My predictions:
Pool A - Allegiance & Optic - I don't really know what to think of Triggers Pound. They haven't been impressive in scrims, but they have some players that have a history of playing significantly better in live events than they do online.

Pool B - CLG & Noble - Tough call between Noble and Elevate.

Pool C - EG & NV - Denial has a decent chance to make it out of this group also.

Pool D - Liquid & Renegades - I don't see Soar or Astral Authority contending.


I'm not even going to attempt to predict bracket play, since we don't know what the brackets will look like.

Well this will be fun.
Here's mine:

A) #1 Allegiance, #2 Optic

B) #1 CLG, #2 Noble

C) #1 EG, #2 WinterFox

D) #1 Renegades, #2 Liquid

HaloWC NA Regional Finals - Game Types in Rounds

Group Play Game Types
Evil Geniuses vs. Team EnVyUs
Denial eSports vs. Winterfox
Triggers Pound vs. OpTic Gaming
Team Allegiance vs. Dream Team
eLevate vs. OverDrive
CLG vs. Noble eSports
Team Liquid vs. Renegades
SoaR Gaming vs. Astral Authority

Game 1 - Capture the Flag - Truth
Game 2 - Slayer - Regret
Game 3 - Strongholds - Plaza
Game 4 - Capture the Flag - Coliseum
Game 5 - Slayer - The Rig


Team EnVyUs vs. Denial eSports
Evil Geniuses vs. Winterfox
Noble eSports vs. eLevate
CLG vs. OverDrive
Renegades vs. SoaR Gaming
Team Liquid vs. Astral Authority
Dream Team vs. Triggers Pound
Team Allegiance vs. OpTic Gaming

Game 1 - Strongholds - The Rig
Game 2 - Slayer - Coliseum
Game 3 - Capture the Flag - Fathom
Game 4 - Strongholds - Eden
Game 5 - Slayer - Truth


CLG vs. eLevate
Noble eSports vs. OverDrive
Renegades vs. Astral Authority
Team Liquid vs. SoaR Gaming
Team Allegiance vs. Triggers Pound
Dream Team vs. OpTic Gaming
Team EnVyUs vs. Winterfox
Evil Geniuses vs. Denial eSports

Game 1 - Capture the Flag - Coliseum
Game 2 - Slayer - Eden
Game 3 - Strongholds - Empire
Game 4 - Capture the Flag - Truth
Game 5 - Slayer - Plaza


Bracket Game Types

Quarterfinals
Game 1 - Capture the Flag - Coliseum
Game 2 - Slayer - The Rig
Game 3 - Strongholds - Plaza
Game 4 - Capture the Flag - Fathom
Game 5 - Slayer - Eden


Semifinals
Game 1 - Strongholds - The Rig
Game 2 - Slayer - Regret
Game 3 - Capture the Flag - Truth
Game 4 - Strongholds - Eden
Game 5 - Slayer - Coliseum
Game 6 - Capture the Flag - Fathom
Game 7 - Slayer - Plaza


Final
Game 1 - Capture the Flag - Coliseum
Game 2 - Slayer - Truth
Game 3 - Strongholds - Empire
Game 4 - Capture the Flag - Fathom
Game 5 - Slayer - The Rig
Game 6 - Strongholds - Plaza
Game 7 - Slayer - Eden

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HaloWC NA Regional Finals - Schedule - All Times are EST

Friday
12:00 PM Doors Open to Players
2:30PM Player Meeting
5:00PM Pregame Show
5:10PM Group B - CLG vs. eLevate (Main Stage)
5:10PM Group B - Noble eSports vs. OverDrive (Station 2)
6:00PM Group D - Renegades vs. Astral Authority (Main Stage)
6:00PM Group D - Team Liquid vs. SoaR Gaming (Station 2)
7:00PM Group C - Evil Geniuses vs. Team EnVyUs (Main Stage)
7:00PM Group C - Denial eSports vs. Winterfox (Station 2)
8:00PM Group A - Triggers Pound vs. OpTic Gaming (Main Stage)
8:00PM Group A - Team Allegiance vs. Dream Team (Station 2)
9:00PM Group B - eLevate vs. OverDrive (Main Stage)
9:00PM Group B - CLG vs. Noble eSports (Station 2)
10:00PM Group D - Team Liquid vs. Renegades (Main Stage)
10:00PM Group D - SoaR Gaming vs. Astral Authority (Station 2)

Saturday
12:00PMDoors Open to Players
2:00PMPregame Show
2:10PM Group A - Team Allegiance vs. Triggers Pound (Main Stage)
2:10PM Group A - Dream Team vs. OpTic Gaming (Station 2)
3:00PM Group C - Team EnVyUs vs. Denial eSports (Main Stage)
3:00PM Group C - Evil Geniuses vs. Winterfox (Station 2)
4:00PM Group B - Noble eSports vs. eLevate (Main Stage)
4:00PM Group B - CLG vs. OverDrive (Station 2)
5:00PM Group D - Renegades vs. SoaR Gaming (Main Stage)
5:00PM Group D - Team Liquid vs. Astral Authority (Station 2)
6:00PM Group C - Team EnVyUs vs. Winterfox (Main Stage)
6:00PM Group C - Evil Geniuses vs. Denial eSports (Station 2)
7:00PM Group A - Dream Team vs. Triggers Pound (Main Stage)
7:00PM Group A - Team Allegiance vs. OpTic Gaming (Station 2)
8:00PM Quarterfinal #1 - Group D - 1st Place vs. Group C - 2nd Place
9:00PM Quarterfinal #2 - Group A - 1st Place vs. Group B - 2nd Place

Sunday
10:00AM Doors Open to Players
12:00PM Pregame Show
12:10PM Quarterfinal #3 - Group B - 1st Place vs. Group D - 2nd Place
1:00PM Quarterfinal #4 - Group C - 1st Place vs. Group A - 2nd Place
2:00PM Semifinal #1 - Quarterfinal #1 Winner vs. Quarterfinal #2 Winner
3:30PM Semifinal #2 - Quarterfinal #3 Winner vs. Quarterfinal #4 Winner
5:00PM Final

*All times are subject to change based on the length of Matches.


There's a ton of addition information available here - http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/ev...-finals?utm_source=EventSection&utm_medium=NG

Got some predictions of my own here:

A) #1 Allegiance, #2 Optic

B) #1 CLG, #2 Noble

C) #1 EG, #2 WinterFox

D) #1 Renegades, #2 Liquid

We need an Allegiance emote.

I think Allegiance was hurt more than anyone by the removal of Breakout. I believe they would've won X Games if it had still been in, and would've had a great chance of winning the HWC.
Without it, they're still a damn good squad, but definitely not as strong as they were with it in.

I really like some of the players on Winterfox, but I haven't been impressed by them at all as a team. When they put everything together they're great, but that's not something that happens often enough for me to trust it'll happen during this event. I'd be more surprised to see them finish 2nd in their group than 4th. Pool C is the toughest one to call though, because EnvyUS and Denial haven't exactly been shining examples of consistency either, and even EG has performed worse than they typically do in their scrims since X Games. That'll be a fun pool to watch.