The inagural season of the Halo Championship Series has been underway for several months, with two LAN tournaments and several online cups out of the way. There's two LAN events left--the first is this weekend--and the organizers have released a recap video of the season so far.
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343's Andy 'Bravo' Dudynsky takes us through the events and storylines so far, with CLG's consistency and Denial's recent push for the top the highlights. They also spoke to Denial player Chig and Evil Geniuses' Snipedown to pick their brains about the season and their personal lives.
The video is well-produced, and serves as a good lead into this weekend's event. It's a charity tournament for Gamers For Giving this time around, and will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan from February 21 to 22. The games will begin each day at 9 a.m. PST, and you'll be able to watch live on the Halo Twitch channel--we'll post live links to the event over the weekend.
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CLG is holding on to the top seed despite Denial taking the last LAN event in St. Louis and coming away with plenty of pro points from subsequent online cup wins. There are other great teams in the mix such as EG, Cloud 9, and Optic, so it could be anyone's tournament. Below are the top 8 standings heading into Gamers For Giving 2015, as well as the Season 1 recap video:
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)
