Kraken Seas defeat Burn the Ships in an incredible 4-3 reverse sweep to secure top 3 and continue their tournament run. Burn the Ships are eliminated at top 4 and get $10,000. This was a really exciting start to Champ Sunday in the $100,000 Pro League LAN.

Burn the Ships had all the momentum to start, winning the first three maps. The map 2 Live Fire Slayer was especially dominant, a 50-25 steaktacular win for BTS with Acid getting a Killing Frenzy and having an amazing 20-5 scoreline. Burn the Ships were leading 162-11 in map 4 Live Fire Strongholds and it was looking like they were about to sweep, but Kraken came back to win it 250-222.

After Kraken's much needed win in map 4, they continued that momentum for the rest of the series earning a reverse sweep. Two of Kraken's wins came in Slayers, which has been a weak point for the team earlier in the tournament (Kraken lost all three Slayers to BTS on Friday). Lucid secured the game 7 win with an impressive 21-8 scoreline. Congrats to Kraken!

The next matchup is the one everyone wants to see: TSM vs Shopify Rebellion in the Winners Finals. TSM are looking like a real threat to the champions - they've beat them in an online tournament, beat them in scrims, and looked phenomenal in their LAN debut with Legend yesterday.

Map Picks and Bans

Kuhlect on Kraken Seas and coach Thug Nasty of Burn the Ships did the picks/bans for their team.

• Kraken being higher seed chose Team B (gets to ban first OBJ map), BTS being team A picked KOTH

• Map 1 Kraken bans Recharge KOTH, BTS picked Lattice KOTH, Kraken pick Eagle side

• Map 3 Kraken picks Oddball, BTS bans Streets Ball, Kraken picks Live Fire Ball, BTS picks Cobra side

• Map 4 BTS chooses Strongholds gametype, coin flip determines Live Fire SH, Kraken picks Eagle side

• Map 6 is CTF, BTS bans Origin CTF, Kraken picks Aqua CTF, BTS picks Cobra side

• Slayers: BTS bans Solitude Slayer, Kraken bans Origin Slayer (leaving three maps available: Live Fire, Recharge, Streets)

  • Map 2 Kraken picks Live Fire Slayer, BTS picked Cobra side

  • Map 5 BTS picks Streets Slayer, Kraken picked Eagle side

  • Map 7 is determined to be Recharge Slayer by process of elimination, Kraken picks Cobra side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube

• Halo Data Hive Stats - Kraken Seas vs Burn the Ships - Halo Pro League LAN Day 3 - Elim Semifinals)

• Bracket

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Does anyone know of a working halo 2 emblem generator? I’m looking into getting my old halo 2 emblem tattooed. Halo was a big influence in my life with online play, meeting friends, and everything.
I’ve looked up a few but none seemed to work.
Thanks everyone !

I’m be at the event today, but I have one extra ticket due to my wife not being able to attend.

It’s CHAMP SUNDAY!
What are your predictions?
This matchup is about to be cinema

Starts at 11am PT on LVTHALO twitch or YouTube

Can someone break down how earning the the different emblems works for ranked? I have been D2 or higher in every category for multiple seasons now. Had 2 different modes in Onyx for an entire reset and never once earned an emblem over Platinum. Not that it matters that much but it would be nice to get the emblems I feel I've earned multiple times now.

Burn the Ships defeat Cloud9 in a clean 4-0 sweep to secure top 4 and make it to Champ Sunday. Cloud9 are the second team to be eliminated from the LAN at top 6 (the other being Fatal Ambition).

This was a great bounce back series for Burn the Ships after getting swept by TSM earlier today. Precision had the highest K/D of the lobby at 1.18 and the most kills at 53. Descendant was close behind with 50 kills.

Both of these teams are splitting up after this tournament for Halo Fest. Cearion left Cloud9 to team with Bound, Stellur, and Eco on SSG. Descendant was dropped for Piggy, so Envy's Halo Fest roster will be Piggy, Precision, Acid, and Yakzn. Descendant is teaming with RyaNoob, SLG, and Glory at Halo Fest.

Tomorrow Burn the Ships plays Kraken Seas (Lucid's team) in a lower bracket elimination match to start the day. Those teams played on Day 1 of LAN where BTS won 4-3. The rematch has higher stakes, the loser goes home.

Also tomorrow is the matchup everyone wants to see, Shopify Rebellion vs TSM in the Winners Finals.

Map Picks and Bans

Bubu Dubu on Cloud9 and coach Thug Nasty on Burn the Ships did the picks/bans for their team.

• C9 being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ map), C9 picked Oddball

• Map 1 BTS bans Streets Ball, C9 picked Recharge Ball, BTS pick Cobra side

• Map 3 BTS picks Strongholds gametype, coin flip determines Recharge SH, C9 picks Eagle side

• Map 4 C9 chooses CTF gametype, BTS bans Aqua CTF, C9 picks Origin CTF, BTS picks Cobra side

• Map 6 is KOTH, C9 bans Lattice KOTH, BTS picks Live Fire KOTH, C9 picks Cobra side

• Slayers: C9 bans Recharge Slayer, BTS bans Solitude Slayer (leaving three maps available: Origin, Live Fire, Streets)

  • Map 2 BTS picks Live Fire Slayer, C9 picked Cobra side

  • Map 5 C9 picks Origin Slayer, BTS picked Cobra side

  • Map 7 is determined to be Streets Slayer by process of elimination, BTS picks Eagle side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube

• Halo Data Hive Stats - Cloud9 vs Burn the Ships - Halo Pro League LAN Day 2 (Elim Quarterfinals)

• Bracket

i make this post often. going back to quake or CS and then playing halo makes me remember what a watered down fps game this is. they need to go back to halo CE friction instead of the degenerate soft auto aim that this game has. i know COD is even more mechanically casual than halo so i'm assuming that activision is going to double down on bloom and auto aim but i think there needs to be some standards set

Kraken Seas defeat Fatal Ambition 4-3 in the elimination quarterfinals to secure top 4 and make it to Champ Sunday. Fatal Ambition are the first team eliminated from the LAN at top 6. One more team is going home tonight in the next series.

This was a really fun series, an absolute grueler that went to game 7. Kraken won two of the three slayers, which is a great sign after they lost all three yesterday.

Pznguin showed up today with a 1.21 K/D and the most kills in the lobby at 147. Lucid was close behind with a 1.16 K/D and 140 kills. Lucid dealt the most damage and had the most assists.

The final matchup of the day is another elimination match between Burn the Ships and Cloud9. Burn the Ships got absolutely destroyed by TSM earlier today, but they've now had several hours to regroup and regain. This should be a very fun matchup to close out day 2.

Map Picks and Bans

Druk on Fatal Ambition and Kuhlect on Kraken Seas did the picks/bans for their team.

• Kraken being higher seed chose Team B (gets to ban first OBJ map), FA being team A picked Oddball

• Map 1 Kraken bans Live Fire Ball, FA picked Streets Ball, Kraken pick Eagle side

• Map 3 Kraken picks CTF gametype, FA bans Empyrean CTF, Kraken picks Aqua CTF, FA picks Eagle side

• Map 4 FA chooses KOTH gametype, Kraken bans Recharge KOTH, FA picks Live Fire KOTH, Kraken picks Eagle side

• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Live Fire SH, FA picks Cobra side

• Slayers: FA bans Live Fire Slayer, Kraken bans Recharge Slayer (leaving three maps available: Origin, Solitude, Streets)

  • Map 2 Kraken picks Solitude Slayer, FA picked Cobra side

  • Map 5 FA picks Origin Slayer, Kraken picked Eagle side

  • Map 7 is determined to be Streets Slayer by process of elimination, Kraken picks Eagle side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube

• Halo Data Hive Stats - Kraken Seas vs Fatal Ambition - Halo Pro League LAN Day 2 (Elim Quarterfinals)

• Bracket

TSM defeat Burn the Ships 4-0 in a dominant clean sweep. Legend made his LAN debut on this roster and they're looking phenomenal so far. TSM move on to play the champions Shopify Rebellion in the Winner Finals tomorrow, and that series is very interesting with how TSM are looking on LAN.

TSM completely shut out BTS in terms of objectives - they won both rounds of Oddball, 4-0'd in the Live Fire KOTH, and 3-0'd in the Empyrean CTF. This series was never close at any point.

Trippy had the highest K/D at 1.62. Legend followed with a 1.37 K/D and the most kills at 70. Taulek had a 1.35 K/D. Snakebite got a LAN buff like usual and dealt the most damage plus had the most assists at 51. Everyone on TSM went positive, they outslayed by 69 kills and had 36 more assists.

The next series is Fatal Ambition vs Kraken Seas in an elimination match in the lower bracket. After that is Burn the Ships vs Cloud9 in another elimination match to close out day 2.

Map Picks and Bans

Snakebite and Legend on TSM and coach Thug Nasty on BTS did the picks/bans for their team.

• TSM being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), TSM picked Oddball

• Map 1 BTS bans Recharge Ball, TSM picked Streets Ball, BTS pick Eagle side

• Map 3 BTS picks KOTH gametype, TSM bans Lattice KOTH, BTS picks Live Fire KOTH, TSM picks Cobra side

• Map 4 TSM chooses CTF gametype, BTS bans Origin CTF, TSM picks Pit CTF, BTS picks Eagle side

• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Recharge SH, TSM picks Cobra side

• Slayers: TSM bans Origin Slayer, BTS bans Solitude Slayer (leaving three maps available: Live Fire, Recharge, Streets)

  • Map 2 BTS picks Live Fire Slayer, TSM picked Cobra side

  • Map 5 TSM picks Streets Slayer, BTS picked Eagle side

  • Map 7 is determined to be Recharge Slayer by process of elimination, BTS picks Eagle side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube

• Halo Data Hive Stats - TSM vs Burn the Ships - Halo Pro League LAN Day 2 (Winner Semifinals)

• Bracket

Welcome to the $100,000 LVTHalo x ShopifyRebels Pro League LAN Championship MEGATHREAD - DAY 2 (November 14th, 2026)!

If there is any additional information that could be helpful please post and our mod team will update this thread throughout the event!

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• Live HQ Watch Party

TEAMS & BRACKET

PRIZING - 💰$100,000 Finale Prize Pool💰

• 🥇1st place -$40,000

• 🥈2nd place - $25,000

• 🥉3rd place - $15,000

• 4th place - $10,000

• 5th/6th - $5,000

DROPS

In my 30s, I've playing Halo since the og CE. I'm getting back into trying to get decent at H3 MP, I'd like to watch some high level H3 Slayer - ideally from someone who streams regularly. Can you recommend me some channels?

Reason why I won't watch tylenul is because he's a massive prick to newbies and I can't stand watching him be an asshole. People just let it slide because he's a pro or something. He calls people trying to learn "stupid newbies" and "look this newb following me around like a lost puppy" (his own teammate) and those are just a couple of things I've heard him say while streaming. After a few streams, I was like why am I watching this dude.

Shopify defeat Fatal Ambition 4-1 to secure their spot in the Winners Finals tomorrow, while Fatal Ambition fall to the lower bracket and play Kraken Seas (Lucid's team) in a few hours.

Fatal Ambition got off to a very hot start winning the first map (Streets Oddball) convincingly, but then the champions took the next four in a row. Shopify's slayers are looking good so far, which is important when each best of seven series has three slayers.

The most interesting map was the Recharge KOTH game 3, which Fatal Ambition was literally one tick of hill time away from winning. Shopify decided to play time while up 2-1 with 1:30 left, but it almost backfired with Fatal Ambition tying it last second and then almost capturing the game winning hill (Fatal Ambition were literally one tick of hill away from winning). Shopify iced up in the end.

Cykul had an excellent series with a 1.40 K/D and Royal 2 close behind at 1.31 K/D. Cykul dealt the most damage, LastShot had the most assists.

Next series coming up today is TSM vs Burn the Ships (Incognito) which can be considered a grudge match of sorts, as both Descendant and Precision were dropped from that roster. It's going to be Legend's first time playing with this team on LAN. If TSM wins that matchup they'll be playing against Shopify Rebellion in Winner Finals.

Map Picks and Bans

Druk on Fatal Ambition and LastShot on SR did the picks/bans for their team.

• SR being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), SR picked Oddball

• Map 1 FA bans Lattice Ball, SR picked Streets Ball, FA pick Eagle side

• Map 3 FA picks CTF gametype, SR bans Origin CTF, FA picks Aqua CTF, SR picks Eagle side

• Map 4 SR chooses KOTH gametype, FA bans Lattice KOTH, SR picks Recharge KOTH, FA picks Cobra side

• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Recharge SH, SR picks Eagle side

• Slayers: SR bans Solitude Slayer, FA bans Live Fire Slayer (leaving three maps available: Origin, Recharge, Streets)

  • Map 2 FA picks Origin Slayer, SR picked Eagle side

  • Map 5 SR picks Streets Slayer, FA picked Cobra side

  • Map 7 is determined to be Recharge Slayer by process of elimination, FA picks Cobra side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube

• Halo Data Hive Stats - Shopify vs Fatal Ambition - Halo Pro League LAN Day 2 (Winner Semifinals)

• Bracket

Burn The Ships have defeated Kraken Seas 4-3 to close out day 1 of the $100K Halo Pro League LAN. They move on to play TSM in the winners semifinals tomorrow.

This was the first game 7 of the weekend, with both teams alternating map wins in the first four. Kraken Seas had the most dominant map win with a 250-64 on Live Fire Strongholds, but the difference maker in this was BTS winning all three Slayers.

Tomorrow we have Shopify vs Fatal Ambition and TSM vs Burn The Ships in the winner bracket. Both Precision and Descendant were dropped from TSM so this could be their chance to get revenge. In the lower bracket we have Cloud9 vs the loser of TSM/BTS and Kraken Seas vs the loser of SR/Fatal Ambition.

Map Picks and Bans

Kuhlect on Kraken Seas and coach Thug Nasty on Burn The Ships did the picks/bans for their team.

• Kraken being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), Kuhlect picked Oddball

• Map 1 BTS bans Live Fire Ball, Kraken picked Recharge Ball, BTS picks Cobra side

• Map 3 BTS picks CTF gametype, Kraken bans Pit CTF, BTS picks Aqua CTF, Kraken picks Eagle side

• Map 4 Kraken chooses KOTH gametype, BTS bans Live Fire KOTH, Kraken picks Recharge KOTH, BTS picks Cobra side

• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Live Fire SH, Kraken picks Eagle side

• Slayers: Kraken bans Streets Slayer, BTS bans Solitude Slayer (leaving three maps available: Origin, Recharge, Live Fire)

  • Map 2 BTS picks Live Fire Slayer, Kraken picked Eagle side

  • Map 5 Kraken picks Recharge Slayer, BTS picked Cobra side

  • Map 7 is determined to be Origin Slayer by process of elimination, BTS picks Cobra side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube

• Halo Data Hive Stats - Kraken Seas vs Burn the Ships - Halo Pro League $100k LAN Day 1

• Bracket

Fatal Ambition defeat Cloud9 4-2 to kick off day 1 of the LVT Halo Pro League. Fatal Ambition play Shopify Rebellion tomorrow in the winners semifinals while Cloud9 falls to lower bracket.

This series was unfortunately plagued with technical issues and took over 3 hours to complete. There were numerous false starts, the stream had to be restarted, a players PC had to be swapped out, etc. Hopefully it will be smooth sailing for the rest of the weekend.

Cloud9 came out hot with a strong 200-64 win in Streets Oddball (a map that Fatal Ambition picked) but after that it was very competitive. After an hour long break, Fatal Ambition clapped back with a 50-36 Recharge Slayer win, and then C9 won the Recharge KOTH 4-3. Fatal Ambition went on to win the next three maps to win the series, but it was competitive.

Data Hive is missing the Oddball map 1, but Suppressed had a 1.33 K/D with the most kills and most damage dealt. Druk had the most assists, Sab died the least.

The next and final series of the day is Kraken Seas (Lucid's team, formerly Inconceivable) versus Burn the Ships (formerly Incognito). An interesting thing to point out, Burn the Ships scrimmed Shopify on LAN tonight ahead of this series, which might have them more warmed up than Kraken.

Map Picks and Bans

Druk on Fatal Ambition and Bubu Dubu on Cloud9 did the picks/bans for their team.

• FA being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), FA picked Oddball

• Map 1 C9 bans Lattice Ball, FA picked Streets Ball, C9 pick Eagle side

• Map 3 C9 picks KOTH gametype, FA bans Streets KOTH, C9 picks Recharge KOTH, FA picks Cobra side

• Map 4 FA chooses CTF gametype, C9 bans Origin CTF, FA picks Aqua CTF, C9 picks Eagle side

• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Live Fire SH, FA picks Cobra side

• Slayers: FA bans Live Fire Slayer, C9 bans Solitude Slayer (leaving three maps available: Origin, Recharge, Streets)

  • Map 2 C9 picks Recharge Slayer, FA picked Cobra side

  • Map 5 FA picks Origin Slayer, C9 picked Eagle side

  • Map 7 is determined to be Streets Slayer by process of elimination, C9 picks Eagle side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube

• Halo Data Hive Stats - Fatal Ambition vs Cloud9 - Halo Pro League LAN Day 1 (currently missing the Oddball map 1)

Welcome to the $100,000 LVTHalo x ShopifyRebels Pro League LAN Championship - DAY 1 (November 13th, 2026)!

If there is any additional information that could be helpful please post and our mod team will update this thread throughout the event!

rCompetitiveHalo Links

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LVT + HCS Socials

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Streams

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Tickets

• Live HQ Watch Party

WHEN

• 3PM PT - Friday, Saturday, Sunday

TEAMS & BRACKET

PRIZING - 💰$100,000 Finale Prize Pool💰

• 🥇1st place -$40,000

• 🥈2nd place - $25,000

• 🥉3rd place - $15,000

• 4th place - $10,000

• 5th/6th - $5,000

DROPS

I haven’t seen it out yet but I’m sure I missed it

Inconceivable no longer.

So sorry if I’m out of the loop, search results showed this has been talked about, but I didn’t see a definitive answer to why this may be.

I started playing again two months back, and placed Diamond 4 in Arena. I’ve had a hard time ranking up in it, and at Diamond 6 get +8 and -8.

For slayer, I placed Diamond 5, and continue to get +12 and +13 at 1600+. It just seems odd how Diamond 6 players in Arena are so much stronger than Onyx Slayer players.

So, if it really is easier, why? Why does slayer give you more points, and make it easier to rank up? It almost makes it feel less worth it, because I know I’m not as good as the displayed rank, as demonstrated by Arena.