{"id":1709,"date":"2025-08-04T09:32:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:49:49","slug":"shopify-rebellion-crowned-hcs-salt-lake-city-2025-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/shopify-rebellion-crowned-hcs-salt-lake-city-2025-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopify Rebellion crowned HCS Salt Lake City 2025 champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Image of Shopify Rebellion Halo roster posing on stage with HCS Salt Lake city trophy. The Shopify Rebellion logo is showing on a screen in the background\" class=\"wp-image-199686 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shopify-rebellion-hcs-salt-lake-city-champions-large.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: HCS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68e6962c29776\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><strong>Shopify Rebellion<\/strong> has won the <strong>Halo Championship Series: Salt Lake City 2025<\/strong>, the penultimate <strong>Halo Championship Series (HCS)<\/strong> Major of the season. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68e6962c2a035\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The North American esports organisation defeated <strong>OpTic Gaming<\/strong> in the Grand Final. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-68e6962c2b0fa\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-198179\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/hcs-halo-infinite-departure-2026\">HCS announces departure from Halo Infinite<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-165570\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/02\/halo-championship-series-2025-roadmap\">Halo esports in 2025: HCS roadmap and Major locations revealed<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-192371\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/faze-clan-hcs-charlotte-major-2025-halo\">FaZe Clan unveils HCS Charlotte Major<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-68e6962c2c3dc\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"shopify_rebellions_journey-2\">Shopify Rebellion&#8217;s Journey<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68e6962c2cb6e\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Shopify Rebellion commenced its Salt Lake City campaign with a flawless 3-0 win-to-loss record to secure a place in the double-elimination bracket.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68e6962c2d2c0\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The team swept aside <strong>Complexity<\/strong> in its first upper bracket match, before defeating <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/faze-clan-hcs-charlotte-major-2025-halo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FaZe Clan<\/a><\/strong> 3-1 to book its place in the upper bracket final.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68e6962c2da36\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The first encounter with OpTic Gaming was a convincing performance for Shopify Rebellion, taking the series 3-0 to send the Green Wall into the elimination bracket. OpTic managed to stay alive in the elimination bracket, beating long-time rivals FaZe Clan 3-1 to set up a second clash with Shopify Rebellion in the Grand Final.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68e6962c2e16f\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The Green Wall did its best to get revenge for its upper bracket loss, forcing the best-of-seven series to the final map to determine the champion. However, Shopify Rebellion held strong with a 50-45 win on Live Fire Slayer to secure its first HCS title of the year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-68e6962c2e90e\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"shopify_rebellion_in_2025-2\">Shopify Rebellion In 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68e6962c2f10f\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Since its launch in 2021, Shopify Rebellion has continued to cement its position as one of North America&#8217;s prominent esports organisations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68e6962c2f8b9\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Prior to winning HCS Salt Lake City, it had finished second at the HCS Arlington Major and fourth at the Dallas Open, becoming one of the strongest Halo teams in the world. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68e6962c30006\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>While the Halo team was in action, the organisation&#8217;s Rocket League roster competed in the last-chance qualifiers for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/02\/rocket-league-fortnite-world-championships-lyon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RLCS World Championship<\/a><\/strong> taking place in Lyon, France in September.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68e6962c30778\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The LCQs saw over 300 teams competing for one spot at the World Championship, with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShopifyRebels\/status\/1952131092234096897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shopify Rebellion emerging victorious<\/a><\/strong> after battling through the playoffs to become North America&#8217;s fifth representative at the tournament.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68e6962c30ef4\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>However, while the organisation has expanded into multiple esports ecosystems in recent years, such as League of Legends, it has unfortunately left its first title. Earlier this month, the organisation <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/shopify-rebellion-exits-dota-2-esports-scene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced its departure from Dota 2 esports<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/shopify-rebelllion-hcs-salt-lake-city-champions-halo\">Shopify Rebellion crowned HCS Salt Lake City 2025 champions<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: HCS Shopify Rebellion has won the Halo Championship Series: Salt Lake City 2025, the penultimate Halo Championship Series (HCS) Major of the season. The North American esports organisation defeated OpTic Gaming in the Grand Final. 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