{"id":25818,"date":"2016-03-14T16:21:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T21:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=25818"},"modified":"2016-03-14T16:21:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T21:21:16","slug":"halo-world-championship-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=25818","title":{"rendered":"Halo World Championship this weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">This is a reblog from XBOX Wire:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Road to the Finals -  Halo World Championship 2016\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Op3yvE-ZIA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In less than a week, the top 16 Halo teams from around the globe fly to Hollywood, CA, to compete at the Halo World Championship 2016 for the title of champions and their share of the <strong>$2.5 million prize pool<\/strong>. It\u2019s been a long journey for many of these competitors; some are just starting their career in Halo esports while others have been playing Halo at its highest level for over a decade! In preparation for the tournament this weekend, here\u2019s a quick rundown of what\u2019s coming up this week and over the weekend \u2013 including a special tune-in bonus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where and When to Watch the Halo World Championship 2016<br \/>\n<\/strong>With matchups\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.xbox.com\/2016\/03\/04\/final-groups-for-halo-world-championship-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\">officially set in stone<\/a>, the Halo World Championship 2016 is positioned to be a great competitive tournament with many epic battles sure to come. The tournament takes place over the course of three days from Friday, March 18 to Sunday, March 20. Playoffs start at 9 a.m. PT on Friday and Saturday, with the Finals taking place at 4 p.m. PT on Sunday. The winner of the Halo World Championship 2016 will receive $1 million, the biggest individual prize in console esports history.<\/p>\n<p>To cover all the action at home, the Halo World Championship 2016 will be on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/halo\" target=\"_blank\">Twitch.tv\/Halo<\/a>\u00a0or through the Twitch App on Xbox One; the Finals on Sunday will also be broadcast via the Xbox Live Events Interactive app (XLEi), which is downloadable through the Xbox Store. \u00a0Here\u2019s a look at the schedule:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, March 18: Halo World Championship Playoffs \u2013 Day One9 a.m. to 8 p.m. <strong>PT<\/strong> via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/halo\" target=\"_blank\">Twitch.tv\/Halo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Saturday, March 19: Halo World Championship Playoffs \u2013 Day Two9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. <strong>PT<\/strong> via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/halo\" target=\"_blank\">Twitch.tv\/Halo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sunday, March 20: Halo World Championship Finals4 p.m. PT to 6 p.m. <strong>PT<\/strong> via XLEi app on Xbox One and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/halo\" target=\"_blank\">Twitch.tv\/Halo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And for the complete match schedule visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.halo.gg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Halo.gg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, a great tournament wouldn\u2019t be the same without its great casters and analysts. The Halo World Championship 2016 will feature the following: Alex \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldenboyFTW?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\">Goldenboy<\/a>\u201d Mendez, Dave \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Walshy\" target=\"_blank\">Walshy<\/a>\u201d Walsh, Mike \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcstrongside\" target=\"_blank\">Strongside<\/a>\u201d Cavanaugh, Mark\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onsethalo\" target=\"_blank\">Onset<\/a>\u201d Hatcher, Andy \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brav\" target=\"_blank\">Bravo<\/a>\u201d Dudynsky, Miles \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiloRoss\" target=\"_blank\">Wra7h<\/a>\u201d Ross and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSimms\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Simms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Halo-5-Guardians-Warzone-Firefight-Swarm-768x432.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25817\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Halo-5-Guardians-Warzone-Firefight-Swarm-768x432-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"Halo-5-Guardians-Warzone-Firefight-Swarm-768x432\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Halo-5-Guardians-Warzone-Firefight-Swarm-768x432-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Halo-5-Guardians-Warzone-Firefight-Swarm-768x432-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Halo-5-Guardians-Warzone-Firefight-Swarm-768x432-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Halo-5-Guardians-Warzone-Firefight-Swarm-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>First Look at Warzone Firefight during Sunday Finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since Warzone Firefight was first teased during the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TE4ESGTv5J8\" target=\"_blank\">Hammer Storm<\/a>\u201d Content Update unveil last month, Halo fans have been chomping at the bit for more information on this exciting new PvE mode. Get a sneak peek at Warzone Firefight during the Finals broadcast on Sunday, March 20, providing a glimpse at what\u2019s to come later this year.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>HFFL:<\/strong> Count me officially excited for that!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Halo-5-Guardians-Halo-World-Championship-REQ-Pack-768x427.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25816\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Halo-5-Guardians-Halo-World-Championship-REQ-Pack-768x427-600x334.jpg\" alt=\"Halo-5-Guardians-Halo-World-Championship-REQ-Pack-768x427\" width=\"584\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Halo-5-Guardians-Halo-World-Championship-REQ-Pack-768x427-600x334.jpg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Halo-5-Guardians-Halo-World-Championship-REQ-Pack-768x427-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Halo-5-Guardians-Halo-World-Championship-REQ-Pack-768x427-500x278.jpg 500w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Halo-5-Guardians-Halo-World-Championship-REQ-Pack-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tune-in to Receive a Free Halo World Championship REQ Pack and HaloWC Gamerpic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What better way to show your love for Halo esports than to wear it on your (armored) sleeve? In celebration of the tournament, <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>anyone who watches the Finals broadcast \u2013 starting on Sunday at 4 p.m. PT on their Xbox One (through the Xbox Live Event Interactive app) or Twitch \u2013 can get the Halo World Championship REQ Pack for free<\/strong><\/span>. This special HaloWC REQ Pack includes the all new Ultra Rare \u201cChallenger\u201d armor set and HaloWC 2016 emblem. Act fast as this is only available until 9 a.m. PT on Mar. 21! Also, as a special thank you to the Halo esports community, Xbox is rolling out a Halo World Championship Xbox One Gamerpic throughout this week for the entire community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Halo World Championship News to Come on Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those of you who haven\u2019t been following the Halo World Championship closely, there are several team profiles and player spotlights available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/HaloWaypoint\" target=\"_blank\">the official Halo YouTube channel<\/a>. We\u2019ll have even more Halo World Championship 2016 news to share this Thursday, March 17th\u00a0as well and be sure to follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Halo\" target=\"_blank\">Halo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.xbox.com\/2016\/02\/22\/final-16-teams-for-halo-world-championship-set-prize-pool-now-2-5-million\/twitter.com\/HCS\" target=\"_blank\">HCS<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter (and tweet #HaloWC) or head over to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.halowaypoint.com\/en-us\/community\/halo-championship-series\" target=\"_blank\">Halo.gg<\/a>\u00a0for more information about the Halo World Championship 2016.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>HFFL:<\/strong> This should be an exciting weekend for Halo eSports. It will be very telling the reaction from not only Halo fans, but the rest of eSports as well. I hope people can finally put to rest the &#8216;we back&#8217; saying. We&#8217;ve always been here, some have just gone away&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xbox.com\/2016\/03\/14\/tune-in-to-the-halo-world-championship-2016-this-week\/\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a reblog from XBOX Wire:\u00a0 In less than a week, the top 16 Halo teams from around the globe fly to Hollywood, CA, to compete at the Halo World Championship 2016 for the title of champions and their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=25818\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halo-esports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25818"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25826,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25818\/revisions\/25826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}