2018 Heroes of the Storm Global Championship Phase #1 North America Pro League

[e][h]2018 Heroes of the Storm Global Championship Phase #1 North America Pro League

League Information

Series:

HGC

Organizer:

Blizzard Entertainment

Server:

Americas

Type:

Online

Format:

Group Stage:
Double Round Robin
Playoffs:
Stepladder Tournament

Prize pool:

$425,000 USD

Start Date:

2018-01-19

End Date:

2018-04-29

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Links

Winners

Teams

Number of Teams:

8

Battlegrounds

Battlefield of Eternity • Braxis Holdout • Cursed Hollow • Dragon Shire • Infernal Shrines • Sky Temple • Tomb of the Spider Queen • Towers of Doom • Volskaya Foundry

Chronology

2017 Phase #2

2018 Phase #2

Information[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participating teams earn the following prizes for each of two Parts of Phase 1:

1st place in a Part: 35,000 USD
2nd: 27,500 USD
3rd-8th: 25,000 USD

425,000 USD is spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	Qualified	Team
1st	$62,500		Tempo Storm
2nd	$60,000		HeroesHearth
3rd	$52,500	-	Team Octalysis
4th	$50,000	-	Team Freedom
5th	$50,000	-	Gale Force eSports
6th	$50,000	-	Simplicity
7th	$50,000		LFM Esports
8th	$50,000		No Tomorrow

Format[edit]

Group Stage: Double Round Robin
- All matches are best-of-5.
- After Week 5:
  - 1st-4th place will qualify for the 2018 HGC Phase 1 Western Clash.
  - The winning region will unlock a third spot for the 2018 HGC Phase 1 Mid-Season Brawl. (Europe)
- After Week 10:
  - 1st place will directly qualify for the 2018 HGC Phase 1 Mid-Season Brawl.
  - 2nd-6th place will advance to the Playoffs.
  - 7th-8th place will fall into the 2018 HGC Phase 1 North America Crucible.
Playoffs: Stepladder Tournament
- All matches are best-of-5.
- 1st place will qualify for the 2018 HGC Phase 1 Mid-Season Brawl.

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Casters:
- JHow (Josh Howard)
- Gillyweed (Jaycie Gluck)
- Dreadnaught (Wade Penfold)

Gillyweed will cast Week 1-5.
Dreadnaught will cast Week 6-10.

Participating Teams[edit]

Team Octalysis^{3, 7}

	Buds
	daneski
	Goku
	Justing
	Kure
C	milkNcookies37


HGC NA Phase #2

Team Freedom

	KilluZiioN
	Lutano
	Nazmas
	YoDa
	zugrug


HGC NA Phase #2

Tempo Storm

	cattlepillar
	Fan
	Glaurung
	Jun
	psalm
C	Kala


HGC NA Phase #2

Gale Force eSports

	akaface
	bigempct
	bkid
	Fury
	MichaelUdall
C	CavalierGuest


HGC NA Phase #2

No Tomorrow^{4, 6}

	Casanova
	Equinox
	Jin
	jschritte
	Tomster
C	Kubie


HGC NA Phase #2

Simplicity^{2, 5}

	Hosty
	k1pro
	KingCaffeine
	Prismaticism
	Zuna
C	Barcode


HGC NA Phase #2

LFM Esports¹

	Aware
	Drated
	Figgy
	Swabs
	Tea
C	HeroPhysio


HGC NA Open Division

HeroesHearth

	Arthelon
	BBJ
	ishb00
	Khroen
	McIntyre
C	CauthonLuck


HGC NA Open Division

¹ Lag Force disbanded and is replaced by LFM Esports (Partnership with Imported Support).

² Superstars renamed to Old Gods. Old Gods got picked up by Simplicity.

³ Roll20 esports had to drop their roster. The roster continued under the name Team Twelve.

⁴ Spacestation Gaming parts ways with their roster after Week 1-5. The roster continues under their old team name No Tomorrow.

⁵ Simplicity decided to release erho before Week 6, due to him breaking official rules of conduct. They had to play with Prismaticism as substitute for Week 6 who decided one week later to officially join the team.

⁶ Jason decided to leave No Tomorrow before Week 6. They had to play with Jin as substitute for Week 6, who decided one week later to officially join the team.

⁷ Team Twelve got acquired by Team Octalysis before the Playoffs.

Results[edit]

Standings[edit]

Overall Standings
1.	Tempo Storm	11-3	37-16	21
2.	HeroesHearth	11-3	36-19	17
3.	Team Twelve	10-4	36-20	16
4.	Team Freedom	9-5	32-22	10
5.	Gale Force eSports	6-8	24-31	-7
6.	Simplicity	5-9	23-30	-7
7.	LFM Esports	2-12	15-39	-24
8.	No Tomorrow	2-12	12-38	-26

Week 1-5 standings
1.	Tempo Storm	6-1	20-8	12
2.	Team Twelve	5-2	18-10	8
3.	Team Freedom	5-2	18-11	7
4.	HeroesHearth	4-3	15-13	2
5.	Gale Force eSports	3-4	13-15	-2
6.	Simplicity	2-5	11-16	-5
7.	Spacestation Gaming	2-5	8-17	-9
8.	LFM Esports	1-6	7-20	-13

To view matches in weeks 1-5 click here.

Week 6-10 Standings
1.	HeroesHearth	7-0	21-6	15
2.	Tempo Storm	5-2	17-8	9
3.	Team Twelve	5-2	18-10	8
4.	Team Freedom	4-3	14-11	3
5.	Simplicity	3-4	12-14	-2
6.	Gale Force eSports	3-4	11-16	-5
7.	LFM Esports	1-6	8-19	-11
8.	No Tomorrow	0-7	4-21	-17