The Halo Championship Series Gamers For Giving tournament is about to kick off, the second LAN tournament before the Season 1 Final.
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The Halo 2 Anniversary league is sponsored by The Master Chief Collection's developers, 343, and operated by EGL. This tournament, held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is hosted by the Gamers For Giving charity. The matches will be starting soon, and you can watch via the live stream from Twitch below. The tournament will continue through the day and finish tomorrow with the final rounds.
Denial took home the previous LAN event in St. Louis and has come away with subsequent online cup wins since. They've climbed up to the second seed, moving past Evil Geniuses, and have their sights set on CLG. The current number one seed was somewhat out of practice leading into St. Louis, and will be looking to rebound with a tournament win and hold onto their seed. You can watch an official recap video on the season so far here, which looks at past events and speaks to some of the league's top players.
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1st place will win 3,000 pro points and $6,000, 2nd place 2,000 pro points and $3,000, and 3rd place 1,400 pro points and $1,000, while the rest of the top 32 will walk away with a decreasing amount of pro points. Here are the current seeds leading into the tournament, which sets up the $100,000 Season 1 Final:
1. Counter Logic Gaming: Heinz, OGRE2, Royal 2, Snakebite (6,680 pts)
2. Denial: Chig, Cloud, Mikwen, RyaNoob (6,275)
3. Evil Geniuses: Roy, Lunchbox, Snipedown, Lxthul (6,060)
4. OpTic Halo: Flamesword, Ace, Assault, Contra (3,470)
5. Cloud9: FearItSelf, Hysteria, Ninja, Victory X (2,635)
6. Str8 Rippin: Tsquared, Naded, Str8 Sick, Legit (1,810)
7. eLevate: SpartanTheDogg, Gabriel, MuNoZ, Shooter (860)
8. Noble Black: Arkanum, APG, Aries, MaNiaC (755)
