IceyCat step down from moderation, new mod applications open, and new subreddit rules

Subreddit updates: u/SexualRhinoceros and u/WindAeris join the mod team, u/Shit_Post_Detective and u/IceyCat step down from moderation, new mod applications open, and new subreddit rules
The Blitz Buff
Just a little Caveira Sketch
Uhh Thermite, that kinda defeats the purpose of a hazmat suit
Remember when IQ could see through smoke? I 'member
If you plan on having 100 OPs in the game, you gotta stop resetting my fucking loadouts!
Can we take a moment to appreciate how good looking yet simple the base game operators look? (GiGN , GSG9 , SAS..)
People of Reddit, I’ve figured out the TRUE story behind Finka’s scar...
Quick doodle of my favorite attacker
buck nerf??
This is the problem with the Rainbow Six Community. First game played and this is what happens.
Pixelated Rainbow Team - S.A.T.
Brand New Twitch Bundle?
Outbreak: Soda Machine Instructions
The Vigil and Dokkaebi stealth nerf nobody is talking about (TTS)
goal of 100 operators might be a bit too much
What is that, ubi? That's not Blackbeard, he looks like a pig now!
"texture" problems
Never play Siege while sleep deprived
Oregon hardbreach - more in comments!
10/10 wall art in pro league
My friend was new to R6S and his first operator was LORD TACHANKA!
Not my proudest moment
R6 Sonic Forces: “The Rushers”
White Noise Models Vs. Chimera Models.
“New ops are OP”

Subreddit updates: u/SexualRhinoceros and u/WindAeris join the mod team, u/Shit_Post_Detective and u/IceyCat step down from moderation, new mod applications open, and new subreddit rules

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 09:03 AM PST

Hey everyone, we hope you guys are as excited as we are for Outbreak and Operation Chimera.

Mods:

As we prepare behind-the-scenes for the new season, we have made some internal changes to mod structure-- We have 2 New Moderators: u/SexualRhinoceros and u/WindAeris. Wind has actually been on the mod team for a few weeks now, he moderates a number of subreddits and has been doing great work on /r/Rainbow6. Much like Wind, Rhino joins us from the Discord crew where he has been an admin since the server launched over a year ago and joins the team of ridiculous moderator account names. We're very excited to work with him.

In addition to mods joining the team, we have two moderators stepping down: u/IceyCat and u/Shit_Post_Detective will be leaving the mod team. Both have decided to step down due to shifting schedules and other real-world obligations. We sincerely wish both of them the best and we will be forever grateful for the work they have volunteered to this community.

Up next, we are now accepting applications to join the moderation team of /r/Rainbow6. If you have previously applied to become a moderator of /r/Rainbow6, you will need to fill out the application again-- having applied before will have no standing in the new applications (so it will not work for or against your application). If you're interested in potentially joining the team you can apply here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGwdSlOF9iZbQMCwVyr0ZRfRe6cheoweS2p8GBchgC4IDH6Q/viewform?usp=sf_link

We look forward to the applications.

Rules:

Lastly, we are changing the rules of /r/Rainbow6. As the subreddit traffic has continued to grow, we failed to keep the rules updated to reflect changes in the community and began leaning too heavily into unclear rules (infamously the "No low effort posts " clause). I will go over each of the rules, note any changes, and give explanations for the rule, it's change (if there is one), and the intended consequence of the rule. The primary goal for these rules changes is to make rules clearer for the community, the current moderators, and future mods

New rules/policies will go into effect Friday at Noon EST. Rules will not be retroactively applied

Quick policy changes:

All posts will now have to be flaired. After 30 minutes, non-flaired posts are subject to removal
Incorrect use of flairs/Spoilers/NSFW tags will make posts subject to removal
- Flairs need to be a classification of a post, not part of the comedic delivery of the post.
Rant, Speculation and Proleague flairs will all be going away. The first two will be rolled into discussion, and the final will be rolled into Esports. We will continue consolidating flairs in the future to make them easier to both filter and apply.
Comments no longer count towards self-promotion engagement requirements
Feedback/Suggestions that rely on outside media (such as a skin suggestion) must be a text post with a link to the content within the post and an in depth explanation of the topic

Rule 1: Content Must be Directly Related to Rainbow Six

Posts & Comments

Please Do not post spam or content unrelated Rainbow Six

If you submit an image or video, it needs to contain assets from within the game itself or related artwork. Assets simply overlaid on Siege or vise versa do not count.

"This thing looks like a thing from Siege" style posts are also not allowed

Explanation: This is the fundamental rule for the subreddit; it is what gives this subreddit it's distinction from other gaming subreddits and keep it focused on the Rainbow Six. This rule is also used at times for comments that wildly veer off topic into religion/politics/etc. There are obvious exceptions to this rule of fan art and cosplay. This is also the rule that stops the "look-a-like" posts of security cameras, car batteries, and things of that nature

Notes:

Note this does not say "Siege". Posts about the books and earlier games are perfectly fine. Please use the legacy flair for such posts
Changes: This rule only has had clarification added to it

Rule 2: No Accusations of Cheating, Hacking, Exploiting or Attempts to "Name and Shame"

Posts and Comments

Do not post any cheating/hacking/exploiting accusations identifying suspected players. Includes: videos/text/images of any suspect players unless censored. Providing names of accounts in an attempt to Name and Shame is included in this.

Videos are not concrete proof. Please provide any reports to Ubisoft Support.
Do not link to cheat providers, exploit tutorials, or describe how to perform a game breaking exploit
Esports content are allowed (within reason).

Explanation: The purpose of this rule is two fold: 1) Moderators of /r/Rainbow6 do not want to be the gatekeepers of what is "enough" evidence of cheating, hacking, exploiting, so it is entirely forbidden. 2) To stop /r/Rainbow6 from become a pseudo-vigilante message board. It is simply too easy to get a sizable number of people riled up and start harassing accounts, often without real evidence. These kind of posts about Esports people can be okay, but attempts to get people banned from anything/calls to get them banned will be removed.

Notes:

Changes: This rule has been broadened to include the "Name and Shame" clause. People were actively subverting this rule by just including names without actual explicit accusations, but the accusation was implicit.

Rule 3: /r/Rainbow6 is Platform Neutral

Posts & Comments

/r/Rainbow6 is platform neutral; anti-platform and platform elitism is wholly unwelcome here. Examples of unwanted comments include:

"Console aim"
"PS4 Sucks"
"Only on consoles"
"Console peasants"
Console wars in any form

Explanation: This rule was added a while ago to combat a common discussion topic on the internet, that ultimately had little to do with Rainbow Six and just lead to thought-killing dead end arguments and overt fan-boy-ism. No change has been made to this rule

Rule 4: Follow Reddiquette and Reddit's sitewide Rules

Posts & Comments

No behavior contrary to Reddiquette or Reddit's sitewide rules, including but not limited to:

Brigading
Witch-hunting (including call-to-action style posts)
Vote manipulation (asking for upvotes/ vote if you agree / posting a reddit link elsewhere and asking for upvotes)
Doxxing
Flamebaiting
Clickbaiting
Spoilers in Post's title

Explanation: Following Reddiquette makes Reddit better for everyone. Sitewide rules are mandatory for moderators to enforce. Parts of this rule overlap with other rules, we usually cite the rule that most closely applies to the rule breaking content. No changes to this rule

Rule 5: Do not Harass, Insult, Discriminate, or Troll

Posts & Comments

Do not launch personal attacks or insults targeting at an individual or group of people.

Age, nationality, race, gender, sexuality, religion and economic status are all irrelevant here. Racial supremacy, making distasteful analogies in this regard, sexism, homophobia, insulting or harassment is not acceptable in the slightest.

Explanation: This is technically covered by other rules, however, it's important enough to warrant its own direct and clear rules. This is by far the rules that results in the most bans, especially when things get towards the top of /r/All

Rule 6: Content should be Safe-For-Work

Posts & Comments

No posting Not Safe For Work (NSFW) content including:

Pornographic images
Gore
Linking to NSFW subreddits
Thinly veiled sexual innuendo or puns
If you're unsure if something is NSFW, it likely is

Explanation: /r/Rainbow6 is a SFW subreddit, no change to this rule

Rule 7 : Follow Posting Guidelines

Posts

All posts must follow the Posting Guidelines: https://www.reddit.com/r/rainbow6/wiki/post_guidelines

Posting Guidelines Listed here for convenience:

Dis-allowed styles of posting

Aimless ranting

Common non-transformative complaint posts

Reposting from shorter than 6 months ago

Subreddit-meta posts that are only "Stop posting X posts" posts. They're only adding to the spam

Alpha Pack results

Complaints about alpha pack results ("I keep only getting commons!")

Feedback/suggestion posts that are not text posts. Any referenced content/materials must be linked inside a text post

Non-descriptive titles

Incorrect use of flairs/ failing to flair a post

Art whose purpose is to be bad

Screen shots of the following are NOT allowed

Dead characters/ragdolls

Scoreboards/Ranks/Stats/Levels

Ping

Comedic/humorous Account names (including battleye ban messages)

Conversations/messages on any platform (Xbox messenger, Discord, in-game text)

Reddit, Reddit comment sections, comments on other subreddits

Youtube comments, twitch chat comments, youtube video names, youtube account names

Twitter, with exception given to R6 News and Esports information/discussion

Patch Notes

Matchmaking times

MVP screens

Loading Screens

Minor killcam bugs/ facial bugs

Screenshots of the following ARE allowed

New in-game bundles/cosmetics

Bug reports (other than those listed above)

Easter Eggs

Screenshots with the intent of providing useful information (such as a good angle or strategy)

Explanation: This is the most major change to the rules-- this use to be the No low effort/Low quality post rule, and before that the No Shitposting rules. We weren't happy with it, and we know you guys were not either. We started to use the rule too broadly, unclearly, and unfairly. The intent of the rule was to allow moderation some flexibility, but it lead to lazy moderation. We have replaced it with the posting guidelines to allow us to dynamically change smaller rules as we need while transparently giving you guys a page to consult. We will make a post whenever these are updated (such as when a high volume of similar posts starts), depending on the situation, these posts may or may not be pinned to the top of the subreddit, but they will always be denoted with the "subreddit-meta" flair.

Rule 8: No Selling/begging for/buying/trading anything

Posts & Comments

Do not post or solicit for the selling, buying, trading of codes, keys, Accounts, event tickets, DLC, gameshares, etc. for anything under any context.

Explanation: Reddit is a really poor place for this sort of post, there are sites that handle this much better that should be used instead. This rule was broadened before the Invitational due to a few posts about Invitational Tickets-- no change was made to it today.

Rule 9: No Memes

Posts only

Memes/ Siege assets overlaid on other media are banned.

Explanation: Common internet jokes with Siege assets just thrown on top of them amount to little more than "oh, i guess this is somewhat relevant to Siege too". For now, community inside jokes/references are okay (Tachanka Lord Jokes, etc.). No changes. This is very likely going to be the next rule that sees a major overhaul as the term "meme" has become nebulous with its rampant overuse. For now, we'll leave it intact to limit the amount of changes at once and give the team more time to provide a more concrete definition

Rule 10: Follow Reddit's Self-Promotion Guidelines

Posts & Comments

Posters must obey Reddit's guidelines about self-promotion, known as the 9:1 rule

https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion

Reddit is not the place for free self promotion, those who wish to post their own work should also be strong members of the community, not just spammers. No referral, affiliate and/or survey links. Only posts will count towards the 9:1 rule, comments do not.

Explanation: The goal of this rule is to stop the deluge of twitch stream links and youtube video links that people use to promote their own work. Things like "I am just looking for feedback" fall under this rule as well. The only change to this rule is clarifying that comments do not count towards the 9 in the 9:1 ratio.

FAQ:

Q: What should I do if I see a rule violation?

A: Report the post or comment using the "report" button just below the post or comment (each has their own). /r/Rainbow6 now averages over 1,000 posts a day and 5,500 comments-- accordingly, things can slip through the cracks. Always report rule breaking posts/comments when you come across them.

Q: I received a message about violating a rule. What do I do now?

A: The first thing to do is to actually read the message. Really. A lot of the common questions we get can be answered by reading the message. Minor rule infractions typically result in your post or comment being removed, the accompanying message should include the reason. If you have further questions regarding the issue please contact the moderators, and include the link in question. Replying to a removal reason comment or PMing a moderator may go unanswered due to the very high amount of messages we each individually receive daily.

Q: I received a message about being banned! What did I do? What should I do now?

A: If you received a ban, it is likely for a more serious rule violation. Temporary bans serve as a stronger warning to stop the behaviour the ban was issued regarding. If you have questions regarding the issue please reply to the ban message to discuss the issue with the moderators.

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The Blitz Buff

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 05:23 AM PST

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Just a little Caveira Sketch

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 05:24 AM PST

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Uhh Thermite, that kinda defeats the purpose of a hazmat suit

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 08:42 AM PST

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Remember when IQ could see through smoke? I 'member

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 09:57 AM PST

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If you plan on having 100 OPs in the game, you gotta stop resetting my fucking loadouts!

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 05:46 AM PST

I am NOT going to re do all my charms, gadgets and skins every week or so for 100 OPs ubi. FIX THE BLOODY THING!

This rant was brought to you by having to re do my loadouts twice this week already.

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Can we take a moment to appreciate how good looking yet simple the base game operators look? (GiGN , GSG9 , SAS..)

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 09:18 AM PST

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People of Reddit, I’ve figured out the TRUE story behind Finka’s scar...

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 09:56 AM PST

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Quick doodle of my favorite attacker

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 09:09 AM PST

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buck nerf??

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 07:18 AM PST

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This is the problem with the Rainbow Six Community. First game played and this is what happens.

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 08:14 AM PST

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Pixelated Rainbow Team - S.A.T.

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 02:04 PM PST

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Brand New Twitch Bundle?

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 11:24 AM PST

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Outbreak: Soda Machine Instructions

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 11:45 AM PST

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The Vigil and Dokkaebi stealth nerf nobody is talking about (TTS)

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 06:26 AM PST

Some of you may have noticed, that on TTS the SMG-12 used by Vigil and Dokkaebi is now much louder than it is on live. That is because it now has lost its status as a suppressed weapon, without it being announced in the patch notes.

Why is this such a big deal?

First of all, usually when suppressing a weapon, its damage goes down and the other way around. This is not the case for the SMG-12. It loses its suppressed effect and gains no damage in return. Its a straight downgrade to the live version.
Secondly, you couldn't equip any barrel attatchment because it was automatically surpressed (like Echos MP5 for example), which was fine. On the TTS however, the barrel attatchment slot is still "blocked" by the now non-existent suppressor.
Lastly, while this also affects Dokkaebi, it is a nerf to Vigil's roaming capabilities, as he cannot silently take out one enemy and retreat without giving his position away. (As if roaming will be easy in Chimera anyways)

I honestly don't see why the SMG-12, out of all machine pistols got hit this patch and I think, that this "ninja nerf" should be revertet asap. What are your thoughts?

(Edit 1: Formatting, its my first Reddit post)

Edit 2:

Thank you for all the upvotes so far. I get that some people might dislike the SMG-12 and downvote this post because of it, but keep in mind, that I was only pointing out an unannounced change to it, which will mostly affect stealthy gameplay on Vigil. Not dps, nor accuracy of the SMG-12 have been changed so its "op-ness" hasn't been fixed.

Tomorrow I will upload video evidence of a ninja nerf to a beloved operator that WILL upset even most stubborn people on Reddit. Even if just a little. :)

Edit 3:

What I wanted to post tomorrow was Bucks apparently nerfed gadget switch speed (As seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB5lg1Fupkk).

However, there was another post showing this before I could upload the Video to Reddit and Epi commented, that they're looking into it, so I won't create another post about it.

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goal of 100 operators might be a bit too much

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 01:38 AM PST