Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds

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[e][h]Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds
League Information
Type:
Offline
Location:
Philippines Ciudad de Victoria
Format:
Double-elimination
Prize Pool:
$500,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-01-19
End Date:
2018-01-21
Game:
Teams:
8
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Chronology

Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds is the second series of Galaxy Battles. The event will be held at Manila, Philippines, where eight teams will compete for their chance at the $500,000 USD prize pool.[1]
The event was initially planned to be part of the Dota Pro Circuit but lost its Major status on January 4th.[2] As a result, several high profile teams withdrew from the tournament, reducing the number of participating teams from sixteen to eight.

Format

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  • Eight teams play in a double-elimination bracket[3]:
    • Upper bracket matches are Bo3
    • Lower bracket matches are Bo1
    • Bo5 Grand Finals

Broadcast Talent

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Prize Pool

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$500,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:

Participating Teams

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1 Romania w33 will be standing in for paiN Gaming.[6]
2 France 7ckngMad and Germany KheZu will be standing in for Denmark n0tail and Sweden s4.[7]
3 Peru Masoku will be standing in for Peru Accel.
4 TNC Pro Team renamed to TNC Predator on January 15th.[8]

Results

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Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
TNC
0
TSpirit
2
January 19, 2018 - 11:00 PHT
Clockwerk
Shadow Fiend
Rubick
Night Stalker
Razor
33m28s
Witch Doctor
Sand King
Mirana
Faceless Void
Brewmaster
Tiny
Puck
Bounty Hunter
Omniknight
Lion
33m19s
Shadow Demon
Sand King
Venomancer
Drow Ranger
Templar Assassin
INF
0
VGJ.T
2
January 19, 2018 - 11:00 PHT
Shadow Demon
Tiny
Sand King
Beastmaster
Timbersaw
46m21s
Omniknight
Earth Spirit
Witch Doctor
Dragon Knight
Phantom Lancer
Omniknight
Ogre Magi
Sand King
Phantom Lancer
Queen of Pain
41m08s
Earth Spirit
Razor
Rubick
Terrorblade
Tidehunter
TSpirit
1
VGJ.T
2
January 20, 2018 - 10:30 PHT
Tiny
Razor
Shadow Shaman
Undying
Brewmaster
33m06s
Earth Spirit
Omniknight
Witch Doctor
Luna
Gyrocopter
Tiny
Brewmaster
Sand King
Shadow Demon
Vengeful Spirit
27m43s
Razor
Omniknight
Disruptor
Earth Spirit
Weaver
Tiny
Shadow Shaman
Sand King
Luna
Mirana
44m05s
Night Stalker
Death Prophet
Dazzle
Legion Commander
Dragon Knight
EG
2
BrX
0
January 19, 2018 - 14:00 PHT
Tusk
Lycan
Warlock
Medusa
Nyx Assassin
23m50s
Night Stalker
Witch Doctor
Tiny
Puck
Monkey King
Tiny
Tusk
Phantom Lancer
Keeper of the Light
Zeus
33m57s
Clockwerk
Rubick
Gyrocopter
Tinker
Legion Commander
OG
2
paiN
1
January 19, 2018 - 14:00 PHT
Clockwerk
Ancient Apparition
Enigma
Chaos Knight
Dragon Knight
40m02s
Bane
Sand King
Doom
Terrorblade
Puck
Dazzle
Phantom Lancer
Earth Spirit
Enigma
Venomancer
57m21s
Ancient Apparition
Night Stalker
Brewmaster
Razor
Medusa
Rubick
Elder Titan
Magnus
Puck
Juggernaut
36m31s
Sand King
Clockwerk
Bane
Templar Assassin
Wraith King
EG
2
OG
0
January 20, 2018 - 13:30 PHT
Phantom Lancer
Bane
Puck
Elder Titan
Morphling
25m24s
Tusk
Terrorblade
Disruptor
Dragon Knight
Dark Seer
Death Prophet
Earth Spirit
Warlock
Phantom Lancer
Lifestealer
30m58s
Tiny
Ancient Apparition
Brewmaster
Medusa
Earthshaker
VGJ.T
0
EG
2
January 20, 2018 - 17:50 PHT
Tusk
Medusa
Ancient Apparition
Legion Commander
Dragon Knight
38m55s
Death Prophet
Earth Spirit
Warlock
Spectre
Tidehunter
Tusk
Shadow Fiend
Ancient Apparition
Batrider
Luna
56m44s
Death Prophet
Nyx Assassin
Dazzle
Terrorblade
Abaddon
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
TNC
1
INF
0
January 19, 2018 - 17:30 PHT
Sand King
Phantom Lancer
Shadow Demon
Dark Seer
Gyrocopter
35m12s
Night Stalker
Tusk
Warlock
Bloodseeker
Puck
OG
1
TNC
0
January 21, 2018 - 09:30 PHT
Rubick
Elder Titan
Lycan
Enigma
Monkey King
49m37s
Bane
Night Stalker
Tidehunter
Puck
Troll Warlord
BrX
0
paiN
1
January 19, 2018 - 19:00 PHT
Nyx Assassin
Jakiro
Lifestealer
Rubick
Death Prophet
28m53s
Shadow Shaman
Sand King
Enigma
Terrorblade
Razor
TSpirit
1
paiN
0
January 21, 2018 - 11:00 PHT
Witch Doctor
Earth Spirit
Lycan
Storm Spirit
Venomancer
26m50s
Sand King
Ancient Apparition
Enigma
Queen of Pain
Phantom Lancer
OG
0
TSpirit
1
January 21, 2018 - 12:30 PHT
Earth Spirit
Shadow Shaman
Puck
Terrorblade
Timbersaw
23m04s
Witch Doctor
Chaos Knight
Nyx Assassin
Broodmother
Venomancer
VGJ.T
1
TSpirit
0
January 21, 2018 - 14:00 PHT
Elder Titan
Tiny
Dazzle
Lycan
Batrider
28m40s
Witch Doctor
Dragon Knight
Earth Spirit
Enchantress
Sven
EG
0
VGJ.T
3
January 21, 2018 - 15:55 PHT
Nyx Assassin
Death Prophet
Dazzle
Doom
Morphling
29m00s
Tusk
Shadow Fiend
Disruptor
Luna
Brewmaster
Tusk
Death Prophet
Witch Doctor
Tinker
Faceless Void
72m59s
Elder Titan
Tiny
Dazzle
Terrorblade
Dragon Knight
Terrorblade
Earth Spirit
Puck
Undying
Nyx Assassin
42m55s
Tusk
Tidehunter
Disruptor
Medusa
Death Prophet

Streams

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References

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  1. Galaxy Battle (5 October 2017). "Galaxy Battles 2018: Emerging Worlds!". Facebook.
  2. "Regarding Galaxy Battles Major". Valve Corporation. 4 January 2018.
  3. GalaxyBattles (12 January 2018). "The Galaxy Battles 2018 schedule is out!". Facebook.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Galaxy Battle (7 October 2017). "Here are your first 4 Direct Invites!".
  5. Galaxy Battle (3 November 2017). "EG Dota2 is the next direct invite to Galaxy Battles!".
  6. paiN Gaming (30 December 2017). "Look who has come to give that strength to our DotA team 2: Omar "w33" Aliwi".
  7. OG (8 January 2018). "Galaxy Battles Update".
  8. TNC Predator (15 January 2018). "Acer Predator is now TNC Pro Team’s Title Sponsor". Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  9. Galaxy Battle (27 October 2017). "Your next direct invite announced".
  10. Galaxy Battle (10 November 2017). "Team Liquid will be at Galaxy Battles as our next direct invite!".
  11. Galaxy Battle (24 November 2017). "Here is the Last Direct Invites".
  12. Jay "Potshot" Massaad (5 January 2018). "Virtus.pro pull out of Galaxy Battles". cybersport.com.
  13. Team Secret (5 January 2018). "Regarding the Galaxy Battles Major".
  14. Radoslav "Nydra" Kolev (5 January 2018). "Team Liquid pull out of Galaxy Battles". cybersport.com.
  15. @KodiakShroyer (6 January 2018). "Due to the recent decision from Valve and after many conversations with our team, we have decided that the OpTic Dota 2 team will not be participating in the upcoming Galaxy Battles event in the Philippines".
  16. @NewbeeDota (7 January 2018). "After careful communication with the tournament organizers, we hereby withdraw from the Galaxy Battles tournament".
  17. Mineski-Dota (8 January 2018). "Since the inception of the new Mineski-Dota 2017, we set our sights on qualifying for The International 2018".
  18. LGD Gaming (10 January 2018). "LFY withdrew".