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.
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.Bound’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/KodakBoundWinner of both June and July’s Astro Spartans 1v1 tournamentsJust a reminder that the Midwest Esports Halo 3 2v2 tournament is coming up this weekend at Next Level Expohttp://midwestesports.com/nle/h3/Saturday, August 18th, 2018 at Next Level ExpoAt Gateway Hotel and Conference Center, 2100 Green Hills Dr, Ames, IA 50014FormatXbox 3602v2 Double-eliminationBest of 3Maps: MLG Guardian 8, MLG Heretic 8, MLG The Pit 8Gametype: MLG TS8 First to 25 kills winsStarting Saturday, August 18th at 2pmPrice Tournament Entry $10 per playerPrize pool 1st Place (50% ) 2nd Place (25%) 3rd Place (15%) 4th Place (10%) What to Bring?Xbox 360 HeadsetLATAMNothing to report at this timeAustralia/New ZealandNothing to report at this timeEUTeam UpslaMorguhBatchfordRenanShaadyzerRaidant EsportsJimboLunnyRiotsMoseNorth AmericaNothing to report at this timeWills Adventures Within the Haloverse
What kinds of Halo has Will been playing recently?Deadline for MCC Insider Sign Uphttps://twitter.com/ske7ch/status/1026949951937437696Covenant Slayer Back Within Halo 5https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1027607830155616256Halo Community Spotlighthttps://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/spotlight-august-9-2018Roy Playing MCC Insider!?https://twitter.com/theRoyBorg/status/1026641573675782144Roster Lock for HCS London August 20thhttps://twitter.com/HCS/status/1026966466845974529Tashi On Halo 3 2v2 Dreamhack Tournamenthttps://twitter.com/Tashi343i/status/1028092988071657472Quick 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?https://twitter.com/OpTicFlamesword/status/1027246103866036225How many gamers from Texas would be down for a few Halo 3 2v2/4v4 LANs before Dreamhack?New Website Being Worked Onhttps://twitter.com/EuropaHalo/status/1027126195522031616Working on a new website for teams confirmed to go to LAN along with FA's/To2/To3. If your a team that's 100% going to LAN please do message me as we will upload you to the site to make potential scrims easier to find. Hope also to run a pre LAN cup for all teams going to LAN.No Team Needed FFA VOD Now Availablehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DsjHAoju1E&feature=youtu.beSeason 3 Format Announcementhttps://www.battleleague.com/single-post/2018/08/07/Season-3-FormatWe 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 SevenThe 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 BracketThe 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 SentinelsSquallaye is now the team captainNew York TitansRob the Turtle is now the team captainChicago UnitedMy Tails is now the team captainKansas City LightningVulcan is now the team captainPortland TempestTrailblazer is now the team captainMonday, August 6thLucid VS Online WarriorsSeries Score - 7-2 - LucidStats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10882Lucid had 44 more killsLucid had 17 more assistsLucid had 45 less deathsLucid had 19 more power killsLucid had 20 more precision killsLucid had 9 more magnum killsTuesday, August 7thVeggis VS Gosu CrewSeries Score - 12-3 - VeggiesStats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10883Team Reciprocity VS ElevateSeries Score - 9-6 - ReciprocityStats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10884Reciprocity had 185 more killsReciprocity had 159 more assistReciprocity had 192 less deathsReciprocity had 18 more power killsReciprocity had 184 more precision killsReciprocity had 168 more magnum killsWednesday, August 8thRenegades VS TOXSeries Score - 8-7 - RenegadesStats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10885Renegades had 28 more killsRenegades had 41 more assistsRenegades had 25 less deathsRenegades had 13 more power killsRenegades had 36 more precision killsRenegades had 36 more magnum killsLucid VS Radiant EsportsSeries Score - 15-0 - LucidStats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10886Thursday, August 9thRadiant Esports VS MockIt EsportsSeries Score - 8-2 - RadiantStats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10887Radiant had 25 more killsMockIt had 16 more assistsRadiant had 25 less deathsRadiant had 13 more power killsMockIt had 15 more precision killsMockIt had 22 more magnum killsTOX VS Team ReciprocitySeries Score - 10-5 - TOXStats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10888TOX had 54 more killsTOX had 23 more assistsTOX had 56 less deathsBoth teams had 38 power killsTOX had 73 more precision killsTOX had 78 more magnum killsFriday, August 10thTrifecta VS ElevateSeries Score - 8-7 - TrifectaStats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10889Elevate had 14 more killsTrifecta had 8 more assistsElevate had 14 less deathsElevate had 19 more power killsTrifecta had one more precision kill - 613-612Elevate had one more magnum kill - 602-601TOX VS TrifectaSeries Score - 12-3 - TOXStats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10890The Focus Fire Weekly FFA Tournament RecapNo tournament took place last weekNoble Halo Wars 2 3v3 Open Tournament1st PlaceSolid HW/Mike Beaston/Stay Classy$90 for the team2nd PlaceDiverse/DeluxeSwing/Flame PiemanBracket - https://noblevents.challonge.com/cz58ft04VOD - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/296421464##Female Pro League/Acron Esports Halo 5 2v2 Tournament Recap1st PlaceMLGQueenKatey Marie2nd PlaceMonzaKrandapusAstro Spartans Halo 5 1v1 Tournament Recap1st PlaceNeptune$1,0002nd PlaceScaryotic3rd/4thRenegadeMarbsBracket - https://bit.ly/2OjV9atAstro Spartans Monthly FFA Recap1st PlaceRyno$500Bracket - https://bit.ly/2P9i6P0Halo 5 Summer Series 2v2 Tournament Recaps - https://bit.ly/2B6MdU9Midwest StoresWoodland Hills1st PlaceOklahomiesWoodfield Mall1st PlaceBubbaliciousSt. Louis Galleria1st PlaceLigmaPenn Square Mall1st PlaceClickOakbrooks Center1st PlaceMore ‘Nades PlzOak Park Mall1st PlaceWalking TrashcansMall of America1st PlaceStrafeKenwood Town Center1st PlaceThose GuysEaston Town Centrer1st PlaceHTC EsportsBeachwood Place1st PlaceWolfbladeNortheast Stores5th Ave - NYC1st PlaceSesame StreetDestiny1st PlaceTenacious TwoKing of Prussia Mall1st PlaceAsylumMontgomery1st PlaceLil ClanWalden Garden1st PlaceMOUSE RATWestfarms1st PlaceCT FivesSouth StoresBaybrook1st PlaceBloodsHouston Galleria1st PlaceMynx wit da CheeseLa Cantera1st PlaceRed ElotesLakeside Mall1st PlaceFinal BassNorthpark1st PlaceNo IdeaThe Domain1st PlaceOld TimerzzThe Woodlands1st PlaceTitans NeedlerSoutheast StoresFlorida Mall1st PlaceKryptek SquadMall at Green Hills1st PlaceOppressSouthpark1st PlacePohSt. John’s Town Center1st PlaceBringin’ HeatStreets at Southpoint1st PlaceBedford BoysTown Center at Boca Raton1st PlacePrimalWest StoresAla Moana1st PlaceEnosBellevue Square1st PlaceSmooth CriminalsFashion Show1st PlaceTeam Two HandsFashion Valley1st PlaceLiptonPioneer Place1st PlaceAMBITIONScottsdale Fashion Square1st PlaceWe Are WorseSouth Coast Plaza1st PlaceTeam Dark SoulsStanford Shopping Center1st PlaceBackpackersTopanga1st PlaceTilted TowersUniversity Village1st PlaceThe Gods of Halo 1Should Radar be Within Halo Infinite/Future Halo Titles? - The Results
Poll Results - 79 Total VotesYes (All Multiplayer)15%Yes (Casual Only)56%Yes (Competitive Only)2%No. Just, No.27%DiscussionMark FrancisAll 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.GametimeVoted casual only, but I really do like the current competitive setup if only when using abilities.JustSimonNo 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 dropScudpuddleMy 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 SniperRadar 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.Thank you to Sander for the topic suggestion of Radar!https://twitter.com/Sander_vsMeme Mondayhttps://www.reddit.com/r/halo/Podcast Services (just search for HCS Pro Talk)iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hcs-pro-talk/id1330849607?mt=2)Leave us a review and let others know about the show!Google Play (https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iebvlvyulgtixmp47ykliyt25o4)Podbean (https://hcsprotalk.podbean.com/)Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hcs-pro-talk)Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/26094AUbzsgR6iA0koz2Ta?si=uAJpjxTYTI-eZj15D-nwtw)Discord (https://discord.gg/SWXf2zF)Xbox Club (Search for HCS Pro Talk)Spartan Company (https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/spartan-companies/hcsprotalk)Twitter (https://twitter.com/hcsprotalk)Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hcsprotalk/)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/HCSProTalk/)YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVfhJZH7Q2sd7GIoft6hz8w)Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/hcsprotalk)