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Rainbow Six Siege's Indigenous operator gets a new skin to support an Indigenous charity

Ubisoft has introduced a range of skins to Rainbow Six Siege over the past few seasons in order to support various charitable causes. First, we got a bundle for Doc supporting accessibility organisation AbleGamers, then a Valkyrie bundle supporting mental health outreach for military members through Stack Up. Now a new bundle for Thunderbird will support Indigenous students through Indspire.

The new Thunderbird Sixth Guardian set features a unique uniform, headgear, weapon skin, and charm, and will be available exclusively during Y6S3. You'll be able to pick it up alongside the Rainbow Six Siege Crystal Guard release date tomorrow, September 7. 100% of the proceeds will go to Indspire, which Ubisoft says represents a minimum of $6 USD per bundle.

As the devs explain in the announcement, Indspire's goal "is to see every Indigenous student in Canada graduate school within a generation. Indspire serves First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students in remote communities, rural areas and urban centres across Canada. With the support of their funding partners, they disburse financial awards, deliver programs, and share resources with the goal of increasing graduation rates for Indigenous students. We felt this was a perfect organization to partner with on a Thunderbird-themed bundle, and we're honored to be working together on this."

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SIXTH GUARDIAN CHARITY PROGRAM Y6S3: INDSPIRE

In Year 6 Season 3, the Sixth Guardian Program rolls onward! The program aims to support a charity via the sales of an in-game bundle which is available throughout the entire length of a Season, with 100% of net proceeds (with a minimum of $6 USD per bundle sold) going to the charity. Your purchases will help to directly support a charity and help a diverse range of causes. Together, we hope to unite the Rainbow Six Siege community and make a positive change outside of our game.

Since the program's launch in the past year, together with our community, we have raised well over $200,000 USD* for charity! Big thanks once again to our first two Sixth Guardian partners: AbleGamers Charity and Stack Up.

The Siege team is excited to reveal that throughout Crystal Guard, players will be able to purchase this Thunderbird SG Bundle, with all proceeds will going towards an incredible charity called Indspire. Their North Star (see what we did there) goal is to see every Indigenous student in Canada graduate school within a generation. Indspire serves First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students in remote communities, rural areas and urban centres across Canada. With the support of their funding partners, they disburse financial awards, deliver programs, and share resources with the goal of increasing graduation rates for Indigenous students. We felt this was a perfect organization to partner with on a Thunderbird-themed bundle, and we're honored to be working together on this.

This bundle features a full Thunderbird set with Indspire's signature gradient colors and Sixth Guardian branding. Specifically, the set includes:

"Sixth Guardian Uplift" Uniform
"Sixth Guardian Uplift" Headgear
"Sixth Guardian Uplift" Weapon skin
"Guardian Thunderbird" Charm

The bundle will be limited in time and available only for this Season. Make sure to check it out before Season 3 ends!

If you'd like to donate directly to further support Indspire, click here to go straight to their Donation page.

Learn more about Indspire - https://indspire.ca/

* Not final numbers as Year 6 Season 2 is still ongoing at the time of this writing

Rainbow Six Siege devs are cracking down on AFKers

Rainbow Six Siege is not Cookie Clicker - if you're playing it, you should probably be, you know, playing it. The devs say they've seen an uptick in AFKers in game, so a fresh round of actions to push back on idle players is coming. For now, Ubisoft is manually sanctioning AFK abusers, but automatic detection is in the works, too.

"In recent weeks, we've become aware of a rising issue of players abusing AFK methods in-game," Ubisoft says in the announcement. "As ever, we will not tolerate bad actors disrupting and degrading the play experience of our player. We are currently taking action against those we detect abusing this behaviour, beginning today, with a wave of manual sanctions". The devs add that "in the coming weeks, we'll be evaluating design changes to alleviate the issue, as well as adding new automatic AFK detections and sanctions".

The AFKing is likely an effort to farm renown in order to unlock new operators and customisation options. Since Siege is a team game, of course, that means that AFK players are sandbagging any group they get matched with, so it's no surprise to see Ubisoft taking action.

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New Rainbow Six Siege Streamer Charms for Y6S3!

[h2]Announcing the next Streamer Charms![/h2]

Each season will bring the release of new charms, as well as a return of the streamer’s charms from previous seasons!

New

RazaH

Heideltraut

Nesk

[h2]Returning[/h2]

Ad9m Alfredoplays AnneMunition Beaulo Bighead BikiniBodhi Bnans Braction6 Drid Gabbo IceyCat25 Interro JerichoFive JessGOAT Jinu6734 Just9n Kalera KingGeorge KittyR6 Kixstar LagonisR6 Lil_Lexi Lt Custard MacieJay Matimi0 MrBboy45 Narcoleptic Nugget PaladinAmber Pengu Punjistick REMGURI / 렘쨩 Rubsarb Salty Academy SexyCake Shorty SilphTV TangyD Tatted THE_M3RY Tranth Varsity WhiteShark67 z1ronic Zander Zigueira yo_boy_roy Mag6 CCSesports

[h2]How to acquire charms[/h2]

These charms are only available by subscribing to the respective streamer’s Twitch channel with a linked Uplay account. For more information on how to link your Uplay and Twitch account, as well as opt-in for Twitch Drops, please refer to this FAQ.

[h2]How to get involved[/h2]

Given the length of our production cycle for in-game content, the participants for Y6S1 S2, S3 & S4 have already been determined. We are always on the lookout for additional content creators to add to the program and will be exploring new candidates in 2021. If your goal is to see your charm in-game, we use the following criteria to begin the selection process for potential candidates:

Requirements to be considered

Approximately 350+ concurrent viewers – preferable.
Average of 10 Rainbow Six streams per month.
Average of 20 hours of Rainbow Six streamed per month.
Positive standing with Ubisoft/Rainbow Six Siege.
High-quality level of content.
Twitch Partnered.
Rainbow Six Siege reserves the right for final decision.

Consideration for Removal

Less than 10 Rainbow Six Siege main streams over 3 months.
Level of quality dropping below an acceptable level.
Standing with Rainbow Six Siege/Ubisoft compromised.
Any actions that may negatively affect the R6S/Ubisoft brand.
Loss of Twitch Partnership.
Rainbow Six Siege reserves the right for removal of any charms.

Rainbow Six Siege tournament scuppered by IRL structural damage

Ubisoft has postponed its Rainbow Six Siege Mexico major following some IRL structural damage at the tournament's venue...
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