Episode 28 - MLG NOLA Pre-Show/Halo Infinite Wishlist

Hello everyone and welcome to episode twenty eight of HCS Pro Talk! In this weeks episode, the road to MLG NOLA is coming to an end which means it is time for our pre-show! Of course we have more roster mania, news, scrims, and tournaments to cover as well. As for the main topic of this weeks show? We asked for your Halo Infinite wishlist which means it is time to talk about what you want within the next game within our beloved franchise!

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

News

• Halo Community Update
• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/channel-surfing
• Halo 2 BR Slayer Back Within Halo 5
• https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1014951112888074240
• Halo: Collateral Damage Issue #2 Out Now
• https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1014554682457456640
• MCC Development Update #5
• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/mcc-development-update-5
• MCC Insider - Corruption Issue
• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/84ad72a8b51847978545f685f651fc15/topics/mcc-insider---corruption-issue-7-6/d3919eeb-f343-48d6-9742-6b07821b581c/posts?page=1
• Halo Fan For Life Sixth Annual LANstravaganza Announced!
• http://halofanforlife.com/?p=29680
• H5-FFA Tourneys First Tournament Announced
• https://twitter.com/H5Ffa/status/1014574999062155264
• Richard Simms is Having a Baby
• https://twitter.com/TheSimms/status/1016402676152709121

Scrim Recap

• Monday, July 2nd
• TOX VS Team Reciprocity
• Series Score - 8-5 - TOX

• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10770
• Renegades VS Hitmen
• Series Score - 9-6 - Renegades
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10771
• Vertacon VS Hitmen
• Series Score - 1-0 - Hitmen
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10776
• Oceanic Squad VS LuxGaming
• Series Score - 3-0 - LuxGaming
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10774
• Wednesday, July 4th
• Hennything’s Possible VS Str8 Rippin
• Series Score - 3-2 - Str8 Rippin
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10778
• TOX VS Hitmen
• Series Score - 10-4 - TOX
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10777
• Vertacon VS OCeanic Squad
• Series Score - 7-5 - Vertacon
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10775
• Hennything’s Possible VS Team Reciprocity
• Series Score - 10-2 - Reciprocity
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10773
• TOX VS Renegades
• Series Score - 9-5 - TOX
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10772
• Thursday, July 5th
• TOX VS Team Reciprocity
• Series Score - 6-6 - Tie
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10779
• Friday, July 6th
• Gosu Crew VS Hennything’s Possible
• Series Score - 7-5 - Hennything’s Possible
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10784
• Berserker Gaming VS Hitmen
• Series Score - 11-4 - Hitmen
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10783
• Str8 Rippin VS Vertacon
• Series Score - 10-2 - Str8 Rippin
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10782
• Splyce VS Elevate
• Series Score - 7-5 - Splyce
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10781
• Gosu Crew VS Fung Four
• Series Score - 9-4 - Gosu Crew
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10780
• Saturday, July 7th
• Team Reciprocity VS Renegades
• Series Score - 11-1 - Reciprocity
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10785
• LuxGaming VS Berserker Gaming
• Series Score - 9-3 - LuxGaming
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10786
• Sunday, July 8th
• TOX VS Elevate
• Series Score - 11-3 - TOX
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10797
• Monday, July 9th
• Gosu Crew VS Hennything’s Possible
• Series Score - 9-3 - Gosu Crew
• Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10798

Tournament Recap

• Microsoft Store Halo 5 FFA Tournaments
• They happened over the weekend
• The Focus Fire Weekly FFA Results
• 1st Place
• Scaryotic

• https://twitter.com/TheFocusFire/status/1014697321991294976
• July $500 Astro Spartans FFA Tournament Results
• 1st Place
• Tapping Buttons
• Bracket - http://teambeyond.net/forum/tournaments/groupings/132-astro-spartans-500-halo-5-ffa-76-800pm-est/round1/
• LATAM Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
• 1st Place
• Tecnology
• $350
• 2000 Points
• 2nd Place
• Berserker Gaming
• $150
• 1200 Points
• 3rd/4th
• Spectral Gaming
• GlassySkyXX
• 800 Points

• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2ufUs9I
• ANZ Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
• 1st Place
• Authgvng
• $500
• 2000 Points
• 2nd Place
• No One Wants Oddball
• $250
• 1200 Points
• 3rd/4th
• Osprey Gaming
• Reload Esports
• 800 Points
• 5th
• Mortal Gaming
• 600 Points
• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2NAcBrN
• EU Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
• 1st Place
• Wadu Hek
• $750
• 2000 Points
• 2nd Place
• We Lost To Shabby
• $250
• 1200 Points
• 3rd/4th
• Lucid Gaming
• 92izer
• 800 Points
• 5th/6th/7th/8th
• French Kids
• Invalid Esports
• Mock-It Esports
• XIII Esports
• 600 Points
• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2u30201
• NA Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap
• 1st Place
• Team Reciprocity
• $1,500
• 2000 Points
• 2nd Place
• TOX
• $500
• 1200 Points
• 3rd/4th
• Elevate
• Renegades
• 800 Points
• 5th/6th/7th/8th
• Splyce (Full Squad)
• Fung Four
• Hitmen
• 3 Old Men and a Moose
• 600 Points
• Bracket - https://bit.ly/2KFe1mV

MLG NOLA Pre-Show

• Casting Talent
• https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1014239493254098944
• Observing Talent
• https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1014241723050950656
• Event Information
• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/esports/hcs-gears-new-orleans
• FFA
• https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1015303916408340480
• Oddball and CTF Refuge NOLA Update
• https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/oddball-and-ctf-refuge-nola-update

Halo Infinite Wishlist

• Community Answers
• Lexi - @LexiXen
• 343 having the confidence to tell the story they want to tell. If they can give it the narrative and character flair of Halo 4 while retaining the set piece moments they want to draw from the original trilogy, it'll easily be the best Halo game
• TheOnlyN33b - @TheOnlyN33b
• I haven't actually played H5 yet, but I think it's very important they are confident in their story.  Sometimes I feel like companies can have a very hard time with taking control and doing what they want. TLJ isn't my favorite, but it is clearly the movie they wanted to make.
• Halo Infinite NEws - @HaloInfiniteOrg
• Go back to basics. A game without sprint, abilities, aim down sights and advanced movement. BR starts in competitive. A good selection of small maps, a couple remakes too. A ranking system that works. Strong support for eSports including big prizes and frequent events
• Mark “CattyMusician” - @MLGMark
• Would love an open world story. Would love military ranks with an exp based progression system. Also a 1-50 true skill ranking system. Plus a halo reach credit system to buy armor. Also have unlockable armor that doesn’t look like a potato
• Sander - @Sander_vs
• New (and good) MP maps until the next Halo game after Infinite. Playable on PC. Both classic and advanced MP game modes + maps designed for both types.
• Str8 Nirvana - @Str8Nirvana
• Halo 3 clone but with Firefight, updated Forge and PvP Ai practice bots (Like Gears/CoD has). Would also be nice if those /Well liked and unintrusive/ Req packs went away for an actual progression system.
• Abe - @GTy_R4wk_One
• NO sprint, NO hit markers. More than 9 maps in competitive.
• Christian - @Stadlerchris17
• No spartan abilities, at all. Classic art style and music, halo 1 esc. Campaign, different viewpoints in the story(arbiter, sgt johnson pre-death, random marine or spartan 4), that’s about it tbh. Just make it like bungie used to and it’ll be amazing.
• Jonathan (DaddyTrax) - @jpskoczalek
• I’d really like to see the Spartan Company feature expanded. Here are some ideas:
• 1. Matchmaking within the Spartan Company HUB.  Ranks can be given for a 4v4 Spartan Company Playlist and an 8v8 Playlist. Each Spartan member in the company shares the same rank as everyone else in the Spartan Company.  I’m going for the Halo 2 clan system here for reference.
• 2. This might be a little hard to follow but if I managed to explain it correctly I think you’ll see the tremendous value this could bring to Halo multiplayer. (For reference, see NHL 16 EASCHL playoffs https://youtu.be/5gSy088JEkA