Episode 40 - FrostyBB = Frosty Bye Bye?

Hello and welcome to episode 40 of HCS Pro Talk! This week, the rants are back in full form! We really don't have a lot of information for the upcoming seasons of the HCS and on top of that, more and more professional Halo players are in talks about moving on to other competitive shooters. Therefore, we start to talk about what Halo needs to do to step their game up. Thank you for listening and as always, links to everything that is talked about in the episode is below for your viewing pleasure.

Timestamps

• Housekeeping 1:48
• RosterMania 3:52
• Gaming Adventures 7:24
• News: 17:07
• Competitive News 21:50
• Tournaments 26:11
• Topic discussion 28:54
• Shoutouts 1:12:10

Housekeeping

• Community Playdate
• Saturday, October 13th
• 4PM - 8PM CT

Roster Mania!

• North America
• ACE Gets Dropped From Excellerate Gaming
• https://twitter.com/ExcelerateGG/status/1045869812055003136
• https://twitter.com/MLGACE/status/1046252916905058304

News

• Happy Birthday to Halo 3 - September 25th - 11 Years Old
• https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1044617998923816960
• Huge Congratulations to Lalo (Muggsy) on the New Job - Social Media/Content Producer for HCS
• https://twitter.com/MuggsyLT/status/1044662870502400001
• Installation 01 Weekly Update
• https://installation01.org/updates/weekly/9-30-2018
• Official Spartan Field Manual Available Now
• https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1044655514229981185
• Warzone Turbo and Rock ‘N’ Rail Back Within Halo 5
• https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1045428511924580352
• Halo: MCC Xbox Game Pass Quest Officially Over
• https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1045715764374716416
• Halo Community Update
• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/situational-awareness
• Submission Deadline for Forgehub 4v4 Slayer Map Contest Has Passed
• https://twitter.com/ForgeHub/status/1046161111207350272

News (Competitive)

• Registration Open for Microsoft Store Halo 3 2v2 Tournament - October 7th
• https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1045059481921409025
• 2k Tournaments Resume This Weekend - Finals Streamed on Tuesday, October 9th
• https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1045357651289243648
• The official Smug Mug Photo Gallery of the Halo Championship Series is Now Live! Relive Moments From 2018's HaloWC and HCS Seasons
• https://haloesports.smugmug.com/
• Team Passes for HCS Dreamhack Atlanta Available Now
• https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1045433148073340929
• Sign Up for the Halo 3 2v2 UGC Qualifier - October 12th
• https://twitter.com/UGCevents/status/1045357401363247105
• Halo 3 2v2 Showdown Playlist Now Within Halo: MCC
• https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1045852999384424448
• Beyond Astro Spartans October Halo 5 Tournaments Announced
• https://twitter.com/TeamBeyondnet/status/1045750466947223553
• $500 ASTRO Spartans Halo 5: Guardians 1v1
• Free Registration: Sign Up - https://bit.ly/2xMdUgY
• $500 ASTRO Spartans Halo 5: Guardians FFA
• Free Registration: Sign Up - https://bit.ly/2Oo5967

Tournament Recap

• September 1v1 (With an AI Teammate) Random All Tournament
• This tournament is a 2v2 tournament with a twist, every game you go the random leader option and each team has a legendary AI (also using the leader random all) on their team instead of the usual second human player (Because who trusts them). THIS MEANS YOU DO NOT NEED A PARTNER AND CAN SIGN UP BY YOURSELF.
• 1st Place
• LikelySquidward
• Only lost one game during the entire tournament
• 2nd Place
• Basegraph7022
• 3rd Place
• BloodRush4201
• Bracket
• https://teamrespawn.challonge.com/septemberRandomAllAI
• VOD
• https://www.twitch.tv/videos/316698247
• https://www.twitch.tv/videos/316736777
• Greater Toronto Halo - Halo 3 2v2 Tournament Results
• 1st Place
• Snow Mexicans
• Transfeared
• Lunar Fi
• Didn’t drop a single game during the tournament
• 2nd Place
• Elder Respect
• Moniz
• Mad Max
• Bracket
• https://challonge.com/GTHaloh3
• VOD
• https://www.twitch.tv/videos/316725454
• Refresh Media Halo 5 2v2 Tournament Results
• 1st Place
• Dark Buttons
• DarkMatter XV
• Tapping Buttons
• Did not drop a single game during the tournament
• 2nd Place
• 2 Young Blains
• Gold Start BR
• Totally
• Bracket
• https://challonge.com/vojdss90
• Europa Halo - No Team Needed (With a Twist) Halo 5 Tournament Results
• 1st Place
• The Wonderboys
• Wonderboy
• Censure
• Lundy
• Crossman
• 2nd Place
• Legends
• Legend
• Zeny
• Sir CheekyLemon
• Strally
• Bracket
• https://twitter.com/EuropaHalo/status/1046495285126582272
• VOD
• https://www.twitch.tv/videos/316692659
• https://www.twitch.tv/videos/316777443

Pros Making The Switch - Halo to CoD

• Frosty
• https://www.twitch.tv/videos/315465673 - Starts at 1:28:36
• Story
• https://www.dexerto.com/call-of-duty/halo-legend-frosty-confirms-he-is-switching-to-competitive-cod-for-black-ops-4-175921
• Twitter
• https://twitter.com/FrostyBB/status/1045920872098418688?s=19

Shoutouts

• Congratulations to Optic Gaming for winning the Gears Pro Circuit San Diego Open 2018
• Congratulations to Shy Way on becoming the host of HCS Weekly by UGC

Community Creations

• Meme Monday
• https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/
• The Rise and Fall of Halo Esports by TheScore Esports
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtly012oC10
• This War is Ours - Scudpuddle's Halo 5 Montage
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwyW2vGHykw&t=68s

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