HomeStory Cup IX

[e][h]HomeStory Cup IX

League Information

Series:

HSC

Organizer:

TaKe

Sponsor(s):

XMG
Razer
NEED for SEAT

Game version:

Heart of the Swarm

Server:

Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

Krefeld

Format:

1v1, Group Stages,
Single-elimination Bracket

Prize pool:

$25,000 USD

Start Date:

2014-06-05

End Date:

2014-06-08

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

32

12

9

10

1

Maps

Alterzim Stronghold • Frost • Habitation Station • King Sejong Station • Merry Go Round • Overgrowth • Waystation

Chronology

HomeStory Cup VIII

HomeStory Cup X

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

Overview[edit]

Harstem, Apollo, MC, HasuObs and ToD casting the match between iNcontroL and BlinG from the TaKeTV couch

iNcontroL interviewing winner TaeJa at the Pub under TaKe's flat

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.

Format[edit]

Two group stages
- Ro32 stage: 8 groups of 4 players each
- Ro16 stage: 4 groups of 4 players each, see Group Selection Procedure.
Top two of each group from the second stage will advance to the bracket
- Bracket will be single-elimination, best of 5
- Grand finals will be best of 7

Group Selection Procedure[edit]

Ro16 groups were selected according to the following procedure:

The top 4 Ro32 group winners (ranked by match and map score, ties broken by drawing lots) were distributed into the 4 Ro16 groups (alphabetically by ID).
The remaining 4 Ro32 group winners drew their group assignments from a hat.
The four groups were filled by the second place finishers from each Ro32 group (again drawing their assignments from a hat).
- Any player who drew a Ro32 opponent again drew a new group.
Top 4 Ro32 winners were then allowed to change groups with any other player (the highest ranked player having the final selection).

For a full walkthrough of the actual group selection, see this post on TL.net.

Casters and Host[edit]

Host:
- TaKe (Dennis Gehlen)

Commentator:
- TBA

Other Language Commentators:
- Alex007 (Oleksii Trushliakov)
- Cella (Hong Seung-pyo)
- Emil (Emil Wieczorek)
- KnowMe (Steffen Fritzemeier)
- NarutO (Silvano Bovo)
- Pomi (Sergei Rodionov)
- SCBoy (F91, XiaoSe and Zhou Ning)
- Vasacast

Admin:
- TrAiDoS (Christian Staedter)

Prize Pool[edit]

$25,000 USD and 4,000 WCS Points are divided among participants as follows:

When HomeStory Cup IX was officially announced, it was supposed to have a 3rd place match, but they changed that and there was none. Unfortunately, there is no official announcement about the prize distribution. The previous reward of $3,000 for third and $2,000 for 4th was changed to $2,500 for 3rd/4th but it may be wrong.

Qualifiers[edit]

Three qualifiers, one for each region, will be held and will allow eight players to be invited:

2 spots from the Korean qualifier.
2 spots from the American qualifier.
4 spots from the European qualifier.

The eight players then compete in the Top 8 Tournament for a full paid trip to Germany.^[1]

League	Date	Qualified Players
Korean qualifier	2014-05-17	Stork	Armani
American qualifier	2014-05-17	Polt	viOLet
European qualifier	2014-05-18	YoDa	roof	TargA	FireCake

Participants[edit]

Invited Players (26)^[2]
Protoss (12)	Terran (9)	Zerg (10)	Random (1)
iNcontroL	Bomber	Jaedong^[3]	Balloon**
HasuObs^[4]	TaeJa	Snute
~~Welmu~~***	Bunny	Ret
Patience	MMA	TLO
BlinG	DeMusliM	Scarlett
MaNa	Dayshi	Stephano
NightEnD	jjakji
ToD	HeRoMaRinE***
Socke
MC
Harstem
~~Grubby~~**
White-Ra
Qualified Players (6)
Stork	~~Polt~~*	Armani
	YoDa	~~viOLet~~*
		roof
		TargA
		FireCake

*Polt and viOLet could not attend and were replaced by Bomber and Scarlett. Phog and hendralisk were first choices but could not attend either.^[5]
**Balloon replaces Grubby, who decided to focus on WCS.^[6]
***Welmu cancels his partitipation to HomeStory Cup IX due to health problems,^[7] and is replaced by HeRoMaRinE.^[8]

Results[edit]

Group Stage 1[edit]

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Group A
June 5, 2014 - 15:45 CEST
1.	TLO	2-0	4-1
2.	MMA	2-1	5-2
3.	BlinG	1-2	2-4
4.	iNcontroL	0-2	0-4

Group A Matches

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Group B
June 5, 2014 - 16:20 CEST
1.	jjakji	2-0	4-1
2.	NightEnD	2-1	4-3
3.	TargA	1-2	2-4
4.	HeRoMaRinE	0-2	2-4

Group B Matches

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Group C
June 5, 2014 - 20:45 CEST
1.	MC	2-0	4-1
2.	Dayshi	2-1	5-3
3.	Harstem	1-2	3-5
4.	FireCake	0-2	1-4

Group C Matches

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Group D
June 5, 2014 - 21:45 CEST
1.	Snute	2-0	4-1
2.	Stork	2-1	5-2
3.	White-Ra	1-2	2-5
4.	DeMusliM	0-2	1-4

Group D Matches

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Group E
June 6, 2014 - 14:00 CEST
1.	Balloon	2-0	4-1
2.	Bomber	2-1	5-3
3.	Ret	1-2	3-5
4.	ToD	0-2	1-4

Group E Matches

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Group F
June 6, 2014 - 15:00 CEST
1.	Jaedong	2-0	4-1
2.	MaNa	2-1	5-2
3.	YoDa	1-2	3-5
4.	Socke	0-2	0-4

Group F Matches

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Group G
June 6, 2014 - 20:00 CEST
1.	Armani	2-0	4-1
2.	HasuObs	2-1	4-3
3.	Bunny	1-2	3-4
4.	Stephano	0-2	1-4

Group G Matches

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Group H
June 6, 2014 - 19:00 CEST
1.	Scarlett	2-0	4-1
2.	TaeJa	2-1	5-2
3.	Patience	1-2	2-4
4.	roof	0-2	0-4

Group H Matches

Group Stage 2[edit]

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Group A
June 7, 2014 - 14:00 CEST
1.	Bomber	2-0	4-0
2.	Scarlett	2-1	4-3
3.	Stork	1-2	2-4
4.	TLO	0-2	1-4

Group A Matches

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Group B
June 7, 2014 - 15:00 CEST
1.	jjakji	2-0	4-2
2.	Dayshi	2-1	5-3
3.	Armani	1-2	4-5
4.	MaNa	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches

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Group C
June 7, 2014 - 20:00 CEST
1.	Jaedong	2-0	4-1
2.	MC	2-1	5-2
3.	HasuObs	1-2	3-5
4.	NightEnD	0-2	0-4

Group C Matches

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Group D
June 7, 2014 - 18:15 CEST
1.	MMA	2-0	4-1
2.	TaeJa	2-1	5-2
3.	Snute	1-2	3-5
4.	Balloon	0-2	0-4

Group D Matches

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Semifinals (Bo5)

Finals (Bo7)

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Random

Round of 32

12	9	10	1

Round of 16

5	5	5	1

Quarterfinals

1	5	2

Semifinals

1	2	1

Finals

1	1

Winner

1

Brood War Showmatch[edit]

Grand Final

Final

GF

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

Take TV (Official stream)
Take TV Black (Second official stream)
O'Gaming TV
Millenium TV
Pomi
Alex007
KnowMe
Vasacast
EmSc2Tv
Cella
SCBoys

VoDs[edit]

Group Stage 1

Group A
Match			Commentators	VOD
iNcontroL	vs	TLO	Ret & Scarlett & ToD	Link
MMA	vs	BlinG	DeMusliM & ToD & Apollo & Harstem	Link
MMA	vs	TLO	Apollo & Snute & Bunny	Link
iNcontroL	vs	BlinG	Apollo & MC & HasuObs & Harstem	Link
MMA	vs	BlinG	Balloon & Dayshi & ToD	Link

Group B
Match			Commentators	VOD
HeRoMaRinE	vs	jjakji	Balloon & PengWin	Link
NightEnD	vs	TargA	PengWin & roof	Link
jjakji	vs	TargA	Balloon & Destiny	Link
HeRoMaRinE	vs	NightEnD	Destiny & Bunny	Link
TargA	vs	NightEnD	TLO & roof	Link

Group C
Match			Commentators	VOD
Harstem	vs	FireCake	Apollo & iNcontroL & HasuObs	Link
MC	vs	Dayshi	jjakji & ToD & Patience & Socke	Link
Harstem	vs	MC	Destiny & NightEnD & ToD	Link
Dayshi	vs	FireCake	roof & Balloon & Destiny	Link
Harstem	vs	Dayshi	BlinG & iNcontroL & Destiny	Link

Group D
Match			Commentators	VOD
Snute	vs	White-Ra	TLO & Balloon	Link
Stork	vs	DeMusliM	HasuObs & Bunny	Link
Snute	vs	Stork	HasuObs & TargA	Link
DeMusliM	vs	White-Ra	PengWin & jjakji	Link
Stork	vs	White-Ra	HasuObs & Socke	Link

Group E
Match			Commentators	VOD
Ret	vs	Bomber	Destiny & Scarlett & TLO	Link
Balloon	vs	ToD	Destiny & BlinG & iNcontroL	Link
Bomber	vs	Balloon	iNcontroL & Dayshi & FireCake	Link
ToD	vs	Ret	Snute & Scarlett & Destiny	Link
Bomber	vs	Ret	Snute & Dayshi & Balloon & jjakji	Link

Group F
Match			Commentators	VOD
Jaedong	vs	Socke	roof & TargA	Link
YoDa	vs	MaNa	Harstem & ReaL	Link
Jaedong	vs	YoDa	TLO & Stephano	Link
MaNa	vs	Socke	PengWin & HasuObs	Link
YoDa	vs	MaNa	iNcontroL & BlinG	Link

Group G
Match			Commentators	VOD
Armani	vs	HasuObs	White-Ra & drooL	Link
Stephano	vs	Bunny	HeRoMaRinE & FireCake	Link
Armani	vs	Bunny	Scarlett & Balloon	Link
HasuObs	vs	Stephano	Socke & NightEnD & TargA & Harstem	Link
Bunny	vs	HasuObs	Destiny & Harstem & iNcontroL	Link

Group H
Match			Commentators	VOD
roof	vs	TaeJa	Destiny & TLO & TargA	Link
Patience	vs	Scarlett	Harstem & NightEnD & Snute	Link
TaeJa	vs	Scarlett	Apollo & Dayshi & TLO	Link
Patience	vs	roof	Apollo & NightEnD & White-Ra	Link
Patience	vs	TaeJa	HeRoMaRinE & Harstem & iNcontroL & Apollo	Link

Group Stage 2

Group A
Match			Commentators	VOD
Bomber	vs	TLO	TargA & Dayshi & iNcontroL	Link
Stork	vs	Scarlett	iNcontroL & Snute & ToD	Link
Bomber	vs	Stork	TargA & ToD & iNcontroL	Link
TLO	vs	Scarlett	Stephano & Snute & TargA & Harstem	Link
Stork	vs	Scarlett	BlinG & Harstem & roof & Apollo	Link

Group B
Match			Commentators	VOD
Dayshi	vs	Armani	HeRoMaRinE & Bunny	Link
jjakji	vs	MaNa	PengWin & Balloon	Link
Armani	vs	jjakji	PengWin & FireCake & Balloon	Link
MaNa	vs	Dayshi	PengWin & Bunny	Link
Armani	vs	Dayshi	TLO & Bunny	Link

Group C
Match			Commentators	VOD
MC	vs	HasuObs	Harstem & ToD	Link
Jaedong	vs	NightEnD	MaNa & ToD	Link
HasuObs	vs	Jaedong	Harstem & Socke	Link
MC	vs	NightEnD	iNcontroL & ToD & Harstem	Link
HasuObs	vs	MC	iNcontroL & ToD & Harstem	Link

Group D
Match			Commentators	VOD
TaeJa	vs	Snute	Apollo & Scarlett & iNcontroL	Link
Balloon	vs	MMA	roof & iNcontroL & HeRoMaRinE	Link
Snute	vs	MMA	Dayshi & Apollo & Scarlett	Link
TaeJa	vs	Balloon	Scarlett & Apollo & Bunny	Link
Snute	vs	TaeJa	Scarlett & Apollo & iNcontroL	Link

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
Match			Commentators	VOD
Jaedong	vs	TaeJa	Destiny & Bunny & MaNa & ToD	Link
MMA	vs	Scarlett	Destiny & DeMusliM & TargA	Link
Bomber	vs	Dayshi	HeRoMaRinE & Balloon	Link
jjakji	vs	MC	HasuObs & Harstem	Link

Semifinals
Match			Commentators	VOD
TaeJa	vs	Scarlett	Snute & iNcontroL & Destiny	Link
Dayshi	vs	MC	Socke & MaNa & Harstem & HasuObs & NightEnD	Link

Finals
Match			Commentators	VOD
TaeJa	vs	MC	Destiny & iNcontroL & ToD	Link

Spoiler-free VODs @ SC2Casts

Trivia[edit]

TaKe did a small Korea Vs. The World series in the down time of the tournament. It consisted of small mini-games of some of the Korean's who attended HSC against the foreigners.
- It started with a apple bobbing contest with Ret vs TaeJa, Ret was able to pick up the apple and won.
- The second game consisted of the solving of a puzzle as fast as possible. The World team was made up of roof and Snute against Balloon and jjakji, the Koreans ended up solving the puzzle first.
- The third game was connect 4 with TLO vs MC. MC was able to clinch the victory.
- The fourth game was table football with White-Ra, Stephano and Harstem vs Stork, MMA and Jaedong. The Koreans were able to win 3-2.
- Next was a tug-of-war with iNcontroL and TargA vs jjakji, Stork, MMA, Balloon and Armani. Team Korea was able to pull the victory.
- To open the 3rd day, a first-to-5 game of Memory (Concentration) was played, in which FireCake defeated Balloon 5-4.
- On the third day Bling beat Patience in a game of Sticky Ball Darts 110 to 90.
A Brood War showmatch with Jaedong vs. Stork occured and Stork was able to win 2-1.

Additional Coverage[edit]

External Links[edit]

Announcement thread on TL.net

References[edit]

↑ TaKeTV (May 15, 2014). "HomeStory Cup IX Qualifier". TL.net. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
↑ TaKeTV (May 28, 2014). "Dramatic HomeStoryCup player announcement". Youtube.com. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
↑ TaKeTV (May 25, 2014). "Jaedong comes to HomeStoryCup!". Youtube.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
↑ TaKe-TV (May 25, 2014). "HasuObs comes to HSC IX". Facebook.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
↑ TaKeTV (May 28, 2014). "Bomber and Scarlett replace Polt and viOLet". TL.net. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
↑ TaKeSeN (June 2, 2014). "Balloon replaces Grubby". Reddit.com. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
↑ @Newrosoft (June 3, 2014). "Welmu cancels his participation". Twitter.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
↑ TaKeTV (June 3, 2014). "Welmu cannot come to HSC - HeRoMaRinE as replacement". Reddit.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.

[1] TaKeTV (May 15, 2014). "HomeStory Cup IX Qualifier". TL.net. Retrieved May 16, 2014.

[2] TaKeTV (May 28, 2014). "Dramatic HomeStoryCup player announcement". Youtube.com. Retrieved May 28, 2014.

[3] TaKeTV (May 25, 2014). "Jaedong comes to HomeStoryCup!". Youtube.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.

[4] TaKe-TV (May 25, 2014). "HasuObs comes to HSC IX". Facebook.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.

[Polt_and_viOLet_replaced-5] TaKeTV (May 28, 2014). "Bomber and Scarlett replace Polt and viOLet". TL.net. Retrieved May 29, 2014.

[6] TaKeSeN (June 2, 2014). "Balloon replaces Grubby". Reddit.com. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

[7] @Newrosoft (June 3, 2014). "Welmu cancels his participation". Twitter.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.

[8] TaKeTV (June 3, 2014). "Welmu cannot come to HSC - HeRoMaRinE as replacement". Reddit.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.

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