Hello everyone and welcome to episode twenty seven of HCS Pro Talk! In this weeks episode, rosters are changing and forming all over the place! Will finishes the fight in Halo 3, we have more news stories to discuss, and along with the normal tournament and scrim results, the Pro Battle League had their North American Season 2 finals (along with a huge announcement). Finally, we discuss the results within our most recent poll, should hit markers be within Halo?

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

News

• Finalists of Foreghub H2A Foregtacular Able to be Played Now

• https://twitter.com/ForgeHub/status/1011360538180415488

• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/showtime-announces-new-halo-tv-series-details

• https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1012798261885714432

• https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1013527804858650624

• https://twitter.com/Tashi343i/status/1012885411671113729

• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/3928f141c8e14499a4d33d2ddaa86008/topics/hcs-update---6-29/1692d75b-ecbb-4762-a9f3-5308a6aa9f12/posts

• http://teambeyond.net/beyond-x-astro-july-halo-tournament-schedule/

Scrim Recap

• Monday, June 25th

• Online Warriors VS Authority EU

• Series Score - 7-2 - Online Warriors

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9730

• Series Score - 14-1 - Placeholder

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9731

• Series Score - 10-3 - Renegades

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9732

• Series Score - 10-4 - Team Reciprocity

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9733

• Elevate VS Lux Gaming

• Series Score - 2-0 - Elevate

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9734

• Series Score - 8-3 - Lux Gaming

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9735

• Series Score - 13-2 - Express Yourself

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9736

• Series Score - 4-0 - Online Warriors

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9737

• Series Score - 2-1 - Elevate

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9738

• Series Score - 10-5 - TOX

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9739

• Elevate VS Team Reciprocity

• Series Score - 12-3 - Reciprocity

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9740

• Series Score - 2-0 - Crowd Pleasers

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9741

• Series Score - 2-0 - Fung Four

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9742

• Series Score - 9-6 - Authority EU

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9743

• Series Score - 10-5 - Placeholder

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9744

• Series Score - 13-2 - TOX

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9745

• Series Score - 10-5 - Crowd Pleasers

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9746

• Online Warriors VS Authority EU

• Series Score - 11-3 - Online Warriors

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9748

• Series Score - 1-1 - Tie

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9747

• Hennything’s Possible VS Str8 Rippin

• Series Score - 8-6 - Hennything’s Possible

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9749

• Series Score - 12-3 - TOX

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9750

• Series Score - 2-0 - Elevate

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9751

• Series Score - 10-1 - Placeholder

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9753

• Series Score - 10-3 - Online Warriors

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9754

• Series Score - 2-1 - Elevate

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9755

• Series Score - 11-2 - Reciprocity

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9756

• Series Score - 2-0 - Hitmen

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9773

• Crowd Pleasers VS Lux Gaming

• Series Score - 9-1 - Crowd Pleasers

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9757

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9770

• Series Score - 15-0 - Hitmen

• Team Reciprocity VS Hitmen

• Series Score - 9-3 - Reciprocity

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9776

• Series Score - 2-0 - Lux Gaming

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/9777

Tournament Recap

• The Focus Fire Weekly FFA Results

• Stress

• https://twitter.com/TheFocusFire/status/1012156031667859457

• 1st Place

• Since 5th Grade

• Shotzzy

• 1st Place

• The Real HOTC

• Spartan

• 1st Place

• https://twitter.com/EuropaHalo/status/1011963355773448192

• Grand Finals Postponed Until After NOLA

• Wisconsin Fury VS Atlanta Zenith (Semi-Finals Match)

• Game 1 - CTF on Refuge

• 3-2 - Atlanta

• 100-21 - Wisconsin

• 50-46 - Wisconsin

• 195-147 - Wisconsin

• 3-1 - Wisconsin

• 4-1 - Wisconsin

• Game 1 - CTF on Refuge

• 1-0 - Houston

• 100-80 - Houston

• 50-44 - St. Louis

• 200-111 - St. Louis

• 3-2 - St. Louis

• 100-32 - St. Louis

• 4-2 - St. Louis

• Game 1 - CTF on Truth

• 3-2 - Wisconsin

• 100-24 - Wisconsin

• 50-35 - Wisconsin

• 154-152 - Wisconsin

• 4-0 - Wisconsin

• Expansion to 24 Teams Has Been Announced

• https://twitter.com/PBLHalo/status/1013599948758138880

• 1st Place

• Berserker Esports

• $350

• 2nd Place

• Tecnology

• $150

• 3rd/4th

• The Labels

• 800 Points 

• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2lMnp9n

• ANZ Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap

• 1st Place

• Thanks

• $500

• 2nd Place

• Dr Pepper

• $250

• 3rd/4th

• Struggling to Find Players

• 800 Points

• Reload eSports

• 600 Points 

• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2tZrieQ

• 1st Place

• Pirates

• $750

• 2nd Place

• He Misses The Backsmack

• $250

• 3rd/4th

• Royalty

• 800 Points

• 5th/6th/7th/8th

• Invalid

• 600 Points

• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2z1lR4R

• Important Series

• TOX VS Renegades (Semi-Final Match)

• Game 1 - Strongholds on The Rig

• 100-21 - Renegades

• 50-40 - Renegades

• 144-139 - TOX

• 3-1 - TOX

• 50-42 - TOX

• 3-2 - TOX

• Game 1 - Oddball on Eden

• 200-94 - Reciprocity

• 50-41 - TOX

• 3-1 - Reciprocity

• 100-53 - TOX

• 50-42 - TOX

• 3-2 - TOX

• TOX

• $1,500

• Reciprocity 

• $500

• Renegades

• 800 Points

• Splyce (without Shotzzy)

• 600 Points

• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2IMmI99

Hit Markers Within Halo - The Results

• Should hit markers remain within Halo games moving forward?

• Out of 60 total votes…

• No

• 37%

• 32%

• 30%

• 2%

Shoutouts

• Pro Battle League/PBL Halo

• For putting on an incredible season of competitive Halo. Looking forward to the next season and the inclusion of more teams!

Community Creations

• Meme Monday

• https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/

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