{"id":20042,"date":"2015-02-20T14:50:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T19:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=20042"},"modified":"2015-02-20T14:52:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T19:52:27","slug":"halo-championship-series-road-to-season-1-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=20042","title":{"rendered":"Halo Championship Series: Road to Season 1 Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The regular season of the Halo Championship Series is coming to a close this weekend with the finals to follow. The following is a reblog from Halo Waypoint.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"g4g-egl-blog-1120-de36c6625cd54fd5af7e4ac89b70d459\"<\/a>This is it \u2013 the final weekend of regular season competition in Season 1 of the Halo Championship Series. This weekend, we find out who will make it to PAX East in Boston to compete on the ESL Arena stage for $100,000 in prizing. We recommend you clear your schedule this weekend and get comfortable because we have two full days of incredible Halo action coming your way.\"g4g-blog-1120-eb9ab3b64c094e5d92095e3465808a06\"
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Beginning Saturday, February 21, the Halo community descends upon Ann Arbor, Michigan for Gamers For Giving 2015, the annual charity event by our friends at Gamers Outreach Foundation<\/a>.\u00a0This sold out HCS tournament is a Platinum event and will dish out 3,000 HCS points to the winner. This is the final event to award HCS points and we\u2019re expecting teams to pull out all the stops in order to secure a spot in the Season 1 Finals. Be sure to view the current standings<\/a> on our official HCS page. Here\u2019s what else you\u2019ll need to know:<\/p>\n

When: Saturday 2.21.15 @ 12PM EST & Sunday 2.22.15 @ 10AM EST
\nWatch: Halo Channel or Twitch.tv\/Halo<\/a>
\nStakes: $10,000 & Platinum level HCS Points. Top 8 in standings receive a trip to PAX East to compete in Season 1 Finals.<\/p>\n

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Early Sunday morning, EGL will host the Battle of Europe straight from London, England. Four teams have qualified on Xbox Live, and will duke it out for a Wildcard seat in the Season 1 Finals. The stakes are high as the Battle of Europe winner will receive an all-expense paid trip to PAX East in Boston to compete against North America\u2019s best Halo teams. Here\u2019s what you need to know about this tournament:<\/p>\n

When: Sunday 2.22.15 @ 3AM \u2013 12PM PST | 11AM GMT \u2013 8PM GMT
\nWatch: Halo Channel or Twitch.tv\/EGL<\/a>
\nStakes: Winner receives a trip to PAX East to compete in Season 1 Finals.<\/p>\n

Lastly, if you\u2019re just joining us this season, we\u2019ve got you covered. We just released the HCS Update, the first in a series of videos that dive into the Halo Championship Series. The premiere episode will recap all the events that took place in Season 1 and we catch up with two of Halo\u2019s finest, Snip3down of Evil Geniuses and Chig of Denial eSports. You can find this live now on Halo Channel as well as YouTube.<\/p>\n