HCS Pro Talk

Episode 7 - MLG Orlando Pre-Show

Hello everyone and welcome to episode seven of HCS Pro Talk! In this weeks episode, the first half works like our normal shows. We will talk about roster changes, news, gamebattles tournament results and more. What this episode is really about is the second half. We will discuss the MLG Orlando Open tournament including the format, group play teams, and more!

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

NEWS

• HWC FFA Playlist replaces normal FFA playlist within Halo 5 - https://twitter.com/Halo/status/961673083479142400
• HWC Columbus tickets went on sale and then sold out after 48 hours - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/esports/halowc-columbus-2018 - https://twitter.com/HCS/status/962850421575319554

Tournament Results

• Australia - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/anz-halowc-2000-series-02-10
• North America - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/na-halowc-2000-series-02-10/bracket
• EU - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/eu-halowc-2000-series-02-11/bracket
• South America - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/sa-halowc-2000-series-02-11/bracket
• Mexico - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/mx-halowc-2000-series-02-11/bracket

MLG Orlando Pre-Show Information

• Event Details - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/esports/halowc-orlando-2018 - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/halowc-2018-orlando-open-preview
• Tournament Format - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/halowc-2018-format-overview
• Schedule and Gametypes - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/orlando-schedule-and-gametypes
• Usual Suspects Roster Update - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/3928f141c8e14499a4d33d2ddaa86008/topics/halowc-2018-orlando-open---groups-update/b87cbd3e-d3dd-4f63-a9d0-17a9134de42b/posts

Community Creations

• Go watch MLG Orlando - https://www.twitch.tv/halo - https://mixer.com/halo/mobile - http://eve.majorleaguegaming.com/halo

Episode 6 - MCC, It's All About You And Me!

Hello everyone and welcome to episode six of HCS Pro Talk! In this weeks episode, Will and Josh bring you the latest roster changes, MCC news, tournament results, community creations, among other tidbits of information.

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

BEFORE WE GET INTO ANYTHING, I, JOSHUA, HAVE SOMETHING TO ANNOUNCE AS I SCREWED UP ROYALLY WITH THE GAMEBATTLES TOURNAMENT RECAPS. BELOW ARE THE PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT ARE CORRECT IN WHICH I ORIGINALLY SCREWED UP. IN THIS EPISODE, I WAS PROVIDING TOURNAMENT RESULTS FROM THE 1/27-1/28 TOURNAMENTS AND NOT THE 2/3-2/4 TOURNAMENTS. FOR THIS I APOLOGIZE AND I WILL PAY MORE ATTENTION...

ACTUAL Tournament Results

• North America - 69 teams competed
• EU - 26 teams competed
• South America - 9 teams competed
• Mexico - 15 teams competed - Tera Gaming took second and NOT Aztek Gaming
• Tera Gaming Roster - Tobi, Iraul, Fergie, and iLiiah

NEWS

• Halo MCC Developer Update - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/mcc-development-update
• Around the Universe of Halo News - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/communique-collection
• Tickets for HWC Mexico available now - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/esports/halowc-mexico-city-2018

Tournament Results

• Australia - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/anz-halowc-2000-series-02-03/bracket
• North America - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/na-halowc-2000-series-02-03/bracket
• EU - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/eu-halowc-2000-series-02-04/bracket
• South America - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/sa-halowc-2000-series-02-04/bracket
• Mexico - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/mx-halowc-2000-series-02-04/bracket

Community Creations

• A Closer Look - Believe the Hype - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5g-LKt0j4g

Episode 5 - Oddball Cometh, Oddball Taketh Away

Hello everyone and welcome to episode five of HCS Pro Talk! In this weeks episode, Will and Josh bring you the latest roster changes, Oddball news, tournament results, community creations, among other tidbits of information.

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

NEWS

• Oddball officially removed from HWC 2018 - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/3928f141c8e14499a4d33d2ddaa86008/topics/halowc-2018-oddball-update/2ff58b74-70f6-4902-9d53-cdb7f95c726b/posts
• Extraction Game Mode made within Halo 5 Forge - https://twitter.com/Ascend_Hyperion/status/95659239358277632 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjc1ZY4BRXg&feature=youtu.be
• Submit your own clips to be potentially featured within community montages during live events - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/6e35355aecdf4fd0acdaee3cc4156fd4/topics/submit-clips-to-be-featured-during-halowc-events/6e1b0795-f9e7-484f-a78f-56e125135896/posts - https://twitter.com/HCS/status/956654412881014785
• Official talent lineup for HWC Orlando - https://twitter.com/HCS/status/956977489452023808
• Official talent lineup for MLG London - https://twitter.com/Gfinity/status/958013599825448962 - https://www.gfinity.net/news/details/announcing-the-halowc-lan-event-broadcast-line-up
• Orlando Pro Point Seeding deadline for HWC Orlando - https://twitter.com/Moses_FPS/status/958055130875736066
• Halo Free For All Qualifier series - https://smash.gg/mrshalo

Tournament Results

• Australia - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/anz-halowc-2000-series-01-27/bracket
• North America - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/na-halowc-2000-series-01-27/bracket
• EU - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/eu-halowc-2000-series-01-28/bracket
• South America - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/sa-halowc-2000-series-01-28/bracket
• Mexico - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/mx-halowc-2000-series-01-28/bracket

Community Creations

• Extraction Gamemode - https://twitter.com/Ascend_Hyperion/status/956592393582776320 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjc1ZY4BRXg&feature=youtu.be

Episode 4 - What the Oddball???

Hello everyone and welcome to episode four of HCS Pro Talk! In this weeks episode, Will and Josh bring you the latest roster changes, Oddball news, tournament results, community creations, among other tidbits of information.

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

NEWS

• Xbox One X and Oddball changes - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/3928f141c8e14499a4d33d2ddaa86008/topics/halowc-update---1-18-2018---oddball-and-xbox-one-x/1e90f6e2-c5db-4eca-aef7-8ddb192c7794/posts
• Age limit decreased for Latin American competitors - https://twitter.com/HCS/status/954703479687254017
• EU Gamebattle's 2K casted - https://twitter.com/HCS/status/954461523245613056
• Millennial Esports launches Challenger Series - https://www.millennialesports.gg/cs
• Naded creates new roster, competes, and then disbands and retires - https://twitter.com/Naded/status/954839561489678336
• Cratos cheats? - https://twitter.com/Nemassist/status/954795301000417282

Tournament Results

• Australia - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/anz-halowc-2000-series-01-20/bracket
• North America - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/na-halowc-2000-series-01-20/bracket
• EU - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/eu-halowc-2000-series-01-20/bracket
• South America - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/SA%20HaloWC%202000%20Series%2001-21/bracket
• Mexico - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/mx-halowc-2000-series-01-21/bracket

Community Creations

• Starkiller Base - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcgmgYNLzbo&feature=youtu.be
• Captive - https://www.forgehub.com/maps/captive.6005/
• Spartan merch line - https://twitter.com/spartan/status/954179277943164928?refsrc=email&s=11&ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eios%7Ctwgr%5Eemail

Episode 3 - Let the Gamebattles Begin!

Hello and welcome to episode 3 of HCS Pro Talk, our longest yet! In this episode, Will and Josh bring you the latest information in regards to roster changes, Gamebattles tournament results, and some controversies within the Halo Esports community. We end the show with Community Creations along with a little treat for Minnesota Vikings fans.

Thanks for listening and as always, links to all of the information discussed in this episode is below.

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Roster Mania - http://halodatahive.com/

Tapping Buttons not being able to compete in online tournaments with current team - https://twitter.com/RyanSondhi/status/951979451725766656

Australia Gamebattles Tournament information - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/anz-halowc-2000-series-01-13/info

EU Gamebattles Tournament information - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/eu-halowc-2000-series-01-13/teams

NA Gamebattles Tournament information - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/na-halowc-2000-series-01-13

SA Gamebattles Tournament information - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/sa-halowc-2000-series-01-14/bracket

Mexico Gamebattles Tournament information - http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/xboxone/halo-5-guardians/tournament/mx-halowc-2000-series-01-14/teams

Orlando information - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/esports/halowc-orlando-2018

London information - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/esports/halowc-london-2018

Sydney information - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/esports/halowc-sydney-2018

Oddball controversy - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/3928f141c8e14499a4d33d2ddaa86008/topics/hcs-gametypes-update---1-11-18/33ef9d57-7bae-4c06-bd97-b6796cb174aa/posts

https://twitter.com/SnakeBiteFPS/status/952270309306052615

https://twitter.com/SnakeBiteFPS/status/952291596317462528

Community Creations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI6scPDJCVs

Episode 2 - Teams, Teams, Teams!

Will and Josh bring you the confirmed rosters going into the Halo World Championships 2018. They also discuss confirmed maps/gametypes along with the first entry in the Community Creations segment!

Articles discussed within the episode...

Halo TV Series - http://www.tvguide.com/news/halo-tv-series-steven-spielberg-showtime/

Official HWC 2018 Season Settings - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/halowc-2018-settings

Official HWC 2018 Online Format and Dates - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/online-format-and-dates

Community Creations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZkhcLjvL_E&t=1s

Episode 1 - MLG IS BACK

Hello and welcome to the very first episode of HCS Pro Talk, your weekly Halo Esports podcast. In this episode Joshua and William discuss what the podcast is all about along with MLG coming back to the Halo Esports scene and other HWC 2018 information. We hope you enjoy it and stay tuned to next week where we dive deep into all of the confirmed rosters going into the HWC 2018.