HomeStory Cup IV

The HomeStory Cup, organised by Dennis "TaKe" Gehlen, is a tournament where TaKe invites star players from around the world into his home to compete and socialize with one another. Providing multiple streams and interviews over three to four days, it is a fun atmosphere for both players and fans alike.

[e][h]HomeStory Cup IV

League Information

Series:

HomeStory Cup

Organizer:

TaKe

Sponsor(s):

XMG
Roccat
PokerStrategy.com
NEEDforSEAT
SmartChecker

Game Version:

Wings of Liberty Patch 1.4.2

Server:

Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

Krefeld

Format:

1v1, Group Stage
Single-elimination Playoffs

Prize pool:

$20,000

Start Date:

2012-01-05

End Date:

2012-01-08

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Winners

MC

Sound

JYP

viOLet

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

32

12

10

Maps

ESL Metalopolis • GSL Terminus SE • ESL Shakuras Plateau • ESL Shattered Temple • ESL Tal'Darim Altar • GSL Dual Sight • GSL Antiga Shipyard • GSL Daybreak • GSL Bel'Shir Beach

Chronology

HomeStory Cup III

HomeStory Cup V

Overview[edit]

HomeStory Cup #4 is a StarCraft 2 Tournament hosted by Dennis "TaKe" Gehlen at his studio apartment in Krefeld, Germany.

Format[edit]

Three online qualifiers were held from the 16th to 18th of December, one for Europe, one for North America, and one for Korea.^[1]

Main Event Format[edit]

Ro32: Eight groups of four players each, top two advances.
The Top 4 players, based on map score, from Group Stage #1 will be able to switch their groups in Group Stage #2
Ro16: Four groups of four players, top two advance.
Ro8: Single-elimination bracket, Bo5.
Grand Final: Bo7.

Prize Pool[edit]

$20,000 are spread among the players as seen below:

Place	$USD	Player	Team
1st	$7,500	MC	oGs.SK
2nd	$3,500	Sound	StarTale
3rd	$2,000	JYP	Evil Geniuses
4th	$1,000	viOLet	ZZZZZ
5th-6th	$300	MarineKing	Prime
5th-6th	$300	ReaL	Type Gaming
7th-8th	$200	DIMAGA	mTw
7th-8th	$200	Nerchio	Team Acer

During the second day of the event TwitchTV announced that they have added extra $5000 to the prize pool, making it a total of $20000.^[2]^[3]

The two finalists will also receive a direct seed to the Intel Extreme Masters Season VI World Championship. Players placing in the top 16 will receive Intel Extreme Masters ranking points.^[4]

Participants[edit]

Invited Players
Protoss (12)	Terran (10)	Zerg (10)
iNcontroL	DarkHydra	Ret
NightEnD	GoOdy	Stephano
JYP	MarineKing	DarKFoRcE
HerO	ClouD	MoMaN
Socke	ThorZaIN	Destiny
BlinG	AureS	Nerchio
HasuObs	PoYo	HayprO
Grubby		Delphi
MC
ReaL
Qualified Players
Adelscott	Naama	DIMAGA
Attero	KawaiiRice	viOLet
	Sound

On December 17th, 2011, it was announced that PuMa would be attending,^[5] but he wasn't listed in Blizzards HomeStory Cup IV announcement on December 29th.^[6] Even though Revival qualified through the Korean Qualifier by placing 2nd, he was not listed in the Blizzard announcement either.^[6] TaKe later said that PuMa was not attending because he wanted to participate in the preliminaries for Code A of the 2012 GSL Season 1.^[7] DeMusliM canceled due to illness, DarkHydra would be his replacement.^[8] White-Ra had to cancel too,^[9] he would be replaced by PoYo.^[10]

Results[edit]

Group Stage #1[edit]

Click [show] on the right to view Group Stage #1

Group A[edit]

Group A
January 5, 2012
1.	Nerchio	3-0	6-1
2.	Socke	2-1	5-3
3.	iNcontroL	1-2	2-5
4.	ThorZaIN	0-3	2-6

Group A Matches
Nerchio	2	0	iNcontroL
ThorZaIN	1	2	Socke
Socke	2	0	iNcontroL
ThorZaIN	0	2	Nerchio
ThorZaIN	1	2	iNcontroL
Socke	1	2	Nerchio

Group B[edit]

Group B
January 5, 2012
1.	MarineKing	2-1	5-2
2.	viOLet	2-1	4-2
3.	Delphi	2-1	4-3
4.	HasuObs	0-3	0-6

Group B Matches
MarineKing	2	0	HasuObs
MarineKing	1	2	Delphi
HasuObs	0	2	viOLet
viOLet	2	0	Delphi
HasuObs	0	2	Delphi
MarineKing	2	0	viOLet

Group C[edit]

Group C
January 5, 2012
1.	ReaL	3-0	6-0
2.	DIMAGA	2-1	4-2
3.	Attero	1-2	2-4
4.	Adelscott	0-3	0-6

Group C Matches
DIMAGA	2	0	Attero
Adelscott	0	2	ReaL
DIMAGA	2	0	Adelscott
Attero	0	2	ReaL
DIMAGA	0	2	ReaL
Attero	2	0	Adelscott

Group D[edit]

Group D
January 5, 2012
1.	MC	3-0	6-1
2.	ClouD	2-1	5-2
3.	PoYo	1-2	2-5
4.	AureS	0-3	1-6

Group D Matches
MC	2	1	ClouD
PoYo	2	1	AureS
MC	2	0	PoYo
ClouD	2	0	AureS
MC	2	0	AureS
ClouD	2	0	PoYo

Group E[edit]

Group E
January 6, 2012
1.	JYP	3-0	6-1
2.	DarKFoRcE	2-1	4-2
3.	BlinG	1-2	3-4
4.	DarkHydra	0-3	0-6

Group E Matches
JYP	2	0	DarkHydra
DarKFoRcE	2	0	BlinG
JYP	2	0	DarKFoRcE
DarkHydra	0	2	BlinG
JYP	2	1	BlinG
DarkHydra	0	2	DarKFoRcE

Group F[edit]

Group F
January 6, 2012
1.	HerO	3-0	6-0
2.	Naama	2-1	4-3
3.	KawaiiRice	1-2	3-4
4.	HayprO	0-3	0-6

Group F Matches
HerO	2	0	Naama
KawaiiRice	2	0	HayprO
HerO	2	0	KawaiiRice
Naama	2	0	HayprO
HerO	2	0	HayprO
Naama	2	1	KawaiiRice

Group G[edit]

Group G
January 6, 2012
1.	Sound	3-0	6-0
2.	Stephano	2-1	4-2
3.	NightEnD	1-2	2-4
4.	MoMaN	0-3	0-6

Group G Matches
Stephano	0	2	Sound
MoMaN	0	2	NightEnD
Stephano	2	0	MoMaN
Sound	2	0	NightEnD
Stephano	2	0	NightEnD
Sound	2	0	MoMaN

Group H[edit]

Group H
January 6, 2012
1.	Grubby	3-0	6-2
2.	GoOdy	2-1	5-2
3.	Ret	1-2	2-4
4.	Destiny	0-3	1-6

Group H Matches
Ret	0	2	Grubby
GoOdy	2	0	Destiny
Ret	0	2	GoOdy
Grubby	2	1	Destiny
Ret	2	0	Destiny
Grubby	2	1	GoOdy

Group Stage #2[edit]

Click [show] on the right to view Group Stage #2

Group A[edit]

Group A
January 7, 2012
1.	Sound	3-0	6-3
2.	DIMAGA	2-1	5-2
3.	Grubby	1-2	3-4
4.	DarKFoRcE	0-3	1-6

Group A Matches
Sound	2	1	DIMAGA
Grubby	2	0	DarKFoRcE
Sound	2	1	Grubby
DIMAGA	2	0	DarKFoRcE
Sound	2	1	DarKFoRcE
DIMAGA	2	0	Grubby

Group B[edit]

Group B
January 7, 2012
1.	MarineKing	3-0	6-0
2.	MC	2-1	4-3
3.	Stephano	1-2	2-4
4.	Socke	0-3	1-6

Group B Matches
MC	0	2	MarineKing
Socke	0	2	Stephano
MC	2	1	Socke
MarineKing	2	0	Stephano
MC	2	0	Stephano
MarineKing	2	0	Socke

Group C[edit]

Group C
January 7, 2012
1.	JYP	3-0	6-1
2.	ReaL	2-1	4-4
3.	GoOdy	1-2	4-4
4.	ClouD	0-3	1-6

Group C Matches
JYP	2	0	ReaL
ClouD	0	2	GoOdy
JYP	2	0	ClouD
ReaL	2	1	GoOdy
JYP	2	1	GoOdy
ReaL	2	1	ClouD

Group D[edit]

Group D
January 7, 2012
1.	Nerchio	3-0	6-2
2.	viOLet	2-1	4-2
3.	HerO	1-2	3-4
4.	Naama	0-3	1-6

Group D Matches
HerO	0	2	viOLet
Nerchio	2	1	Naama
HerO	2	0	Naama
viOLet	0	2	Nerchio
HerO	1	2	Nerchio
viOLet	W	0	Naama

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Sound

3

ReaL

2

MarineKing

2

viOLet

3

Nerchio

0

MC

3

DIMAGA

1

JYP

3

Semifinals (Bo5)

Sound

3

viOLet

2

MC

3

JYP

2

Finals (Bo7)

Sound

0

MC

4

3rd Place Match

viOLet

1

JYP

3

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Random

Round of 32

12

10

Round of 16

6

5

Round of 8

3

2

3

Semi Finals

2

1

Grand Final

1

Winner

1

View Games[edit]

Replays[edit]

Replaypack

VODs[edit]

Day 1 on ESL.TV
Day 2 on ESL.TV
Day 3 on ESL.TV
Day 4 on ESL.TV
Spoiler-free VODs by SC2Ratings.com

Day 1[edit]

Stream 1
Match	Group	Commentators	VOD	Time
ThorZaIN vs. Socke	A	MrBitter, RotterdaM, Naama	[1]	00:02:00
viOLet vs. HasuObs	B	MrBitter, RotterdaM, Stephano	[2]	00:42:00
ThorZaIN vs. Nerchio	A	MrBitter, ClouD	[3]	01:27:00
viOLet vs. MarineKing	B	MrBitter, Destiny, Naama	[4]	00:26:00
MC vs. PoYo	D	Grubby, NightEnD, Naama	[5]	01:54:00
Adelscott vs. DIMAGA	C	MoMaN, RotterdaM, BlinG	[6]	00:28:00
ClouD vs. MC	D	Socke, iNcontroL, GoOdy	[7]	01:17:00
PoYo vs. AureS	D	ThorZaIN, ClouD, GoOdy	[8]	00:41:00
ReaL vs. DIMAGA	C	MrBitter, Attero, MoMaN	[9]	00:12:00
Stream 2
Match	Group	Commentators	VOD	Time

Day 2[edit]

Stream 1
Match	Group	Commentators	VOD	Time
JYP vs. DarKFoRcE	E	MrBitter, RotterdaM and Socke	[10]	00:23:00
HerO vs. Naama	F	ThorZaIN, ClouD and iNcontroL	[11]	01:02:00
DarKFoRcE vs. BlinG	E	RotterdaM, iNcontroL and NightEnD	[12]	01:47:00
HayprO vs. Naama	F	MrBitter, PoYo and MoMaN	[13]	00:16:00
JYP vs. BlinG	E	MC, MarineKing and Reis	[14]	00:57:00
KawaiiRice vs. Naama	F	RotterdaM, ClouD and PoYo	[15]	00:15:00
Grubby vs. Ret	H	RotterdaM, iNcontroL and Destiny	[16]	01:14:00
MoMaN vs. Stephano	G	MrBitter, iNcontroL and BlinG	[17]	00:54:00
GoOdy vs. Grubby	H	RotterdaM, iNcontroL and Naama	[18]	01:35:00
Stephano vs. NightEnD	G	MrBitter, iNcontroL and BlinG	[19]	00:24:00
GoOdy vs. Destiny	H	HasuObs, DarkHydra and DarKFoRcE	[20]	00:47:00
Stream 2
Match	Group	Commentators	VOD	Time
DarkHydra vs. BlinG	E	Attero and PoYo	[21]	00:00:00
KawaiiRice vs. HayprO	F	MrBitter and DIMAGA	[22]	00:47:00
JYP vs. DarkHydra	E	NarutO and HasuObs	[23]	01:40:00
KawaiiRice vs. HerO	F	Attero and NarutO	[24]	00:14:00
DarKFoRcE vs. DarkHydra	E	NarutO and Delphi	[25]	00:55:00
Grubby vs. Destiny	H	Attero and DIMAGA	[26]	00:11:00
NightEnD vs. Sound	G	Attero and DarkHydra	[27]	01:14:00
Ret vs. Destiny	H	Attero and Foxy	[28]	00:00:00
Sound vs. MoMaN	G	Naama and Foxy	[29]	00:35:00

Day 3[edit]

Stream 1
Match	Group	Commentators	VOD	Time
Socke vs. MarineKing	B	MrBitter and RotterdaM	[30]	00:53:00
Sound vs. DIMAGA	A	MrBitter, Naama and iNcontrol	[31]	01:25:00
Socke vs. MC	B	NightEnD, HasuObs and RotterdaM	[32]	00:35:00
DIMAGA vs. Grubby	A	MrBitter, MoMaN and Ret	[33]	01:11:00
DarKFoRcE vs. Sound	A	MrBitter, Delphi and PoYo	[34]	01:45:00
HerO vs. Naama	D	RotterdaM, HasuObs and Socke	[35]	00:45:00
DIMAGA vs. DarKFoRcE	A	MrBitter, RotterdaM and PoYo	[36]	01:27:00
Grubby vs. Sound	A	MrBitter, RotterdaM and PoYo	[37]	01:52:00
GoOdy vs. ClouD	C	Socke, HasuObs and iNcontrol	[38]	00:38:00
HerO vs. viOLet	D	MC, MarineKing and Reis	[39]	01:25:00
JYP vs. GoOdy	C	RotterdaM, Khaldor and HasuObs	[40]	00:04:00
GoOdy vs. ReaL	C	MC, MarineKing and Reis	[41]	01:10:00
Stream 2
Match	Group	Commentators	VOD	Time

Day 4[edit]

Stream 1
Match	Round	Commentators	VOD	Time
Sound vs. ReaL	Ro8	MrBitter, RotterdaM and iNcontroL	[42]	01:10:00
MarineKing vs. viOLet	Ro8	MrBitter, MoMaN and KawaiiRice	[43]	00:45:00
MC vs. Nerchio	Ro8	Destiny, iNcontroL and James "2GD" Harding	[44]	00:38:00
DIMAGA vs. JYP	Ro8	MrBitter, RotterdaM and Grubby	[45]	01:37:00
Sound vs. viOLet	Ro4	Ret, Destiny and ThorZaIN	[46], [47]	01:39:00
MC vs. JYP	Ro4	RotterdaM, HasuObs and iNcontroL	[48], [49]	01:05:00
Sound vs. MC	Grand Finals	Grubby, ThorZaIN and iNcontroL / RotterdaM, ClouD and HasuObs / Socke, HasuObs and iNcontroL	[50]	00:43:00
Stream 2
Match	Round	Commentators	VOD	Time
Sound vs. ReaL	Ro8	Khaldor and GoOdy
MarineKing vs. viOLet	Ro8	Khaldor and Stephano/HasuObs
MC vs. Nerchio	Ro8	Khaldor and HasuObs/Socke
DIMAGA vs. JYP	Ro8	Attero and MoMaN
Sound vs. viOLet	Ro4	NarutO and ReaL
MC vs. JYP	Ro4	Attero and Lex
viOLet vs. JYP	3rd Place Match	MrBitter and Attero

Trivia[edit]

Team ALTERNATE's full roster was in attendance, as well as four players who were without a team.
During the show, TwitchTV employee and caster djWheat called in to announce that TwitchTV would add $5000 to the prizepool.^[3]
After the tournament, a Homestory Fanclub thread was started on TL.net to show appreciation to the great atmosphere of the tournament.^[12]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

↑ HOMESTORYCUP IV: WELCOME TO 2012 on TakeTV.net, 7 December 2011.
↑ https://twitter.com/TwitchTV/status/155399550759211008
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "TwitchTV's donation to HSC - Where should it go?". TL.net, 6 January 2012.
↑ HSC IV Finalists go to the World Championship on esl-world.net, 12 December 2011.
↑ TaKeTV.net: US QUALIFIER RESCHEDULED
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BlizzBlog
↑ Podcast with TaKe by TL.net @ 0:33
↑ TaKeTV.net: SPONSORS, GROUPS AND MAPS
↑ White-Ra's Facebook
↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named LowLandLions
↑ @HomeStoryCup: Game4 will be a regame
↑ TL.net fan club thread

[1] HOMESTORYCUP IV: WELCOME TO 2012 on TakeTV.net, 7 December 2011.

[2] ttps://twitter.com/TwitchTV/status/155399550759211008

[5000_USD_Donation-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "TwitchTV's donation to HSC - Where should it go?". TL.net, 6 January 2012.

[4] HSC IV Finalists go to the World Championship on esl-world.net, 12 December 2011.

[5] TaKeTV.net: US QUALIFIER RESCHEDULED

[BlizzBlog-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BlizzBlog

[7] Podcast with TaKe by TL.net @ 0:33

[8] TaKeTV.net: SPONSORS, GROUPS AND MAPS

[9] White-Ra's Facebook

[LowLandLions-10] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named LowLandLions

[11] @HomeStoryCup: Game4 will be a regame

[12] TL.net fan club thread

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Contents

HomeStory Cup IV

Contents

Overview[edit]

Format[edit]

Main Event Format[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Results[edit]

Group Stage #1[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Group E[edit]

Group F[edit]

Group G[edit]

Group H[edit]

Group Stage #2[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Racial Distribution[edit]

View Games[edit]

Replays[edit]

VODs[edit]

Day 1[edit]

Day 2[edit]

Day 3[edit]

Day 4[edit]

Trivia[edit]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

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