Competitive Halo and the Championship Series

<p>If you haven&&num;8217&semi;t been following the Halo competitive scene since it&&num;8217&semi;s hayday in 2008 or so&comma; be prepared for a blast from the past&excl; Thanks to 343 Industries&&num;8217&semi; lastest game <em>Halo&colon; The Master Chief Collection <&sol;em>there has been a resurgence in the competitive Halo scene&period; Check out the current North America bracket for the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;play&period;eslgaming&period;com&sol;halo&sol;north-america&sol;halomcc-one&sol;major&sol;4on4-hcs-season-cup-1&sol;rankings&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Halo Championship Series Season Cup 1 here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>How is it that a game that is over a decade old still manage to get face time in the ESL circuits&quest; A graphical facelift is a good start and a backing from many FPS gamers looking for a break from the Call of Duty shooter&period; Those of you fortunate to remember&comma; 5-6 years ago the competitive gaming scene was a lot more different than it was now&period; Halo reigned as king and MLG livestreams were only capable of showing standard definition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Halo has since fallen to the sidelines and was &lpar;and still is&rpar; a shadow of its former self&period; PC gaming taken the crown for the majority of hardcore gamers&comma; with Call of Duty leading the pack of console competitive gaming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Still&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s nice to see a bit of Halo basking a bit in the limelight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;2933" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-2933" style&equals;"width&colon; 1765px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;news&period;necessarygaming&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;12&sol;1&period;png"><img class&equals;"wp-image-2933 size-full" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;news&period;necessarygaming&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;12&sol;1&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1765" height&equals;"893" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-2933" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Current Standings as of December 7th &commat; 9&colon;56 PM PT&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;