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Online tournaments had a prize pool of $1,000 each week on top of their HCS points sums of 550, awarded to the winning team. Online cups were dictated by a single elimination, best-of-3 format. Gold, Platinum, and Diamond tournaments offered a $5,000, $10,000, and $20,000 prize pool respectively, and also offered 1,500, 3,000, and 4,000 HCS Points for the winning teams, respectively.
Online tournaments had a prize pool of $1,000 each week on top of their HCS points sums of 550, awarded to the winning team. Online cups were dictated by a single elimination, best-of-3 format. Gold, Platinum, and Diamond tournaments offered a $5,000, $10,000, and $20,000 prize pool respectively, and also offered 1,500, 3,000, and 4,000 HCS Points for the winning teams, respectively.
===Seeding===
===Seeding===
Varying based on the tournament, seeding could be determined by the sum of the points received in qualifier tournaments, or by a team's placing in said tournaments. Additionally, random seeds can be given, mostly seen with open brackets. Seeds determine which team faces which in game, and team color per match, and the points determining your seed are obtained prior to major tournaments. In the case of the Halo World Championships, points gained prior determined team's placements in the qualifiers for the Halo World Championship, and the overall placement in that qualifier then determined the seed for the actual Championship.
Varying based on the tournament, seeding could be determined by the sum of the points received in qualifier tournaments, or by a team's placing in said tournaments. Additionally, random seeds can be given, mostly seen with open brackets. Seeds determine which team faces which in game, team color per match, and if applicable, the points determining your seed are obtained prior to major tournaments. Seeds can be split up into brackets, dubbed pro and open. The top team in the open bracket tends to move on to play in the pro bracket, although their seed remains the same, and will not increase for wins they get in that specific tournament.


For example, 8 teams are seeded. When the games begin, team 1 plays team 8, team 2 plays team 7, team 3 plays team 6, and team 4 plays 5. The top four seeded teams (1-4) all get priority on being red team in the games they play. After the initial games, the winners of these games play each other, and the higher seeded team remains red, while the other team goes blue. If team 1 beats 8, and team 2 beats 7, when team 1 and team 2 meet, team 2 will change to blue team.
Seeding can also be determined by pool play. In the case of the North American regionals for the Halo World Championship of 2016, four teams of four were pooled together, and they all played each other. After the games were completed, an overall consolidation of the games played was taken into account, and the top team moved forward. Games were played in a best-of-5 series.{{Ref/Site|Id=PoolParty|URL=https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/46k8zi/beginners_guide_to_the_hwc_na_regionals/|SiteName=Reddit|PageName=Beginners Guide to the HWC NA Regionals}}


Seeds can be split up into bracket, dubbed pro and open. The top team in the open bracket tends to move on to play in the pro bracket, although their seed remains the same.
If 8 teams are seeded in a pro bracket, when the games begin, team 1 plays team 8, team 2 plays team 7, team 3 plays team 6, and team 4 plays 5. The top four seeded teams (1-4) all get priority on being red team in the games they play. After the initial games, the winners of these games play each other, and the higher seeded team remains red, while the other team goes blue. If team 1 beats 8, and team 2 beats 7, when team 1 and team 2 meet, team 2 will change to blue team.
 
Seeding can also be determined by pool play. In the case of the Halo World Championship of 2016, four teams of four were pooled together, and they all played each other. After the games were completed, an overall consolidation of the games played was taken into account, and the top team moved forward. Games were played to a best-of-5.{{Ref/Site|Id=PoolParty|URL=https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/46k8zi/beginners_guide_to_the_hwc_na_regionals/|SiteName=Reddit|PageName=Beginners Guide to the HWC NA Regionals}}
==Tournament settings==
==Tournament settings==
===''Halo 2: Anniversary''===
===''Halo 2: Anniversary''===
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