Hello everyone and welcome to episode twenty six of HCS Pro Talk! In this weeks episode, rosters have been locked for the upcoming Gamebattles tournaments leading up to New Orleans so we have a lot to talk about! Will begins his journey within Halo 3, we have some news to discuss, and scrims/tournaments to recap. Finally, we discuss the poll results of the Sprint VS No Sprint in Halo debate along with posing a new question.

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

News

• New Legendary Crate Announced

• https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1009487542268416003

• https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1009876549930139648

• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/mcc-insider-flight-2-recap

• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/to-infinite-and-beyond

• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/hcs-2018-online-play-and-format

Scrim Recap

• Reciprocity VS Heart of the Cards

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/8703

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/8704

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/8705

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/8706

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/8707

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/8708

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/8709

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/8710

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/8711

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9706

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9707

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9708

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9709

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9710

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9711

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9712

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9713

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9714

Tournament Recap

• Halo Wars Champions League

• 1st Place

• Mike Beaston

• Halo lootbox

• Almirante99

• Halo lootbox

• https://breaking-the-clutch.challonge.com/HWCL_Spring_Invitational2018

• Mike Beaston won two, back to back, best of seven series to be crowned the champion

• 1st Place

• King Urbn

• http://teambeyond.net/forum/tournaments/groupings/128-astro-spartans-500-halo-5-ffa-620-800pm-est/round1/

• Champions Bracket Round 2

• Aerox VS Invalid White

• 4-0 - Aerox

• Mock-It Esports VS Old Mates

• 4-0 - Mock-It Esports

• 4-2 - Aerox

• Champions Bracket Round 1

• LA Legion (4) VS St. Louis Sentinels (5)

• Game 1 - CTF on Coliseum

• 3-2 - St. Louis

• 50-35 - St. Louis

• 100-56 - St. Louis

• 200-46 - St. Louis

• 4-0 - St. Louis

• Stats - https://halocarnage.com/compare/PBL/21854

• Game 1 - CTF on Coliseum

• 3-1 - Atlanta

• 50-42 - Atlanta

• 100-86 - Atlanta

• 200-171 - Philadelphia

• 3-2 - Philadelphia

• 50-38 - Philadelphia

• 100-25 Atlanta

• 4-3 - Atlanta

• VOD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQLWNzsWVUg&feature=youtu.be

• Game 1 - CTF on Coliseum

• 3-0 - Wisconsin

• 50-46 - Wisconsin

• 100-64 - Wisconsin

• 180-160 - Wisconsin

• 4-0 - Wisconsin

• Stats - https://halocarnage.com/compare/PBL/21667

• Pro Battle League Partners With LindaX to Launch Cryptocurrency

• http://www.battle7oken.com/

• 1st Place

• Tecnology

• $350

• Berserker Esports

• $150

• Against the Wind

• 800 Points

• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2lu7fkV

• 1st Place

• Eazy Trip

• $500

• Please Not Easy Trip First Round

• $250

• Reload Esports

• 800 Points

• 800 Points

• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2Kh8gLi

• 1st Place

• He Misses The Backsmack

• $750

• Choc’s 2K Team

• $250

• Pete is Tan

• 800 Points

• 800 Points

• Invalid

• 600 Points

• 600 Points

• 600 Points

• 600 Points

• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2MlXgcK

• Important Series

• TOX VS Team Reciprocity (Semi-Finals)

• Game 1 - Strongholds on Eden

• 100-15 - Reciprocity

• 50-41 - Reciprocity

• 176-125 - TOX

• 2-2 - Tie

• 3-1 - Reciprocity

• 3-1 - Reciprocity

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9724

• Game 1 - Strongholds on Eden

• 100-36 -Splyce

• 50-45 - Renegades

• 190-118 - Renegades

• 2-1 - Splyce

• 50-36 - Renegades

• 3-2 - Renegades

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9726

• Game 1 - Oddball on Fissure

• 179-138 - Reciprocity

• 50-35 - Reciprocity

• 3-2 - Renegades

• 100-28 - Reciprocity

• 3-1 - Reciprocity

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9729

• Team Reciprocity

• $1,500

• Renegades

• $500

• Splyce

• 800 Points

• 800 Points

• Fortnite Time (Str8 Rippin)

• 600 Points

• 600 Points

• 600 Points

• 600 Points

Should Sprint be in Halo? - The Results

• https://twitter.com/HCSProTalk/status/1009634825710469120

• Out of 115 votes…

• 30% Sprint

Shoutouts

• Moses FPS because of everything that he does for the community

• https://twitter.com/Moses_FPS

• For the idea on creating the Xbox Club for HCS Pro Talk. This will be a great way to get everyone together for upcoming community playdates as some listeners do not use Twitter or Facebook.

• For recommending the hitmarker topic on the show!

• For creating a brand new lore section over on their website! Check it out at the link included within the show notes and follow the podcast on twitter!

• https://www.halopodcastevolved.com/lore

Community Creations

• Wonderboy Breaks Down HCS Refuge

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKf3oxxGPR8

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