hcs-chat

[worldly jewel]

Poor poor Oreos Forever
I hope he's alright

[astral linden]

oh no

[worldly jewel]

[arctic quiver]

Nhsyr7jb3hei8wurhriqoihsheuu3hrgue

[unique citrus]

damn everyone be acting up for points that aren't usable in real world economies LMAO

[cold kayak]

you beat me to it

[astral linden]

this was one of the most enjoyable weekends ive had in a while, mainly because of halo. dont be a killjoy

[arctic quiver]

I think this tournament proves that HCS is not copypasta

[still socket]

Savage lol

[arctic quiver]

Native White blows that statement out the water

Open Bracket to top 4

[void fable]

Let's go optic🔥🔥🔥

[arctic quiver]

From a team pulled from all over

[cold kayak]

NOOOOO I'm at 3% for the BR

[astral linden]

panda..

[arctic quiver]

Co streams should potentially still allow progess

[cold kayak]

I kid I kid

I'm probably echoing thousands of people rn

[still socket]

When does the progress stop just wondering because I’m finish lol

[cold kayak]

Time to grill up some burgers and heat up some tater tots

[astral linden]

its over now :(

[arctic quiver]

BR drops are still live on co-streamers

[still socket]

Panda those burgers better be medium rare lol

[cold kayak]

They will always be medium rare

[copper thunder]

Wait, i just realized the next lan tournament is in june

[worldly jewel]

Is Merty ok? 👀

[astral linden]

he disappeared

[cold kayak]

Merty rn

[astral linden]

i mean, nooo thats forever
but i should be done with most of my exams by then so thats great

[still socket]

He vanished into the night lol

[astral linden]

i cant imagine how much worse the feeling is for people who actually attended

[arctic quiver]

**For anyone that hasn't completed their BR drop for the Death Hex coating, they are still live for the moment on co-streams **

[still socket]

That’s true I mean they got a weekend full of halo

[flint cedar]

The skin doesn’t look too different from the default. You aren’t missing much if you can’t get it.

[still socket]

I mean I like it

[arctic quiver]

WHO SAID THIS WAS BAD, IT'S SO GOOD 🤣

https://fxtwitter.com/HCS/status/1630007377356521473?t=xfaM4Ot-lb3QUAHFP6zAzA&s=19

[cold kayak]

What did they showcase for S3 on today's stream?

[cinder wyvern]

They did a play on chasm and the other map, showed the bandit and shroud in action, and the new HCS skins.

[cold kayak]

oh neat

[cinder wyvern]

Bandit looks like it will be fun but we shall see..

[cold kayak]

I like it

[cinder wyvern]

It does sound pretty good :0

[still socket]

And the new game mode

Which is pretty fun

[cold kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/did-you-just-ping-me-gif-22421669

[still socket]

I ping the wrong person sorry

[cold kayak]

lol all good

[still snow]

Yeah, looks like it will be similar to the dmr, not sure what the scope is like though

[lethal geyser]

It IS a DMR

[still snow]

Oh cool

[inland wave]

shooting dead bodies in comp is wild

[unique ridge]

cant believe it was 42 to 41

[cold kayak]

yeppers!!

[grizzled gyro]

Great series (and the first one was great too)

[inland wave]

Close game, but even if faze wojn the bracket would reset and they'd need to beat optic in another 7 game series haha

[grizzled gyro]

Wanted faze to win game 7 just to reset and get more games

[inland wave]

all for more halo, that was some of the best gameplay we've seen in the HCS, but the bad sportmanship reflects so poorly on esports haha

[final nest]

It was great halo for sure. What bad sportsmanship?

[grizzled gyro]

Think he’s referring to someone on faze shooting a dead body in the winners bracket finals

[final nest]

Oh yeah, renegade shot formals body I think it was. Didn't seem excessive but idk the culture at that level of play

[inland wave]

oh it's for sure embedded in the culture, i'm not gonna climb out of the woodwork to shame it lol, but I think on a stage like that the composed team who keeps their cool is far more respectable and make the sport look more established and professional

[final nest]

Felt like a touchdown dance more than anything too bad. Faze plays the role as the heel so it didn't come out of left field 😂

The crowd booed when faze walked up, kinda felt bad for faze, but it's all in good spirits. Optic has a positive reputation and a crowd favorite

[inland wave]

it looked like the church-going momma boys vs the greasy frat guys with high school gf's tbh

[solar falcon]

I attended, had a blast, and got some cool selfies with Team Optic.

[inland wave]

nice man wish i was there

[solar falcon]

Not to mention @wraith pulsar giving me game deadzones and Aquarius!

[solar falcon]

It's worth every penny.

[prime igloo]

If its a bad outplay shooting a body is fine. Kids get into their feelings too easily

[solar falcon]

https://twitter.com/prosperityullc/status/1630185537008025602?s=46&t=6XY1Iemvu_-cEHmK1VhZ4Q

https://twitter.com/prosperityullc/status/1630190392967610370?s=46&t=6XY1Iemvu_-cEHmK1VhZ4Q

[sweet shuttle]

I have all the Death Hex coatings, and I am happy about that

Btw, who won in the FaZe vs. OpTic finals last night?

[arctic quiver]

Optic

[sweet shuttle]

Nice, I kinda figured it would be them since they beat FaZe to make them go into elimination, so they could probably beat them again

[worldly jewel]

I think FaZe might've won if it was another objective mode, but Optic just dominated on slayer

[arctic quiver]

FaZe won on Twitch at least

[tame sandal]

By a hair, I bet if it was up to the cosmic dice, FaZe would've won

[sweet shuttle]

Yea, Formal was insane throughout the whole event last night

[worldly jewel]

Consolation prize lol

Has anyone seen Merty? He seems to have disappeared

[sweet shuttle]

I haven't

[tame sandal]

I've seen that person mentioned a lot, he must be popular

[sweet shuttle]

Indeed

[worldly jewel]

Yeah, we liked him a lot.
But hi new guy. Congrats on getting mod

[sweet shuttle]

Yea, congrats

[tame sandal]

Thank you kind stranger

I still can't believe how I got the job: Uny liked my food so much he offered me the position :)

I will not disappoint

[arctic quiver]

Hahaha

[somber swift]

HCS Year 2 remaining Roadmap and Schedule: https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/2023roadmap
Mar 12: Open Series 2k. Mar 16: NA Open Series 2k Finals
Mar 19: Open Series 2k
Mar 23: NA Open Series 2k Finals
Mar 26: Open Series 4k Qualifier
April 1-2: NA Open Series 4k (Apr 2 rest of world)
April 16: EU Quadrant 4k Qualifier, Open Series 4k Qualifiers (rest of world)
April 22-23: EU Quadrant Open Series 4k, NA Open Series 4k (April 23 rest of world)
April 30: Open Series 2k
May 4: NA Open Series 2k Finals
May 7: NA FaZe Clan 4k Qualifier, Open Series 4k Qualifier (rest of world)
May 12-13: NA FaZe Clan Open Series 4k, Open Series 4k (May 13 rest of world)
May 20-21: HCS Global Invitational Qualifier
June 2-4: HCS Global Invitational @ DreamHack Dallas
June 30 - July 1: HCS Arlington Major hosted by OpTic
July 16: Open Series 2k, July 20: NA Open Series 2k Finals
July 22-23: HCS Global Invitational Qualifier
August 4-6: HCS Global Invitational hosted by Spacestation Gaming
Sept 1-3: HCS Ft Worth Major
October 12-15: Halo World Championship 2023 (Seattle, Washington)

[noble field]

Wait the Faze and Quadrant are only 4k prize pools?

[runic hedge]

Real

[somber swift]

4k pro points

@quiet prairie which EU teams ended up coming to Charlotte?

Navi, Quadrant, Jlingz

Didn't Wreckers and FLying Dutchman earn travel coverage for the Open? Did they do, but compete under a different name?

[quiet prairie]

Flying Dutchman were signs for this event by Red Wolves
Wreckers were signs by Aw0babos for this event

[somber swift]

sweet, thx

what about ANZ and MX?

[somber swift]

were there any other EU teams than that?

[somber swift]

I thought Men Of Halo earned travel coverage - did they not go, or perhaps play under another name?

Did any teams other than Luminosity and Six Karma end up going to Charlotte From Mexico? (on their own cost?)

[quiet prairie]

I think you have them all but I can forget on or two

[noble field]

Awobabos was the top EU team I believe. Did well in open but lost to Rogue in winners and then N8V Red in losers.

[torpid beacon]

Faze sucks

[quiet prairie]

MX was Six Karma
ANZ was Men of Halo -> signed by VERTEX Esports Club

• MindFreak

[somber swift]

Divine mind placed top 16, there were in pools

[quiet prairie]

We don't know nationalities with esport engine so it's hard to tell, but not known players at least

[quiet prairie]

yes I've forgot

[somber swift]

Cintanegra in M placed 3rd in their events, didn't earn travel coverage, I'm guessing they didn't go?

Here's my quick maths for the upcoming Online tournaments for seeding, based on points earned in the 2 onlines and Charlotte for NA Teams

[noble field]

Get ready for some rostermania for teams 10 and below IMO with the exception of N8V Red.

[somber swift]

we'll see.
I'd bet that maybe 14,15,16 teams might change up but the others stay the same.

Here's my quick maths for the EU region for total points based on 3 tournaments so far, pro rating Quadrant points for 3 players at Charlotte:

ANZ Region

[noble field]

TSS did great online but losing 3-0 to Complexity and then 3-0 to Shopify in losers must leave them thinking they need a change. Proton probably hit expectations or even exceeded. They might stay the same. N8V Red no change. C9 announced three people and Rammy is a temporary fill in. I can see them going elsewhere for a 4th. I believe Leftovers, Rogue, and anyone below will have players leaving to try and move up the food chain.

[tame sandal]

That roadmap is final right? There's not going to be any HCS MX event?

[somber swift]

no events anywhere except NA

[tame sandal]

[somber swift]

right, I would need to adjust for those points for C9.
Not gonna bother right now.

[noble field]

Haha correct. Can’t adjust future changes we don’t know about. But will be interesting to see as the next online is in 12 days.

[somber swift]

MX quick maths

[noble field]

HCS Texas is a EU team? 😂

[somber swift]

lol, yup!

[somber swift]

https://twitter.com/OlManMakowski/status/1630247226256801792?t=MyK5BE1PoWjajBaO2m0WWA&s=19

G1 Makowski 🎙️HCS Charlotte (@OlManMakowski)

SKKKKKRRRRRT SKKKKKKRRRRRT

🚗💨💨💨

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Twitter · Feb 27, 2023, 4:43 PM

[noble field]

That’s too funny.

[tall mural]

I’d love to see a C9 Envore. Going Rogue (Avenue, Articc, Toni, Envore) didn’t place well but their players have a lot of potential.

[noble field]

I second that! I do like Rammy too but this is an improvement IMO.

[still socket]

Thoughts on the new HCS skins

[arctic quiver]

C9's is badass

[still socket]

I mean I like the color combination

I don’t understand why ssg didn’t add some space elements in their armor

[noble field]

This! Might buy a C9 one since I have an Xbox gift card handy.

[tall mural]

SSG!!

[tall mural]

There are only partnered team headshot cutouts from media day in the photo album

No Shopify, G1, BtH….

[somber swift]

That's what media day is though, isn't it?

Only the partnered teams are REQUIRED to be there - it's possible the other teams weren't around, and not available.
Also possible they weren't invited, but that would be strange.
You'd think that anyone in Pools would be invited

[noble field]

https://twitter.com/precisiongow/status/1631071565789163520?s=46&t=k0OtERRoEKly6AAEvMUQqg

Rostermania already starting.

[somber swift]

And more
https://twitter.com/Hainesssss/status/1631055659742502912?t=RvPFacfJDNzu0nxJibeWlg&s=19

Haines (@Hainesssss)

Retirement

Read: https://t.co/qR30vZbISK

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Twitter · Mar 1, 2023, 10:15 PM

[noble field]

That’s crummy, although I feel like this isn’t as big of news. But Proton did do better than expected IMO last event.

[tall mural]

Right. But didn't they at least have images of the pros on the vertical bars next to main stage?

For sR and G1

[somber swift]

Probably?

[keen nebula]

I spend $50 on the old org skins, and they took all of them from me.

Anyone else run into this issue? Are they gonna do anything for us plebs who was dumb enough to invest moneys

[arctic quiver]

Submit a support ticket, anything you have purchased shouldn't have ben removed

[supple kettle]

For community based support, please refer to #471749501171007498. Remember this is community sourced and operated, for official support, you'll need to go to the Halo Support site: https://aka.ms/HaloSupport

[arctic quiver]

All HCS event photo albums are available at:
📸 http://haloesports.smugmug.com

[solar falcon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9kVQMuoDKs

[left slate]

HCS Championship was insane

[cold kayak]

[noble field]

Waiting for tomorrow is boring. Lol

[somber swift]

you could always hop on H5 and work on your 152, haha

[noble field]

Lol I’m good. Excited for the Smoke Shroud, Recharge being back, rank reset, and CSR based matching. It isn’t a ton and I wish Plaza was ready, but I’ll take those things. Curious about the Bandit as well.

[tall mural]

bandit??? 🥷

Jk lmao

[simple talon]

New HCS Giveaway Bundle? :0

[worn whale]

Question is HCS finals in Orlando again?

[quiet prairie]

What are HCS Finals ?

[arctic quiver]

Finals were in Seattle, Orlando was the last Major

This year the last Major will be in Texas

https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/FKBub4vZD4-3JX2WHYMtm-vtkvqKjATTfbfG_jExcas/https/pbs.twimg.com/media/FoFX3d5aMAArw03.jpg?width=1193&height=671

[worn whale]

Ty!

[umbral imp]

yall think they'll add descope to the the bandit

[gloomy sail]

no, that's the reason it doesnt have a scope

[hybrid ruin]

I hope the add descope to the bandit. One of my least favorite parts of H4 was no one ever getting descoped

[worldly jewel]

Can't be descoped if there's no scope

[gloomy sail]

it only has the minor zoom of other non-scoped weapons anyway

[worldly jewel]

Basically squint focus lol

[gloomy sail]

so it's not like the bandit is going to be another weapon that excels at sniper range

[hybrid ruin]

I think it will be more of an issue at the highest levels. I'm hoping they bring back something the recon or longshot scope for the bandit if it ends up being a starting weapon. Then we still get a nice 5-shot kill precision weapon that would have descope

I just remember H4's DMR being SO powerful because of no descope. Thing was a poor man's sniper

[worldly jewel]

That's basically what a DMR is supposed to be. A Designated Marksman Rifle

A sniper without the range for more flexible encounters

[gloomy sail]

That's part of why the Bandit isn't actually playing quite the same role as the DMR did

[worldly jewel]

And why it's not actually a DMR

[somber swift]

@worn whale

[distant parcel]

HCS drops are nice, but it boils down to watching the same Top 8's Vs each other in various combinations for a few days straight really....

[arctic quiver]

That's not how the last one went

We had teams run from open bracket all the way up to Top 4 or something

[distant parcel]

Comp would be cooler if the Top 8 teams VS each other a lot sooner in the tournament, seeing some of the known sponsored teams have to eliminate each other earlier on would allow for some fresh blood to have a chance.

[noble field]

That’s not how any tournament for anything works though. Top seeds have earned their seeds. Would be stupid if March Madness had the top teams play each other in the first round to mix it up or something. NBA is likely to be the Bucks vs the Suns again. It happens. Good teams with good players move on to finals consistently.

[distant parcel]

Because they are spread out in the lower brackets.

And given the way the top 8 partnered teams lose members and then reach into the HCS pool for a replacement player seemingly each season. Its not fair for the team to maintain its seeding, given the fact its no longer the same team.

[somber swift]

seeding is based on total points combined for each player

so if 3/4 of the team remains the same, those 3 players' points still count, and the new player bring their points along - while the one dropped bring their points to their next team.

[noble field]

You clearly don’t know how it really works. Most of what you said is wrong.

[distant parcel]

But there is absolutely no way for a none top 8 team to enter the top 8's tho is there....Because they replace members

[quiet prairie]

Are you listening to what the others are saying ?

[distant parcel]

100%

and I also know every tourney so far, the grand final has come down to a top 8 team VS another top 8 team...

[quiet prairie]

Right

[somber swift]

It's entirely up to the players on who they want to team with (mostly, I suppose the orgs have a small say too)

If you were in 'top 8' and wanted to change one player on your roster, don't you think you'd try to pick a player who has a lot of skill and brings points along?

[distant parcel]

And it has nothing to do with these same top 8 teams featuring in the game itself, with cosmetic items and sponsorships and such....

[somber swift]

nope.

[quiet prairie]

Native Gaming White is literrally a team totally new in its configuration

[somber swift]

Partner teams get no special advanced points or seeding or anything.
They all had to EARN their place.

Several 'partner' teams didn't even qualify in top 8 for Charlotte

[quiet prairie]

Complexity is a matchup tema between Faze Clan and Complexity.. not really top 8

[somber swift]

Going into Charlotte, here were the placings from NA teams ahead of the event
Note that C9 and Complexity (partnered teams) were not in the top 8, and didn't earn Pool Play or Travel Coverage.
And during Charlotte, Native White, G1 and Shopify Rebellion all placed in top 8 - and they are not partnered

[quiet prairie]

And if you're tired of NA competition, just watch other region, at least you'll see new faces and team

[somber swift]

Immediately after Charlotte, and with points earned here were the standings overall:

Note that C9 and Complexity still aren't in top 8.
Some of these teams are masking roster changes, so their points will change ahead of the next online Open series

[quiet prairie]

NA only you're table right ? Or are they out of it ?

[somber swift]

'out of it'?

[quiet prairie]

Yes, the first was NA only right ? It's not global ?

[somber swift]

this was just my math, and just the NA teams

[somber swift]

this was also only the NA teams, leading into Charlotte

[quiet prairie]

yes it was clear in that message

[somber swift]

@distant parcel I'm not coming down on you - I just like to help people learn and understand about it - it took me awhile at first.

[distant parcel]

Not at all, thanks for taking the time to explain.

[noble field]

On the flip side, Complexity is a partnered team and they played in the Open Bracket in Charlotte.

[atomic kernel]

I watched all of HCS charlotte and claimed all my drops, but for some reason never got the death hex for my sidekick any idea why?

[untold acorn]

it might just be taking a while, it took me a month to get my hcs launch and then like a week and a half to get my primal glory

[somber swift]

HCS Open tournaments are now up for registration for the 12th, and 19th
https://www.faceit.com/en/organizers/c96b93cb-c3cc-4956-8394-9ca9b4604e4b/HCS

Really glad to see them getting things set up a bit earlier this time.

ANZ and MX max of 32 teams, EU max 64, and NA 128.
Get registered!
$$ and HCS points up for grabs.

Sentinels and Rebellion already signed up.

I wonder if Optic, SSG and Faze will bother?

I know they didn't all show up to the pro series last year, every time.

[abstract herald]

Do you miss HCS FFA Series ?
Let me introduce you :

🇪🇺 EUROPEAN HALO FFA SPRING SERIES 🇪🇺
https://discord.com/channels/471722331820130324/1083367827140005958

https://twitter.com/ExylTeam/status/1632093566347386880
https://twitter.com/ExylTeam/status/1632093575277051907

**Kick-Off - March 15th at 19:00 GMT : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/f925f57c-301f-4772-9190-6b251ab61ff1/EU FFA Spring Series Kick-Off **

[quiet prairie]

They should as points have more impact for seeding. + they are partner teams...

Do we know if there is going to be official coverage, grassroots coverage or nothing ?

If none : do 343 just want HCS to die out ?

[somber swift]

rebellion isn't partnered though.
And I kinda feel like Faze and Optic won't sign up

[quiet prairie]

weird

that's like if a football team didn't played a game...

[somber swift]

I'm not sure that the partner teams are required to sign up - although I'm sure they are highly encouraged to

https://twitter.com/MarkOwnsUrFace/status/1633629806804836352
We don't know about broadcasts yet, but I'm assuming HCS isn't going to broadcast this Sunday's tournaments.

There's a chance they might put together something for Thursday's conclusion to the NA Open.
But given how this isn't being labeled as a Pro Series this year, I don't think HCS is putting any emphasis on broadcasting the 'weekly' Opens.
Especially given the budget constraints we saw for broadcasts of the actual LAN itself in Charlotte.

I hope I'm wrong.

Mark Francis (@MarkOwnsUrFace)

@HCS Is it going to be broadcasted?

Twitter · Mar 9, 2023, 12:44 AM

[somber swift]

https://twitter.com/LVTHalo/status/1633885036872073217

LVT Halo (@LVTHalo)

@AshamanND @MarkOwnsUrFace @HCS @EuropaHalo @AUHalo Yes we will broadcast NA!

Twitter · Mar 9, 2023, 5:38 PM

[tall mural]

Nice

[quiet prairie]

haaaa, need info about other region then

But we can really see that the budget is gone this year....

[somber swift]

yeah, it'll come down to the community broadcasting ANY of the opens, it looks like.
So LVT is doing NA - it'll be up to other regions to broadcast themselves.

[abstract herald]

Why can't I post links ? weird

anyways

🇪🇺 EUROPEAN HALO 🇪🇺

https://twitter.com/ExylTeam/status/1633895552629784584

[tame sandal]

Anti-spam measure

[noble field]

Man not a lot of signs up for this weekend. Likely a lot will happen Saturday night but still. Ugly.

[somber swift]

The tournament was posted earlier than the Charlotte qualifiers, but the promotion isn't happening.

[noble field]

Yea the hype of the new season is died and it’s just points now too. Might not do well. We will see.

[quiet prairie]

And after that 343 will say : "look it doesnt work so we need to focus more on only NA region"....

[somber swift]

I thought there's $ too?

[noble field]

I believe it is 2k for the prize pool. Not sure how it is paid out, but it’s likely $1,500 for 1st and $500 for 2nd. Maybe top4 get paid. Either way, for everyone not on a Top8 team, it’s just points. For the Optics, Fazes, and SSGs of the community, even if it is $1,500 for 1st, it really isn’t worth it for them to commit to a Sunday and Thursday to what amounts to $375 per player IF they get first.

[somber swift]

What's better for the scene?

Seeing the top teams sign up and play in every HCS event, no matter the size?

Or,

Having a few top teams sit out of the small opens, and letting some other teams 'win' and take the spotlight a few times?

I really do wonder. Because obviously the top teams bring in viewers, but having lower teams do well could be healthy.

also, these 2k series are actually 2k points PER PLAYER for the winning team...

If Faze decided to play, but Optic didn't - it would change the seeding for the next event for SURE

[somber swift]

If SSG played all the opens (and presumably won) and Faze and Optic both sit out, SSG could take top seed

[abstract herald]

The best thing for the scene is to bring back HCS Pro Series and put prize pool for both Pro Series Circuit and Open Series Circuit like COD is doing with its Challengers Circuit

Idk why 343i removed HCS Pro Series, HCS FFA Series, HCS Online Supers events and HCS Open Championships events, but I don't think it was a good idea for the competitive scene

especially Pro Series, they should have kept it

Fortunately, in 🇪🇺 EUROPE, we're contributing to the scene by bringing back FFA Series : https://discord.com/channels/471722331820130324/1083367827140005958
https://twitter.com/ExylTeam/status/1633895552629784584

[somber swift]

This is why they removed the Pro Series and Supers.
They didn't achieve the goals they had.
https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/2023roadmap

[somber swift]

The problem was that many of the top Pro teams didn't even bother to sign up for the Pro series each week

[abstract herald]

Global representation ?
Then why all events are NA-based, and specifically in Texas ? I don't call that Global Representation.

If they did not reach the goals they had, they should have maybe thought differently to find a way to bring more teams/hype/excitement to their events.

If they're not achieving what they intended to, I don't think killing MX/ANZ/EU is the solution.

[somber swift]

Fact of the matter is - the regions outside NA didn't produce enough return to keep investing the same amount of $ into as last year.

So they're not doing Regional tournaments for ANY region this year.
No NA Super either, remember.

There's actually more LANs this year than last, and they continue to make the LANs open to all regions, and support teams from all regions with travel for the top performers - and continue to guarantee pool play for them too.

[abstract herald]

in Europe we had +120 teams in first Opens event (from November to January), then 3/4 of the competitive population left ?

Why ? because tons of bugs/glitches being not patched (we played almost 6 months with terrible bugs in customs/scrims).
Desyncs, Servers, Crashes, No content .... And all of that during the whole year, and even with Season 3 we have again tons of bugs (especially on Xbox).

I don't want to blame 343i, because they're bringing new content to the game now (even if it's too late, unfortunately). But mate, if they didn't reach their goals, it's because of the game state

[somber swift]

Yeah, the state of the game ended up hurting HCS in the end.
And HCS only gets so much funding per year, so they had to make something that still worked for year 2.

[abstract herald]

There's actually more LANs this year than last Yeah but how they'll bring massive amount of teams (bc that's their goal), if all LANs are NA-based ?

We'll never put $5000 per LAN to come from EU, MX or ANZ to compete in their "Global Lan"

[somber swift]

Maybe, if things go well this year with the state of the game, more people will compete in HCS.
But even if the game improves, if we don't see large participation in the FREE and ONLINE tournaments in other regions - they'll never invest in doing LANs there.

[abstract herald]

The only way to bring excitement to HCS is to build real EU/MX/ANZ Circuit and don't let these regions to die

[somber swift]

If the players don't show up to the FREE ONLINE events, they won't build them a costly LAN circuit

We have our year 2 roadmap.
We can argue as much as we want about the reason for it being the way it is, but it's not going to change.

[abstract herald]

They need to make some advertising, sponsored videos/livestreams with EU/MX/ANZ top streamers, bring new competitors to the game, bring players, bring hype, put adds everywhere (youtube, twitter, twitch), make partnerships etc....

[somber swift]

they don't do this enough, period - regardless of region.

[abstract herald]

We showed up from November 21 to January 22. People won't show up to the FREE ONLINE events, if they can't play correctly

[somber swift]

i don't understand what you're meaning here

[abstract herald]

I mean we had 100+ teams registered at first EU HCS Opens, and people stop competing bc of crashes, desyncs, bugs, servers...

We have only 2 servers, ONLY 2, for the whole Europe Continent ?! We get 90/+ms ping in every game, even in scrims

how do you want to bring hype and teams in these conditions ?

I hope it'll go better with time, but I'm bit afraid of the situation. I hope 343i's doing their best to fix all of this

Anyways, we'll continue support them, bc we appreciate their work, and we'll continue support the Halo Competitive Scene https://twitter.com/VaktorTV/status/1632849061597331457 (but 343i/HCS should send some support too)

[somber swift]

Look, the issues you are talking about affected players from ALL regions.

SIgn ups in year 2 are lower in ALL regions.

It's safe to say they anticipated this would be the case. Because of that, they had to make decisions about how to still maintain a league that would function in these circumstances. And the fact is, the population of players dipped in all regions, but because NA has always had a LOT more players, it remains viable to LAN. No other region currently is viable to LAN. We can argue about why as much as we want, but it doesn't change the current state, or future state.

Right now, the ONLY thing that will help, is if the regions outside NA actually fill the open brackets with teams. If those open brackets never fill up, we'll never see any LANs outside of NA ever again.

[abstract herald]

we have 32 active rosters in Europe, it's enough for at least 1 LAN per year. But I'm not talking specifically about LANs or Online Supers.

I want them to fix everything and to make some communication/advertising to bring new players/teams to the game

[somber swift]

I want them to fix everything and to make some communication/advertising to bring new players/teams to the game

Same bro, same.

[abstract herald]

I know 343i is doing their best, and I love what they've planned for Season3 (from far the best season we got). I know they're doing their best ❤️ and I'm sure they'll make even better next year

So Keep it up 343i/HCS 💪

[somber swift]

If we get 32 teams signed up for this weekend's EU Open, I'll be surprised.

[abstract herald]

we got 37 for EU HCS Charlotte Open

we should get at least 24 this weekend, I'll make sure we get as many teams as possible

[somber swift]

yes, 37 for the Open, and only 23 for the qualifier

it does show a small measure of confidence that HCS has allowed a max of 64 teams for EU, not capped at 32 like ANZ and MX
We'll know the outcome soon

[abstract herald]

Unfortunately most of us are amateur players so we can't play on weekdays (working or studying). That's why we only got 23 for the Qualifier

[noble field]

I think you two are saying the same things. The game itself caused the population to go down. Everywhere. HCS/Halo needs to invest into getting players out again. Biggest issue is the game itself has way too many bugs. As for the Majors, I think having an Open Major in EU would’ve been huge. Would’ve gotten probably 75 teams to play in it, 50/50 from EU and NA.

[abstract herald]

even more

I assure that if we had got an EU Major, we would have filed every slot (96 teams)

[noble field]

Probably. Would be dope and a lot of NA teams would go to make a vacation out of it too. I would’ve tried to just spectate.

[somber swift]

I could see this happening in Year 3, if the game is in a solid state and things are humming along.

Remember London 2018?

But it will only happen if the game continues to improve, and if EU teams show up this year.

This is a make or break year for regions outside NA, and if Pros around the world want a scene, they need to show it 🙂

[noble field]

Honestly if no regionals, it should’ve happened IMO. Would’ve been so cool.

[abstract herald]

Anyways I think 343i is doing well with this season 3, extremely hyped for this season. They're doing some great stuff ❤️.
Now they need to put some money on sponsorships/partnerships with Streamers/Youtubers and make some advertising on Social Medias and bring thousands and thousands of new players

[noble field]

Hard to build in EU if the 95% of the top teams don’t ever play there.

[abstract herald]

Quadrant and Acend were top7/8 last year which means better than 3/4 of NA teams 💪

[noble field]

Haha I know. I’m including Quadrant and Navi. But out of the Top32, how many more are EU?

[abstract herald]

This year we got :
Quadrant
Navi
Aw0babobs
Red Wolves
JLINGZ
BLVKHVND
BH3 Esports (you still don't know them, but in 1y or 2, they're gonna be beasts)

[noble field]

Either way, 2022 kids or young games had one chance to see Halo in person and it was missing 80% (happy now?) of the top teams in the world. 2023 they have zero chances to see any of them. EU needs one Global Major a year if HCS is serious about EU.

[somber swift]

bringing the NA teams to compete in EU is a good point.

But it's clear it's not financially viable to do every year

[abstract herald]

This year, I'll focus on building a really bigger EU scene.
It already started by bringing back Weekly EU FFA Series (we're the only one region who got this back). We're trying to organise as many LANs as we can.

Already got a lan in January in France 🇫🇷
A lan is planned at the end of the month in Italy 🇮🇹
Another lan is planned in April in France 🇫🇷

EuropaHalo are doing their best to bring massive competitive content to the scene this year.
BLVKHVND (EU Pro Team) are doing some great stuff with their Spartan Stadium Series Circuit (with $15,000 USDC of prizepool).

We'll continue by bringing even more content, more tournaments, and try to bring new players/teams to the scene.

[somber swift]

all fantastic to see those grassroots style things going forward.

at the same time, the participation in the official HCS ecosystem needs to be as high as possible.

[abstract herald]

BLVKHNVD is not even a partnered team but they're doing a really nice Circuit this year

I hope NAVI (EU HCS-Partnered Team) will organise some online Cups or maybe a LAN or something

they need to help improve the EU Halo Scene

[somber swift]

quadrant is doing something, perhaps Navi will get in there too later in the year.

[abstract herald]

Yeah Quadrant are GOATs 🐐

[somber swift]

have they even fielded a roster this year?
If so, under what name?

[abstract herald]

BLVKHVND roster was KIMBQ - interRiotz - CaseyLunny - Hollers

but if I'm not wrong, KIMBQ left to JLINGZ, so I don't know who will be their new player (maybe Tuf0xy ?)

[somber swift]

what team name?

[abstract herald]

Jump Out

[somber swift]

gotcha - did they get 'signed' after the fact?

[abstract herald]

they got signed

(they were already at this time if I'm not wrong)

[somber swift]

yeah, but was it 'after the fact'?

like, after Charlotte?

[abstract herald]

nah it was before

[somber swift]

they still competed as Jump Out at Charlotte

[abstract herald]

it was planned they would go to Charlotte, but idk what happened

[abstract herald]

they didn't travelled

probably some internal issues, idk

[somber swift]

oh, well they competed in both open tournamentws under the Jump Out name then

[abstract herald]

yeah

[somber swift]

so in between they got signed?

[abstract herald]

they'll be there for next HCS Lan

[abstract herald]

nah they were already in BLVKHVND before HCS Opens/Qualifier, "Jump Out Gang" is just an old roster name, famous in EU, they kept for these first cups

[somber swift]

Ah

[somber swift]

Looks like Complexity will have a modified team for the online tournament
https://twitter.com/Complexity/status/1634282188060479490

Perhaps someone couldn't make it?

[pliant sage]

sup gamers

[somber swift]

TSS has dropped the roster, and Meta picked them up to have 2 teams now:
https://twitter.com/metaprogaming/status/1634306256142839810

TeamMETA (@metaprogaming)

Proudly introducing our new Pro Halo team.
@Sceptify
@MortallyKN
@SuperCC_Evades
@Swish_KA
Welcome to the META family. 🎮🎮
@HCS @Halo #hcs23 #prohalo #esportsnews

Twitter · Mar 10, 2023, 9:32 PM

[somber swift]

news on how the 2k and 4ks work
https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/2023spring

Quadrant tournament is for EU teams only

Faze tournament is for NA teams only

given they are online, kinda makes sense for lag purposes

jesus, they just gutted MX and ANZ

wait a minute, this is an Invitational, not a full 'MAJOR' LAN

that's not as bad as I thought.

[abstract herald]

EU HCS Open MARCH 12 12:00 : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/22ff4de5-97f1-4a49-b65f-3448ab4fc9c5/EU HCS Open Series MAR 12

EU FFA Spring Series Kick-Off MARCH 15 19:00 : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/f925f57c-301f-4772-9190-6b251ab61ff1/EU FFA Spring Series Kick-Off

EU HCS Open MARCH 19 12:00 : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/d41316be-7a57-4f42-8356-08f98f4f2ddd/EU HCS Open Series MAR 19

EU STADIUM Bandit Tournament MARCH 16 18:00 : https://www.projectstadium.com/events/tsk1

[noble field]

So no Open bracket as it is part of Dreamhack?

Also looks like “Need Org” is the BtH team from Charlotte but Huss instead of Monster. I like it.

[somber swift]

Correct, no open bracket.
Just qualifiers in advance, and the "winners" (as detailed in the blog) get invited.

[noble field]

But then Top8 points remaining. AKA Optic and Faze don’t even have to play in the qualifiers if they don’t want to. Lol

[somber swift]

Except, there was a 75% points decay, so....

Other teams can catch up real fast if those two don't play

[noble field]

75% decay from Charlotte?

[somber swift]

Yeah

[noble field]

Lame. Lol

[noble field]

I like how Haines announced his retirement after Charlotte but is still on Proton for this weekend.

[somber swift]

Interesting

[abstract herald]

TIME TO SIGN UP

EU HCS Open MARCH 12 12:00 : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/22ff4de5-97f1-4a49-b65f-3448ab4fc9c5/EU HCS Open Series MAR 12 (ONLY 22 TEAMS -> ROAD TO 32)

EU FFA Spring Series Kick-Off MARCH 15 19:00 : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/f925f57c-301f-4772-9190-6b251ab61ff1/EU FFA Spring Series Kick-Off (ONLY 51 PLAYERS -> ROAD TO 128)

EU HCS Open MARCH 19 12:00 : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/d41316be-7a57-4f42-8356-08f98f4f2ddd/EU HCS Open Series MAR 19

EU STADIUM Bandit Tournament MARCH 16 18:00 : https://www.projectstadium.com/events/tsk1

[somber swift]

G1 signed up

still no optic, faze or ssg

or c9

complexity did sign up though

omg, only 11 teams in ANZ, and it's started.

and divine mind didn't even sign up!

this is just awful :/

[abstract herald]

EU FFA SPRING SERIES is the only 2023 Halo Infinite FFA Circuit 🎉 !
🇪🇺 EU 💪
https://liquipedia.net/halo/Free_For_All_Tournaments

[abstract herald]

yeah 😢

🇪🇺EU🇪🇺
LAST MINUTES TO SIGN UP !!!

EU HCS Open MARCH 12 12:00 : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/22ff4de5-97f1-4a49-b65f-3448ab4fc9c5/EU HCS Open Series MAR 12 (ONLY 29 TEAMS -> ROAD TO 32)

[tall mural]

SSG and both Natives signed up

[noble field]

Surprised about SSG to be honest. They don’t need to play in this really. Maybe they want the 1.5k and think it’s an easy money grab without Optic and Faze. Looking forward to a little bit today and then Thursday Top8.

[tall mural]

Yea

[tall mural]

Diagram is playing

CyKul, Diagram, Suppressed, Juziro

No Sceptify

[noble field]

Monster playing on C9 today. Interesting.

[tall mural]

Wait. Instead of who?

Nvm instead of nemassist

[tall cedar]

Spartan is best pro

[tall mural]

buyest take

[noble field]

Biased?

[tall mural]

buyest 👹

[quiet prairie]

https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/2023spring
One thing I don't understand : the 4K tournement doesn't show up in the Handbook and the link of the Prizing don't give any info.. GG

[quiet prairie]

that mean they have no "super" equivalent....

[abstract herald]

TIME TO SIGN UP :

50€ EU FFA Spring Series Kick-Off MARCH 15 19:00 : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/f925f57c-301f-4772-9190-6b251ab61ff1/EU FFA Spring Series Kick-Off (ONLY 51 PLAYERS -> ROAD TO 128)

$1,500 EU HCS Open MARCH 19 12:00 : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/d41316be-7a57-4f42-8356-08f98f4f2ddd/EU HCS Open Series MAR 19 (ONLY 6 TEAMS -> ROAD TO 32)

$50 EU STADIUM Bandit Tournament MARCH 16 18:00 : https://www.projectstadium.com/events/tsk1 (ONLY 4 PLAYERS -> ROAD TO 64)

[abstract herald]

EU Players, time to sign up (why can't we ping EU 😩 )

[tame sandal]

Because you'd be pinging way too many people.

[feral latch]

Bro trying to ping the entire European Union

[abstract herald]

Yeah, it’s the best way to make sure we’ll get as many teams as possible

[noble field]

But you’re only seeing your side. If I was consistently being pinged to join NA stuff, I’d eventually just leave the server. A vast majority of people on here aren’t trying to compete and the ones that are, they are looking for this type of info and know.

[abstract herald]

that's why I was talking of EU only

EU community's very different from NA one

[abstract herald]

In general we (WE = Community + HCS) need to find ways to bring more and new players to Halo Tournaments

one of this way is to make advertising, sponsored videos/livestreams, another way is to ping players who never tried competing to bring them to HCS competition (maybe they'll test and love it)

etc.... there're several ways to explore

[noble field]

Same thing, just different people getting pinged.

[noble field]

Agree with this though. Small events should be able to apply with HCS to get a promotion from them and even award a small amount of HCS points.

[abstract herald]

I was talking of how to bring players to HCS events

but yeah this could help too

EU FFA SERIES IS BACK !
https://twitter.com/VaktorTV/status/1635345620880990208

[somber swift]

so I had all my points wrong because I didn't realize that the major was 25,000 points PER PLAYER for the winning team

Here's my updated NA stats for points, going into the Open that isn't finished yet

if SSG wins this, they'll get 2k points per player - meaning they would take over second seed from Faze

and if Faze/Optic don't play next week, and SSG wins again, they'll be placed first

native red needs to drop, I can see that

[somber swift]

@abstract herald did Red Wolves aka FLying Dutchman play yesterday?

[noble field]

When is HCS going to hire you @somber swift ?

[somber swift]

Budget Cuts

[quiet prairie]

they can't stream series so they are not going to hire someone XD

[abstract herald]

no

they've no roster for now

since Mysta stopped competing

Cl0nely went to BLVKHVND (with KIMBQ, Respectful and Lunny)

so Millsy is F/A

there's also Tuf0xy F/A in EU

but no other players to make a roster for now

[somber swift]

hmmm
Seems like a decent top 4 squad for EU could be in the works then.

or at least top 8 in EU

[abstract herald]

1. Quadrant
2. NAVI
3. Aw0babobs
4. BLVKHVND
   (Louisville Red Wolves)
5. JLINGZ
6. BH3 Esport

that's the EU top6

[quiet prairie]

Do you have a source, because there was no blackhand team in the last open. The team you are describing was named "dopamine"

[abstract herald]

it is BLVKHVND

and they are competing tonight as BLVKHVND on https://twitch.tv/ProjectStadium

(against BH3 Esport)

in 30min (bc Aw0babobs and NAVI are finishing their series)

[quiet prairie]

they are not name as a Blackhand team

[abstract herald]

but no need to update it on liquipedia since there's no official statement

[quiet prairie]

If they could stop changing name of their team, that would be cool too...

[abstract herald]

they are : https://twitter.com/ProjectStadium/status/1635350439951761408

[quiet prairie]

https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/22ff4de5-97f1-4a49-b65f-3448ab4fc9c5/EU HCS Open Series MAR 12/results they are not

[abstract herald]

not on the open

but they're now on ProjectStadium

also when you see Lunny on a roster, know it's BLVKHVND

[quiet prairie]

XD

[abstract herald]

they'll very probably announce it for next HCS Lan

so we'll have to wait months

but as you can see they are competing as BLVKHVND https://twitter.com/ProjectStadium/status/1635350439951761408

[quiet prairie]

I'm not going to follow the joke "stadium"

[abstract herald]

joke?

what's wrong with Stadium

[quiet prairie]

yeah, this this is a joke

[abstract herald]

they're doing things well

[quiet prairie]

lol

[abstract herald]

no it's not

[quiet prairie]

Its gated as much as you can

[abstract herald]

it's not

BLVKHVND is not even partnered and they're putting over $30,000 to organise a competitive circuit. While NAVI is partnered since year 1 and we haven't seen them organising a single cup (like some other teams, C9, SEN etc..)

A non-partnered team is doing better than partnered ones

[quiet prairie]

On Navi I agree.
However Stadium/Blackhand is just a cryptofreak, eager to see what are they going to do now that their "currency" has crashed lol

and again, it's gated... if you're not inside (ie having an account with crypto and all of that) you don't have any idea what are they doing

[arctic quiver]

@abstract herald Please keep your messages in English, thanks

[abstract herald]

yeah I know, it was bc he's a frenchie like me x)

[quiet prairie]

yes but we have no rights here 😉

[tame sandal]

I swear the first time I read "BLVKHVND" I said "Oh so these team used keyboard spam as their name?"

[somber swift]

so I thought the handbook said the points awards are 2k per player but this tweet implies otherwise.
https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1635476490153521154

I've tagged some folks to clarify

Halo Esports (@HCS)

Congratulations to your winners of the first #HCSOpenSeries of 2023!

🇪🇺 @Quadrant
🇲🇽 @Luminosity
🇦🇺 DM Off Wish

Registration is live for this weekend's tournament. Sign up in your region at https://t.co/j9kVDEormv.

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Twitter · Mar 14, 2023, 3:02 AM

also, this goes hard
https://twitter.com/LouisVTitan/status/1635647771351871488

LouisVTitan (@LouisVTitan)

It’s $2sDay 😤

▶ Play video

Twitter · Mar 14, 2023, 2:23 PM

[somber swift]

https://twitter.com/AshamanND/status/1635673645862522880

AshamanND (@AshamanND)

“@HCS @Quadrant @Luminosity @natusvincere @Aw0babobs @JLINGZesports @SixKarmaEsports @CintaNegraGC @Mindfreak @VertexESC @DigitalNationES @BanditsESC @Halo @Tashi343i @RichieHeinz @DIV360 Is it 2k points for the whole team or per player?
The handbook indicates it's 2k per player (and all amounts are said to be per player)
https://t.co/MRB2sN1wOU...

Twitter · Mar 14, 2023, 4:06 PM

I have no idea what's real for this anymore, and I'm just gonna stop tracking points on my side now.

There've been so many problems with discrepancies between the handbook, to what we see on FaceIt rules, to what's posted on Waypoint blogs.

There's not a robust enough review process before information is released.

[noble field]

Not sure why you ever did to be honest. Not your job.

[somber swift]

Because I wanted to know how placings were faster than they get announced.

[noble field]

A lot of work for that just my opinion though.

[somber swift]

yes, it is

at the time, I felt it was worth it for me

[quiet prairie]

I don't see any discrepancies. Its 2k in the handbook and in tweet

[somber swift]

handbook says points awarded per player - which translates to 8k total points.

Tweet implies it's 2k for the entire team, total.

Know what I mean?

[quiet prairie]

I doesn't. Its just presentation used everywhere

Like here : https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/charlotte2023

points are per player. Tweet follows that. Why ? don't know, maybe to not have big number when there is money that would be "small"

[somber swift]

It makes no sense to list the Total Prize $ for the entire team but then in the same messaging list the HCS points that get awarded to a single player.
It's incredibly inconsistent.

Anyone who never looked at the handbook would look at the tweet or the waypoint page and think - OK, the Whole team earned 100k to split, and 25,000 points to split.

[quiet prairie]

https://tenor.com/view/exactement-oui-precisely-jdg-joueur-du-grenier-gif-20814583

[somber swift]

but it would appear that is exactly what they've done

[quiet prairie]

They did, they did...

[somber swift]

so either - the handbook has an error, or, they're putting out misleading information in their tweets and waypoint blogs.

anyhow, I just think it should be consistent.
I've let Tashi and Richie know on twitter, hopefully they'll see it and can decide if they want to make adjustments.

[quiet prairie]

They absolutly don't care at all...

[somber swift]

I don't believe that's true

[noble field]

About this “issue” probably not.

[abstract herald]

no it's 2K per player = 8k team

Tweet didn't imply 2K per team

[noble field]

He saying it does because it says $1,125, which is obviously not per player. So is asking why is prize per team and points per player on the same graphic?

[somber swift]

so much this

[abstract herald]

HCS comm xD

🇪🇺 EUROPEAN PLAYERS 🇪🇺 It is time for you to come compete and challenge yourself against other EU players on a FFA Series !

Sign Up Link : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/f925f57c-301f-4772-9190-6b251ab61ff1/EU FFA Spring Series Kick-Off

🏆 EU FFA SPRING SERIES KICK-OFF
💰 50€
🥇 30€
🥈 20€
https://twitter.com/VaktorTV/status/1635702794987372546

[quiet prairie]

It's nothing at all. Its a detail.

Again they don't care about other then NA for Halo. So just this... come on..

[somber swift]

Richie agrees it's confusing and has promised to change how the points are communicated going forward.
https://twitter.com/RichieHeinz/status/1635713458242224128?t=ZQdf-r717vNCrmJHgARI_w&s=19

Richie Heinz (@RichieHeinz)

“@AshamanND @HCS @Quadrant @Luminosity @natusvincere @Aw0babobs @JLINGZesports @SixKarmaEsports @CintaNegraGC @Mindfreak @VertexESC @DigitalNationES @BanditsESC @Halo @Tashi343i @DIV360 This image is correct. The images that HCS tweeted out were points earned per player. I understand why this could be confusing - in the future we will post point...

Twitter · Mar 14, 2023, 6:44 PM

[somber swift]

It kinda did, and Richie agrees it could be confusing.

[abstract herald]

🎉 https://twitter.com/VaktorTV/status/1635793463839997954 🎉

[abstract herald]

We got a new FFA Champ here : https://twitter.com/ExylTeam/status/1636135423708676102

[quiet prairie]

77 players ! that's a lot of them

[noble field]

That’s awesome. Keep up the good work.

[abstract herald]

Thx, we have some good stuff in Europe for 2023 : https://twitter.com/VaktorTV/status/1632849061597331457

• EuropaHalo 2023 Spring Roadmap

• Stadium Spartan Series 2023 Roadmap

• European FFA Spring Series Roadmap

• HCS Europe 2023 Roadmap

• Game'In Rouen January 2023 Regional LAN

• Halo Italia March 2023 Regional LAN

• Gamers Assembly April 2023 Regional LAN

We would need extra support from HCS to help with visibility etc.

[abstract herald]

wasn't bad, but we'll try to get even more. 128 players would be perfect to run good FFA Series

it was the first week some teams were scrimming and some players weren't available, so we'll try to get more players next week

https://twitter.com/EuropaHalo/status/1636339873115193346

[quiet prairie]

well its going to be hard as 77 is more player then all the FFA series from HCs in split 2...

[abstract herald]

I know, but we can bring more players than HCS FFA Series

this is our actual goal : bring more players, bring new players, bring back old players who stopped competing, and revive the EU Scene

[quiet prairie]

not sure about that, prize pools are not the same and its not official

[abstract herald]

yeah we know, we try to improve ourselves and bring some cool stuff for upcoming cups

but we'll try

[abstract herald]

🇪🇺 UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS 🇪🇺

EU STADIUM Spartan Series - 1v1 Bandit Tournament MARCH 16 19:00 GMT : https://www.projectstadium.com/events/tsk1
💰 $50

EU HCS Open MARCH 19 12:00 GMT : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/d41316be-7a57-4f42-8356-08f98f4f2ddd/EU HCS Open Series MAR 19
💰 $1500

EU FFA Spring Series #Open1 MARCH 22 19:00 GMT :
https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/a7af13b1-6989-4f04-b72a-68422d281fae/EU FFA Spring Series Open 1
💰 20€

EU STADIUM Spartan Series - Split 1 Showdown MARCH 25 12:00 GMT :
https://www.projectstadium.com/events/ssss1s
💰 $500

Show some support to the EU scene and sign up to these tournaments

[tall mural]

me as a North American 😭

[abstract herald]

mate NA has almost 1 cup / day 😉

[somber swift]

keep showing HCS what you're doing on Twitter.
Keep Richie, Tashi and Div in your mentions.

[abstract herald]

they're already aware of what we're doing

[somber swift]

I know that.
That's why I said keep showing HCS what you're doing

[abstract herald]

I'll, thx ❤️

Fortunately I'm not alone, we got an awesome team, I'm just doing a minor part of the thing

[somber swift]

sweet, good to hear it

[somber swift]

SPARTAN just dunked and went 20-1 against complexity in a slayer

he was 20-0 and winning 46-20something and almost had a perfection in HCS

https://twitter.com/YNOT_B_RECKLESS/status/1636452561094950912

🔴Live YNOT B CASTING (@YNOT_B_RECKLESS)

yooo @Spartan almost dropped a 20-0 Rampage perfection to start off the @HCS Open Series!

Twitter · Mar 16, 2023, 7:41 PM

[noble field]

Damn that is pretty nuts. Complexity is a solid team.

[somber swift]

wow, C9 knocked out sentinels

[somber swift]

https://twitter.com/esports/status/1636476299253362689

Esports (@esports)

Adam Apicella, founder and CEO of @Vindex/@EsportsEng will be mutually parting ways with the company.

Full story from @TEAdvocated 👉🏻 https://t.co/nbZLLiNxkU

Twitter · Mar 16, 2023, 9:15 PM

[noble field]

Bad for Halo.

[somber swift]

Maybe.
He was awesome, but I think it has something to do with the merger that happened.

[abstract herald]

**EU FFA Spring Series Open#1 : ** https://twitter.com/VaktorTV/status/1636523017235832833

[noble field]

Correct but he is a Halo guy from back in the MLG days. Not great he is no longer with EE.

[candid badger]

Which pro has the best accuracy?

[abstract herald]

SNIPER SWAT CUP

Region : NA/MX/EU
Friday 17th of March at 23:00 GMT
💰 $269

https://twitter.com/SWAT_Nation/status/1635717740534038541

[abstract herald]

Need an HCS admin pls ?

Why EU HCS Opens got restricted to 32 teams, when we have more than 32 active teams in Europe ?

bring back the 64 Opens slots pls

[somber swift]

this isn't the place to ask - need to go the the faceit server

[somber swift]

not sure, but one of these two accounts might be able to help:
https://twitter.com/CarbonStats
https://twitter.com/SnowsStats

[somber swift]

while this isn't the place to get help with it, it's likely due to what was discussed here before.
You might feel there are 'more than 32' active teams in EU HCS right now, but they haven't been active, actually

37 teams competed in the EU Charlotte Open.
23 teams competed in the EU Charlotte Qualifier.
29 teams competed in the EU Open last Sunday (when there was room for 64)

As I've said many, many times before - if EU teams don't show up to fill the brackets, HCS will shrink the support.

It's happening in ANZ too - that bracket is only 16 teams available.

If Halo players want to have an ecosystem to compete in, they need to show up.

If no one is showing up, HCS will take that as a signal to reduce support and bracket sizes.

[abstract herald]

We'll fill the 32 slots this week

last week it was just bc some people couldn't

[somber swift]

I hope so.

And if those slots get full early, there's a chance they'll increase the bracket size right away for this tournament.
But they would need to be full probably 24 hours in advance

[abstract herald]

I think we'll fill them sunday's morning

[somber swift]

ANZ is worse off - they only had 11 teams last sunday, so their bracket has dropped to 16 only

[abstract herald]

so we'll ask for next week then

[somber swift]

I hope so!

if anything, seeing there are only 32 slots available should motivate people to get themselves registered ASAP.

[abstract herald]

can't post the upcoming EU cups bc too many links on the message 😢

[somber swift]

make two messages

[somber swift]

no real reasons, but a good read:
https://twitter.com/MrAdamAp/status/1636758364112957440

But makes me feel like the merger really changed how EE is going to run, and Adam didn't want to be part of that anymore.
Sounds like he's excited for making future projects come to life.

[abstract herald]

tried but it still deletes my message

[somber swift]

what response are you getting?

[abstract herald]

no response

[somber swift]

you can try DM'ing @proud summit to find out why

[abstract herald]

the bot just deletes my message

but np

[somber swift]

send me in DM what you're trying to post

[somber swift]

It's as if they dropped him right after placing 8th yesterday:
https://twitter.com/Swish_KA/status/1636540253640040450

Swish (@Swish_KA)

F/A i guess 😎

Twitter · Mar 17, 2023, 1:29 AM

[somber swift]

🇪🇺 UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS 🇪🇺

**SWAT Nation 2v2 Sniper Tournament MARCH 17 23:00 GMT **: https://swatnation.net/main-event/naptimez-partner-snipe-off/
💰 $269

UberNick x Oats Overnight: Oatagon Tournament MARCH 18 17:00 GMT :
https://challonge.com/UberOats
💰 $750

EU HCS Open MARCH 19 12:00 GMT : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/d41316be-7a57-4f42-8356-08f98f4f2ddd/EU HCS Open Series MAR 19
💰 $1500

EU FFA Spring Series #Open1 MARCH 22 19:00 GMT :
https://www.faceit.com/fr/championship/a7af13b1-6989-4f04-b72a-68422d281fae/EU FFA Spring Series Open 1
💰 20€

**EU STADIUM Spartan Series - Split 1 Showdown MARCH 25 12:00 GMT **:
https://www.projectstadium.com/events/ssss1s
💰 $500

SWATMANIA 4v4 Tournament MARCH 25 18:00 GMT :
https://swatnation.net/main-event/swatmania/
💰 $200

**Halo Italia Gamers Arena EU Regional LAN MARCH 25 **: https://www.techgamesitalia.it/haloitalia.it/lan.php

Gamers Assembly EU Regional LAN APRIL 8 :
https://ga2023.gamers-assembly.net/tournois/halo-infinite-gamers-assembly-festival-edition-2023
💰 1500€

Show some support to the EU scene and sign up to these tournaments

[somber swift]

one thing for sure, you can't send any messages in here that are over 20 lines long.

[abstract herald]

how are you doing to send it then?

[somber swift]

well, I sent it all in 2 separate messages

[noble field]

Because he is the one and only Ashaman.

[hallow marsh]

Has their been any HCS stream today for the Gladiator's Edge Rakshasa I have their channels to ping me when their live but their hasn't been a single notification yet for the drop and it end at 2am gmt ?

[tame sandal]

UberNick's stream should grant it.

[hallow marsh]

I'll see if nick is still live update nick isn't live anymore last live 6hrs ago darn

[proven thunder]

I am sure it will repeat at some point this season. Seems that a lot of repeats from HCS season 1 have been happening during community events and other non-major events. Just keep an eye out

[thin trench]

What ever happened to str8 rippin

[abstract herald]

TIME TO SIGN UP

EU HCS Open MARCH 19 12:00 GMT : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/d41316be-7a57-4f42-8356-08f98f4f2ddd/EU HCS Open Series MAR 19
💰 $1500

[quiet prairie]

32 teams, its full a shame they lock at 32

[quiet prairie]

And still no streaming... what are they doing ?

[simple talon]

Is there anywhere I can opt in for notifications when Twitch streams are active? I keep missing drops, and missing drops means missing amazing plays

[quiet prairie]

You can follow channels on Twitch. You will have notification for when the channel is live.

[noble field]

Faze is playing this week. Still no Optic. Swish is on what was the BtH team. Monster playing on Proton Gaming. Not too much else is changed.

[somber swift]

Faze actually signed up for today

No optic though

[abstract herald]

🎉 EU FFA SPRING SERIES 🎉
https://twitter.com/VaktorTV/status/1637469036727480320

[noble field]

I just said that. Lol

[somber swift]

I didn't read, lol

@abstract herald is anyone broadcasting the whole thing?
Or just individual player POVs and streams today?

[abstract herald]

for the EU HCS Open no broadcast unfortunately

[quiet prairie]

like always...

[somber swift]

HCS isn't broadcasting NA either.
A community group is

You would hope that Europa Halo would step up to the plate

It's basically free content for them

[quiet prairie]

I know, that's what I'm talking about. At least one Grassroots have the means to do it

[quiet prairie]

Europa Halo can't do it. They don't have the people for now.
It's too much to handle apparently

[noble field]

Sounds like we have a volunteer here!!! 😉

[somber swift]

They should do what everyone asks HCS to do.
Make a small broadcast, maybe even no casting.
People would still watch.
Just have one person on mic in between games to talk with the chat.

[abstract herald]

People are working, not always available to broadcast...

Broadcasting Opens should be HCS/343i work, like COD is doing for their Opens

When EuropaHalo can do it, they do it, when they can't, we can't blame them

• we don't get enough support in EU

343i/HCS should think in new strategies/ways to bring new players in Europe, to attract new teams, new structures, to fill their circuit...

[quiet prairie]

I did applied but I didn't fit what they needed

[quiet prairie]

Yup, that's a great idea !
HCS doesn't interact with the tchat and that a shame too :/

[quiet prairie]

-> except they don't want to... It does not fit the global strategy

[dense birch]

Need 3 for customs

[arctic quiver]

#lfg-customs

[somber swift]

HCS clearly doesn't have the budget to do so this year.

[somber swift]

Have a working game is #1

[somber swift]

Not true...

[quiet prairie]

Sooo true

Its just because you're not in Europe, you can't see what we see...
Do you have game's texts that became incomprehensible because of a machine translation ?
Do you have dev not responding or interracting with you're community (ie European) ? Not even mentionning them anyhow ?
Do you a lead dev tells you that if something happen in Europe then it's "like nothing is happening for NA" ? But not the opposite

[somber swift]

I'm not going to argue with you

[noble field]

Dude good for you. I was totally kidding but if you did try, that’s awesome of you.

[quiet prairie]

Seems to me you were just mocking me, sorry

[noble field]

Oh I don’t like people that complain about things that is free and have zero intention of ever contributing. You actually applying to help is a game changer in my opinion of you and this situation. Good for you for real.

[quiet prairie]

I should have added that what I was saying here is just what Europa Halo said on stream to explain that they can't do all of this. That they all are volonteer

[somber swift]

Glad to see someone stepping up for MX!
https://twitter.com/ArturBloodshot/status/1637505710094155778?t=wH_5SxSUeutit9RJM6V35g&s=19

ArturBloodshot | CintaNegra | The Architect (@ArturBloodshot)

Recuerden que los futuros torneos de HCS MX de #HaloInfinite serán transmitidos a través de @EZEsportsLATAM empezando el día de hoy 19 de Marzo a partir de las 2pm hora CDMX. 🇲🇽🏆

No se los pierdan en https://t.co/2yIIaWmMuR. ¡Habrán DROPS ACTIVADOS! 🎁

Twitter · Mar 19, 2023, 5:25 PM

[somber swift]

@quiet prairie LVT Halo showing EU some love right now: https://www.twitch.tv/lvthalo

[quiet prairie]

ha yeah ?

yeah they follow Jimbo's stream, he is the only one streaming I think

[somber swift]

🙂

Honestly, we're all in this together as Halo fans

I'm glad LVT decided to hop over to watch this

oh man, they shouldn't have tried to hold the ball in that last round

[somber swift]

Last match of the day for NA on Piggy's stream:
https://www.twitch.tv/piggyex

N8V red playing Need an org

[somber swift]

@noble field this guy is doing it smartly, but I'm not sure he has it all correct:
https://twitter.com/tefik_/status/1637619619128066048

STACKS (@tefik_)

Updated @HCS NA points

Twitter · Mar 20, 2023, 12:58 AM

[noble field]

Literally no clue. Lol

[edgy igloo]

Who tf is shopify rebellion

[worldly jewel]

An HCS competing team

[somber swift]

https://liquipedia.net/halo/Shopify_Rebellion

[edgy igloo]

Timmy Tinkler💀

[somber swift]

lol

He must've had a really rough childhood

[exotic terrace]

Rayne and RyaNoob been together forever

[pastel zodiac]

Not really sure where to ask so I guess I'll start here, I attended the World Championships in Seattle in 2022, and while there I won one of the Halo RX 6900XTs, I had filled out a tax form for it at the event, but I have not received any sort of copy in my email or in the mail since, what steps forward should I take?

[tame sandal]

That is... an interesting query.

Do you know who or to what organization you gave the tax form to?

(and btw I don't know the answer)

[pastel zodiac]

afaik I won it directly from Microsoft/343/HCS so the form I filled out there should have gone to them

[tame sandal]

Yeah, that's too broad.
I'd try Microsoft Legal, seems like the closest place for that stuff, because there's no public "Microsoft Tax" number.

[somber swift]

what was the tax form for?

also, congrats on winning that prize!

Do you remember who gave you the form to fill out?
Was it a 343 employee, Esports Engine employee, or someone else?

[somber swift]

https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1638004009821945856
They've now updated their tweet messaging 🙂

[abstract herald]

👍

@somber swift I would have prefered them to keep HCS Points per player and to give $750 per player 😂

[somber swift]

lol, that'd be great!

[abstract herald]

🇪🇺 EU FFA SPRING SERIES OPEN#1 🇪🇺
💰 20€ Prize Pool
🥇 20€
EU FFA Qualifying Points

https://twitter.com/VaktorTV/status/1638289311312355328

[somber swift]

https://twitter.com/JJ_Events_/status/1638310042981089280

JJ Events (@JJ_Events_)

Calling all @HCS teams! Our $2,000 @LVTHalo x @JJ_Events_ Halo Invitational is live!

⚔️ 4v4 Open, Pools, & Champ Bracket
🖐🏼 Best of 5 Series
👨‍💻 Open Bracket Registration:
⛓️ https://t.co/Bd6RpkVjuc

Twitter · Mar 21, 2023, 10:42 PM

[abstract herald]

Opened to EU ?

[somber swift]

not sure

[somber swift]

I just checked the rules

it's USA only, not even Canada apparently

[somber swift]

@abstract herald https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/5878195d-5951-4f3c-9226-96bcc865a564/EU HCS 4K Qualifier 03-26
128 team bracket.

You guys made it happen - now it's time to keep the momentum.

Get those EU teams to fill more than 48 slots!

Although, this is the 4k

[abstract herald]

128 teams are perhaps too much 🤣

64 would have been good

• they need to drop links at least 1 week before each Cup, so we can bring more teams

[somber swift]

They've been doing better about this lately - I'm sure the links will get dropped again

[somber swift]

yeah, i guess since this is a 4k instead of 2k, they just opened the floodgates

[abstract herald]

but same prize pool

it's not an HCS Online Super lol, it's not gonna bring 128 teams

[somber swift]

there's more HCS points available, but it's unclear how much $ there is

The handbook doesn't specify a difference between 2k and 4k tournaments for the $

[abstract herald]

from what i've heard it's same prize pool

anyways dropping the link only 3days before the event won't bring 128 teams

we'll try to bring at least 40 teams

[somber swift]

this seems to be the case, but it's not super clear yet

[somber swift]

I hope so!!

Hopefully Europa Halo will have staff that can broadcast the Pools the following weekend!

[weak drift]

Europe halo ?

[abstract herald]

🇪🇺 UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS 🇪🇺

EU FFA Spring Series #Open1 MARCH 22 19:00 GMT :
https://www.faceit.com/fr/championship/a7af13b1-6989-4f04-b72a-68422d281fae/EU FFA Spring Series Open 1
💰 20€

EU STADIUM 1v1 Bandit Start Tournament MARCH 23 19:00 GMT:
https://www.projectstadium.com/events/tsg2
💰 $50 USDC

EU STADIUM Spartan Series - Split 1 Showdown MARCH 25 12:00 GMT :
https://www.projectstadium.com/events/ssss1s
💰 $500 USDC

SWATMANIA 4v4 Tournament MARCH 25 18:00 GMT :
https://swatnation.net/main-event/swatmania/
💰 $200

Halo Italia Gamers Arena EU Regional LAN MARCH 25 : https://www.techgamesitalia.it/haloitalia.it/lan.php

EU HCS Open 4k Qualifier MARCH 26 12:00 GMT :
https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/5878195d-5951-4f3c-9226-96bcc865a564/EU HCS 4K Qualifier 03-26

Gamers Assembly EU Regional LAN APRIL 8 :
https://ga2023.gamers-assembly.net/tournois/halo-infinite-gamers-assembly-festival-edition-2023
💰 1500€

Show some support to the EU scene and sign up to these tournaments

[somber swift]

Europa
https://twitter.com/EuropaHalo?t=5C1cjhpHJIADHhg520HRDQ&s=09

[quiet prairie]

Part of the grassroots program :https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/hcs-grassroots

[somber swift]

https://twitter.com/FaZeClan/status/1638338495755288576

FaZe Clan (@FaZeClan)

We know that for too long we haven't been the FaZe we need to be, but we’re working hard towards fixing that.

We hope to have all the OGs sit down together soon, and we don't want to do that without everyone. We’ll do everything in our power to work this out & not let you down.

Likes

21297

Retweets

712

Twitter · Mar 22, 2023, 12:35 AM

[abstract herald]

Still 15min to sign up to the EU FFA : https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/a7af13b1-6989-4f04-b72a-68422d281fae/EU FFA Spring Series Open 1

[somber swift]

@noble field https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/0c0243fc-56a4-4183-81e1-4054b2b057ee/NA HCS 4K Qualifier 03-26/teams
Optic has entered the chat

Someone over there finally realized they need to earn some points if they wanna keep their #1 seed into the next major tournament

[noble field]

Nah I think they just opted out of the 2K and are doing the 4K.

[tame sandal]

What does this mean?

[somber swift]

Basically, their stock has plummeted in recent months, and there are several people that were part of Faze Clan as various Creators that have fallen out of favor with them, and have been posting videos about their toxicity, and ineptitude.

It's more a statement on the overall organization, not really related to the HCS team, but could be relevant if the org doesn't sort itself out.

[tall mural]

Trippy was out of town for the 2k

[somber swift]

Both of them?
There's been 2

[somber swift]

Merty - what's this reaction, and why are there 'limited' amounts of them?

[tame sandal]

It's a reaction with extra bling exclusive to nitro, you only get 5 per week.

I only have one remaining I think.

[somber swift]

when I clicked it, the counter went down - does me clicking it reduce your counter?

[tall mural]

I know for the second one for sure— they said it on the stream. Not sure about the first

[abstract herald]

https://twitter.com/VaktorTV/status/1638661266297479169

We got NAVI Snakey to win the EU FFA Series this week

[somber swift]

EU players need to sign up!
https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/5878195d-5951-4f3c-9226-96bcc865a564/EU HCS 4K Qualifier 03-26

[simple talon]

When's the next stream, for the Twitch Drop? Did i miss it?

[somber swift]

LVT will have a twitch drop today, I think, but it'll be a repeat item

[simple talon]

That's fine! I've been missing the older drops! I'm glad to see em back!

[somber swift]

Ghost ping?

[somber swift]

Some different Competitive Road Maps

[abstract herald]

🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

https://twitter.com/VaktorTV/status/1638992089429192705

[somber swift]

This is also happening right now: https://www.start.gg/tournament/lvt-x-jj-events-halo-invitational/event/lvt-x-jj-events-2-000-halo-tournament/brackets/1331532/2031213

[somber swift]

faze fell to native white in winner's bracket

[frozen bobcat]

I got selected for the HCS grassroots runway but I had to decline for an important last minute commitment, hope everyone who got selected has fun

[somber swift]

I can't believe SSG just won a game 5 50-49 OT Slayer reverse sweep against N8V White to reset the Grand Finals Bracket

[tame sandal]

@fallen tiger Looking for these?

[fallen tiger]

Yup. Thanks. Server seem to be going through a lot of change.

[tall mural]

Don’t let this distract you from the fact that N8V white wins shutout strongholds first game of that series

[somber swift]

They're a force for sure

[somber swift]

https://twitter.com/AshamanND/status/1639303374486265859

AshamanND (@AshamanND)

OK European Halo players - now is your chance to show 343 it is worth investing in the region!
There are a maximum of 128 slots open for this weekend's 4K Qualifier!
Get signed up now, and put EU back on the map!
https://t.co/RWcKEkY2YY

Twitter · Mar 24, 2023, 4:29 PM

[quiet prairie]

It is pretty bad for now :/
Don't really like the " it is worth investing in the region" of your message. Very patronizing

[somber swift]

Take it how you want.
Players have an opportunity to show 343 that the players care.

I'm out here in Canada trying to promote European Halo....

Because I care about the overall scene.
But I can only have an indirect impact.

It's up to the EU players to have a direct impact

[pastel zodiac]

the form was for a 6900xt, I had picked it up at the creator booth at the event, and as far as what employee I really have no clue, but im fairly sure it was 343 or microsoft

[somber swift]

I understand the form was for a prize, but what purpose did the form serve?

was it a tax form, or like an internal MS form?

[pastel zodiac]

it was a tax form

[somber swift]

who does it get submitted to?
Did you get to keep a copy?

[somber swift]

You honestly think I'm trying to be condescending or acting superior?

[pastel zodiac]

the person that had me fill it out told me that I would get a copy in my email or just in the mail, and that hasn't happened
afaik it was submitted to microsoft

[somber swift]

that's rough.

Anything to do with taxes you should always try to keep a copy for yourself. Even a photo.

At this point, if I were you, I would try to reach out to Esports Engine.

https://esportsengine.gg/contact

I know it says here 'project details' but you could probably just tell them what's going on and they should be able to direct you to the right person.

[somber swift]

unfortunately, ANZ has more teams signed up than EU at the moment.

[quiet prairie]

I think you just don't make it on purpose. Its just how you say it.

[somber swift]

I'm glad you think it's not on purpose.
In that sense, I'd argue it's more on how you interpret it.

I hope the teams and players make a splash

[pastel zodiac]

yeah I'll give that a shot, thank you

[quiet prairie]

yes, i don't understand why is they so little teams already signed up...

[somber swift]

@abstract herald made a good point that the sign up links seem to be posted rather late.
Less than a week in advance.

We've got the full roadmap, I struggle to see why 343 can't get more of the tournament sign ups posted earlier.

[abstract herald]

idk, but it'd help if they could

[somber swift]

After this 4k, it'll be the Quadrant online 4k tournament (with a regular online 4k for the rest of the world) in mid April.

I hope they get those posted like the day or two after this 4k ends. (maybe april 3 or 4 for the posting, at the latest)

[abstract herald]

We'll get 32 teams registering saturday night and sunday morning

like at each open

[somber swift]

it would help to see some more of the big ones early though, like Jlingz

[abstract herald]

but Idk if we'll be able to reach 48 teams. 48 teams would have been an objective to reach

but unfortunately there is the HaloITALIA Lan (with 10 IT teams) at the same moment

so it'll be hard to get 48 teams at the open with this lan at the same moment

[quiet prairie]

I hope too, it's really strange to wait that much. Last year almost all of them were open from the start

[somber swift]

they really scheduled a LAN on the same day HCS had a 4k qualifier?

[quiet prairie]

why so late ? not good to show of force

[abstract herald]

they scheduled the LAN bc 343i/HCS dropped the roadmap too late

scheduling a LAN requires months, HCS should have dropped the roadmap in January

[somber swift]

very much agreed.

[abstract herald]

that's sad, but we can't change it now

[somber swift]

when was the LAN actually announced though?

[abstract herald]

in february

but prepared a long time before

[quiet prairie]

*december, even november as told initially

[abstract herald]

yeah

and Optic should not have cancelled their winter LAN

and the actual HCS Optic Major should have been in Europe (London) as initially planned

[somber swift]

shame they couldn't pivot, the roadmap was released Feb 3
https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1621675242925215748

[somber swift]

it was clear Optic tournament wasn't going to happen for so long.
The biggest issue with this was how long they waited to officially cancel it.

[abstract herald]

it's a part of a festival (like DreamHack) called Guardacon in partnership with an organisation called GamersArena there

So they would have never reported the whole festival for only a Halo Lan

they would have cancelled it

[somber swift]

oh darn, that makes it tough.
Could they maybe have moved it to Saturday instead of Sunday though?

[abstract herald]

it's a 2d LAN like most of lans

you can't play all matches in 1d

[somber swift]

You gotta wonder though, with the small amount of teams that are signing up for that LAN, they probably could finish in 1 day

[quiet prairie]

yes, but i think 343 would'nt have done it in London anyway. Tashi told harsh words about the Super of last year

[abstract herald]

nah, we already had a Lan in France with 10 teams too, and it's almost impossible to play all matches in 1d

[somber swift]

?

[abstract herald]

From what I've heard, the Summer HCS Major was initially planned in London

[somber swift]

gotcha.

Well, perhaps some teams from the LAN get eliminated early enough to go home and compete online?

[abstract herald]

no xD it won't happen

[quiet prairie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJCjcSNnMj8

[abstract herald]

We'll get 32 teams. And we'll try to get 48 teams, it'll be hard, but we can reach this number

[quiet prairie]

yes, but when was it planned ? Because they managed to scrub it less then 6 months before it...

[abstract herald]

The EU Online Super ? Or the EU HCS Valencia Regional Lan ?

[quiet prairie]

Same thing no ?

[abstract herald]

idk when, I just know it was planned

[abstract herald]

Nah. First is a $100,000 online cup. The other is a $100,000 Lan in Spain, part of DreamHack

[quiet prairie]

ho ok.
I was talking about the LAN

[somber swift]

you linked a timestamp where he talks about partnered teams

[abstract herald]

alright, then it's called "Regional Lan", not "(Online) Super"

[quiet prairie]

It shouldn't have a timestamp

[abstract herald]

If Valencia haven't brought enough teams, it was bc of the Location

[somber swift]

it's a 2 hour and 20 minute interview, if you want me to see him talking about something specific, I'm not going to dig through that.

[quiet prairie]

Then don't.

[abstract herald]

a Regional Lan in Paris or London would have brought at least 64 teams and many/a lot more spectators

Valencia was like the worst Location choice ever

[somber swift]

🤷‍♂️ you said Tashi told harsh words about the super of last year, but I don't think he did.

He shared results.

[quiet prairie]

fact XD
Literrally 1 team was spanish at the time and made top 32. sometime 1 portugese sometime 2

[quiet prairie]

He said that for NA, when the LAN happened it was like nothing was happening...

Yes but he can't say it...
He said too that the viewership was the best too

[somber swift]

I'm sorry, I don't understand

[quiet prairie]

Well, a canon fodder was posted. So don't have the time to continue to discuss that

[abstract herald]

Also I think Tashi isn't saying the truth in this interview. The truth is :

• HCS circuit didn't brought as much people (players/spectators) and money as they thought (even if it was worth it, since they earned money with it)
• They reduced their budget and focused only in NA while abandoning other regions (and that's the biggest mistake they made)

=> If they want to bring more players, more teams, more hype, more spectators, they need to set a big circuit with multiple lans in Europe. Make partnerships/sponsorships with Orgs, Streamers, Organisers, Festivals etc etc... and put money on advertising, communication etc. and bring new competitors to the game

[quiet prairie]

*fix the game

[abstract herald]

Yeah + fixing the game and add more servers to Europe (only 2 servers, what's wrong with them ??)

[somber swift]

Yes, but they'll only be able to continue to operate a league if they can be profitable.
At the moment, doing large events outside of NA didn't seem like it was profitable.
So many things need to happen for it to get there again.

-Lemath is right, the game needs to be 'fixed' better.
That's #1
-Beyond that, they need to ensure they deliver on the plans that are laid out properly.
These tournaments need to start getting sign ups listed earlier.
-Crowdfunding needs to come back too

[quiet prairie]

Also : they forgot about their grassroots for like 8 months. Didn't made any contact to community not english (exeption of Mexico) or mainly english speaking.

[abstract herald]

It was profitable, they won money with it. They just did not reach their objectives

[quiet prairie]

So for french there was 0 stream in french. And we can't talk in french in tchat too... even in EU competition

[abstract herald]

• they need to do advertising and sponsorships with Streamers and Orgs

[somber swift]

do you actually think they made money on the ANZ, MX and EU LANs?

[abstract herald]

if you want to bring new players, it's the only way

[abstract herald]

since it was part of DreamHack

yes

[quiet prairie]

Ho yes and co-streamer were 90% NA, 5 % Mex, 5 % ANZ. Never understood that (NA already have the main stream)

[abstract herald]

If they would consider making partnerships/sponsorships with Orgs, Streamers, Organisers, Festivals etc etc... and putting money on advertising, communication etc. and bring new competitors to the game

=> They could bring 128/128 teams at each open, 96/96 at each LANs in all regions

idk why MS is not increasing HCS budget

it'd be worth it and profitable at 100000%

[quiet prairie]

Not sure at all

[abstract herald]

Moi je pense qu'Halo peut devenir ce qu'est CS, s'ils s'en donnent les moyens

Look at what COD is doing, they have Online Supers with $50,000 only for the Challengers Circuit

[quiet prairie]

Lol, no

[abstract herald]

and HCS can't even fund Online Supers for Pro Circuit this year

[somber swift]

It seems like doing regional tournaments aren't effective.

I think doing international LANs in those other regions will make a bigger difference for them.

Bringing the best players in the world to other regions would attract more fans to attend and watch.

[somber swift]

i don't think that's true.
I think they just didn't feel that format made sense.

[abstract herald]

s'ils investissent massivement oui, le retour sur investissement mettra du temps (mais c'est comme l'achat d'activision, ça mettra du temps), mais s'ils le font, ça sera rentable au long terme

[abstract herald]

why?

[quiet prairie]

Mods are going to warn you, watch out

[abstract herald]

You know what would be good for HCS rn ?

[quiet prairie]

At least making regional "Super" (not in LAN) streamed and advertised like a NA one.
But yes, bringing in Europe tournament is good too. So that NA see what we must manage everytime (+ NA teams in our position when we play)

[somber swift]

The viewership and also pro participation in the 'pro series' wasn't high enough.
Many of the top teams would simply just not play in them, and then people didn't care to watch it.

[quiet prairie]

That's why the decision to make more use of points is really good

[somber swift]

they streamed and advertising the EU tournaments pretty well in year 1.

But it's not the same as having an international major tournament in that region.

Give the chance for young kids/players to see the likes of Frosty, Formal, Trippey, Bound, IN PERSON - that's how you grow interest overseas.

having kids in France or England that chance to see ALL the best players in the world in their hometown - that's HYPE

I hope year 3 can bring an international MAJOR back to EU

[quiet prairie]

Don't think so as we saw that vievership was very low

[somber swift]

no fault of advertising or stream.

It's just because it's honestly less exciting to watch 1 region only, instead of ALL regions competing together.

and also - most viewers are US based - and that tournament had no US players, and was happening in EU timezone - so less NA viewers

USA is one country, and has 45% of the population of ALL of europe.

You lost a lot of potential viewers that way

of course, there's nothing they could have done differently

they need to play EU tournament at EU times

but if you bring a MAJOR to EU, with all the NA players - that gives more incentive for NA viewers to make the effort to watch it

[quiet prairie]

Yes but not to watch other thing then NA team

[somber swift]

In any case, we have a year 2 roadmap.
We have the cards we've been dealt.

There's 3 parts to this equation:
343
Players
Viewers

343 needs to do their part by improving the game stability, and getting the tournament links up early
Players need to do their part by signing up, playing, and promoting the game
Viewers need to do their part by showing up to watch

[somber swift]

it's inspiring to see the best players from around the world to compete.
If it inspires more EU people to start playing, because they got to experience a full MAJOR LAN with all the best players from ALL regions - that's a W.

[quiet prairie]

we had players... no one cared. That's what I'm saying

[somber swift]

I'm not sure if you're following what I'm saying.

@abstract herald make sure your posts are less than 20 lines

[abstract herald]

I'll send you in dm so you can post

[somber swift]

dude, I have the same restriction of 20 lines as you do

[abstract herald]

😢

[somber swift]

also, you can't post the same exact message more than once - so if you're reposting something, change a few of the words or letters

[abstract herald]

ok so I'd need both of you to not talk during 2min so I can split the message in multiple ones pls

[quiet prairie]

We have different view of the situation. You think that bringing NA teams for a Major is going to make NA watch Eu teams after.
It's not.

[somber swift]

I can delete any of my messages I might write

[somber swift]

that's not what I was saying though

[abstract herald]

IDEAL HCS CIRCUIT (2024 pls HCS do it)

NA :

• 4 Online Supers (with Qualifiers) : $50,000
• 4 Regional LANs (with Qualifiers) : $100,000
• 1 Major (with Qualifier) : $250,000
• 1 HWC : $1,000,000
• HCS Open Series (Sunday) : $500
• HCS Pro Series (Wednesday) : $1500
• HCS FFA Series (Monday) : $250

Online Super Qualifier : TOP12 Teams qualify to Online Super

Online Super : TOP6 Teams qualify to Regional LAN

Regional LAN Qualifier : TOP6 Teams qualify to Regional LAN

Regional LAN : TOP6 Teams qualify to Major : TOP4 in Pools and TOP5/6 in Open Bracket

Major Qualifier : TOP6 Teams qualify to Major in Open Bracket

EU :

• 4 Online Supers (with Qualifiers) : $25,000
• 4 Regional LANs (with Qualifiers) : $75,000
• 1 Major (with Qualifier) : $200,000
• HCS Open Series (Sunday) : $400
• HCS Pro Series (Wednesday) : $1000
• HCS FFA Series (Monday) : $200

Online Super Qualifier : TOP12 Teams qualify to Online Super

Online Super : TOP6 Teams qualify to Regional LAN

Regional LAN Qualifier : TOP6 Teams qualify to Regional LAN

Regional LAN : TOP6 Teams qualify to Major : TOP4 in Pools and TOP5/6 in Open Bracket

Major Qualifier : TOP6 Teams qualify to Major in Open Bracket

MX :

• 4 Online Supers (with Qualifiers) : $20,000
• 4 Regional LANs (with Qualifiers) : $50,000
• 1 Major (with Qualifier) : $150,000
• HCS Open Series (Sunday) : $300
• HCS Pro Series (Wednesday) : $750
• HCS FFA Series (Monday) : $150

Online Super Qualifier : TOP12 Teams qualify to Online Super

Online Super : TOP6 Teams qualify to Regional LAN

Regional LAN Qualifier : TOP6 Teams qualify to Regional LAN

Regional LAN : TOP6 Teams qualify to Major : TOP2 in Pools and TOP3/6 in Open Bracket

Major Qualifier : TOP6 Teams qualify to Major in Open Bracket

ANZ :

• 4 Online Supers (with Qualifiers) : $10,000
• 4 Regional LANs (with Qualifiers) : $25,000
• 1 Major (with Qualifier) : $100,000
• HCS Open Series (Sunday) : $200
• HCS Pro Series (Wednesday) : $500
• HCS FFA Series (Monday) : $100

Online Super Qualifier : TOP12 Teams qualify to Online Super

Online Super : TOP6 Teams qualify to Regional LAN

Regional LAN Qualifier : TOP6 Teams qualify to Regional LAN

Regional LAN : TOP6 Teams qualify to Major : TOP2 in Pools and TOP3/6 in Open Bracket

Major Qualifier : TOP6 Teams qualify to Major in Open Bracket

[quiet prairie]

this

[somber swift]

I don't think they are going to do Supers like that again

[abstract herald]

--> So for HCS Majors we would have in Pools : Top4 from NA + Top4 from EU + Top2 from MX + Top2 from ANZ

[somber swift]

yes, I didn't say it would give them incentive to watch EU players after the tournament - just during the actual tournament.

[quiet prairie]

so, useless for us...

[abstract herald]

--> And in Open Bracket : 8 teams from NA + 8 teams from EU + 10 teams from MX + 10 teams from ANZ

[abstract herald]

Yeah but this circuit would be the ideal one (if they want to revive Halo Esports and put it as top-tier competitive game)

they could make Halo Infinite top3/4 on Twitch every week

[somber swift]

No, not useless.

I'm trying to say there are 2 parts that are helpful>

It can show that the EU tournaments can still yield high viewership from a global audience, if a global playerbase is included.
Second, it can inspire more local EU fans to maybe start playing, if they get to see the best players in the world live IN PERSON.

Why do you think NHL, NBA, NFL all play games overseas sometimes?

Because it brings the best players in the world to those countries, and develops fans in those countries

[quiet prairie]

Why NA teams playing in EU would encourage people to play professionnally ? They are not reachable

[somber swift]

Because it brings the best players in the world to those countries, and develops fans in those countries

[quiet prairie]

And its not a EU tournament. Its a Major, so worldwide...

[quiet prairie]

but no one cares about that men

it's not how it works

[somber swift]

yes, it is part of how it works

[quiet prairie]

No, it's not. They are not part of EU.

[somber swift]

Why do you think NHL, NBA, NFL all play games overseas sometimes?

[quiet prairie]

to play against other teams... not US

[somber swift]

no they don't do that

2 NHL teams will do play a game in Japan

2 NFL teams go play a game in England

[quiet prairie]

England lol

[somber swift]

yeah, they've done that

these are examples

[quiet prairie]

Stop considering England as Europe... they are en english speaking

Totally different then other countries

[somber swift]

jesus christ man, I know this.
It's still the same global region as EU

[quiet prairie]

You don't know know. That's what I'm talking about. I'm european, you're not.

[somber swift]

you're missing the WHOLE point

[quiet prairie]

Youre point is to say that we need NA teams (in sports or for Halo). No we don't. We need help to grow. No being patronized

[somber swift]

You're not understanding the fact that when you bring the strongest, most talented players in the world to play games in a region where poeple wouldn't normally get to see them play, it is marketing the game/sport in a way that watching online or on TV doesn't do.

It increases the engagement with that product in that area, and gets fans in that area more interested in the overall product.

When David Beckham signed with LA Galaxy it MASSIVELY increased north american interest in Soccer/Football - it's NOT patronizing, it's business

[quiet prairie]

You just don't see what you americans are doing. That normal. You have the dominating point of view.
We need help by money, support, experience to grow yes. We don't need NA teams because they don't respect us. That's a fact for almost all of them. And the fans are not better (they are worse). I know. You don't

[quiet prairie]

"the strongest, most talented players" duh

[somber swift]

I'll put it another way then
When David Beckham signed with LA Galaxy it MASSIVELY increased north american interest in Soccer/Football - it's NOT patronizing, it's business

it's a fact that Beckham was among the strongest and best players in the world.
It's a fact that NA Halo teams are among the strongest and best players in the world.

It's not patronizing to bring those players to other regions for those fans to see them in person.
It's smart business

you're also ignoring that my point would also be bringing the best ANZ and best MX players to be in an EU MAJOR LAN too - showcasing to fans in EU ALL THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD.

Stop being a victim

[quiet prairie]

Because we are... like ANZ and MX...

I'm not ignoring you're point of showcasing good team worldwide. It's jsut irrelevant to the whole ecosystem....

[somber swift]

it's not irrelevant though

[quiet prairie]

I think it is

[somber swift]

Then perhaps you're thinking too narrowly

I don't possibly understand how anyone could think that bringing a MAJOR LAN to EU wouldn't help that scene.

Are there others things that could be done to help it?
100%

But of course having a Worldwide Major in EU would generate a lot of hype locally there.

[quiet prairie]

I prefer to think, I'm a realist. I have seen the politics of Microsoft/343 on Europe fanbase (ie ignoring or half ignoring them)
I know you think i'm exagerating. That I'm playing the victim. I'm not.
Look at Vaktor, what is he doing to get attention. Did 343 or any affiliate did help ? No they did not ?
And that's only for esport...

[somber swift]

We all know that regions outside of NA have lost funding and support.

You're playing the victim when you say that bringing a LAN with all the best players in the world to EU is patronizing

[quiet prairie]

I'm not saying it will not bring hype at the moment. But we need sustained support. Not onoff

[quiet prairie]

it's not bringing them that is.
It's thinking that just like that we are going to start having a player base.
We have not waited for that + we don't need that.

It's not a good diagnostic if you think it's the lack of "figure" that is stopping Eu to grow

[somber swift]

*It's thinking that just like that we are going to start having a player base. *
Never said or thought this - you are projecting.

All I said is that it's inspiring to people, and gets fans excited.

[somber swift]

I do not think this.
Never said it.

All I said is that bringing them all there would be a good, helpful thing.

Never once did I say that's all that needed to be done, or would solve all the problems.

[quiet prairie]

The thing is : it's not going to solve any problem. That's what I'm saying. It's just a a wild-goose chase

[somber swift]

It's a part of an overall solution

and would have an overall net positive effect

[quiet prairie]

I can only disagree with that...

[somber swift]

then you're doomed.

If you don't think it would have a positive effect...

+1 is better than 0

we could debate about how much of a net positive effect.
I'm sure there are many valid opinions on that.

I can't fathom why anyone would think it would have a net 0 effect or even a negative one - so the only other option is a net positive.

[somber swift]

awobabobs just signed up, so that's good

[carmine herald]

POSTO!!

[somber swift]

are these two things going to mess with each other, timing wise?
https://twitter.com/G1Official/status/1639326429094477834
https://twitter.com/JJ_Events_/status/1639299492410191873

G1 (@G1Official)

The G1 Throwback Showdown is a must watch.

Eleven of the HCS best + the defending FFA World Champ + 4 members of the community throw down to crown a new FFA Champion.

@FormaL
@Renegade_JW
@KevinEcoSmith
@bubudubu
@Falcated_
@Sabinater_
@Svspector
@KuhIect
@Karmea_…

Twitter · Mar 24, 2023, 6:00 PM

JJ Events (@JJ_Events_)

We’ve got a stacked talent team for this weekend!🎙️

Welcome @YNOT_B_RECKLESS @OlManMakowski @Activee @MagickMoonshot @ToolezCasts!

Tune in tonight for Pool Play at 7 PM ET to watch the @LVTHalo x @JJ_Events_ Halo Invitational! 🏆

https://t.co/YYttWCrb7X
https://t.co/Ul6ULZNNAM

Twitter · Mar 24, 2023, 4:13 PM

the FFA is tomorrow

the 4v4 starts tonight, and presumably ends tomorrow

they're trying to invite a bunch of teams to the JJ one, but the prize pool there is 2k, and the FFA is 10k...

perhaps all the pros in the FFA get moved to the monday automatically?

might have pools set up

https://www.start.gg/tournament/lvt-x-jj-events-halo-invitational/event/lvt-x-jj-events-invitational-pool-play-championship-bracket/brackets

[tall mural]

London lan would have been Fire

[somber swift]

Here we go!
https://twitter.com/JJ_Events_/status/1639379600613441537

JJ Events (@JJ_Events_)

The teams are set for Pool Play of the @LVTHalo x @JJ_Events_ Halo Invitational 🏆

See you all tonight at 7 PM ET where they battle it out for a piece of the $2,000 prize pool! 💰

https://t.co/YYttWCrb7X
https://t.co/Ul6ULZNNAM

Twitter · Mar 24, 2023, 9:32 PM

[somber swift]

looks like Shopify backed out and we got Luminosity instead

[somber swift]

@tame sandal
https://twitter.com/Dexerto/status/1639403310720651266

Dexerto (@Dexerto)

FaZe Clan has been served a deficiency notice from Nasdaq stock exchange, as their share price remains below $1.

They have 180 days to turn it around, or FaZe stock will be delisted.

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Twitter · Mar 24, 2023, 11:06 PM

[tame sandal]

Sounds like Esports IS falling out of favor :(

[somber swift]

could be - faze is more well known for 'content' than esports though, unless I'm mistaken

[noble field]

To be fair, their stock soared today.

[somber swift]

looks like i missed my window

[noble field]

Faze might go back to being private. If so the stock will run more. If that fails to happen, it will come crashing back down.

[abstract herald]

LET'S SIGN UP -> ROAD TO 48 TEAMS :
EU HCS 4k Qualifier MARCH 26 12:00 GMT :
https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/5878195d-5951-4f3c-9226-96bcc865a564/EU HCS 4K Qualifier 03-26

[abstract herald]

🇪🇺 Where are you ? Let's make teams (even if you are bronze, silver, gold, plat, diam, low onyx), come and show HCS, EU is not dead. Sign up to the tournament tomorrow !

LET'S SIGN UP -> ROAD TO 48 TEAMS :
EU HCS 4k Qualifier MARCH 26 12:00 GMT :
https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/5878195d-5951-4f3c-9226-96bcc865a564/EU HCS 4K Qualifier 03-26

[abstract herald]

Already 27 teams registered. Still 37 slots to fill.

[quiet prairie]

Could we get the prize pool now ? even the points ?

[exotic venture]

na hcs 4k qualifier #freeagent hmu if you need one short notice

[arctic quiver]

#lfg-hcs-scrims-or-teams

[abstract herald]

STILL 1H TO SIGN UP -> ROAD TO 48 TEAMS
EU HCS 4k Qualifier MARCH 26 12:00 GMT :
https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/5878195d-5951-4f3c-9226-96bcc865a564/EU HCS 4K Qualifier 03-26

[faint scroll]

What time does the 4k begin today?

[quiet prairie]

Points prizing are finally online

https://wpassets.halowaypoint.com/wp-content/2023/03/HCS_2023_Program_Handbook_v1.1.pdf
handbook has been update accordingly

And the "4000" is not more cash XD it's just points.
Same for online partenered team tournament

https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/6afddf33-f23f-4ed6-881e-3b7cdba31093/EU HCS 4K Qualifier 03-26/rules
infos on prizing for point is not what is in the handbook too

[noble field]

What happened to the section on the Discord that posted the tweets from HCS?

[arctic quiver]

Had to be removed unfortunately, due to changes to Twitter's API

[noble field]

Lame. Thanks for the heads up. That explains another similar in a different Discord I’m in.

[arctic quiver]

Yeah, it sucks :(

[somber swift]

Something seems to have happened to get Complexity out of the 4k.
C9 was in 13th seed, but made it in instead.
https://twitter.com/HuNteR_Jjx/status/1640168702141423617

Justin Joseph (@HuNteR_Jjx)

@CommonCD We got screwed.

Twitter · Mar 27, 2023, 1:47 AM

It's actually super interesting that the 4 teams that qualified through the bracket yesterday are the teams that were 14-17 seed already.
No real upsets. Other than the lack of Complexity!

[somber swift]

This feels like a mess.

It's as if C9 should've been competing in the qualifier all along, but they got a free ride in

and the 4 teams that actually qualified did nothing wrong on their part - so what do you do?

if faceit problems with their own bracket setup caused COL to get dropped out, and C9 to automatically get through and then they just went ahead and ran the qualifier with neither C9 nor COL playing in it, there's a REAL tough spot for HCS

because it's not C9's fault, nor is it the 14-17 placed teams here.

how do you make this right for COL (if it was truly no fault of their own)?

Perhaps you have an additional play-in tournament between C9 and the 14-17 placed teams, like a round robin.
Because by all accounts, COL should be autoqualified.

Actually, a little bird gave me another idea:

The two teams who qualified from the lower bracket should play a series, and the winner of that should make it into the Pools.

Still means that C9 gets a free ride though, so it's not a perfect solution.

and if that occurs, I'm sure players will start complaining that Partnered teams are getting preferential treatment.

[tall mural]

what

oh

[simple talon]

Wait, they can just call themselves the Avengers, with the logo and everything?

Like, Legally?

[noble field]

@somber swift what did I miss? Lol

[somber swift]

that's just someone else putting the logo there, not the team

[simple talon]

Oh lol

[somber swift]

Complexity got 'kicked' out of the 4k due to some sort of administrative error by FACEIT/HCS - it's being sorted out behind the scenes, but it's not pretty

[simple talon]

I was gonna say, I see a C&D from Disney arriving soon

[abstract herald]

https://twitter.com/ExylTeam/status/1640410967262519296

[quiet prairie]

most probably they just didn't register

[somber swift]

They did register

[somber swift]

I can understand not wanting to appear to be 'favoring' a partnered team, but this really does seem like Complexity got done wrong.
https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1640530872091971586

I'm surprised this is how they treat their partners

Halo Esports (@HCS)

Pools are set for this weekend's NA 🇺🇸 #HCSOpenSeries 4K!

Qualifier Final Bracket
⚔️ https://t.co/uicNjLFln1

The action starts Saturday. Catch Live coverage with @LVTHalo at https://t.co/awh5ZH4PaZ!

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Twitter · Mar 28, 2023, 1:46 AM

[abstract herald]

Don't forget to sign up to the EU FFA SPRING SERIES OPEN#2 :
** https://twitter.com/ExylTeam/status/1640410967262519296 **

EU FFA Spring Series Open#2 MARCH 29 19:00 BST :
https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/3b92d8bc-ccb5-42ba-9404-93bb5a7a19f6/EU FFA Spring Series Open 2
💰 20€

LET'S GET +80 PLAYERS THIS WEEK

[quiet prairie]

ho strange then

[somber swift]

I've heard that perhaps it was because they were registered, but no one from the team was there for 'check-in'

seems strange that they'd be required to be there for check-in if they weren't expected to play...

[abstract herald]

Still 50 slots to fill, let's sign up to today's FFA :

** https://twitter.com/ExylTeam/status/1640410967262519296 **

EU FFA Spring Series Open#2 MARCH 29 19:00 BST :
https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/3b92d8bc-ccb5-42ba-9404-93bb5a7a19f6/EU FFA Spring Series Open 2
💰 20€

LET'S GET +80 PLAYERS TODAY !

[somber swift]

Given that the Quadrant and Faze Online tournaments offer no increased prizing different from any other '4K' and they'll be administered by Faceit (for competitive integrity) - what exactly do these 'partnered' tournaments provide?

I'm hoping it'll be at least some increased Live Coverage of the events, so that LVT doesn't have to do all the heavy lifting.
I'm hoping it'll be like a mini version of the Snowdown

also, this edit is amazing

https://twitter.com/LVTHalo/status/1641101269526798336

LVT Halo (@LVTHalo)

One of the most intense 2 minutes of Halo gameplay we have ever seen!

Grand Finals of the @HCS 2K #2 - @Spacestation vs @NativeGaming White

🎙️ @YNOT_B_RECKLESS & @ToolezCasts
In-Game Director: @KnightysKnight

▶ Play video

Twitter · Mar 29, 2023, 3:33 PM

[quiet prairie]

I think its going to be broadcasted by the partenered team..
But yeah, it doesn't seem like something special

[somber swift]

I hope they make it at least somewhat interesting.
SSG did a good job.

[abstract herald]

Still 15 min slots to sign up to today's FFA :

** https://twitter.com/ExylTeam/status/1640410967262519296 **

EU FFA Spring Series Open#2 MARCH 29 19:00 BST :
https://www.faceit.com/en/championship/3b92d8bc-ccb5-42ba-9404-93bb5a7a19f6/EU FFA Spring Series Open 2
💰 20€

LET'S GET +80 PLAYERS TODAY !

[abstract herald]

They've sponsored a basic Open Series 🤣

HCS Quadrant Open Series
HCS FazeClan Open Series

except it'll be broadcasted

[quiet prairie]

a 2 days Series, not just 1 ^^

[abstract herald]

a 2d Open Series my bad xD

Since they removed HCS Online Supers, I was expecting at least something like $25,000.00 prize pool in a 2d casted tournament

(HCS Online Supers were $100,000.00 last year for those who'd be asking)

[quiet prairie]

they could have double the prizing ... even for the 4K... thats ridiculous there

[somber swift]

if they broadcast the qualifiers, it's 3 days then, and they should

https://twitter.com/FACEITHalo/status/1641136271488581641

FACEIT Halo (@FACEITHalo)

🟢🔵🔴🟡MX, NA, EU and OCE Players in the 4K Series!

All matches in the Championship Bracket for each region will required a live stream from each player.

Twitter · Mar 29, 2023, 5:52 PM

[quiet prairie]

why would it be 3 days ? It would be 1 day for qualifier and 1 day for the main event
Like normal

[somber swift]

the main events are 2 days long

for Faze

apparently not for the quadrant one

more teams in NA I guess

I wrote this out when the blog was published.
Quadrant 4k was originally listed as 2 days.
The actual blog has since been updated to just 1 day
https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/2023roadmap

[quiet prairie]

ok didn't see that

[somber swift]

for faze it's still 2

[quiet prairie]

OK, might be because of the number of teams

[somber swift]

seems like it yeah

[still socket]

You’ve to assemble a squad from these four teams faze,ssg, optic and native white which players would you choose, for me I would choose Lucid, Frosty, Penguin, Mikwen

[stable dove]

Lucid is slightly overrated, but idk who id choose

[abstract herald]

https://twitter.com/ProjectStadium/status/1641408729848614913

[quiet prairie]

https://navi.gg/en/publications/navi-europa-halo
Navi and Europa Halo are doing something for Europe !

[abstract herald]

awesome thing for Europe

Let's Hope Quadrant will increase prize pool for their cup, and JLINGZ/Aw0babobs and BLVHVND (already with their Stadium roadmap) will do some great stuff too

[somber swift]

wow, and they actually earn HCS points too - that's REALLY cool!

TOMORROW EU EGL HALO TOURNAMENTS ARE BACK ! Don't forget to sign up for their return !

EU EGL Halo Infinite 4v4 Tournament MARCH 31 20:00 BST :
https://egl.tv/tournament/7801
💰 $100

[abstract herald]

it was already the case last year with EuropaHalo Tournaments

but thx to they can run something bigger this year 💪

[quiet prairie]

yes like last year. That's because it's a grassroots

[somber swift]

Yes, I do remember that.

Although I feel like this year it has an even bigger impact, because of how the points work.