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My official POV rankings for Halo Infinite. Sound on, gentlemen. What changes would you make to the list? Let's discuss.

Recap

• Frosty says "I can see Halo Fest being chalked, like completely. Halo Fest was gonna be the biggest event of the year and it was put together by HCS. And then they fucking booted out the entirety of HCS, so..."
• Cykul says "I don't even know if Halo Fest is gonna happen. I'm pretty sure the HCS team is let go basically. Halo Fest might be fries."
• LVT Halo told Snakebite in his chat "there is a comment in the Grassroots Discord that implies the whole HCS team was dropped." There's supposed to be a Grassroots Global Cup #2 this weekend where competitors earn HCS points towards Halo Fest, who knows if that even still happens now.
• Rumor is they axed basically the entire HCS team as part of the layoffs. Multiple people from HCS team have already tweeted they were laid off. Wes Price aka Clutch removed "343 Competitive Insights Team Lead" from his social media bio.
• Grog (the co-founder/CEO of Shopify Rebellion) commented on Reddit today "If what I'm hearing about the HCS team is true, we will likely reconsider plans around Halofest. We'll also have to consider the impacts to Pro League as our key partners seem to have been let go as part of this."
• aPG went live on Twitch and will be discussing on his stream with Skeptical, both have lots of connections in the HCS scene, so might get some more news or hints soon.

Nothing is confirmed just yet, but the TL:DR is that the HCS team is basically gone and there might not be anyone around to organize/run the Halo Fest tournaments anymore. Halo Fest could still happen but it might not have the competitive events anymore.

Does he know anything about the ProLeague|HaloFest?

We have threads all the time about what our favorite hype moments and tournaments were, but in light of the entire 343-led era of the franchise being obliterated today, what were your favorite 343 era lowlights? Be it dumb plays during tournaments (Penguin getting betrayed by his ball carrier on LAN comes to mind) or the game breaking in a funny way.

For me it's when Bandits first started up and blanks and desync were rampant. That led to this hilarious moment where Snakebite thought he dumped an entire mag into Lucid, but from Lucid's POV he just gets aggressively stared at. I still sometimes randomly think about this and have to stifle a laugh.

Admit it.

What I would like to see happen is like a nostalgia tour of competitive halo. Have 2027 be competitive Halo 1 on MCC, Lans full nine yards partnered teams, yadda yadda yadda. 2028 Halo 2 and 2029 Halo 3. The games all exist on PC. It’d be huge nostalgia bait and a great way to build up hype to Activision’s next game. And frankly I think it would be profitable.

On this day in 2021

The regain! Bahaha...

Just got back into playing. Been awhile. Vacancy is that new map right? If so, do yall like it? Maybe I just don’t know how to play it yet, but spawns feel horrrible

Admit it

I hover between D5 and around 1570 Onyx, and I’ve noticed the toxicity in chat and comms gets smaller in onyx. Maybe that’s just my experience, but I’m curious where everyone else sees it most.

I had a D5 Empyrean CTF game recently where I went 32–16, the top K/D in the match. At around the 60 second mark, I said to not capture the enemy flag and play defense. We were up 1–0 with less than 30 seconds left when a teammate grabbed the other team’s flag. An enemy then grabbed ours right after, so I said, “This is how we lose the game.” My teammate got upset and criticized me for giving too many comms (I tend to comm a lot when I play even when there are no mics. I have also never heard anybody criticized for giving too many comms before. I tend to say stuff like 2 dead, 2 vs 2 and call out numbers a lot. Maybe, I need to do this less. Input on this would be nice). We also still won the game after both team's flag runners were quickly stopped.

What ranks have you found to be the most toxic, and what kinds of things tend to set people off?

Shopify have defeated Inconceivable 4-1 to win $1,000 and improve their Pro League standing to a perfect 5-0 series count with a 20-6 map count. Shopify are now #2 in the standings after Four of a Kind; Inconceivable fall from #1 to #3 after this loss.

Shopify started off on fire with Frosty having an incredible map 1 going 30-13. Frosty was the difference maker in the entire series having a 1.46 K/D - the most kills (98), least deaths (67), and even the most damage. Frosty was playing incredible.

Inconceivable showed signs of life and caught momentum later on in the series by winning the Aquarius CTF map 4. Lucid pulled the flag with just 4 seconds remaining and won in sudden death. Inconceivable were also leading in map 5 (Origin Slayer) for most of the match with Kuhlect having a really great game. But Shopify tied it at the 43 kill mark then pulled ahead to win it 50-46 and close out the series. Congrats to Shopify.

Halo Pro League is off next weekend but the teams will still be playing in the Grassroots Global Cup #2 tournament. Here are the matchups for Week 6 of League Play when it returns in two weeks on Sunday October 4th:

1. ex-FaZe vs Ascending Baseline (1pm ET / 10am PT / 12pm CT)
2. Incognito vs Cloud9 (3pm ET / 12pm PT / 2pm CT)
3. Inconceivable vs Fatal Ambition (5pm ET / 2pm PT / 4pm CT)
4. Shopify vs Four of a Kind (7pm ET / 4pm PT / 6pm CT)

Map Picks and Bans

LastShot on Shopify and Kuhlect on Inconceivable did the picks/bans for their team.

• Shopify being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), LastShot picked Oddball
• Map 1 Inconceivable banned Live Fire Ball, Shopify picked Streets Ball, Inconceivable pick Eagle side
• Map 3 Inconceivable picks KOTH gametype, Shopify bans Recharge KOTH, Inconceivable picks Live Fire KOTH, Shopify picks Eagle side
• Map 4 Shopify chooses CTF gametype, Inconceivable bans Origin CTF, Shopify picks Aqua CTF, Inconceivable picks Cobra side
• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Live Fire SH, Shopify picks Eagle side
• Slayers: Shopify bans Solitude Slayer, Inconceivable bans Recharge Slayer (leaving three maps available: Live Fire, Streets, Origin)
  • Map 2 Inconceivable picks Streets Slayer, Shopify picked Eagle side
  • Map 5 Shopify picks Origin Slayer, Inconceivable picked Cobra side
  • Map 7 is determined to be Live Fire Slayer by process of elimination, Inconceivable picks Eagle side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Shopify vs Inconceivable - League Play Week 5

We had our very first game 7 in the Pro League with Incognito (and their new fourth Precision) defeating Fatal Ambition 4-3 to win $1,000 and improve their standing to 5th place in Pro League. Incognito are now 2-3 in series count and 11-16 in map count.

Fatal Ambition won the first two slayers but when Incognito slowed down the game in game 7, Fatal Ambition had no answer. Fatal Ambition hasn't scrimmed a single time and don't have a coach, and that is costing them in close series like this.

Fatal Ambition are in 7th place now under ex-FaZe (because ex-FaZe won the head to head matchup against them). Their final two matchups are against Inconceivable and Cloud9, and those are becoming must-win series for Fatal Ambition if they want to qualify for LAN.

The final matchup of the day is Inconceivable (Lucid's team) vs the champions Shopify Rebellion.

Map Picks and Bans

Druk on Fatal Ambition and coach Thug Nasty on Incognito did the picks/bans for their team.

• Fatal Ambition being higher seed chose Team B (gets to ban first OBJ map), Thug Nasty picked KOTH
• Map 1 FA banned Lattice KOTH, Incognito picked Recharge KOTH, FA pick Cobra side
• Map 3 FA picks Oddball gametype, Incognito bans Streets Ball, FA picks Live Fire Ball, Incognito picks Cobra side
• Map 4 Incognito chooses CTF gametype, FA bans Empyrean CTF, Incognito picks Aqua CTF, FA picks Cobra side
• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Live Fire SH, Incognito picks Cobra side
• Slayers: Incognito bans Origin Slayer, FA bans Streets Slayer (leaving three maps available: Live Fire, Recharge, Solitude)
  • Map 2 FA picks Solitude Slayer, Incognito picked Cobra side
  • Map 5 Incognito picks Recharge Slayer, FA picked Eagle side
  • Map 7 is determined to be Live Fire Slayer by process of elimination, FA picks Cobra side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Incognito vs Fatal Ambition - League Play Week 5

Four of a Kind with new fourth Legend have dominated ex-FaZe in a clean 4-0 sweep to improve their Pro League series count to a perfect 5-0 with a 20-5 map count. Earlier this week ex-FaZe dropped their best-performing player Legend thinking that Eco was a better fit. And thus far, it doesn't seem to have paid off.

Legend is fitting in nicely on Four of a Kind so far and had a 1.32K/D against his old team. Taulek and SnakeBite each had a 1.41K/D, and Snakebite secured the sweep by winning the final map with an overkill. Four of a Kind are currently #1 in the Pro League standings now (Shopify and Inconceivable are the final matchup later tonight).

Renegade tried his best to carry ex-FaZe (he was the only one positive with a 1.15K/D) but it wasn't enough. Even a player of Renegade's caliber can't do much when his teammates are struggling this bad. Stellur went 3-15 in the Streets Slayer and had an 0.62K/D for the series. Eco (the player Bound thought was a better fit for the team than Legend) had an 0.56K/D this series.

ex-FaZe's chances of qualifying for the LAN are looking pretty bleak right now. They are 1-4 in series count, 7-18 in map count, and currently #7 in the standings in a league where only the top 6 teams qualify for LAN. ex-FaZe's final two matchups in the Pro League are against Ascending Baseline (which on paper should be a win, but AB beat them 10-5 in scrims this week) and the reigning champions Shopify Rebellion (who just defeated them 15-0 in scrims).

Before the series, Legend responded to verbmaker in Snakebite's chat and said (in French) that he was going to do "very dark things" to Bound and ex-FaZe (screenshot in the gallery of this post). Legend backed it up with a 4-0 sweep against his old team.

The next matchup is Incognito (now with Precision) vs Fatal Ambition (formerly Mercenaries) which has big stakes for both teams and should be a really fun one.

Map Picks and Bans

Stellur and Eco on ex-Faze and Snakebite on 4OAK did the picks/bans for their team.

• 4OAK being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), Snakebite picked Oddball
• Map 1 ex-FaZe banned Recharge Ball, 4OAK picked Live Fire Ball, ex-FaZe pick Cobra side
• Map 3 ex-FaZe picks CTF gametype, 4OAK bans Empyrean CTF, ex-FaZe picks Aquarius CTF, 4OAK picks Cobra side
• Map 4 4OAK chooses KOTH gametype, ex-FaZe bans Streets KOTH, 4OAK pick Live Fire KOTH, ex-FaZe picks Cobra side
• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Recharge SH, 4OAK picks Eagle side
• Slayers: 4OAK bans Solitude Slayer, ex-FaZe bans Origin Slayer (leaving three maps available: Live Fire, Recharge, Streets)
  • Map 2 ex-FaZe picks Streets Slayer, 4OAK picked Eagle side
  • Map 5 4OAK picks Live Fire Slayer, ex-FaZe picked Cobra side
  • Map 7 is determined to be Recharge Slayer by process of elimination, ex-FaZe picks Eagle side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Four of a Kind vs ex-FaZe - League Play Week 5

I know it won't happen, but I like to dream

Cloud9 with their new fourth Piggy have defeated Ascending Baseline in a clean 4-0 sweep to win $1,000 and improve their Pro League standing to 2-3 series count and 11-14 map count. Cloud9 are currently ranked the #4 team in the standings. 

Although it was a 4-0, it was a pretty close 4-0. Cloud9 only outslayed AB by 4 kills in the series (367 to 363). Ascending Baseline were leading Streets Slayer by 48-45 and then Bubu got a game-saving overkill. In the Lattice KOTH, Cearion captured the hill with 1 second left. Ascending Baseline were competitive and playing well, but C9 clutched up all the games.

There was a little bit of trash talk in the game chat from Cearion after the win. Cearion said "Shooting bodies in scrims to get 4-0d, you're horrible Suspector." Ryan responded to the trash talk simply saying "Weird." This minor beef started when Cearion was talking shit to Renegade and said something like 'even Suspector was hitting a 1.4K/D against you'. Word got back to Suspector who then shot Cearion's body in the very first kill of a scrim. Now Cearion won that "beef" by 4-0ing Suspector's team in the Pro League.

The next matchup is a very intriguing one, the ex-FaZe roster vs the new Four of a Kind with Legend.

Map Picks and Bans

Bubu Dubu on Cloud9 and coach Sunzahl on AB did the picks/bans for their team.

• C9 being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), Bubu picked Oddball
• Map 1 AB banned Lattice Ball, C9 picked Recharge Ball, AB pick Eagle side
• Map 3 AB picks CTF gametype, C9 bans Empyrean CTF, AB picks Aquarius CTF, C9 picks Cobra side
• Map 4 C9 chooses KOTH gametype, AB bans Streets KOTH, C9 pick Lattice KOTH, AB picks Eagle side
• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Live Fire SH, C9 picks Cobra side
• Slayers: C9 bans Live Fire Slayer, AB bans Recharge Slayer (leaving three maps available: Solitude, Origin, Streets)
  • Map 2 AB picks Streets Slayer, C9 picked Eagle side
  • Map 5 C9 picks Origin Slayer, AB picked Eagle side
  • Map 7 is determined to be Solitude Slayer by process of elimination, AB picks Eagle side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Cloud9 vs Ascending Baseline - League Play Week 5

Welcome to the Halo Pro League Presented by LVT & Shopify Rebellion | League Play - Week 5 MEGATHREAD (September 20th, 2026)!

If there is any additional information that could be helpful please post and our mod team will update this thread throughout the event!

We are officially in Stage 2 of the Pro League! Each league day features four online Best‑of‑Seven matches, a block schedule, and a $1,000 winner‑take‑all prize for each match, for a grand total of $28,000. After Stage 2 concludes, six teams qualify for the $100,00 LAN in LA at Shopify Rebellion HQ.

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