Episode 30 - The Return of Naded?!

Hello everyone and welcome to episode thirty of HCS Pro Talk! For this week, we have a fairly basic show for everyone but that doesn't mean there isn't stuff to talk about. Quite the opposite actually! This week, we have some brand new Pro Battle League news to share along with what the topics will be for the upcoming weeks of shows leading to HCS London.

Thanks for listening and as always, links to everything discussed within the show is included below for your viewing pleasure.

News

• 343 Industries Not Currently Working on Battle Royale Mode for Halo Infinite
• https://twitter.com/franklez/status/1020012380456038401
• Halo Legendary Loot Crate Information
• https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1019262778802966528
• Mythic Shotty Snipers is Back Within Halo 5
• https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1020023525837496321
• Halo Community Update
• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/beauty-of-a-beast
• Halo Wars 2 information
• Forgehub ForgeTacular Winners Infodump
• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/forgehub-community-contest-winners
• Tyler “Postums” Davis - @343Postums on Twitter is Having a Baby!
• https://twitter.com/343Postums/status/1021141936801951744

News (Competitive)

• HCS NOLA 2018 Recap
• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/hcs-new-orleans-2018-recap
• Team and Spectator Passes Available Now for HCS London 2018
• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/esports/hcs-london-2018
• Forgehub and Battle Pro Announce New Halo Tournament
• https://twitter.com/ForgeHub/status/1019283322063806466
• https://www.forgehub.com/threads/forgehub-presents-4v4-evolved-tournament.158237/
• Lux Gaming Leaves Competitive Halo
• https://twitter.com/LuxGamingClan/status/1020455881249607680
• Halo 2 Beach House LAN Announcement
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sfm7vz-ASE6oLRkiUKXqdv68PZXD5J1SVAgm-mkC47I/edit
• Nebraska Halo Presents Halo 3 1v1 Tournament
• https://twitter.com/HaloNebraska/status/1020306676681986048
• Halo Australia Tournamatch Announcement
• https://www.haloaustralia.com/blog/2018/07/20/tournamatch-update-and-new-season-launch/

Pro Battle League News

• Detroit Overdrive Team Launch
• https://www.battleleague.com/single-post/2018/07/18/Detroit-Overdrive-Launch
• Kansas City Lightning Team Launch
• https://www.battleleague.com/single-post/2018/07/20/Kansas-City-Lightning-Expansion
• Anaheim Pirates Team Launch
• PaulShi New Captain of Seattle Stryker
• With the announcement of the Detroit Overdrive, the Wisconsin Fury are now in disarray. There is now an opportunity to determine who will get the final spot in the Northern Conference. Will it be the Wisconsin Fury, or will it be the Minnesota Predators.
• Season 3 of the Pro Battle League will officially launch on August 19th

Scrim Recap

• Thursday, July 19th
• TOX VS Team Reciprocity
• Series Score - 13-2 - TOX
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10856
• Friday, July 20th
• Trifecta VS Str8 Rippin
• Series Score - 9-6 - Str8 Rippin
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10857
• Monday, July 23rd
• Trifecta VS Gosu Crew
• Series Score - 10-5 - Trifecta
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10863

Tournament Recap

• The Focus Fire Weekly FFA Tournament Recap
• 1st Place
• Raz
• $15
• Astro Spartans July $500 Halo 5 FFA Tournament Recap
• 1st Place
• Tapping Buttons
• $500
• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2uUhKCl
• UGC $1500 2v2 Halo 5 Tournament Recap
• 1st Place
• Falcated/Shotzzy
• $1500
• 2nd Place
• El Town/Spartan
• Bracket - Website (Beta) would not allow me to open the bracket
• LATAM Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
• 1st Place
• Berserker Esports
• $350
• 2000 Points
• 2nd Place
• Teconology
• $150
• 1200 Points
• 3rd/4th
• Muffin Come Nepes
• XX LieInApril
• 800 Points
• 5th
• Demolition Boys
• 600 Points
• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2LdSSk6
• ANZ Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
• 1st Place
• Athletico
• $500
• 2000 Points
• 2nd Place
• Zero Practice
• $250
• 1200 Points
• 3rd/4th
• Victrix Esports
• Arcane
• 800 Points
• 5th/6th
• Mortal Gaming
• Reaver
• 600 Points
• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2LgiAod
• EU Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
• 1st Place
• Lucid
• $750
• 2000 Points
• 2nd Place
• Radiant
• $250
• 1200 Points
• 3rd/4th
• Pirates
• Abcdefg
• 800 Points
• 5th/6th/7th/8th
• Sad Alex
• Mock-It Esports
• Skitlite
• Invalid Esports
• 600 Points
• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2JKJcYx
• NA Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
• 1st Place
• TOX
• $1,500
• 2000 Points
• 2nd Place
• Renegades
• $500
• 1200 Points
• 3rd/4th
• Splyce (Without Shotzzy)
• Team Reciprocity
• 800 Points
• 5th/6th/7th/8th
• Trifecta
• Veggies
• Amen
• Absurd
• 600 Points
• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2JLdzOA

Shoutouts

• Everyone who replied to the tweet asking what you would like to see covered in future episodes!
• Dust Storm - Map Design
• Justin LaFleche - ADS
• Michael - Bopics of Players/Casters/AM’s/Etc
• Trent Lockhart - Why Orgs are Leaving Competitive Halo?
• Sander - Radar
• Zechariah - Party Matchmaking

Community Creations

• Meme Monday
• https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/
• ESA Halo 3 Speedrun by Sorix
• https://www.twitch.tv/videos/287553126
• Lottie’s HCS NOLA Vlog Day 1
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA8UpZ9yOIc
• Lottie’s HCS NOLA Vlog Day 2
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFadqI10u6M&t=1s

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On The Next Episode…

• We go over one of the proposed topics that you suggested!
• Be on the lookout for a poll on Twitter/Facebook and make your opinion heard!