19. Communication and Callouts

Communication is arguably the most important factor in Siege, because it is how information moves.

Whether you solo queue or run a stack, you have to learn the callout for every room, stairwell, hall and spawn peek. It raises your chances of winning with anyone you get queued with.

Build the habit of learning what things are called early. If you want to win, keep it professional. Most people like to talk and play casually, and that is fine — but knowing at least where places are called makes the game far more enjoyable, and you have to communicate to have the highest chance of winning.

Types of Communication

Active Comms Live description of what is happening as it happens.

Yellow / Red Ping Yellow is a human ping. Red is a live ping from a gadget or camera.

Sound Cue Take it with a grain of salt. Treat it as a tip-off, not a confirmation.

Making Calls

• Stick to a structure: who, then where. “Bandit, Main Stairs.”
• Avoid vague calls like “on ping.” Give the room or location name first, then ping.

Reacting to Calls

• First decide whether the call affects your position.
• If it does: respond, adjust, use utility, or reposition.
• If it does not: retain the information anyway. It builds your picture of where the enemy is and what they are likely to do next.

Basic Callouts

For new players, naming an object is a callout. Playing with randoms or newer players, keep it in plain English.

Colours Typically indicate a stairway — White, Red, Brown, Marble, Metal, and so on.

90 A ninety-degree corner.

Red Red stairs. Elevator means a literal elevator.

Vase A literal vase.

Window A literal window.

Intermediate Callouts

The shared language of people who have played for a while.

Banana The curved balcony inside Bank.

Harry Potter Under the stairs. In the films, that is where he slept.

Half Wall A literal half wall — though newer players will not know unless you point it out.

CCTV, Breach, Connector Standard room names that appear across multiple maps.

Advanced Callouts

Terms that only exist inside a stack. Playing with the same people long enough, you invent your own vocabulary — Goblin, Sandwich, Jungle, Pig. These work because everyone has agreed on them.

Nobody outside your group has any idea what you are talking about. For everyone else, keep it simple and familiar: short enough to be fast, standard enough to be understood. Do not expect anyone to know your terms.

The Mental Game