Halo World Championship 2016
10 videos • 381 views • by Taniwha bro Halo World Championship 2016 was the culminating event of the Halo World Championship 2016 season, taking place at Raleigh Studios Hollywood in Hollywood, California from March 18-20, 2016. Halo 5 was played in 4v4 competition. It featured the largest prize pool in console esports history, with a total of $2,500,000 USD on the line. This playlist will provide all of the matches that were broadcast on the main stage and secondary stage's. Overview The Halo World Championship was announced on August 4th, 2015 with a trailer shown during Microsoft's Gamescom showcase. With a prize pool of over $2,500,000 USD, there has never been a Halo tournament with higher stakes. It is also the first major tournament featuring invited teams from all regions of the world. Format 16 teams invited as specified, based on performance in regional qualifiers: 8 North American (NA) teams - Team Liquid (Ace, APG, Heinz, UnLegit) - Team Allegiance (Naded, eL TowN, Suspector, Cratos) - Renegades (Spartan, Ninja, StelluR, Victory X) - Evil Geniuses (Commonly, Snipedown, Roy, Lunchbox) - Team Elevate (Rayne, Penguin, Swift Kill, Calm) - Denial eSports (Contra, Huke, PreDevoNatoR, bubu dubu) - Counter Logic Gaming (Lethul, Royal 2, SnakeBite, Frosty) - Cloud 9 (Hysteria, Cloud, Danoxide, Assault) 4 European/Middle Eastern/African (EMEA) teams - Epsilon eSports (BUK20, BUK57, Jimbo, Snipedrone) - exceL eSports (Snakey, Riotz, Lunny, CreepeazY) - Team infused (Ramirez, Chalkie, TuFoxy, BlackJack) - FAB Games eSports (Kimbo, Doodle, MonKey, Speed) 2 Australian/New Zealand (ANZ) teams - Team Immunity (Benno, Junior, Seduce, Voltage) - Team Exile5 (Adz, Bald, Cold, Zerkil) 1 Asian (Asia) team - Team Skyfire (Axis, Avenger, BLaQkRoW, Mobius) 1 Latin American (LATAM) team - Chosen Squad (DanyKnight, S3lioh, Dragoniak, Dualitat) Group play, four teams per group Top two teams from each group advance to Championship Bracket, bottom two finish 9th-16th. Best-of-5 series Championship bracket Single-elimination bracket, best-of-5 series (quarterfinals), best-of-7 series (semifinals, finals) Group winners drawn into bracket against group runner-ups with a restriction on teams from same group being on same half of bracket Prize Pool The prize pool was initially announced to be starting at $1,000,000, with possible increases from the purchase of REQ packs in Halo 5. On November 4, 2015, 343 announced that the prize pool had reached $1,500,000 through REQ pack crowdfunding, with the possibility of growing all the way until March. On November 19th, the prize pool was confirmed to have hit $1,700,000. On December 3rd, MLG confirmed that it had reached $2,000,000.[6] On February 19th, during the pre-show for the NA Regional Finals, Goldenboy and Benson confirmed that the prize pool had reached $2,500,000. The prize money is distributed as follows: Game Types and Maps Capture the Flag - Coliseum, Fathom, Truth Strongholds - Eden, Empire, Plaza, The Rig Slayer - Coliseum, Eden, Plaza, Regret, The Rig, Truth Personalities The on-air personalities at the event included Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez, Dave "Walshy" Walsh, Michael "StrongSide" Cavanaugh, Mark "Onset" Hatcher, Andy "Bravo" Dudynsky, Richard "TheSimms" Simms and Miles "Wra7h" Ross.