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Recap of the thrilling big Rainbow Six Siege final at Digitec’s Playground Cup
by Domagoj Belancic
Three experts from the games "Call of Duty", "Deadlock" and "Rainbow Six Siege" confront prejudices about their favourite games.
In the aftermath of the fulminant final of the Digitec Playground Cup Vol. 13 with "Rainbow Six Siege", we invited three shooter pros and confronted them with prejudices about their favourite games.
"Call of Duty is a mindless shooter for young teenagers".
"Deadlock is just a Smite copy".
"There's too much cheating in Rainbow Six Siege".
The shooter pros comment on these and other statements in the video. They include "Call of Duty" player Ehmv, "Deadlock" fan Lonya and "Rainbow Six Siege" expert Gardalus.
The Digitec Playground Vol. 13 with "Rainbow Six Siege" is history. "15th Law of Power" came out on top against "mYinsanity" in the grand final. You can find all the details about the final duel here:
Yannic Martin is known as Caneo in the Rainbow Six Siege scene. The 21-year-old computer scientist from Dietikon spent a year living his dream as an e-sports pro - at international level. I spoke to Yannic about Ubisoft's tactical shooter and his short but intense professional career:
"Rainbow Six" is one of the oldest and most productive game series ever. In the beginning, however, there was a lot of scepticism because the game concept did not fit in at all with the trend of fast-paced first-person shooters at the time. A look back at the history of the game series:
My love of video games was unleashed at the tender age of five by the original Gameboy. Over the years, it's grown in leaps and bounds.