Hello Peeps and Geeks! Another great E-Sports here in the Philippines have emerged with the biggest one yet and yes it's Galaxy Battles 2018 as well as already hailing it's new Champion. Find out more below.
MANILA, Philippines - On
Sunday, January 21st, 2018, China’s VGJ.Thunder emerged victorious as the
winners of Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds. The team celebrated their
win before an electric crowd of 33,000 attendees at the Philippine Arena, in Bulacan.
VGJ.Thunder defeated seven other teams and took home USD 200,000.00!
Galaxy Battles II:
Emerging Worlds is the second annual DoTA 2 tournament from Fallout Gaming and
Purpose Win Entertainment Limited (PWEL). Fallout Gaming and Purpose Win
Entertainment Limited are esports marketing and organizing companies focused on
the development of esports and its recognition as a legitimate sport in the
Southeast Asia.
Together, both
companies launched the first ever Galaxy Battles in Shenzhen, China, last June
2017. This year's three-day tournament was held at the Philippine Arena in the
province of Bulacan, Philippines, on January 19 to 21, 2018.
This year’s Galaxy
Battles tournament featured broadcast
talents such as host Eri Neeman, panel host Danelie Purdue, and commentators David
“GoDZ” Parker, David “Luminous” Zhang, Gabriel “Lyrical” Cruz, Dominik “Lacoste” Stipic, Benjamin “Bkop” Kopilow, Neal “tsunami” Khandheria, and Cameron “Basskip” Scott; all of whom have
respectively gained their expertise in analyzing gameplays in major DoTA
tournaments.
The first day of
Galaxy Battles II saw wins from Team
Spirit, VGJ.Thunder, Evil Geniuses, and Red Bull OG in the Upper Bracket. TNC Pro Team and paiN Gaming,
meanwhile, won against the South American Team Infamous and wild-card winner
PG. Barracx, eliminating the two teams from the rest of the tournament.
On day two of the event, VGJ.Thunder and Evil Geniuses defeated Team Spirit and Red Bull OG in a best of
three battle in the Upper Semi-Finals. The second day of Galaxy Battles ended
with a victory from the Evil Geniuses against
VGJ.Thunder, which earned them the first slot in the best of five Grand Finals.
The last day of Galaxy
Battles II highlighted the Lower Bracket teams who squared off against each
other in four best of one matches. Red
Bull OG and Team Spirit gained
their respective victories against TNC Pro Team and paiN Gaming in the
Semi-Finals. But it was Team Spirit
who got the chance to advance to the Lower Finals and faced VGJ.Thunder, with
the latter winning in the Grand Finals.
Galaxy Battles II
ended with VGJ.Thunder emerging
victorious. China’s VGJ.Thunder, with
members Sylar (Jia Jun Liu), Ayo (Tianyou Fan), Fade (Pan Yi), Yang.Cn (Zhou
Haiyang), and Kamma (Liu Chang), ranked 16th in the world ranking
and 6th in their China ranking. They have been competing in DoTA
tournaments since their establishment in 2016 and had won various tournaments,
including H-Cup Seasons 8 and 9 as well as the 2017 China Top DoTA 2.
“This is the best
moment of my entire gaming career,” says VGJ Thunder’s Liu Chang (Freeze). “If
there’s one word to describe the whole team’s feeling about winning first
place: it’s HAPPY.”
For Adrian Gaffor,
Fallout Gaming’s Managing Director, the tournament was a success. “In the past
decades, esports has seen development and growth in Southeast Asia alone. As
more companies start to come together and work for its expansion and
recognition as a legitimate sport, we are seeing an industry that will flourish
and become dominant in the future.”
Here's the summary of the results from Day One to the Final Day.
Quick Results Day One:
·
Team Spirit def. TNC Pro Team (2:0)
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VGJ. Thunder def. Infamous (2:0)
·
Evil Geniuses def. PG. Barracx (2:0)
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Red Bull OG def. paiN Gaming (2:1)
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TNC Pro Team def. Infamous (1:0)
·
paiN Gaming def. PG. Barracx (1:0)
Quick Results Day Two:
·
VGJ. Thunder def. Team Spirit (2:1)
·
Evil Geniuses def. Red Bull OG (2:0)
·
Evil Geniuses def. VGJ. Thunder (2:0)
Quick Results Day Three:
·
Red Bull OG def. TNC Pro Team (1:0)
·
Team Spirit def. paiN Gaming (1:0)
·
Team Spirit def. Red Bull OG (1:0)
·
VGJ.
Thunder def. Team Spirit (1:0)
·
VGJ. Thunder def. Evil Geniuses (3:0)
·
Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds Champion:
VGJ. Thunder
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