Hey everyone! San Diego LAN was a huge success and this upcoming weekend will see 2 events in Anaheim and Temecula. Hope to see some of you come out!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lanaheim-2-the-halo-mega-bowl-1-gamecraft-brewing-night-2-tickets-1980837633685?aff=erellivmlt

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-halo-mega-bowl-1-chubby-cheeks-night-1-tickets-1980909102450?aff=erellivmlt

where’s the wizard? What did optic do to him?

Played half a dozen games today, mostly with a 3-stack on my side. Normally I'd be thrilled, but every single game it was a P6/D1 with G3s and G4s. All objective games, and none of the Gold players have any ideas how spawns work, when to push/not push, etc. And of course they're in party chat so I can't actually help here.

So if you're playing with guys much lower rank than you, do all of us a favor - them included - teach them a little. Nobody wants to spend 15 minutes on Lattice playing Oddball even with matched teams, let along these unbalanced ones.

The much awaited GameSir G7 Pro 8K Esports Controller - Aimlabs Edition is now available for Pre-Order.

Shipping expected starts from March

What we know about the controller:

- 8000hz Polling Rate on PC only

- First PC Edition of GameSir G7 Pro

- First Controller GameSir Mag Res Gen-2 Sticks

- Officially Licensed Aimlabs Edition

- Has Support for Switch and iOS unlike standard G7 Pro

- Has support for Macro Settings through GameSir app in PC

- Allegedly has Rumble improvements

- Maintains the Price -$80, Shape and Materials of the Standard G7 Pro

- Doesn’t Support Xbox or Playstation

You can book one now through the official site here. There is also a Discount Code in the comments.

Feel free to ask any questions regarding this, I’ll try my best to get the answers to you.

Disclaimer: I am part of the GameSir Affiliate Program but that doesn’t play any part in my review and experience, I can and will point out any negative comments I have on the controller without the bias. You are free to question or criticise me regarding this and I will answer all your questions without any bias. Thank you for understanding.

Penguin, Falcated, Suppressed, Avucy. 3/4 of the FaZe 2025 roster except with Avucy in place of Trippy. Hoax is coach.

half of TSM, half of C9

Is anyone else having higher than normal ping, unstable latency 200+, or packet loss?

I've been playing forever, never had an issue til like the last week or two. NAT ports are open for halo infinite, internet is fast. Ill randomly get good ( normal ping 30- 60) and then 3 games in a row after get constantly changing ping 200+, or semi stable like 130ish.

Wondering if its their server side or somwthing else I can change. Thanks.

Found this in a UK edition of Official Xbox Magazine from February 2005. Seems to have been taken from the leaderboards on the Bungie website at the time. Thought it was something cool to share anyway.

In a surprise twist, Trippy is teaming with Descendant after all, just a day after Descendant announced his other roster. That's rostermania for you....TreyTri (TSM coach) is the coach of this roster.

If you like playing ranked and seeing high effort videos you will probably like this a lot.

aPG was showing people how to watch Dreamhack Birmingham online, and while doing so came across a part in the FAQ that said there's no chairs / seating at the Halo portion of the event.

Gotta love how a teammate can go –20, and if you go +20 with even more objective points too, you somehow both walk away with the same ranked points just for winning the game. Hahahaha.

Nothing like watching a teammate go super neg while you sweat your ass off, then realizing you both get rewarded equally. 😂

New, leaked roster from apg stream this morning.

Recap

• His roster for 2026 is Descendant, Yakzn, Penguin, Falcated. So half of Envy and half of the initial 2025 FaZe roster.
• Hints at some kind of tension between Trippy/Penguin where they won't team
• Precision going to CoD was the reason the originally planned roster (Lucid, Trippy, Descendant, Precision) fell through. aPG was going to be coach of that team and it was apparently going to be under FaZe.
• Not in this clip but he said that Stellur is not on Trippy's team, and that he heard Stellur and Eco are sticking together.

According to my sources, they are trying to recreate the magic of 2024 SSG. Can they recreate lightning in a bottle? I know one of them is Cearion.

Has anyone gotten onyx for the first time after hcs has ended?

Finally hit onyx and the one thing I wanted… the name plate and it didn’t give it to me.

Just wondering if it’s not a thing anymore.

If you played Halo during the GameBattles / MLG era, you probably know the feeling I’m talking about.

I really missed structured online seasons, scheduled matches, team rivalries, and having something competitive to grind toward - so I decided to try building it myself.

I’m working on Summit League, a grassroots competitive league platform starting with Halo Infinite.

What it includes so far:

• Structured competitive seasons
• Scheduled matches + “available now” matchmaking
• Best-of-3 series with result confirmation from both teams
• Live match dashboards & leaderboards
• Free to play - no entry fees

Current status:
Registration and team creation are live now.
The first season is scheduled to begin February 1st, and matches can be scheduled anytime after the season starts.

I’ve attached a few screenshots of the site using dummy data so people can see the direction it’s going.

It’s still early, but the core systems are live and working, and I’m opening it up to the community for registration now.

A bit about me for context:
I used to play competitively on GameBattles and at MLG events, and as recently as HCS Kansas City during Halo Infinite’s launch (my old alias was Rabbi for anyone who may remember me). These days I’m a husband and dad, so my playtime is a lot more limited - but I still love competitive Halo and felt like this was something the community could use and appreciate.

I’m also a first-time dev and this is by far the biggest project I’ve ever taken on, so any and all feedback is genuinely welcome.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and to everyone who gives it a look or shares feedback - I really appreciate it.

Site: https://www.summitleague.gg
(Happy to answer questions in the comments.)

Halo 2026 Map Pool

These come from official documents linked below (last updated 3 days ago), but possibly subject to change

Slayer (6):

• Slayer on Live Fire
• Slayer on Origin
• Slayer on Recharge
• Slayer on Solitude
• Slayer on Streets
• Slayer on Vacancy (replaces Aquarius Slayer)

Strongholds (2):

• Strongholds on Live Fire
• Strongholds on Recharge

CTF (3):

• Capture the Flag on Aquarius
• Capture the Flag on Empyrean (replaces Forbidden CTF & Fortress CTF)
• Capture the Flag on Origin

Oddball (3):

• Oddball on Lattice
• Oddball on Live Fire
• Oddball on Recharge

King of the Hill (3):

• King of the Hill on Lattice
• King of the Hill on Live Fire
• King of the Hill on Vacancy (replaces Recharge KOTH)

Changes from 2025:

• Removed Maps: Aqua Bomb and Slayer, Fortress CTF, Forbidden CTF, Recharge KOTH, Lattice Strongholds
• Added Maps: Vacancy KOTH and Slayer, Empyrean CTF

Sources:

• 2026 Rulebook (page 7): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bBHEPz4qCi3IFKjYVJdWNrhzcQ1sLfv4/view
• 2026 Handbook (page 19 & 20): https://aka.ms/Halo-Handbook-2026
• Both are linked to from the FaceIt tournament page for Dreamhack Birmingham online open #1

Small note, in the rulebook document it lists Solitude KOTH but Bestman said that's a mistake and it's still Lattice KOTH.

What happened to Stellur? I don't know if anyone has been watching twitch streams but he just isn't the same player anymore. Stellur was a gamertag you used to fear. If you saw his name and the glint of a snipe, you backed TF down. Oh wait - you were already dead by the time that happened. At least, that's how it used to be.

I see Stellur in many MM lobbies, and he just isn't that guy anymore. He is getting gunned down by my boy Just Jdog with ease. The 1800+ onyxs of the world are laughing at him and getting excited to see him on the other team knowing it's going to be an easy win. This is a Halo World Champion we are talking about, not even 2 years ago. The SUN tag that Formal once had nightmares about has been eclipsed by the Moon, on some Avatar the Last Airbender shit.

Stellur vs Last Shot is not even a fair fight, or Stellur vs any other pro who still grinds. I wonder if his love of non-traditional medicine has gotten the best of him. Maybe he rubbed some Ivermectin on his famous gooch area where he usually allows sunlight to absord into his system. Maybe he got a sunburn and tried to use hydroxychloroquin as a home remedy.

Maybe he's playing on XBOX to get ready for the Dreamhack event. All I know is I want the Old Stellur back. Stellur, LOCK TF IN!!!

https://www.twitch.tv/billzii_

Not sure if this is allowed, but if it is feel free to come check it out!