1531]

So you're telling me Warden is the colonel 🤣

[@jonathangodinho]

Awesome round up of facts, dude! Thank you so much for the quick lesson ...👍

[@jaxsonxavier3439]

I just realized at 1:46 Aruni is looking at Valkyrie and Wamia before she was released

[@fadedadvice4363]

I love siege cause of how they make the operators feel like real people

[@cripside60s55]

Heres another fact about Nøkk: If you read her bio thoroughly, you'll come across a single paragraph that says "Nøkk's ability to keep a secret and maintain a facade is what makes her a highly capable undercover operative." And for some reason Cav could still interrogate you.

[@tah-loreoffical2941]

Balance?

[@cripside60s55]

@@tah-loreoffical2941 hey it makes a lot more sense

[@RangerR4078]

20:46 Mira is now our version of miss Pauling

[@Emersonplaysgames]

I really want a Rainbow 6 Siege movie now, or at least a Series where each episode talks about the backstory of the operators

[@timpayton-jones9691]

I feel like the R6 team will make the boy Amaru took in into an operator one day

[@joea7590]

That's Goyo

[@bogartngabbeyroad6352]

Greetings from the Philippines. Been playing R6 Siege only this january. And I regret that. Hahaha

[@austinpowerzz2678]

Finka legit has a crush on Lord Chanka (actual lore) And I want in the next update for finka to have a engagement ring an same as Chanka I want CHINKA!

[@tanishqdixit]

This was very cool, loved it

[@marcoeboli5146]

Bruh, this feels like if I was trying to make an essay longer lol.

[@Its-Av3rage]

Honestly in the future I hope to see a Siege show.

[@TheLeaderboard]

Yes, especially after the tounemnt of champions CGI trailer.

[@seanchapman1566]

“Kayed is the only disabled operator” What about jäger, echo, and lesion

[@suhayo3042]

what do echo and lesion have?

[@obama_yo_mama4653]

God I love this kind of lore I hope they make books that give us lore and I just wanna see operators talking and being able to understand theyre personalities. Would get in a heartbeat.

[@joemillionareee]

have y’all notice that buck looks like mysterio from spider-man

[@beastyxd420gaming3]

Love the channel

[@karelpgbr]

Bandit being the cool uncle seems SO right, I’d be hanging with him all the time tbf

[@franksierra7902]

Very interesting facts thank you much appreciated

[@BleachBtch]

AAAHHHHH I KNOW SOME OF THE COSPLAYERS THAT WERE IN THAT VID

[@turtle9455]

This is literally a paraphrased video from the WIRED's video

[@ThatGuyCanmanNC]

Dr Harry is like the professor from money heist. I recommend this show to everyone. Also Harry looks and acts the exact same as him

[@jamie9389]

kaids special knife should be the melee knife for him

[@germanbiscuit6089]

The orginal Operators are nearly the only operators who are actually designed well. (Because they dont look like edgy airsofters or mercenarys from a hero shooter)

[@joea7590]

Stylish characters are going to sell more than boring soldiers in uniforms and Ubi wants money lol.

[@lucky-mn3gm]

Everything before health tbh

[@HerrKaizer]

53 if you count Recruit Me: Well you better include him or I'm a uppercut you

[@broccoligaming2429]

4:52 Bandit with his brother’s kids: HEY KIDS!! WANNA KNOW WHAT 600 WATTS OF ELECTRICITY AND COCAINE FEELS LIKE!!

[@pollutedcrimson]

I thought this was going to be a tips and tricks list of things I should know, but I do appreciate the lore and stuff too

[@scottaitken3149]

Wtf, I thought ash was a 5 speed already?

[@Drago77]

Who got the: "This belongs to a museum" reference?

[@funkmasterfunk1221]

Dragos Niculescu who wouldn’t??

[@vinaykumar-cz2xz]

I really really wish rainbow six siege make in to online series.. and describing all operators life... It would be great to watch...😍😍

[@Joe-km5ou]

I feel you, being a middle child as well we all try our hardest to qualify to be with the older siblings and his or her friends

[@HistoryForBeginners]

Can you make one on Star Wars EU/Legends

[@itspl4gue281]

"At least Bandit enjoys getting to be the fun uncle, though!" "HEY KIDS, Uncle Dominic here, who wants DRUGS?"

[@nosas3753]

Who wants ACOGS?

[@Lucky-cr4pm]

NoSas :(

[@ZstackZip]

Shifting tides was the operation I joined with, but I only played a couple of times during it, then I got into it with void edge

[@toasty2057]

Everybody gangsta until spiders doin cartwheels 😂

[@hercuban]

The should release an op that has dual pistols as a secondary

[@damien1060]

when i first played themepark i friended bostonbearjew because he was on the arcade :(

[@gaymnaosiiw7077]

He died

[@ds_dinozzo2586]

The breach things look like those bangers in fake revolvers not fidget spinners

[@soda_nok9093]

0:35 that warden cosplay in the top right 😂😂😂