Episode 32 - Maps On Maps On Maps

Hello and welcome to episode 32 of HCS Pro Talk! This week, the Europa Halo Champions League Grand Finals took place along with a ton of other community run tournaments. Of course there is plenty of news to cover, scrims to recap, and other things to talk about. Finally, we get into the main topic of the show which is maps and map design within Halo. Thank you for the listening and as always, links to everything that is talked about in the episode is below for your viewing pleasure. News XP Boost Packs Available Now Within Halo 5 https://twitter.com/Unyshek/status/1025069650399264768 Arena XP Boost Req Pack - 150,000 Req Points OR $4.99 Warzone XP Boost Req Pack - 150,000 Req Points OR $4.99 Castle Wars is Back Within Halo 5 https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1025088093555122181 Forge Maps From Community Slayer Now Within Super Fiesta in Halo 5 https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1025503425788690433 Everyone Now Has Access to MCC Insider https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/mcc-insider-flight-update Assuming ongoing work progresses as planned and the expanded MCC Insider Flights perform as expected, the team is closing in on the official release of the first significant patch for retail MCC. We can’t quite announce that date yet – but we’re in the home stretch and quickly closing in on that huge milestone. Once the retail update goes out, the next order of business is bringing the new and improved MCC to Xbox GamePass – which was officially confirmed back in June during E3. We’ll have more details to share here soon but final timing is still pending the current flight and overall status for the retail patch itself. Once retail MCC is updated and the title moves into GamePass, the MCC Insider Program is going to morph into something a little different. We’re still working through some of the final details but a persistent “test realm” is going to live alongside the retail product where the team will continue working and iterating (along with the highly anticipated “Custom Games Browser”). Once that shift occurs, anyone who owns a digital copy of MCC (there’s no viable entitlement system for a physical disc) or is an active GamePass subscriber will be able to continue playing the Test Realm builds and helping to shape future updates for MCC. This test realm is where ongoing work will continue with further patches, fixes and features that will then roll into the retail product. Halo Community Update - 8/2/18 https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/flag-caps-gowns Third and final issue of the Halo: Collateral Damage comic mini-series coming Aug 15 Installation 01 Weekly Update https://installation01.org/updates/weekly/8-5-2018 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/installation_01/ Soundtrack song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im690S9SrsU News (Competitive) Beyond Astro Spartans Halo 5 August Tournament Schedule http://teambeyond.net/beyond-x-astro-august-halo-tournament-schedule/ $500 FFA - Friday, August 3rd $1,000 1v1 - Monday, August 6th $500 FFA - Friday, August 10th Balance Patch Halo 3 Tournaments Announced https://bit.ly/2OOEgGb https://bit.ly/2ALRmAT Neighbor and BestMan Duo for Dreamhack Atlanta https://twitter.com/HCS/status/1025516915295485953 Flamesword Getting Ready to Grind MCC Insider https://twitter.com/OpTicFlamesword/status/1026185605296910338 Microsoft Store 2v2 Tournaments Reminder https://smash.gg/league/microsoft-store-halo-summer-series/details Submit Forge Maps to be Considered for MCC https://twitter.com/ForgeHub/status/1022848919926173696 https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/92b5c5cfee994e7299608301a6b2eb11/topics/mcc-community-playlist-map-submissions/a54c6229-4fff-4831-ae28-ad48b6bfa80a/posts With the big retail MCC Update happening later this summer we are putting together a 100% community-driven playlist. This playlist will be entirely made up of map and gametype submissions that come from you, the players. If you regularly play custom games on community maps or gametypes that fit into the 4v4 scenario, then you can help be part of the selection process by sending us the pertinent info! Map Description: 1-3 sentences describing your map Screenshot: Waypoint, XboxDVR, or Imgur link Player who has the map on their fileshare. (Optional) Video: Waypoint, XboxDVR, or YouTube link (Optional) Community Site Thread: ForgeHub or GrifballHub link Halo Wars 2 Champions League Season 2 Kick Off https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/flag-caps-gowns The Banished August 4th Breaking the Cluth August 18th Team Respawn September 9th October 14th Europa Halo News The Future of Europa Halo - We will no longer run big open cups or major team leagues. We will run a FFA league in the future and an invitation only Pre-LAN cup for confirmed LAN teams. We hope to see demand for the FFA in EU after today’s event and more players enter. The No Team Needed event will return on a monthly basis. For September's run we hope to go back to 32 players. If you want in on this it's a first come first served basis. DM me to be added to the list of interest for September and once a date is confirmed we will ask you first. Pro Battle League News Atlanta Zenith - Hoaxer as Team Captain Scrim Recap Monday, July 30th Renegades VS Trifecta Series Score 9-6 - Renegades Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10875 Friday, August 3rd TOX VS Renegades Series Score 12-2 - TOX Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10879 TOX VS Elevate Series Score 12-2 - TOX Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10880 Sunday, August 6th Renegades VS Trifecta Series Score 12-3 - Renegades Stats - http://halodatahive.com/Scrim/Summary/10881 Tournament Recap Halo 5 2v2 Sunday Showdown Tournament Results 1st Place Kuku - Simpl/Jxvqa $10 2nd Place This is Easy - Kenjrik/Matron Bracket - https://bit.ly/2Mn4fCR The Focus Fire Weekly FFA Tournament Recap 1st Place Foxzic $15 Beyond Astro Spartans August FFA Tournament Recap 1st Place King Nick $500 Bracket - https://bit.ly/2MboXJb NA Gamebattles 2K Tournament Recap 1st Place Elevate $1,500 2000 Points 2nd Place Hitmen $500 1200 Points 3rd/4th TOX Renegades 800 Points 5th/6th/7th/8th Str8 Rippin Team Reciprocity Veggies (Previously Lux Gaming) Trifecta 600 Points Bracket - https://bit.ly/2v0vCf5 VOD - https://mixer.com/Halo/mobile?vod=46767129 Halo Wars 2 Champions League Season 2 - The Banished 1st Place Scootman 2nd Place Almirante99 3rd/4th LargoPancake40 ROCKGENERATION 5th/6th/7th/8th Diver of Holy ExoKABOOM EODSpartan_seb Loonsmile Bracket - https://the-banished.challonge.com/Banished_HWCL_S2_Tournament_01 Europa Halo No Team Needed August FFA 1st Place Conna 43 Kills, 20 Assists, 37 Deaths 2nd Place Looney 43 Kills, 11 Assists, 32 Deaths 3rd Place Icon 39 Kills, 21 Assists, 30 Deaths 4th Place Censure 37 Kills, 21 Assists, 29 Deaths 5th Place The Warrior O’Niel 35 Kills, 26 Assists, 36 Deaths 6th Place Penguin (not NA Penguin) 26 Kills, 17 Assists, 39 Deaths 7th Place Lundy 25 Kills, 22 Assists, 37 Deaths 8th Place Dezire 24 Kills, 20 Assists, 32 Deaths Europa Halo Champions League Grand Finals Mock-It Esports VS Aerox Gaming Game 1 - Strongholds on Plaza 100-8 - Mock-It Game 2 - Slayer on Coliseum 50-34 - Mock-It Game 3 - CTF on Truth 3-0 - Mock-It Game 4 - Strongholds on The Rig 100-36 - Mock-It Series Score 4-0 - Mock-It Esports Halo Maps - The Results https://twitter.com/HCSProTalk/status/1024396976887095296 Favorite Maps (Casual)? Longest (H1) Longshore (H3) Waterworks (H2) Coagulation (H2) Blood Gulch (H1) Valhalla (H3) Chiron (H1) Favorite Maps (Competitive)? Guardian (H3) Construct (H3) Plaza (H5) Sanctuary (H2) The Pit (H3) Midship (H2)/Heretic(H3)/Truth(H5) Warlock (H2) Lockout (H2) Element (Reach) Least Favorite Maps (Casual)? Fathom (H5) Haven (H4) Tombstone (H2) Snowbound (H3) Risen (H5) Elogation (H2) Hang Em High (H1) Least Favorite Maps (Competitive)? Adrift (H4) Guardian (H3) Stasis (H5) Fissure (H5) The Rig (H5) Amplified (H3) Sanctuary (H2) Shoutouts Europa Halo for not only the Champions League but for also finding a way to continue within the scene and provide a way for people to compete within the European community https://twitter.com/EuropaHalo Nadestraight for providing another outlet for the european Halo community to compete https://twitter.com/Nadestraight Nebraska and Calgary Halo for keeping the tight knit community events alive https://twitter.com/HaloNebraska https://twitter.com/CalgaryHalo Community Creations iGotUrPistola - Streaming https://www.twitch.tv/igoturpistola HCS NOLA Top 5 Plays - By Halo/HCS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGwDJgTgLuI Calgary Halo - MCC LAN https://www.twitch.tv/CalgaryHalo Plugs Podcast Services (just search for HCS Pro Talk) iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hcs-pro-talk/id1330849607?mt=2) Leave us a review and let others know about the show! 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