Halo World Championship 2018

Halo World Championship 2018
League Information
Organizer:	Major League Gaming
Event Type:	Offline
Format:	4v4
Number of Teams:	16
Prize pool:	$1,000,000 (4v4) $10,000 (FFA)
Start Date:	2018-4-13
End Date:	2018-4-15
Links:	Website
Results
Winner:	Splyce
Second:	TOX Gaming
Third:	Team EnVyUs
Fourth:	REC

Halo World Championship 2018 is the third annual Halo World Championship event, taking place at the Century Link Field Event Center in Seattle, Washington from April 13 - 15, 2018. Halo 5: Guardians is played in 4v4 competition.

Overview

2018 sees the Halo World Championship hosted by Major League Gaming for the first time. The structure has been reverted to a format more akin to 2016, with the key difference being the omission of the Asia region for the second consecutive year. A total of sixteen teams are invited, nine from North America, four from Europe/Middle East, two from Australia and New Zealand and one from Latin America, based on the results of international LAN qualifiers. These sixteen teams compete for a prize pool of $1,000,000.

Format

4v4 Sixteen teams in attendance Four groups of four teams Round robin format - each team plays all teams in their group Top two teams advance to Championship Bracket Bottom two teams are eliminated from tournament Championship bracket is 8-team double-elimination, all best-of-7 FFA Twelve-player tournament Four players qualified through regional open LANs (Orlando, London, Sydney, Mexico City) Five players qualified through FFA Qualifier series at Microsoft Stores Three players qualified through on-site open FFA tournament Players split into groups of six to compete on two maps (Truth and Regret) Top three from each group compete in one game on Truth to determine 2018 World Champion

Prize Pool

4v4 Place Prize (USD) 1st $500,000 2nd $200,000 3rd $100,000 4th $50,000 5th-6th $35,000 7th-8th $20,000 9th-12th $7,500 13th-16th $2,500 FFA Place Prize (USD) 1st $6,000 2nd $3,000 3rd $1,000

Game Types and Maps

• Capture the Flag - Coliseum, Fathom, Truth
• Strongholds - Eden, Empire, Plaza, The Rig
• Slayer - Coliseum, Plaza, Regret, The Rig, Truth

Broadcast

The event features two streams - the Main stream (Mixer, Twitch, MLG, Twitter Live) and the Bravo stream (Mixer, Twitch, MLG), which focuses on the secondary stage. Broadcast talent includes Butters, Bravo, StrongSide, Onset, Richard Simms, Elamite, Lethal, Walshy, Wonderboy, Goldenboy, Lottie Van-Praag, Clutch, and Dan Gaskin.

Broadcast Times

Friday, April 13 – 12:00-22:00 PST, 13:00-23:00 MST, 14:00-24:00 CST, 15:00-01:00 EST, 19:00-05:00 GMT, 20:00-06:00 CET, 05:00-15:00 (Saturday) AEDT
Saturday, April 14 – 10:00-22:00 PST, 11:00-23:00 MST, 12:00-24:00 CST, 13:00-01:00 EST, 17:00-05:00 GMT, 18:00-06:00 CET, 03:00-15:00 (Sunday) AEDT
Sunday, April 15 – 11:00-20:00 PST, 12:00-21:00 MST, 13:00-22:00 CST, 14:00-23:00 EST, 18:00-03:00 GMT, 19:00-04:00 CET, 04:00-13:00 (Monday) AEDT

Participants

Rosters

Splyce Splyce  Shotzzy  Renegade  StelluR  Eco TOX Gaming TOX Gaming  SnakeBite  Royal2  Frosty  LethuL Team EnVyUs Team EnVyUs  iGotUrPistola  TriPPPeY  Saiyan  bubu dubu Team Reciprocity Team Reciprocity  Snip3down  Mikwen  Spartan  Penguin Renegades Renegades  Lunchbox  Ace  aPG  Neptune Elevate Elevate  Suspector  eL ToWn  Sabinater  Artic Oxygen Supremacy Oxygen Supremacy  RyaNoob  Rayne  Prototype  Str8 SicK Str8 Rippin Str8 Rippin  DasTroyed  Nemassist  Rammyy  Musa Wise Gaming Wise Gaming  D3M0N D  Gilkey  Nebula  Commonly Team infused Team infused  Mose  Respectful  Kimbo  Jimbo Vexed Gaming Vexed Gaming  Riotz  Lunny  Quad  Snipedrone Fable Esports Fable Esports  SLG  Fragxr  Qristola  Snakey Myztro Gaming Myztro Gaming  Batchford  tuf0xy  Ramirez  Phlux Mindfreak Mindfreak  Madsy  Junior  Seduce  BZIIRK Team Immunity Team Immunity  Benno  Momentum  Slayz  Voltage Berserker Esports Berserker Esports  Atzo  Drift  Nasty Bullet  Noble

Results

4v4

A total of $1,000,000 USD in prize money is awarded.

FFA

A total of $10,000 USD in prize money is awarded.

Place	Prize (USD)	Player
1st	$6,000	RyaNoob
2nd	$3,000	Batchford
3rd	$1,000	KingNick
4th	-	Flurriously
5th	-	Scaryotic
6th	-	GoldStarBR

Bracket

Group Stage

Group A 1.  Splyce 3-0 9-0 2.  Str8 Rippin 2-1 6-4 3.  BSK 1-2 3-8 4.  FBL 0-3 3-9 Group A Matches SPY  3 0  Str8 SPY  3 0  FBL SPY  3 0  BSK Str8  3 1  FBL Str8  3 0  BSK FBL  2 3  BSK Group B 1.  TOX Gaming 3-0 9-1 2.  RNG 2-1 7-4 3.  Wise 1-2 4-6 4.  MF 0-3 0-9 Match List TOX  3 1  RNG TOX  3 0  Wise TOX  3 0  MF RNG  3 1  Wise RNG  3 0  MF Wise  3 0  MF

Group C 1.  REC 3-0 9-1 2.  Infs 2-1 7-3 3.  Oxygen Supremacy 1-2 3-6 4.  Myz 0-3 0-9 Group C Matches REC  3 0  OXY REC  3 1  Infs REC  3 0  Myz OXY  0 3  Infs OXY  3 0  Myz Infs  3 0  Myz Group D 1.  Team EnVyUs 3-0 9-1 2.  eLv 2-1 7-3 3.  Vex 1-2 3-6 4.  iM 0-3 0-9 Group D Matches nV  3 1  eLv nV  3 0  Vex nV  3 0  iM eLv  3 0  Vex eLv  3 0  iM Vex  3 0  iM

Championship Bracket

	Round 1				Round 2				Round 3				Round 4				Grand Final
	Winner's bracket
	SPY	4
	Infs	1
					SPY	4
					nV	2
	nV	4
	RNG	3
													SPY	4
													TOX	1
	REC	4
	Str8	0
					REC	2
					TOX	4
	TOX	4															SPY	4
	eLv	1															TOX	0
	Loser's bracket
					REC	4
	RNG	4
					RNG	0							TOX	4
	Infs	1							REC	3
													nV	3
									nV	4
					nV	4
	eLv	4
					eLv	0
	Str8	0

Media

Articles

• HALOWC 2018 FINALS PREVIEW - halowaypoint.com
• HALO 5 FFA @ HALOWC 2018 FINALS - halowaypoint.com
• HaloWC 2018 Roadmap - halowaypoint.com
• HaloWC 2018 Format Overview - halowaypoint.com