Episode 18 - The Road to ElDewrito

HCS Pro Talk

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

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

News

• Charity Shirt Available for Purchase Now - https://twitter.com/Halo/status/988837453015400449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.halowaypoint.com%2Fen-us%2Fcommunity%2Fblog-posts%2Ffancy-catch-up&tfw_site=halo
• Next Halo Legendary Lootcrate Announced - https://twitter.com/Halo/status/987375592411750400
• Shotty Snipers is Back in Halo 5 - https://twitter.com/Halo/status/990019111018115072
• Halo Community Update - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/fancy-catch-up
• Halo Wars 2 Community Run Tournaments - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/community-halo-wars-2-tournament-program
• Halo: MCC Test Flight 1 - https://twitter.com/ske7ch/status/989342212667334657 - https://twitter.com/Jessabirdy/status/990008456168914944

Europa Halo Champions League

• Division 1 - https://www.toornament.com/tournaments/1239577665900609536/stages/1239624996753514496/groups/1326620411056340992/
• Division 2A - https://www.toornament.com/tournaments/1239577665900609536/stages/1326622016504176640/groups/1352547763885203476/#structure
• Division 2B - https://www.toornament.com/tournaments/1239577665900609536/stages/1326622016504176640/groups/1352547764019421360/#structure

Gamers For Giving 2018 Halo 5 Tournament Results

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

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

• What is Halo Online, ElDewrito, and what was done before? - https://1drv.ms/w/s!ApNcb42JkqV-tURZit-riGwVyMab - https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2015/2015-04-01-microsoft-osg.md
• Microsoft's/343's Statement - https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/eldewrito-community-content
• ElDewrito's Statement - http://blog.eldewrito.com/post/173283810663/microsofts-legal-action-and-the-future-of
• Bonnie Ross's Statement - https://twitter.com/PlutonForEver/status/989300867877629952
• Frank O'Connor's Statement - https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-initiaties-action-to-protect-halo-ip-in-the-wake-of-eldewrito-halo-online-mod.38406/page-3#post-7164086

Shoutouts

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

Community Creations

• Meme Monday - https://old.reddit.com/r/halo/
• Halo 3 Throwback - Halo 5 Montage by Muggsy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk1JBuahldU
• HWC 2018 Finals Top 5 Performances - https://twitter.com/Halo/status/989558911589011457/video/1
• Halo Content Creators Discord - Created by Muggsy - https://twitter.com/MuggsyNV/status/988575373511217152
• Halo Silent Storm: A Master Chief Story Cover Reveal - https://old.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/8fskzh/halo_silent_storm_a_master_chief_story_cover/

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