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Episode 37 - HCS London Pre-Show

Tuesday Sep 11, 2018

Tuesday Sep 11, 2018

Hello and welcome to episode 37 of HCS Pro Talk! This week, we bring you the latest rosters, news, scrims, and tournament recaps per usual. Of course the main topic of this week is our HCS London pre-show. We discuss predictions along with potential upsets and what we expect to see during the tournament. Thank you for listening and as always, links to everything that is talked about in the episode is below for your viewing pleasure.

Timestamps

  • RosterMania 3:54
  • Wills Nonadventures within the Haloverse 5:53
  • News 12:35
  • Competitive News 23:53
  • Europa News 25:10
  • Srims 28:25
  • Tournaments 36:13
  • Gamebattles 55:28
  • HCS London Pre-Show 59:21
  • Shoutouts and More 1:45:05

News

News (Competitive)

News (Europa Halo)

Scrim Recap

Tournament Recap

HCS London Pre-Show and Predictions

  • Event Information
  • Groups - https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1038094794256527361
  • Predictions
    • Community
      • HiTechRedneck - It’s hard to predict anyone besides Splyce winning, but I personally would like to see Tox take it home. Or someone like Reciprocity or Elevate.
      • ScudPuddle - I agree. I think it’s either going to be Splyce or Tox.  Probably splyce
      • Gas HCS - Warlord on Mockit one to watch. Frequently performing against the big EU teams online
      • Sander - Finally a TOX/Splyce final at a normal time for me

Shoutouts

  • Everyone who listened to last weeks show. Thank you all for the great feedback and also thank you to those who reached out with more information. Please know the PBL story is ongoing and there is more investigating that is being done.

Community Creations

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  • HCS London Recap!

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Episode 36 - What's Going on With the Pro Battle League (The Story So Far)

Tuesday Sep 04, 2018

Tuesday Sep 04, 2018

Hello and welcome to episode 36 of HCS Pro Talk! This week, we bring you the latest rosters, news, scrims, and tournament recaps per usual. We also go over the results of our most recent poll of what you would like to see for upcoming HCS seasons up to Halo Infinite's release. The big topic of this weeks show is that of the Pro Battle League. What originally appeared as some fishy views and follows within a stream, turned into something far worse. We dive deep into that among other aspects of the league. Thank you for the listening and as always, links to everything that is talked about in the episode is below for your viewing pleasure.

Timestamps

  • RosterMania 2:13
  • Adventures within the Haloverse 6:18
  • News 18:44
  • Competitive news 21:14
  • PBL segment 31:16
  • Scrims 1:11:41
  • Tournaments 1:17:02
  • HotTopic 1:26:38
  • Shoutouts+ 1:44:54

Pro Battle League News

News

News (Competitive)

Scrim Recap

Tournament Recap

What’s Next for the HCS? - The Results

  • Poll - 382 Votes
    • H2A?
      • 20%
    • H3?
      • 53%
    • H5?
      • 20%
    • Other?
      • 7%
  • Community Thoughts
    • Scudpuddle
      • I think it would be cool or interesting to have a mix. Admittedly, it would be a nightmare switching between MCC and H5. But I think that variety could be interesting. It might introduce more competition between the young guns, and the “old” guys. Different strategies for different games. Even same game types from the different games have different mechanics and strategy. Actually, I’ll stand by that. I want a mix.
    • BrianMakesGames
      • This might steer us further from the topic but I think there's something there in terms of an"ultimate master chief tournament" inside of just MCC. I'd watch the hell out of it. But it would have to be a one time kind of tournament. And NightFoxx is right--it's off-putting for anyone that hasn't been closely following Halo for 10+ years.
      • I don't believe that the issue with HCS is the game.
      • Halo 5 is a great competitive shooter with good eSports infrastructure (observer mode). Not having an observer mode greatly increases production costs while simultaneously making the broadcast worse. Moving backward to any game other than Halo 5 as the primary focus, would be a mistake to me.
      • With that being said though, I think it would be a great idea to run a smaller, parallel Halo 3 doubles or 4v4 league. I look at the competitive fighting game scene and their competitions have a whole lineup of games where people compete in multiple titles with no issues--so why not Halo? And this possibly could be what they're testing with the $10k doubles Halo 3 tourney at DreamHack.
      • I think by continuing to support the Halo 5 competitive scene with new maps and gametypes entering the rotation, the scene can sustain itself well enough until Halo Infinite. The game as it stands right now, is the most interesting its been since launch with new maps, oddball, and no spartan abilities. It's what the scene essentially wanted at launch, so why switch away now that we have what we asked for?
    • NightFox
      • Agrees with BrianMakesGames
    • GoalieSniper
      • I think the future season of HCS all hinges on how well this halo 3 2v2 tournament goes. I think as long as they broadcast it properly. And give it equal attention at dreamhack it’s going to bring in tons of people. So. I think if it does better than the h5 tournament. Next season will be a “throwback” season to halo 3. For a few reasons. 1. It’s what the pro scene wants. 2. With MCC getting that update. They’ll want to try and bring as many people back as they can. And having the pro scene playing on that tittle will bring people back. I know it’s the people who will already be watching regardless that want h3. But I do think it will bring in a lot of curious people to watch the stream. Because EVERYONE has either played or knows about halo 3. So you’ll have tons of curious people coming to check it out. Hearing about an h3 pro league going. Oh cool. Let’s check that out. Then maybe saying “oh man I’m going to go play some MCC.” I think it would just be a waste to have spent all that time fixing MCC to not have it be in the spotlight again. It’s what 343 wants. And what the pros want. So why not make it happen.
    • Stephen
      • What about Halo 2 Classic?????
    • Tobi
      • Id like to See a cross-halo tourney. With every game tbh
    • Jacob Harper
      • Not sure if it would be possible but Halo 2 & 3 4v4 events. Both most popular on MCC and would get the most players possible competing before hopefully a release of a new classic Halo game.
    • LLCoolJua
      • I would LOVE for it to be H2A or H3, but I can't imagine them straying from H5. HCS needs to continue to move forward, if it continually looks backward there won't be any growth.
    • Mark Francis
      • Stay with Halo 5 and for god sakes, bring the HCS league play back, with casting. Keep switching out maps and game types every season to keep it interesting. I love H5!
    • Search
      • They are more then likely gonna run h5. But I agree. A fixed h2a has all the makings of a good pre infinite season.
    • LexiXen
      • I think H2A is by far the best choice in terms of satisfying players/audiences with something 'new' without it being too old. H2A could still have new maps, gamemodes, cosmetics, etc added onto it since it is such a small offering at the moment, while still having the feel of classic Halo that so many want. It also LOOKS much better to a new audience than as old a game as Halo 3 when you're putting it at the forefront of Halo Esports for a good year or two. While Halo 3 is definitely the OG, you won't bring in new spectators with it imo
    • Cesar
      • H2A or H3 would be awesome but there's no way they are leaving H5
    • Moses FPS
      • They might as well save their money and not run tourneys if they go with h2a/h5. Those games have zero hype
    • Mahmood
      • Would love to see an h2c throw back tourney. Even if it's ffa. I will literally come in 8th in an h2c ffa and still have so much damn fun playing.
    • Dizzel
      • H2A could work if they add new maps and fix it for 2 shot beat down
    • Logics
      • Halo 3 would be a foolish move IMO. A lot of us arent onboard with it. What should've happened was year 3 of H5 should've done like no sprint no abilities nerfed h2br starts or SOMETHING. And then the end of year 3 should be a new Halo game. I would play H2C but not H3 or h2a
    • Tagernako
      • Disagree moses, h2a is good enough but h2 and h3 would be best. Agree h5 wouldnt generate much
  • Our Thoughts

Shoutouts

  • Everyone who took the time to vote and comment on the most recent poll.
  • Everyone who shared their information with us in regards to the Pro Battle League story. Without all of your hard word, we wouldn’t have a much larger story to share.

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Episode 35 - It's Just Business

Tuesday Aug 28, 2018

Tuesday Aug 28, 2018

Hello and welcome to episode 35 of HCS Pro Talk! This week, we got a LOT of rosters to go over, Will and I played through Fireteam Raven, and there a plenty of news stories to cover. Along with the Gamebattles 2K tournaments, the Pro Battle League season 3 keeps going strong as we have a ton of series to cover. For the main topic of this episode, we discuss why organizations are leaving competitive Halo. Oh yeah, and you get a little Josh ranty rant somewhere in this episode. Thank you for the listening and as always, links to everything that is talked about in the episode is below for your viewing pleasure, along with timestamps for the first time!

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Timestamps

  • RosterMainia 2:05
  • Wills Adventures within the Haloverse/Fireteam Raven 12:14
  • News 25:03
  • News (competitive) 31:38
  • News (PBL) 33:44
  • Scrims 43:37
  • Tournaments 46:47
  • Main Topic 56:53
  • Shoutouts and more 1:22:04

Roster Mania!

  • LATAM
    • Mini Magics
      • Noble
      • Scyler
      • MagicButtons
      • Atzo
    • CL Esports
      • Bullet
      • Desecrates
      • BMXCARLOGAMBINO
      • Legolaz
    • New Team
      • Method
      • Vystrel
      • Proxxys
      • Member
    • XX
      • Angsuka
      • LilSayayin
      • Lofty
      • Deidara
    • Tactical V2
      • MyName
      • Carpe
      • RDEspace
      • Murder
    • Nexus New Roster
      • Lord
      • Plancarte
      • Endels
      • Dybala
    • Express
      • ExcessiveNinja
      • Liiah
      • Iraul
      • Kanade
    • Assassins of Gods
      • Cabo
      • Tola
      • LaloSaulHudson
      • Loqi
  • Australia/New Zealand
    • Esto
      • Reaver
      • Kill Switch
      • Venom
      • Inferno
    • TeaEssDub
      • YungWilcox
      • Jimbob
      • Monza
      • Bald
    • Yes Daddy
      • Deth
      • Square
      • OhGraham
      • Alejo
    • Colt Mafoka
      • AtzoQ
      • Matron
      • KillerDad
      • Jingle
  • EU
    • WeVicious
      • Censure
      • Dezire
      • Outkaste
      • DeadeyeFred
    • Niel the Doctor
      • Alexeer
      • Ninjaaaaaaaa
      • TheWarriorONiel
      • Rudimentary
  • North America
    • LuxGaming (IS FUCKING BACK!)
      • SickStory
      • Boamx
      • Valkyrie
      • Ryno
  • Pro Battle League
    • St. Louis Sentinels
      • Information coming next week
    • Columbus Origin
      • Information coming next week
    • Nashville Outlaws
      • Gold Star BR
      • Vetra
      • Josue
      • BobettaFetta
      • Dream
      • Rival
    • Kansas City Lightning
      • Bunnies Waddles
      • Vulcan
      • Hclic
      • PopeBum
    • Austin Royals
      • Rammy
      • Munoz
      • Galaxy
      • SnxwNinja
    • Dallas Stampede
      • In Reality
      • Mist Ninjitsu
      • Dynamics
      • Just Improve
      • Spinks Jinx
      • Article
      • Boamx
    • Orlando Force
      • Swish
      • Dallay
      • Common
      • Pilez
    • New York Titans
      • Danoxide
      • Eccentrikk
      • Rob The Turtle
      • Obnoxiuz
    • Toronto Sabres
      • Kourages
      • Primacy
      • Stress
      • Xman
    • San Jose Edge
      • Dark Scorch
      • LD50
      • Negative
      • PeanutButter
    • Philadelphia Forge
      • Jesse Siao
      • Slinky
      • Sorrell
      • SuperCC
    • Denver Rangers
      • Cratos
      • Naded
      • Not a Monk
      • Suspector
    • Houston Vipers
      • Claytron Mauler
      • Knedlz
      • Mynx
      • Titann
    • DMV Knights
      • Agent Menke
      • Jaxx
      • Ryno
      • Cortex
    • Minnesota Predators
      • Floppie
      • HerSideGuysBack
      • MKoski88
      • Veronikuhhh
    • Anaheim Pirates
      • Str8 Sick
      • TuSick
      • Commonly
      • Steady Might
    • Alberta Bears
      • Haloette
      • SilosTheVillain
      • Chilled
      • Zai7sev

Wills Adventures Within the Haloverse

  • Time to see if Will played more Halo?!?!?
    • Halo: Fireteam Raven thoughts and impressions
      • Trevor’s Thoughts
        • First of all, had a lot of fun. I enjoyed the action, non stop, the visuals, and the moments with master Chief. I wish the music was a little louder, or there was a way to drown out the exterior noise. Gameplay wise,  my gun and reticle we're very unsynced, felt way behind, not sure if everyone else had that problem. Also, sometimes hard to tell which character is attacking you, especially with banshees. The turrets and rocket parts were my favorite, reloading wasn't that fun or intuitive imo. It was a good length, and not terribly expensive. Though I haven't played an arcade game in a long time. I enjoyed it overall, just a few issues, but a lot of fun overall. Too bad the link to waypoint account didn't work.
      • Dom’s Thoughts
        • I wish the QR code reader would've worked to track stats and wished the sound was a bit better as I couldn't hear the dialog much. Could've been due to being in a Dave and Busters, but I haven't had that issue playing something like Time Crisis. Time Crisis isn't even in a capsule either! Speaking of odd things, why they chose purple as a character color is beyond me. It was hard to spot my reticle at times when your fighting the purple covenant. Minor complaint, but still an odd choice considering all the colors they could've chose.
        • Gameplay wise, the plasma pistol section of the game was puzzling. Nobody wants to nor enjoys maining with that gun and it's not really a gun meant for arcade shooters. I only use it to be a dbag online for easy kills and even then, I got a BR to use to get the kill. Otherwise I used it in Halo 2 Legendary campaign a lot. I was fine with the rest of the guns in all honesty.
        • Game got repetitive and dull I'd say between the 3rd and 4th mission. Yes it's a rail shooter, but that's why you put in some good boss battles.This games big boss battles were big hunters, big flood, and a scarab at the end. Meh, meh, yay. And the yay part I've done many times in the other halo games. I mean, I have a rocket launcher with unlimited ammo and a shotgun that shoots like the Spas-12, couldn't we come up with some cooler things to fight too?
        • Weapons were great aside from the plasma pistol. Rocket Launcher made me feel like a bad ass, shotgun was great, and then that turreted, grenade launcher thing at the end as awesome too. Grenades didn't really feel like grenades though. They feel more like a grenade launcher. I say that as it didn't really arc at all and they threw out very quickly as if it shot from a grenade launcher. Master Chief should've learned from Raven Team on how to throw a grenade.
        • Oh and the grunts were way too spongey
  • Congratulations to OG on their TI8 win!

News

News (Competitive)

Pro Battle League News

  • Roster Lock Set for September 2nd
  • Controversy - Some ‘Pro’ players allowed and what that means for other competitors?

Scrim Recap

Tournament Recap

  • Nadestraight Sunday Showdown Halo 5 2v2 Tournament Recap
  • The Beach LAN 7 Halo: CE 2v2 Tournament Recap
  • Pro Battle League Season 3 Week 1 Results
    • Toronto Sabres VS St. Louis Sentinels
      • Information coming next week
    • Chicago United VS Columbus Origin
      • Information coming next week
    • Nashville Outlaws VS Kansas City Lightning
    • Austin Royals VS Dallas Stampede
      • Game 1 - Slayer on The Rig
        • 50-46 - Dallas
      • Game 2 - CTF on Truth
        • 2-1 - Dallas
      • Game 3 - Strongholds on Empire
        • 100-36 - Austin
      • Game 4 - Oddball on Eden
        • 150-139 - Dallas
      • Series Score
        • 3-1 - Dallas
      • VOD
    • Orlando Force VS New York Titans
      • Game 1 - Slayer on The Rig
        • 50-39 - New York
      • Game 2 - CTF on Truth
        • 3-1 - Orlando
      • Game 3 - Strongholds on Empire
        • 100-55 - New York
      • Game 4 - Oddball on Eden
        • 150-80 - New York
      • Series Score
        • 3-1 - New York
      • VOD
    • San Jose Edge VS Anaheim Pirates
      • Game 1 - Slayer on The Rig
        • 50-44 - Anaheim
      • Game 2 - CTF on Truth
        • 2-1 - Anaheim
      • Game 3 - Strongholds on Empire
        • 100-16 - San Jose
      • Game 4 - Oddball on Eden (after two resets)
        • 150-121 - Anaheim
      • Series Score
        • 3-1 - Anaheim
      • VOD
    • Philadelphia Forge VS Orlando Force
      • Game 1 - Slayer on The Rig
        • 50-32 - Philadelphia
      • Game 2 - CTF on Truth
        • 3-1 - Philadelphia
      • Game 3 - Strongholds on Empire
        • 100-96 - Orlando
      • Game 4 - Oddball on Eden (after two resets)
        • 150-124 - Orlando
      • Game 5 - Slayer on Coliseum
        • 46-45 - Philadelphia
      • Series Score
        • 3-2 - Philadelphia
      • VOD
    • Denver Rangers VS Dallas Stampede
    • Dallas Stampede VS Houston Vipers
      • Game 1 - Slayer on The Rig
        • 50-38 - Dallas
      • Game 2 - CTF on Truth
        • 3-0 - Dallas
      • Game 3 - Strongholds on Empire
        • 100-17 - Dallas
      • Series Score
        • 3-0 - Dallas
      • VOD
  • Pro Battle League Season 3 Week 2 Results
    • DMV Knights VS Philadelphia Forge
    • Denver Rangers VS Nashville Outlaws
      • Game 1 - CTF on Coliseum
        • 3-0 - Denver
      • Game 2 - Slayer on Plaza
        • 50-48 - Nashville
      • Game 3 - Strongholds on The Rig
        • 100-37 - Denver
      • Game 4 - CTF on Truth
        • 3-0 - Denver
      • Series Score
        • 3-1 - Denver
      • VOD
    • Minnesota Predators VS Toronto Sabres
      • Game 1 - CTF on Coliseum
        • 3-1 - Toronto
      • Game 2 - Slayer on Plaza
        • 50-40 - Toronto
      • Game 3 - Strongholds on The Rig
        • 100-99 - Toronto
      • Series Score
        • 3-0 - Toronto
      • VOD
    • Alberta Bears VS Anaheim Pirates
      • Game 1 - CTF on Coliseum
        • 3-0 - Anaheim
      • Game 2 - Slayer on Plaza
        • 50-19 - Anaheim
      • Game 3 - Strongholds on The Rig
        • 100-3 - Anaheim
      • Series Score
        • 3-0 - Anaheim
      • VOD
  • LATAM Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • Mini Magics
        • $350
        • 2000 Points
    • 2nd Place
      • CL Esports
        • $150
        • 1200 Points
    • 3rd/4th
      • New Team
      • XX
        • 800 Points
    • 5th/6th/7th/8th
  • ANZ Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • Athletico
        • $500
        • 2000 Points
    • 2nd Place
      • CentreLink Gaming
        • $250
        • 1200 Points
    • 3rd/4th
      • TeaEssDub
      • Yes Daddy
        • 800 Points
    • 5th/6th
  • EU Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • Sigh - Halo 5 (Lucid Gaming)
        • $750
        • 2000 Points
    • 2nd Place
      • SSSQ
        • $250
        • 1200 Points
    • 3rd/4th
      • MockIt
      • Radiant
        • 800 Points
    • 5th/6th/7th/8th
  • NA Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • Reciprocity
        • $1,500
        • 2000 Points
    • 2nd Place
      • TOX
        • $500
        • 1200 Points
    • 3rd/4th
      • Renegades
      • Excelerate
        • 800 Points
    • 5th/6th/7th/8th

Why Are Orgs Leaving Halo? - The Results

  • Community Thoughts
    • Sander
      • I think Halo esports could be big if it was played on pc. Viewership should be a lot higher, I think Halo 5 is very fun to watch and the money is also not to bad. Not enough events, online and offline, look at COD for example, that’s way more interesting. And nobody’s knows what’s happing next year.
    • TS LocoElephante
      • I wish it was halo 2/3 days. but ever since reach, the franchise has been going downhill. with 343 not outwardly seeming to be all in with their commitment to the community and past balancing issues, I can't see why any org would want to take the risk/part in an unknown.
    • Alejandro Pena
      • Sadly Halo doesn't have the reach *pun not intended* it had before. Orgs are there because of advertising money
    • Night Fox
      • Major orgs: The payout/amount of good teams are hard to break into because of buyouts. Plus viewership is pretty low compared to the other big Esports.
      • Minor orgs: They are mostly “orgs” by name and therefore don’t have a lot of money backing them in the first place
      • Also to note: some orgs that leave were fraudulent orgs
    • TLock
      • It just baffles me. Halo had the 2nd biggest payout of money last year for console eSports. Only behind CoD. Halo is now 3rd behind CoD and FIFA. Using this tweet for the info. It also doesn’t help that there’s no “regular season” and barely anything mentioning tournament updates and/or roster announcements from each org on the HCS Twitter. It’s like they reluctantly tweet out out stuff if they get called out. I know Tashi’s heart is in it but can’t same for the other organizers. Seems like every other weekend there’s a cod tourney. Takes 2 months for “consecutive” Halo tourneys.
      • https://twitter.com/Moses_FPS/status/1019733397059588097
    • ScudPuddle
      • My opinion, I really don’t pay attention to the orgs. Players are constantly changing and it’s hard to have loyalty to an org if your watching from the fringe. I like players, and they just happen to be playing for the same org most of the time. Look at TOX for example, people loved them when they were CLG. When Optic took them over, people didn’t stop cheering for them because they had loyalty to CLG. And people who liked the old optic roster didn’t stop cheering for LOL who eventually became Str8.Then again when Optic left Halo, fans didn’t stop liking the roster.It’s hard to have a loyalty whenever things aren’t regionalized. I like what the PBL is doing with that. But unfortunately, it’s for a game that’s going on 3 years with little innovation from the developer.
    • Brian aka BrianMakesGames
      • I'd be curious to know if Gears of War and Call of Duty see the same situation happening with orgs in their spheres.
      • It'd be cool if we could reach out to a representative from the gears community (maybe a caster?) for comment on this. Also if someone from an org would comment too. Instead of speculation (though the discussion is great) we could maybe get some actual answers.
    • Conversation between Brian and Maze (CEO of Noble Esports)
      • Maze is the CEO of Noble eSports. They currently sponsor teams/players in Rainbow 6: Siege, PUBG, H1Z1, Forza, Madden, Injustice 2, Smash Wii-U, and mroe. They also sponsor a "twitch stream team."  Here is their halo eSports page: https://halo.esportspedia.com/Noble_eSports
      • Maze: "Our owner started Noble with a Halo team so he was always connected to the scene. But as an org, there are a bunch of scenes that aren't marketable or valuable business-wise. Halo is a thing of the past to most sponsors/investors eyes so they rather explore new options. Viewership was at a critical state for the new game and it was due to the "optic" effect. That's meaning once optic gaming was out of the tourney then viewers dropped dramatically."
      • Brian: "So despite Halo 5 having $1.4m in prize money across 16 tournaments for only 82 players in 2018 (2nd highest prize pool for console eSports only behind FIFA with $1.7m and nearly 3x the players), there's not enough viewership to justify things for an org?"
      • Maze: "Yeah and another reason is that the player base is not ideal to work with, demanding large salaries without a good ROI%, they have comparatively minimal streaming metrics, social media impressions, etc. Halo adapted the COD mentality unfortunately. Expect the world but don't look at it as a business opportunity through both sides. It's been gimme gimme instead of something that makes sense for the player and the org."
      • Brian: "Meaning that halo and players expect too much of the orgs without helping? What's an example of a game/company that does this well?"
      • Maze: "Halo players want salary without giving back a return of prize winnings, but they don't create content [Youtube, twitter, twitch, etc.] and barely support sponsors of brands. Also fucking roster changes lol."
      • Brian: "Yeah...roster changes seem like a nightmare from a business perspective."
      • Maze: "We almost went back into Halo 8 months ago. But were like, it doesn't make sense for us to. My opinion on how to make that scene better: less events will bring higher viewership and minimize roster changes. For example, Madden this year has only 4 offline open events and the rest are online ladders to qualify to play offline. Same prize money as Halo with minimal risk for orgs plus NFL exposure for brands/sponsors/orgs. Now a days it is about metrics more than placements -- that's how sponsors gauge their interests. Winning is great but only one team wins."
  • Our Thoughts

Shoutouts

  • Everyone at Pro Battle League for having to deal with a lot of negativity in the space and for handling it in spades.
  • Everyone who shines a positive light out there. Be good to one another.

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Episode 34 - The Winner For Best Halo Multiplayer Goes To....

Tuesday Aug 21, 2018

Tuesday Aug 21, 2018

Hello and welcome to episode 34 of HCS Pro Talk! This week, the Pro Battle League Season 3 has officially begun and with it we have some big matchups to discuss! We also have the results of the 2K's that happened over the weekend along with the Midwest Esports Halo 3 2v2 results among other tournaments. Along with the slew of news and scrims, we also have our main topic of this weeks show... What is your favorite mainline Halo multiplayer of all time? We discuss the results of the poll along with your thoughts! Stay tuned until the end of the episode as we may or may not (don't worry, we will) reveal who our very first interviewed guest will be on the show for our HCS London Pre-Show episode. Thank you for the listening and as always, links to everything that is talked about in the episode is below for your viewing pleasure.

News

News (Competitive)

  • Talent Lineup for HCS London 2018 Announced
  • HCS London Group Play Qualifier Teams
    • NA
      • Splyce
      • TOX
      • Renegades
      • Reciprocity
      • Trifecta
      • Excelerate
    • EU
      • Broke Boys
      • SSSQ
      • Radiant Esports
      • MockIt Esports
    • LATAM
      • Berserker Esports
    • ANZ
      • Athletico

Pro Battle League News

  • Minnesota Predators are REAL!
  • Houston Viper Have HaloMynx as Captain
  • Season 3 Prize Pool Minimum of 25k!
    • https://twitter.com/PBLHalo/status/1030496748475543553
      • As we announced on July 1st, the prize pool for Season 3 is 100K Battle7oken.  We understand this creates confusion because the value of Battle7oken is not set yet. Therefore, we have gotten support from our friends at LindaX to make sure that the prize pool will be no less than $25K.
      • That means that if Battle7oken goes up in value, the prize pool could be more. However, it can’t dip below $25K.
      • North American Champion - 50,000 Battle7oken/ minimum =$12,500
      • North American 2nd Place - 14,000 Battle7oken/ minimum =$3,500
      • North American 3rd Place - 7,000 Battle7oken/ minimum =$1,750
      • Conference Champion - 6,000 Battle7oken/ minimum =$ 1,500
      • Conference 2nd Place - 1,250 Battle7oken/ minimum =$313

Scrim Recap

Tournament Recap

  • Next Level Expo/Midwest Esports Tournament Results
  • Pro Battle League Pre-Season
    • New York Titans Challenge Match - Qvesos VS RobTheTurtle
      • 4-1 - RobTheTurtle
  • Pro Battle League Season 3 Week 1 Results
    • Nashville Outlaws VS Kansas City Lightning
      • Game 1 - Slayer on The Rig
        • Will have this information for next week
      • Game 2 - CTF on Truth
        • Will have this information for next week
      • Game 3 - Strongholds on Empire
        • Will have this information for next week
    • Atlanta Zenith VS DMV Outlaws
      • Game 1 - Slayer on The Rig
        • 50-44 - Atlanta
      • Game 2 - CTF on Truth
        • 3-0 - Atlanta
      • Game 3 - Strongholds on Empire
        • 100-34 - Atlanta
    • Detroit Overdrive VS Chicago United
      • Game 1 - Slayer on The Rig
        • 50-31 - Detroit
      • Game 2 - CTF on Truth
        • 3-0 - Detroit
      • Game 3 - Strongholds on Empire
        • 100-15 - Chicago
      • Game 4 - Oddball on Eden
        • 150-60 - Chicago
          • Tails with 0 kills and 114 Oddball Time
      • Game 5 - Slayer on Coliseum
        • 50-32 - Detroit
    • Los Angeles Legion VS Anaheim Pirates
      • Game 1 - Slayer on The Rig
        • 50-35 - LA
      • Game 2 - CTF on Truth
        • 3-2 - LA
      • Game 3 - Strongholds on Empire
        • 100-66 - LA
  • Halo Wars 2 Breaking The Clutch 1v1 Tournament Results
  • LATAM Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • Mini Team
        • $350
        • 2000 Points
    • 2nd Place
      • Tecnology
        • $150
        • 1200 Points
    • 3rd/4th
      • Tu Mama Fue Mia
      • Spoectral Gaming
        • 800 Points
    • 5th/6th/7th/8th
  • ANZ Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • Athletico
        • $500
        • 2000 Points
    • 2nd Place
      • CentreLinkGaming
        • $250
        • 1200 Points
    • 3rd/4th
      • Where is Dethruptor?
      • Osprey Gaming
        • 800 Points
    • 5th/6th
  • EU Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • Broke Boys
        • $750
        • 2000 Points
    • 2nd Place
      • SSSQ
        • $250
        • 1200 Points
    • 3rd/4th
      • Radiant Esports
      • Mock-It Esports
        • 800 Points
    • 5th/6th/7th/8th
  • NA Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • TOX
        • $1,500
        • 2000 Points
    • 2nd Place
      • Reciprocity
        • $500
        • 1200 Points
    • 3rd/4th
      • Renegades
      • Splyce
        • 800 Points
    • 5th/6th/7th/8th
    • Notable Series
      • TOX VS Reciprocity - Grand Finals
        • Game 1 - Oddball on Echelon
          • 145-133 - TOX
        • Game 2 - Slayer on Truth
          • 50-38 - Reciprocity
        • Game 3 - CTF on Refuge
          • 3-2 - Reciprocity
        • Game 4 - Strongholds on Eden
          • 100-69 - TOX
        • Game 5 - Slayer on Refuge
          • 50-41 - TOX
        • Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10905
          • Reciprocity had one more kill
          • Reciprocity had 5 more assists
          • TOX had 2 less deaths
          • TOX had 3 more power kills
          • TOX had 18 more precision kills
          • TOX had 17 more magnum kills

Favorite Halo Multiplayer - The Results

  • Poll - 285 votes
    • Halo CE
      • 16 votes
    • Halo 2
      • 66 votes
    • Halo 3
      • 118 votes
    • Halo 4
      • 27 votes
    • Halo 5
      • 32 votes
    • Halo Reach
      • 26 votes
  • Listener Responses
    • ScudPuddle
      • H3 for me. But admittedly, I only played H3 and H5 online. In that case, you asked for a why. H3 brings with it all the feelings and nostalgia of my first online experience that had a competitive scene with it in MLG. I never play H2 online so this was the first time for me that there seemed a real possibility to play for money. Whether or not I ever reached that level of play, the fact that there was an opportunity was a big deal. I would still like to play H3. I wouldn’t say 99% nostalgia for me. But it did play a big part in my life for a couple years. I sort of had a “relationship” with H3 if you want to call it that. Maybe like 60%-80% nostalgia for me.
    • Goalie Sniper
      • H3 for me. It was my first online game. (First game I ever played online I got MVP!!!). It was the game that I convinced all my friends to get xbox360’s for. The amount of custom games I played with friends was insane. It was a routine with my friend group. Get home from school. Play halo 3 all night. Laugh our asses off have a great time. Go to school the next day and laugh about the stuff that happened the night before. It was easy for anybody to pick up and have fun. But hard to become really good at it. So it’s 99% nostalgia why I love that game so much.
    • Jonathan (DaddyTrax)
      • Halo 2. Fast paced and the best maps.
    • Sander
      • Halo 3, remember that I liked it more then going to a bar on a friday night, so addictive and fun.
    • Salty1
      • H2 365 24/7
    • Halo Infinite News
      • Halo 3 for me. I am sure there are some people out there who legitimately think Halo 2 is better. However I feel like some people say that because they want to seem cool/different/ old school, or maybe don't remember the game as it really was.
    • Mark Francis & Alex Sauer
      • My favorite Halo of all time is Halo 5 because of the new Spartan Abilities, and Overall Online experience. I feel like this is the most competitive Halo yet. Due to the abilities, I feel like you can be more skillful at Halo 5. They give the game more depth. Halo CE is my # 2.
        • Alex Sauer - Agreed
    • Just Simon
      • Who doesn't agree about H2 ? all the H3 kids ... everybody knows that H2 was the best Halo . all the glitches combos ( BXR , BXB, RRXYYRRX, Supernades , double nades , etc ) name them. Even for the casual players with their hyper bounces. *Sid was here* Mc donald emblem , writing
    • TJ Campbell Grunt 4500
      • I loved H4’s MP, it includes some of my most fond memories and I always have a fun time playing it. So yea, you could say I said Halo 4, even Halo 5.
    • Joshua Gutierrez
      • Waay too many fucking memories with Halo 3. It was my first game that I beat in one night, I played countless matches of Rumble Pit and FFA, not to mention the endless hours spent with my siblings in custom games. Halo 3 is the best game ever.
    • Dust Storm
      • I'd have to say H2 only because there are some critical things missing from H5. HE had something for everyone and still fostered that LAN party environment, which you just can't get most of the time these days. Weapons feel great, BTB maps are awesome, and the genesis of customs.
    • JJCoolJua
      • I picked Halo 2, 100% for the nostalgia factor. Halo 2 was the game I played with my dorm mates in college. Spending hours doing custom games, or learning how to super jump, or escaping maps. BXR FTW
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Episode 33 - Dots Or Not?

Tuesday Aug 14, 2018

Tuesday Aug 14, 2018

Hello and welcome to episode 33 of HCS Pro Talk! This week, while there were not any 2K's happening over the weekend, instead there are some other tournaments to recap including the Microsoft Store Halo 5 Summer Series 2v2's! Of course we have the news, rosters, and more to discuss. As our main topic of this weeks show, we discuss whether or not Radar should be within Halo moving forward. Thank you for the listening and as always, links to everything that is talked about in the episode is below for your viewing pleasure.

Housekeeping

  • Last week we discussed the results of the North America Gamebattles 2K and Elevate’s win over Hitmen. What we failed to discuss was Bound was subbing in for ElTown on the Elevate roster. That was a major oversight and will not happen again. Thank you to Mark Francis (@MarkOwnsUrFace) for pointing this out for us.
  • Just a reminder that the Midwest Esports Halo 3 2v2 tournament is coming up this weekend at Next Level Expo
    • http://midwestesports.com/nle/h3/
      • Saturday, August 18th, 2018 at Next Level Expo
        • At Gateway Hotel and Conference Center, 2100 Green Hills Dr, Ames, IA 50014
      • Format
        • Xbox 360
        • 2v2 Double-elimination
        • Best of 3
        • Maps: MLG Guardian 8, MLG Heretic 8, MLG The Pit 8
        • Gametype: MLG TS8
        • First to 25 kills wins
        • Starting Saturday, August 18th at 2pm
      • Price
        • Tournament Entry $10 per player
      • Prize pool
        • 1st Place (50% )
        • 2nd Place (25%)
        • 3rd Place (15%)
        • 4th Place (10%)
      • What to Bring?
        • Xbox 360 Headset

Roster Mania!

  • LATAM
    • Nothing to report at this time
  • Australia/New Zealand
    • Nothing to report at this time
  • EU
    • Team Upsla
      • Morguh
      • Batchford
      • Renan
      • Shaadyzer
    • Raidant Esports
      • Jimbo
      • Lunny
      • Riots
      • Mose
  • North America
    • Nothing to report at this time

Wills Adventures Within the Haloverse

  • What kinds of Halo has Will been playing recently?

News

News (Competitive)

  • Roy Playing MCC Insider!?
  • Roster Lock for HCS London August 20th
  • Tashi On Halo 3 2v2 Dreamhack Tournament
    • https://twitter.com/Tashi343i/status/1028092988071657472
      • Quick update on the Halo 3 2v2 at @DreamHack Atlanta: Based on some concerns raised by you beautiful people, we will now be offering a separate team pass just for the 2v2 rather than requiring people to register onsite only. This will allow people to register before flying out.
      • The price will be the same as two normal DreamHack spectator tickets, so no extra charges to compete in the tournament. When 4v4 passes go on sale for open teams, there will be an option to select for the 2v2 to secure a spot in both tournaments if you'd like to play in both.
      • Team passes will go on sale next month. Info regarding team caps, formats, settings, and more will come in a few more weeks. Thanks, and have a great weekend!
  • Flamesword Creating LAN?

Europa Halo News

Pro Battle League News

  • Season 3 Format Announcement
    • https://www.battleleague.com/single-post/2018/08/07/Season-3-Format
      • We believe that Season 3 is going to be another big leap forward for the PBL. Our overall season format isn’t changing much. There will still be three phases to the season.  1. Regular Season 2. Qualification Tournament and 3. North American Championship.
      • The PBL has four conferences, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western. Now each conference has six teams. During the regular season, teams play each of their conference opponents twice. Conference matches are Best of Five. The team with the best conference record at the end of the regular season is the Conference Champion. The four Conference Champions go straight to the North American Championship.  
      • One change with our expansion to 24 teams is that the bottom 2 teams with the worst records in each conference are eliminated from the post season. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th place teams in all the conferences are placed in a seeded Qualification Bracket. The 2nd place teams earn a first-round bye.  The teams that finish in the top four go on to meet the Conference Champs in the North American Championship. The Qualification Bracket matches are Best of Seven
      • The Qualification Bracket seeding is heavily based on the performance of the teams in the regular season. In addition, there are mid-season matches between conferences.  The matches against another conference do not count toward a team’s season record and are only used for later seeding in the Qualification Bracket and North American Championship Bracket
      • The North American Championship bracket is seeded based on strength of the conference determined during the inter-conference matches and the results of the Qualification Bracket.  North American Championship matches are Best of Seven.
  • St. Louis Sentinels
    • Squallaye is now the team captain
  • New York Titans
    • Rob the Turtle is now the team captain
  • Chicago United
    • My Tails is now the team captain
  • Kansas City Lightning
    • Vulcan is now the team captain
  • Portland Tempest
    • Trailblazer is now the team captain

Scrim Recap

  • Monday, August 6th
    • Lucid VS Online Warriors
      • Series Score - 7-2 - Lucid
      • Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10882
        • Lucid had 44 more kills
        • Lucid had 17 more assists
        • Lucid had 45 less deaths
        • Lucid had 19 more power kills
        • Lucid had 20 more precision kills
        • Lucid had 9 more magnum kills
  • Tuesday, August 7th
  • Wednesday, August 8th
  • Thursday, August 9th
    • Radiant Esports VS MockIt Esports
      • Series Score - 8-2 - Radiant
      • Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10887
        • Radiant had 25 more kills
        • MockIt had 16 more assists
        • Radiant had 25 less deaths
        • Radiant had 13 more power kills
        • MockIt had 15 more precision kills
        • MockIt had 22 more magnum kills
    • TOX VS Team Reciprocity
      • Series Score - 10-5 - TOX
      • Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10888
        • TOX had 54 more kills
        • TOX had 23 more assists
        • TOX had 56 less deaths
        • Both teams had 38 power kills
        • TOX had 73 more precision kills
        • TOX had 78 more magnum kills
  • Friday, August 10th

Tournament Recap

  • The Focus Fire Weekly FFA Tournament Recap
    • No tournament took place last week
  • Noble Halo Wars 2 3v3 Open Tournament
  • Female Pro League/Acron Esports Halo 5 2v2 Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • MLGQueen
      • Katey Marie
    • 2nd Place
      • Monza
      • Krandapus
  • Astro Spartans Halo 5 1v1 Tournament Recap
  • Astro Spartans Monthly FFA Recap
  • Halo 5 Summer Series 2v2 Tournament Recaps - https://bit.ly/2B6MdU9
    • Midwest Stores
      • Woodland Hills
        • 1st Place
          • Oklahomies
      • Woodfield Mall
        • 1st Place
          • Bubbalicious
      • St. Louis Galleria
        • 1st Place
          • Ligma
      • Penn Square Mall
        • 1st Place
          • Click
      • Oakbrooks Center
        • 1st Place
          • More ‘Nades Plz
      • Oak Park Mall
        • 1st Place
          • Walking Trashcans
      • Mall of America
        • 1st Place
          • Strafe
      • Kenwood Town Center
        • 1st Place
          • Those Guys
      • Easton Town Centrer
        • 1st Place
          • HTC Esports
      • Beachwood Place
        • 1st Place
          • Wolfblade
    • Northeast Stores
      • 5th Ave - NYC
        • 1st Place
          • Sesame Street
      • Destiny
        • 1st Place
          • Tenacious Two
      • King of Prussia Mall
        • 1st Place
          • Asylum
      • Montgomery
        • 1st Place
          • Lil Clan
      • Walden Garden
        • 1st Place
          • MOUSE RAT
      • Westfarms
        • 1st Place
          • CT Fives
    • South Stores
      • Baybrook
        • 1st Place
          • Bloods
      • Houston Galleria
        • 1st Place
          • Mynx wit da Cheese
      • La Cantera
        • 1st Place
          • Red Elotes
      • Lakeside Mall
        • 1st Place
          • Final Bass
      • Northpark
        • 1st Place
          • No Idea
      • The Domain
        • 1st Place
          • Old Timerzz
      • The Woodlands
        • 1st Place
          • Titans Needler
    • Southeast Stores
      • Florida Mall
        • 1st Place
          • Kryptek Squad
      • Mall at Green Hills
        • 1st Place
          • Oppress
      • Southpark
        • 1st Place
          • Poh
      • St. John’s Town Center
        • 1st Place
          • Bringin’ Heat
      • Streets at Southpoint
        • 1st Place
          • Bedford Boys
      • Town Center at Boca Raton
        • 1st Place
          • Primal
    • West Stores
      • Ala Moana
        • 1st Place
          • Enos
      • Bellevue Square
        • 1st Place
          • Smooth Criminals
      • Fashion Show
        • 1st Place
          • Team Two Hands
      • Fashion Valley
        • 1st Place
          • Lipton
      • Pioneer Place
        • 1st Place
          • AMBITION
      • Scottsdale Fashion Square
        • 1st Place
          • We Are Worse
      • South Coast Plaza
        • 1st Place
          • Team Dark Souls
      • Stanford Shopping Center
        • 1st Place
          • Backpackers
      • Topanga
        • 1st Place
          • Tilted Towers
      • University Village
        • 1st Place
          • The Gods of Halo 1

Should Radar be Within Halo Infinite/Future Halo Titles? - The Results

  • Poll Results - 79 Total Votes
    • Yes (All Multiplayer)
      • 15%
    • Yes (Casual Only)
      • 56%
    • Yes (Competitive Only)
      • 2%
    • No. Just, No.
      • 27%
  • Discussion
    • Mark Francis
      • All casual radars should be switched to the current Team Arena radar. Radar is so unnecessary for an experienced Halo player. It would be very interesting to see how no radar 4v4 plays in Halo 5.
    • Gametime
      • Voted casual only, but I really do like the current competitive setup if only when using abilities.
    • JustSimon
      • No Radar in competitive.... simple. it's noobish. Our legends were made without radar... all the playmakers were the one I enjoyed supporting the most. No radar and 70% of the *good kids* will def get s huge drop
    • Scudpuddle
      • My vote is yes casuals only. I believe competitive should be able to have the game how they want it, within reason of course. If they want no radar, don’t give them radar. If you’re a casual, you don’t have to play the competitive list. Assuming playlist population stays high enough to sustain such a split.
      • I kinda like how the radar is right now for arena. Only shows spartan abilities. For competitive play, I think t allows for some sneakiness, which is how I like to play. Plus I hate crouching. And with how fast it is now and will likely continue to be, it takes too damn long to do anything while crouched.
    • Goalie Sniper
      • Radar is a staple of Halo. It needs to stay. How the radar works is completely dependant on the style of gameplay we get with Infinite. If it goes back to classic halo 3 style gameplay. Have it work as it did back in halo 3. Have competitive playlist like MLG just turn the setting off.  If the gameplay remains the same as it currently is. Have sprint show up on radar. Regular movement not. And just turn it off completely for an MLG style playlist.

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Episode 32 - Maps On Maps On Maps

Tuesday Aug 07, 2018

Tuesday Aug 07, 2018

Hello and welcome to episode 32 of HCS Pro Talk! This week, the Europa Halo Champions League Grand Finals took place along with a ton of other community run tournaments. Of course there is plenty of news to cover, scrims to recap, and other things to talk about. Finally, we get into the main topic of the show which is maps and map design within Halo. Thank you for the listening and as always, links to everything that is talked about in the episode is below for your viewing pleasure.

News

  • XP Boost Packs Available Now Within Halo 5
  • Castle Wars is Back Within Halo 5
  • Forge Maps From Community Slayer Now Within Super Fiesta in Halo 5
  • Everyone Now Has Access to MCC Insider
    • https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/mcc-insider-flight-update
      • Assuming ongoing work progresses as planned and the expanded MCC Insider Flights perform as expected, the team is closing in on the official release of the first significant patch for retail MCC. We can’t quite announce that date yet – but we’re in the home stretch and quickly closing in on that huge milestone.
      • Once the retail update goes out, the next order of business is bringing the new and improved MCC to Xbox GamePass – which was officially confirmed back in June during E3. We’ll have more details to share here soon but final timing is still pending the current flight and overall status for the retail patch itself.
      • Once retail MCC is updated and the title moves into GamePass, the MCC Insider Program is going to morph into something a little different. We’re still working through some of the final details but a persistent “test realm” is going to live alongside the retail product where the team will continue working and iterating (along with the highly anticipated “Custom Games Browser”). Once that shift occurs, anyone who owns a digital copy of MCC (there’s no viable entitlement system for a physical disc) or is an active GamePass subscriber will be able to continue playing the Test Realm builds and helping to shape future updates for MCC. This test realm is where ongoing work will continue with further patches, fixes and features that will then roll into the retail product.
  • Halo Community Update - 8/2/18
  • Installation 01 Weekly Update

News (Competitive)

Europa Halo News

  • The Future of Europa Halo - We will no longer run big open cups or major team leagues. We will run a FFA league in the future and an invitation only Pre-LAN cup for confirmed LAN teams. We hope to see demand for the FFA in EU after today’s event and more players enter.
  • The No Team Needed event will return on a monthly basis. For September's run we hope to go back to 32 players. If you want in on this it's a first come first served basis. DM me to be added to the list of interest for September and once a date is confirmed we will ask you first.

Pro Battle League News

  • Atlanta Zenith - Hoaxer as Team Captain

Scrim Recap

Tournament Recap

  • Halo 5 2v2 Sunday Showdown Tournament Results
  • The Focus Fire Weekly FFA Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • Foxzic
        • $15
  • Beyond Astro Spartans August FFA Tournament Recap
  • NA Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
  • Halo Wars 2 Champions League Season 2 - The Banished
  • Europa Halo No Team Needed August FFA
    • 1st Place
      • Conna
        • 43 Kills, 20 Assists, 37 Deaths
    • 2nd Place
      • Looney
        • 43 Kills, 11 Assists, 32 Deaths
    • 3rd Place
      • Icon
        • 39 Kills, 21 Assists, 30 Deaths
    • 4th Place
      • Censure
        • 37 Kills, 21 Assists, 29 Deaths
    • 5th Place
      • The Warrior O’Niel
        • 35 Kills, 26 Assists, 36 Deaths
    • 6th Place
      • Penguin (not NA Penguin)
        • 26 Kills, 17 Assists, 39 Deaths
    • 7th Place
      • Lundy
        • 25 Kills, 22 Assists, 37 Deaths
    • 8th Place
      • Dezire
        • 24 Kills, 20 Assists, 32 Deaths
  • Europa Halo Champions League Grand Finals
    • Mock-It Esports VS Aerox Gaming
      • Game 1 - Strongholds on Plaza
        • 100-8 - Mock-It
      • Game 2 - Slayer on Coliseum
        • 50-34 - Mock-It
      • Game 3 - CTF on Truth
        • 3-0 - Mock-It
      • Game 4 - Strongholds on The Rig
        • 100-36 - Mock-It
      • Series Score
        • 4-0 - Mock-It Esports

Halo Maps - The Results

  • https://twitter.com/HCSProTalk/status/1024396976887095296
  • Favorite Maps (Casual)?
    • Longest (H1)
    • Longshore (H3)
    • Waterworks (H2)
    • Coagulation (H2)
    • Blood Gulch (H1)
    • Valhalla (H3)
    • Chiron (H1)
  • Favorite Maps (Competitive)?
    • Guardian (H3)
    • Construct (H3)
    • Plaza (H5)
    • Sanctuary (H2)
    • The Pit (H3)
    • Midship (H2)/Heretic(H3)/Truth(H5)
    • Warlock (H2)
    • Lockout (H2)
    • Element (Reach)
  • Least Favorite Maps (Casual)?
    • Fathom (H5)
    • Haven (H4)
    • Tombstone (H2)
    • Snowbound (H3)
    • Risen (H5)
    • Elogation (H2)
    • Hang Em High (H1)
  • Least Favorite Maps (Competitive)?
    • Adrift (H4)
    • Guardian (H3)
    • Stasis (H5)
    • Fissure (H5)
    • The Rig (H5)
    • Amplified (H3)
    • Sanctuary (H2)

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Episode 31 - Should ADS Be In Halo?

Tuesday Jul 31, 2018

Tuesday Jul 31, 2018

Hello everyone and welcome to episode thirty one of HCS Pro Talk! This week the major topic of the show is wether or not ADS (Aim Down Sights) should be within Halo. Of course we have plenty of news, scrims, and tournaments to recap.

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

News

News (Competitive)

Europa Halo News

  • Grand Finals of Europa Halo Champions League
    • Mock-It Esports VS Aerox
    • Sunday, August 5th
    • Casted by Banter Ranter and Batchford
    • twitch.tv/europahalo
  • No Team Needed FFA Tournament Announced
    • Will take place before the Grand Finals
    • Casted by UK Beta
  • The Future?
    • Hopefully we can confirm the grand finals for this weekend, after LAN there will be a new way we run tournaments that will be a lot more interesting and promoted differently. We will no longer run leagues and cups will be an entire new format.
    • These will include events more towards show matches and EU Amateur power rankings and title fights.
    • I did lie a little, there will be a FFA EU league ( 32 player's ) to be planed in a crazy fun format that will get rid of the reliance on teams and team related drama.
    • Part of new things for going forward. We will be looking to finally open up and expand EuropaHalo as a network of EU Halo players + contributors. We require Streamer/Casting talent, Graphics contributors, Admins, Video content producers, Blog/Article writers. DM if interested
    • This will include weekly podcasts and won't be run by me but by the network. A second EuropaHalo twitch/YouTube channel will be made for our new casting teams to stream games. This is open to all EU to join and create a proper central hub for EU Halo

Pro Battle League News

Scrim Recap

Tournament Recap

  • The Focus Fire Weekly FFA Tournament Results
    • Tournament did not take place last week but should this week.
  • Nebraska Halo 1v1 Tournament Recap
    • The Aaron
      • $25
    • 1st Place
  • LATAM Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • Berserker Esports
      • $350
      • 2000 Points
    • Tecnology
      • $150
      • 1200 Points
    • Los Rompe Cu!
    • XX DITE
      • 800 Points
    • 1st Place
    • 2nd Place
    • 3rd/4th
    • 5th/6th/7th
  • ANZ Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • Athletico
      • $500
      • 2000 Points
    • Centre Link
      • $250
      • 1200 Points
    • Osprey Gaming
    • Big Bad Beetleborgs
      • 800 Points
    • 1st Place
    • 2nd Place
    • 3rd/4th
    • 5th/6th/7th
  • EU Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • Halo 5 LMAO
      • $750
      • 2000 Points
    • Radiant Esports
      • $250
      • 1200 Points
    • Lol 5th Seed
    • Mock-It Esports
      • 800 Points
    • 1st Place
    • 2nd Place
    • 3rd/4th
    • 5th/6th/7th/8th
  • NA Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • TBD
      • $1,500
      • 2000 Points
    • TBD
      • $500
      • 1200 Points
    • TBD
    • TBD
      • 800 Points
    • Str8 Rippin
    • Team Reciprocity
    • Veggies (Previously Lux Gaming)
    • Trifecta
      • 600 Points
    • Casting will be by Goldenboy and Elamite
    • 1st Place
    • 2nd Place
    • 3rd/4th
    • 5th/6th/7th/8th
    • Finals will be broadcasted Tuesday, July 31st at 4PM PT/7PM ET

ADS In Halo? - The Results

  • Poll - https://www.strawpoll.me/16151586
    • Jordan Wharton
      • Halo 5 style aiming is a great mix of ADS and zoom. Smart scope works well and certainly should continue into the future of Halo. Going backwards to something like Halo 3 would be awful.
    • Halo Infinite News
      • I left my vote but here is my thoughts. Some weapons like the AR change the game so much from Classic Halo when you add Aim Down Sights. I wouldn't mind a ADS style animation on things like the BR and Snipe scopes just so it looks cooler. Idk how others would feel
    • Our thoughts
    • Yes - 9 Votes - 47%
    • No - 2 Votes - 11%
    • Certain Weapons (Which Ones) - 0 Votes - 0%
    • Normal Weapon Zoom Only (Sniper Rifle, etc) - 8 Votes - 42%

Discord Server? - The Results

Shoutouts

  • Justin Lafleche
  • Dust storm

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Episode 30 - The Return of Naded?!

Tuesday Jul 24, 2018

Tuesday Jul 24, 2018

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

News (Competitive)

Pro Battle League News

Scrim Recap

Tournament Recap

  • The Focus Fire Weekly FFA Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • Raz
        • $15
  • Astro Spartans July $500 Halo 5 FFA Tournament Recap
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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

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  • 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!

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Episode 29 - HCS NOLA Post-Show

Tuesday Jul 17, 2018

Tuesday Jul 17, 2018

Hello everyone and welcome to episode twenty nine of HCS Pro Talk! In this weeks episode, HCS NOLA has concluded and we have some results (and upsets) to talk about! Not only that but we also got details on the upcoming HCS 2018 Finals so of course we need to talk about that as well!

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

News

Scrim Recap

Tournament Recap

HCS NOLA Recap

  • Groups/Roster Recap
    • Group A
      • Team Reciprocity (NA)
        • Saiyan, Snipedown, Trippey, Pistola
      • Str8 Rippin (NA)
        • Dastroyed, Nemassist, Rammy, Str8 Sick
      • Athletico (ANZ)
        • Bziirk, Colt, SlayZ, Pipz
      • Fung Four (NA)
        • Druk84, Gilkey, Juziro, Soul Snipe
    • Group B
      • TOX (NA)
        • Frosty, Lethul, Royal 2, Snakebite
      • Hitmen (NA)
        • Artic, Bubu Dubu, Demon D, ACE
      • Fable Esports (EU)
        • Druk85, Riotz, Shady, ShabbyDagger
      • Gosu Crew (NA)
        • Commonly, Cratos, Danoxide, Suspector
    • Group C
      • Renegades (NA)
        • APG, Mikwen, Penguin, Neptune
      • Lux Gaming (NA)
        • Envore, SuperCC, Taulek, Valkyrie
      • Berserker Esports (LATAM)
        • Atzo, Drift, Bullet, Noble
      • Mock-It Esports (EU)
        • Squashy, Warlad, Looney, Outkast
    • Group D
      • Elevate (NA)
        • El Town, Falcated, Spartan, Sabinater
      • Lucid (EU)
        • Kimbo, Respectul, SLG, TuFoxy
      • Splyce (NA)
        • Renegade, Shotzzy, Stellur, Eco
      • Trifecta (NA)
        • Musa, Rayne, Ryanoob, Shooter
  • Notable Absentees
    • Lunchbox
    • Jimbo
  • 4v4 Placings
    • 1st
      • Splyce
        • $100,000
    • 2nd
      • TOX
        • $50,000
    • 3rd
      • Renegades
        • $35,000
    • 4th
      • Trifecta
        • $25,000
    • 5th/6th
      • Team Reciprocity
      • Hitmen
        • $10,000
    • 7th/8th
      • Elevate
      • Berserker
        • $5,000
  • FFA Placings
    • 1st
      • King Nick
        • $2,000
        • 39 Kills, 15 Assists, 29 Deaths
    • 2nd
      • Flurriously
        • $1,250
        • 37 Kills, 16 Assists, 29 Deaths
    • 3rd
      • Sceptify
        • $750
        • 33 Kills, 14 Assists, 31 Deaths
    • 4th
      • Queso
        • $500
        • 33 Kills, 20 Assists, 36 Deaths
    • 5th
      • Kourages
        • $300
        • 28 Kills, 20 Assists, 36 Deaths
    • 6th
      • Packman
        • $200
        • 22 Kills, 27 Assists, 31 Deaths
  • Notable Series
    • Pool Play
      • Splyce VS Lucid
        • Game 1 - Oddball on Eden
          • 150-146 - Splyce
        • Game 2 - Slayer on Truth
          • 50-47 - Lucid
        • Game 3 - CTF on Refuge
          • 3-1 - Splyce
        • Game 4 - Strongholds on Empire
          • 100-78 - Splyce
        • Series Score - 3-1 - Splyce
      • Lux Gaming VS Berserker Esports
        • Game 1 - Oddball on Eden
          • 150-122 - Berserker
        • Game 2 - Slayer on Truth
          • 50-47 - Berserker
        • Game 3 - CTF on Refuge
          • 3-0 - Lux Gaming
        • Game 4 - Strongholds on Empire
          • 100-80 - Lux Gaming
        • Game 5 - Slayer on Coliseum
          • 50-47 - Lux Gaming
        • Series Score - 3-2 - Lux Gaming (reverse sweep)
      • Lucid VS Trifecta
        • Game 1 - Strongholds on The Rig
          • 100-27 - Trifecta
        • Game 2 - Slayer on Plaza
          • 50-42 - Lucid
        • Game 3 - Oddball on Echelon
          • 150-126 - Trifecta
        • Game 4 - CTF on Truth
          • 3-2 - Lucid
        • Game 5 - Slayer on Plaza
          • 50-44 - Lucid
        • Series Score - 3-2 - Lucid
      • Lux Gaming VS Mock-It Esports
        • Game 1 - Strongholds on The Rig
          • 100-57 - Lux Gaming
        • Game 2 - Slayer on Plaza
          • 50-42 - Mock-It
        • Game 3 - Oddball on Echelon
          • 150-118 - Lux Gaming
        • Game 4 - CTF on Truth
          • 3-1 - Mock-It
        • Game 5 - Slayer on Plaza
          • 50-40 - Mock-It
        • Series Score - 3-2 - Mock-It Esports
    • Losers Bracket
      • Lucid VS Berserker Esports
        • Game 1 - Oddball on Fissure
          • 150-97 - Berserker
        • Game 2 - Slayer on Plaza
          • 50-45 - Berserker
        • Game 3 - CTF on Coliseum
          • 3-1 - Lucid
        • Game 4 - Strongholds on Eden
          • 100-15 - Lucid
        • Game 5 - Slayer on The Rig
          • 50-44 - Berserker
        • Series Score - 3-2 - Berserker
      • Elevate VS Trifecta
        • Game 1 - Strongholds on Plaza
          • 100-66 - Elevate
        • Game 2 - Slayer on Truth
          • 50-46 - Trifecta
        • Game 3 - Oddball on Echelon
          • 150-144 - Elevate
        • Game 4 - CTF on Refuge
          • 3-2 - Trifecta
        • Game 5 - Slayer on Plaza
          • 50-46 - Trifecta
        • Series Score - 3-2 - Trifecta
      • Team Reciprocity VS Trifecta
        • Game 1 - CTF on Refuge
          • 1-0 - Reciprocity
        • Game 2 - Slayer on Coliseum
          • 50-45 - Reciprocity
        • Game 3 - Strongholds on Empire
          • 100-67 - Trifecta
        • Game 4 - Oddball on Eden
          • 150-75 - Trifecta
        • Game 5 - Slayer on The Rig
          • 50-49 - Trifecta
        • Series Score - 3-2 - Trifecta (reverse sweep)
    • Winners Bracket
      • TOX VS Renegades (Winners Round 2)
        • Game 1 - Strongholds on Plaza
          • 100-44 - TOX
        • Game 2 - Slayer on Truth
          • 50-39 - Renegades
        • Game 3 - Oddball on Echelon
          • 150-143 - Renegades
        • Game 4 - CTF on Refuge
          • 1-0 - TOX
        • Game 5 - Slayer on Plaza
          • 50-39 - TOX
        • Series Score - 3-2 - TOX
      • TOX VS Splyce (Winners Finals)
        • Game 1 - Oddball on Fissure
          • 150-100 - TOX
        • Game 2 - Slayer on Refuge
          • 50-40 - TOX
        • Game 3 - CTF on Coliseum
          • 3-1 - Splyce
        • Game 4 - Strongholds on The Rig
          • 100-65 - TOX
        • Game 5 - Slayer on Truth
          • 50-40 - Splyce
        • Game 6 - Oddball on Eden
          • 150-72 - Splyce
        • Game 7 - Slayer on Plaza
          • 50-28 - Splyce
        • Series Score - 4-3 - Splyce
      • TOX VS Splyce (Grand Finals - 1st Series)
        • Game 1 - CTF on Refuge
          • 3-0 - TOX
        • Game 2 - Slayer on Truth
          • 50-44 - TOX
        • Game 3 - Strongholds on Eden
          • 100-48 - TOX
        • Game 4 - Oddball on Fissure
          • 150-55 - TOX
        • Series Score - 4-0 - TOX
      • TOX VS Splyce (Grand Finals - 2nd Series)
        • Game 1 - Oddball on Echelon
          • 150-67 - Splyce
        • Game 2 - Slayer on Refuge
          • 50-29 - TOX
        • Game 3 - CTF on Coliseum
          • 3-1 - Splyce
        • Game 4 - Strongholds on Plaza
          • 100-0 - Splyce
        • Game 5 - Slayer on Coliseum
          • 50-47 - TOX
        • Game 6 - Oddball on Eden
          • 150-23 - Splyce
        • Series Score - 4-2 - Splyce
  • Notable Statistics
  • Notable Stories
    • Berserker making top 8 which is the first time ever for a LATAM team at a North American open event.
    • Rivalry between Spartan and Ryanoob
    • Team Reciprocity as the number one seed being knocked out of the tournament by Trifecta, an open bracket team (still consisting of pro players) who was actually the 13th seed in the tournament. Trifecta therefore guarantees themselves top 4 for MLG NOLA.
  • Brackets
  • VOD’s

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Episode 28 - MLG NOLA Pre-Show/Halo Infinite Wishlist

Tuesday Jul 10, 2018

Tuesday Jul 10, 2018

Hello everyone and welcome to episode twenty eight of HCS Pro Talk! In this weeks episode, the road to MLG NOLA is coming to an end which means it is time for our pre-show! Of course we have more roster mania, news, scrims, and tournaments to cover as well. As for the main topic of this weeks show? We asked for your Halo Infinite wishlist which means it is time to talk about what you want within the next game within our beloved franchise!

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

News

Scrim Recap

  • Monday, July 2nd
    • TOX VS Team Reciprocity
      • Series Score - 8-5 - TOX

Tournament Recap

  • Microsoft Store Halo 5 FFA Tournaments
    • They happened over the weekend
  • The Focus Fire Weekly FFA Results
    • 1st Place
      • Scaryotic
  • ANZ Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • Authgvng
        • $500
        • 2000 Points
    • 2nd Place
      • No One Wants Oddball
        • $250
        • 1200 Points
    • 3rd/4th
      • Osprey Gaming
      • Reload Esports
        • 800 Points
    • 5th
  • EU Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • Wadu Hek
        • $750
        • 2000 Points
    • 2nd Place
      • We Lost To Shabby
        • $250
        • 1200 Points
    • 3rd/4th
      • Lucid Gaming
      • 92izer
        • 800 Points
    • 5th/6th/7th/8th
  • NA Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
    • 1st Place
      • Team Reciprocity
        • $1,500
        • 2000 Points
    • 2nd Place
      • TOX
        • $500
        • 1200 Points
    • 3rd/4th
      • Elevate
      • Renegades
        • 800 Points
    • 5th/6th/7th/8th

MLG NOLA Pre-Show

Halo Infinite Wishlist

  • Community Answers
    • Lexi - @LexiXen
      • 343 having the confidence to tell the story they want to tell. If they can give it the narrative and character flair of Halo 4 while retaining the set piece moments they want to draw from the original trilogy, it'll easily be the best Halo game
    • TheOnlyN33b - @TheOnlyN33b
      • I haven't actually played H5 yet, but I think it's very important they are confident in their story.  Sometimes I feel like companies can have a very hard time with taking control and doing what they want. TLJ isn't my favorite, but it is clearly the movie they wanted to make.
    • Halo Infinite NEws - @HaloInfiniteOrg
      • Go back to basics. A game without sprint, abilities, aim down sights and advanced movement. BR starts in competitive. A good selection of small maps, a couple remakes too. A ranking system that works. Strong support for eSports including big prizes and frequent events
    • Mark “CattyMusician” - @MLGMark
      • Would love an open world story. Would love military ranks with an exp based progression system. Also a 1-50 true skill ranking system. Plus a halo reach credit system to buy armor. Also have unlockable armor that doesn’t look like a potato
    • Sander - @Sander_vs
      • New (and good) MP maps until the next Halo game after Infinite. Playable on PC. Both classic and advanced MP game modes + maps designed for both types.
    • Str8 Nirvana - @Str8Nirvana
      • Halo 3 clone but with Firefight, updated Forge and PvP Ai practice bots (Like Gears/CoD has). Would also be nice if those /Well liked and unintrusive/ Req packs went away for an actual progression system.
    • Abe - @GTy_R4wk_One
      • NO sprint, NO hit markers. More than 9 maps in competitive.
    • Christian - @Stadlerchris17
      • No spartan abilities, at all. Classic art style and music, halo 1 esc. Campaign, different viewpoints in the story(arbiter, sgt johnson pre-death, random marine or spartan 4), that’s about it tbh. Just make it like bungie used to and it’ll be amazing.
    • Jonathan (DaddyTrax) - @jpskoczalek
      • I’d really like to see the Spartan Company feature expanded. Here are some ideas:
      • 1. Matchmaking within the Spartan Company HUB.  Ranks can be given for a 4v4 Spartan Company Playlist and an 8v8 Playlist. Each Spartan member in the company shares the same rank as everyone else in the Spartan Company.  I’m going for the Halo 2 clan system here for reference.
      • 2. This might be a little hard to follow but if I managed to explain it correctly I think you’ll see the tremendous value this could bring to Halo multiplayer. (For reference, see NHL 16 EASCHL playoffs https://youtu.be/5gSy088JEkA <—-this video should be helpful in explaining what I’m going for) Create online tournaments during the last weekend of every month where Spartan companies of similar rank and skill can be put into a single elimination tournament. The tournament has the appearance of an 16 team bracket. In reality you’re actually being paired against any other team that’s still alive in their own playoff bracket. This allows you to play one of your playoffs games on Friday night and maybe 2 more games on Saturday and then the finals on Sunday without having to working about the schedules of any other Spartan Company. You compete to win 4 times consecutively. If you win the tourney, you earn a trophy, maybe an emblem, in game currency, etc. Every month there will be a tourney, so if you lose one month, you can practice and try again the next month. What could be really cool is streaming this online so your Spartan Company could draft it’s best community players for the tournament and it could be live streamed for the rest of your Spartan Company to watch.
      • 3. A designated area in the Halo Infinite UI where a Spartan Company’s admins can upload community made art, game types, and game nights for the community.
      • I think these 3 things could really make Spartan Companies something’s that draws players to Halo instead of just being a second friend list and a way to get a set of armor like it is in Halo 5.
    • Trent Lockhart - @tlock_24
    • Justin LaFleche - @LaFleche31
      • Check Twitter DM’s
  • Overall Thoughts
    • Story
      • Letting 343 tell the story they want to tell
      • Open World
        • Play as your own customized spartan
        • Master Chief focused
        • Different viewpoints within the campaign
    • Gameplay
      • No spartan abilities
        • Maybe sprint and clamber remain?
        • No ADS
      • Firefight
      • Hit-scan shooting mechanics
    • Multiplayer
      • More maps
      • More modes
      • Better ranking system (that actually works)
      • Separate full ranked and social playlists
      • More Esports influence
    • Features
      • Unlockable armor via credits (ala Reach). In other words, no more REQ Packs
        • More armor customization and options in general
      • Spartan Company expansion with actual features
        • Clan specific features including armor/ranks/etc
      • Bring challenges back (Daily and Weekly)
      • Seasonal events
      • Better weapon skin variation (ala Gears of War)
  • Our Thoughts

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  • Everyone on Twitter who has followed us and got us to 200 followers!

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