Virtus.Pro pulled out from Galaxy Battles II

It has recently become known that Galaxy Battles II had lost a Major status due to the Philippine law and an information about the refusal of the team Virtus.pro to take part in the competition appeared on 05.01.2018.

See also: Galaxy Battles II lost a “Major” status.

The general manager of Virtus.pro Roman Dvoryankin commented such decision:

«Considering yesterday's Valve's resolution regarding Galaxy Battles II official Dota Pro Circuit championship status withdrawal, we have made the decision of declining the tournament's invitation. I wish to thank Valve's management for effective addressing of the problem and excellent communication with participant teams. The status withdrawal from Valve was the main reason behind our cancellation of the invitation. The said status, among all things, imposes additional standards of players' safety, event's technical security and logistics on the event's organizers. Furthermore, the participation in rating tournaments has always been our main goal, therefore Galaxy Battles DPC points loss absolves the tournament of sense in that regard».

The actual list of participants of Galaxy Battles II:

The tournament is scheduled in the Philippines on dates from January 15 to January 21 this year. The competition should have a prize pool in the sum of $1,000,000 and 1500 DPC points, but after the loss of a Major status, a prize pool of the championship will amount $500,000