We are now onto the fifth Halo Championship Series Online Cup for Season 2 at ESL. Last week Evil Geniuses once again reclaimed the top spot with 3 straight online cup wins, this weekend the Top 16 teams battle it out for cash prizes and HCS points. Here are the Top 8 placings for Week 5 of the Halo Championship Series Season 2:

1st) Evil Geniuses – $1,500 (150 HCS Points):

Snipedown

Roy

Lunchbox

LethuL

2nd) Denial eSports – $1,000 (100 HCS Points):

Heinz

Chig

Mikwen

aPG

3rd) Counter Logic Gaming – $600 (75 HCS Points):

OGRE2

Cloud

Snakebite



Royal2

4th) Team Liquid – $300 (50 HCS Points):

Ninja



Spartan

Aries

Shooter

5th/6th) eXcellence (35 HCS Points):

Coby

eL ToWn

Frosty

UNLEGIT

5th/6th) Noble eSports (35 HCS Points):

ContrA

Cratos

LifeStyle

Svspector

7th/8th) Cloud9 (25 HCS Points):

Hysteria

Victory X

FearItSelf

iGotUrPistola

7th/8th) Annex (25 HCS Points):

Nerdy

WinntuR

Sargoth

Tragic

With those new placings and points, here are the newly updated Top 8 seeds going into Week 6 of HCS Season 2:

1st) Evil Geniuses – Snip3down, Lunchbox, Roy, LethuL = 1275 HCS Points

2nd) Denial eSports – Chig, Mikwen, Heinz, aPG = 900 HCS Points

3rd) Winterfox – Randa, RyaNoob, Naded, Arkanum = 500 HCS Points

3rd) Cloud9 – FearItSelf, Hysteria, Victory X, iGotUrPistola = 500 HCS Points

5th) CLG – OGRE 2, Royal 2, Snakebite, Cloud = 300 HCS Points

6th) OpTic Halo – Flamesword, Ace, Assault, MaNiaC = 240 HCS Points

7th) Team Liquid – Ninja, Spartan, Aries, Shooter = 210 HCS Points

8th) eXcellence – Coby, eL ToWn, Frosty, UNLEGIT = 185 HCS Points

The next open Halo Championship Series Cup is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 13th. Make sure to register your team now for a chance of the weekly $3,000 prize-pool at ESL Halo. If you’re looking for a team or a free agent right now, check out our recruitment section to play in Season 2.

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