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Halo 5: Guardians |OT2| All Hail The Conquering Hero
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BigEvilTurtle
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Just took part in a 4 minute-long round of Warzone where we destroyed their core immediately. Jesus.
Chittagong
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Fascinating to see how pros play Halo 5 Slayer in the semifinals. Pretty much anyone they follow would seem to mostly use pistol or AR, very little power weapon runs or overshields. They seem stingy with even those orange greanade things.
mmazurkiewicz
Member
snakebite just got kicked too.
what a tournament 343.
what a tournament 343.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Hmm, Theater's acting up today, or maybe it always has problems, I wouldn't know for sure. Reset my game 7 times (for science!) and it still won't work. Can't rewind more than a few times without the screen turning completely black, limiting me from seeing the menus too.
Sucks. A pause and reconnect feature really is needed if they plan on doing all the events on servers. They are even planning on doing the lans on the servers right? so casters will have access to the spectate feature...?
Chittagong
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For the first time, slideover is useful:
Out of interest, what are the logistics like in this tournament? Are the players home or in a standard location? Are the using Live like everyone else, or LAN? Are the commentators using the standard theatre viewer?
Out of interest, what are the logistics like in this tournament? Are the players home or in a standard location? Are the using Live like everyone else, or LAN? Are the commentators using the standard theatre viewer?
For the qualifiers most are at home, use live and yes casters use the spectate mode.
Later bigger tournament will be in a shared location.
Don't know how casting will work there since the delay in the cast mode is super big.
There are also a lot of games played that were not on stream
Chittagong
Gold Member
Thanks! Really interesting.
That last Evil Geniuses vs Leftovers match was amazing, such great last few minutes
blue_phazon
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Noooo I love EG and Eric. I was rooting for him cause he's sorta hot
There has been some major upsets at each event... People want this $!!!!
This is great stuff really!!!
Feel the Swift
Member
They came back from a 14 point deficit...that last OS sealed their fate.
Yeah upsets are amazing. Kimda wished Overdrive would also be still in the tournament.
I want more teams and new faces in the Halo pro scene.
Or older ones coming back, wish Kampy would finally join a team and do 4v4s
So the Halo scene is maybe becoming interesting again?
Looking at the stats of the final on Halotracker (assuming I am watching correct games) it seems like 50% of kills are with magnum and most players use autos. Not a huge fan of autos being that viable (at least the AR) and would prefer if upgraded weapons (BR, DMR, LR etc.) and Power Weapons had a bigger role. Seems pretty decent though. Hopefully the finals won't be the only LANs and we see organisations like ESL pick H5 up for other tournaments.
Or not because it was just an online tournament.
Looking at the stats of the final on Halotracker (assuming I am watching correct games) it seems like 50% of kills are with magnum and most players use autos. Not a huge fan of autos being that viable (at least the AR) and would prefer if upgraded weapons (BR, DMR, LR etc.) and Power Weapons had a bigger role. Seems pretty decent though. Hopefully the finals won't be the only LANs and we see organisations like ESL pick H5 up for other tournaments.
mmazurkiewicz
Member
EG lost cause they got scared that it was 2-2 so they weren't aggressive from the start.
Snipedown especially played way too conservative.
Snipedown especially played way too conservative.
curiouscharles
Member
EG lost?
aw man - haven't been able to watch but I really admire the EG boys.
always rooting for them - good kids.
MLG is done and has been slowly dying for a while now. I think MLG does the NA regional finals though
Edit. Didn't EG win like all H2A events? They can't keep winning forever when more teams go full time and start to take the game seriosly. It's a lot harder to stay at the top than win a single tournament.
There are in person events scheduled... They just aren't technically LANs,
the last update in december
Are you from 2011 or what?
I'm almost certain last shot, noob combo, gun punch, top gun, brawler also count.
ElzarTheBam
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Man, played some doubles today, Overgrowth seemed like a perfect 2v2 map size.
Is this really a 4v4 map? Cause that would be atrocious.
Currently unbeaten in doubles, may retire.
Is this really a 4v4 map? Cause that would be atrocious.
Currently unbeaten in doubles, may retire.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Wow
mmazurkiewicz
Member
oh god yes please bring back oddball.
Adding an obj was a good first step but ultimately there's still no real reason to go for it... You would need to have an attacking side and a defending side to force more action. No tied rounds basically and in all of those 2v2 scenarios one team would've been forced to go for the flag
User 73706
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Don't worry, I've loved it since my first play on it.
If I like it you should probably worry.
3-4 rounds ended in a tie because both teams sat back and camped once they lost a couple players. No movement. no action.
This is always the problem with Pros, the ultimate goal becomes win and it's why certain maps or gametypes like slayer in the past became snoozefests because hardly anyone at the top level wants to engage and risk dying. Breakout should be removed from pro play. I love Breakout but it's not fun watching the pros play it.
I think this is why Strongholds works so well, you need to press or challenge in order to get points or catch up, and so you'll get intense fights. I can't wait till more objective game types are added and we get a few more maps for the pros to play on.
jizzlobber
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Yeah breakout one of my favourite game types, but watching these pros is painful... I guess because the stakes are so high.
It just becomes a stalemate, if one or 2 players press it opens things right up but they mostly sit back and take pot shots at each other from cover.
It just becomes a stalemate, if one or 2 players press it opens things right up but they mostly sit back and take pot shots at each other from cover.
Killmanjaro81
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The worst feeling in the world is when the enemy team gets finishes the boss in warzone (with you leading at 950) the second they hit 850.
Yeah. Don't dumb down Pro settings just because average Gold 2 can't handle it.
That match was pretty hype. Who is the pbp-caster?
Edit. I think it's Benson
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