And then there were four. After two days of intense competition, the top 12 of the 2017 Halo World Championship has whittled down to the top four. Just as in Day 1, North America reigned supreme with OpTic Gaming securing its spot in the grand finals, while Team Liquid, Team EnVyUs and Str8 Rippin round out the final four. Editor's Picks Esports bracket: Who's your favorite esports pro?

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Any region not named North America continued to struggle after SoaR Gaming, London Conspiracy, Supremacy and fab Games eSports were all unceremoniously bounced from the HWC in fairly lopsided series. It's back to the drawing board for the rest of the world as the other regions willhave to once again watch a North American team hoist a world championship trophy.

Speaking of that trophy, OpTic remains the favorite to win the World Championship after a strong Day 2. It opened the day with a suffocating 4-0 victory over Luminosity Gaming before facing off against Liquid in the upper bracket finals. Despite Liquid's successes against OpTic in recent tournaments, the upper bracket finals was simply more of OpTic flexing its muscles with a breezy 4-1 victory. With its spot in the grand finals now locked up, it's hard to see another team knocking OpTic off of its pedestal. Liquid will have one last shot to get to the grand final in the lower bracket finals on Sunday.

That's not to say that the rest of the top