Hello everyone and welcome to episode eighteen of HCS Pro Talk! In this weeks episode, the Europa Halo Champions League continues and we have some information to discuss! Will continues his journey through Halo 2, multiple news stories enter the fold, and we have some scrim results. Finally, the big segment of this episode is the news surrounding the Halo Online/ElDewrito/Microsoft/343/Community situation. We aim to bring you all of the information from the moment Halo Online was started to the news we have today.

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

News

Charity Shirt Available for Purchase Now - https://twitter.com/Halo/status/988837453015400449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.halowaypoint.com%2Fen-us%2Fcommunity%2Fblog-posts%2Ffancy-catch-up&tfw_site=halo

Next Halo Legendary Lootcrate Announced - https://twitter.com/Halo/status/987375592411750400

Shotty Snipers is Back in Halo 5 - https://twitter.com/Halo/status/990019111018115072

Halo Community Update - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/fancy-catch-up

Halo Wars 2 Community Run Tournaments - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/community-halo-wars-2-tournament-program

Halo: MCC Test Flight 1 - https://twitter.com/ske7ch/status/989342212667334657 - https://twitter.com/Jessabirdy/status/990008456168914944

Europa Halo Champions League

Division 1 - https://www.toornament.com/tournaments/1239577665900609536/stages/1239624996753514496/groups/1326620411056340992/

Division 2A - https://www.toornament.com/tournaments/1239577665900609536/stages/1326622016504176640/groups/1352547763885203476/#structure

Division 2B - https://www.toornament.com/tournaments/1239577665900609536/stages/1326622016504176640/groups/1352547764019421360/#structure

Gamers For Giving 2018 Halo 5 Tournament Results

Bracket - https://gfg.challonge.com/GFGHalo2018

Halo Online, ElDewrito, Microsoft, 343, and the Community

What is Halo Online, ElDewrito, and what was done before? - https://1drv.ms/w/s!ApNcb42JkqV-tURZit-riGwVyMab - https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2015/2015-04-01-microsoft-osg.md

Microsoft's/343's Statement - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/eldewrito-community-content

ElDewrito's Statement - http://blog.eldewrito.com/post/173283810663/microsofts-legal-action-and-the-future-of

Bonnie Ross's Statement - https://twitter.com/PlutonForEver/status/989300867877629952

Frank O'Connor's Statement - https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-initiaties-action-to-protect-halo-ip-in-the-wake-of-eldewrito-halo-online-mod.38406/page-3#post-7164086

Shoutouts

MerkingMartian - Thank you for the review on iTunes along with the feedback!

Community Creations

Meme Monday - https://old.reddit.com/r/halo/

Halo 3 Throwback - Halo 5 Montage by Muggsy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk1JBuahldU

HWC 2018 Finals Top 5 Performances - https://twitter.com/Halo/status/989558911589011457/video/1

Halo Content Creators Discord - Created by Muggsy - https://twitter.com/MuggsyNV/status/988575373511217152

Halo Silent Storm: A Master Chief Story Cover Reveal - https://old.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/8fskzh/halo_silent_storm_a_master_chief_story_cover/

Plugs

Spartan Company - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/spartan-companies/hcsprotalk

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