slowly but surely summer is coming to an end - autumn begins and the end of the year is not that far away. It’s time to retreat to our cozy homes. But certainly we do not hibernate or something. No, we will watch StarCraft II!
Less than a week after Blizzcon, we will kick off the 8th edition of our signature event, the HomeStory Cup . Four fantastic days full of StarCraft II action are coming your way! For the HomeStory Cup VIII powered by XMG, Dennis 'TaKe' Gehlen will again invite 32 players from all over the world to his flat in Krefeld, Germany. From November 14th to 17th, 2013 they will contend for an overall prize pool of $25,000.
For all you eSports fans out there, we will of course have a stream and a live barcraft on location for the whole event. In any case, we promise you a whole package of StarCraft II action, fun, and coziness - a typical HomeStory Cup!
29 players will get a direct invite to the HomeStory Cup VIII. The remaining three slots are taken up by three players who came out first in their regional qualifiers. The three lucky winners are:
One of the 29 invited players has already been announced on our stream - it is the German Zerg Dario TLO Wünsch. All other invitations will be announced over time, as usual.
The total prize pool for the HomeStory Cup VIII powered by XMG will amount to $25,000. The prize money will be split as follows:
1st Place $10,000 2nd Place $6,500 3rd Place $3,000 4th Place $2,000 5th - 8th Place $875
Since the HomeStory Cup VIII takes place during the WCS off-season, no WCS points will be awarded.
The map pool for the tournament will be:
Yeonsu LE
Newkirk Precinct TE
Akilon Wastes
Frost LE
Whirlwind LE
Polar Night LE
Belshir Vestige LE
For all those of you guys who have had enough of watching streams at home, we have something special planned for the HomeStory Cup. Located right below TaKe's flat, in the Irish Pub “Limerick’s”, there will be a barcraft for the whole event. At “Limericks”, you can not only follow the events happening one floor above you, you can also become a part of the show itself! You can hang out with other fans, meet your favorite player(s), grab some autographs, and much more.
The "Limerick’s" will open its doors on all days of HomeStory Cup, as soon as the show starts. “Limerick’s“ Irish Pub is located at Wiedenhofstraße 60, 47798 Krefeld, Germany.
To make the HomeStory Cup VIII powered by XMG even more interactive, you have the chance to tell us your opinion - before, during and after the show. What do you guys like? Who are you cheering for? Where are you watching the HomeStory Cup VIII? ...let us know! The best way to do this is by tweeting to @TaKeTV on Twitter, using the official HomeStory Cup hashtag #HSC.
When people said those who win qualifiers would do well, like back in TSL3, I never believed them much, but then I saw results--same with NASL. Still, I'll be refreshing as bit to see who's invited :D
Yes! HSC is back Great stuff, I hope Rotti is back as a caster, but I'm pretty sure about it. For the next time I have only one wish: Get a community map into the tourney, something fun. Would definetely fit the tourney and I guess a lot of people get bored by the same mappool over and over again
On November 05 2013 03:32 KalWarkov wrote: Anyone knows who are confirmed?
So far:
Huk, Symbol, Titan, Scarlett, TLO, Incontrol, JJakji, DIMAGA,Ret. ( I think Dayshi and Happy aswell, not sure; Naniwa said that he'd be there, not really sure either)
On November 05 2013 03:32 KalWarkov wrote: Anyone knows who are confirmed?
So far:
Huk, Symbol, Titan, Scarlett, TLO, Incontrol, JJakji, DIMAGA,Ret. ( I think Dayshi and Happy aswell, not sure; Naniwa said that he'd be there, not really sure either)
Dayshi just confirmed in O'GamingTV ! And we might see MoMaN !
On November 05 2013 04:41 Thalandros wrote: I just have a question: What will be the times the tournament runs this time around? Me and a friend plan to come and it's just good to know.
if they do it like the past HSC, itll probably go from 2pm(3pm)-11pm local time
On November 05 2013 04:41 Thalandros wrote: I just have a question: What will be the times the tournament runs this time around? Me and a friend plan to come and it's just good to know.
Start is 15:30 from thursday to sunday according to the latest video on youtube. (in german) also on saturday at 19:00 o'clock Take will buy a round of beer for everyone thats inside the pub
On November 05 2013 03:32 KalWarkov wrote: Anyone knows who are confirmed?
So far:
Huk, Symbol, Titan, Scarlett, TLO, Incontrol, JJakji, DIMAGA,Ret. ( I think Dayshi and Happy aswell, not sure; Naniwa said that he'd be there, not really sure either)
well, i think we can add Grubby, HasuObs, HeroMaRiNe, Harstem and TargA to that list (probably BabyK as well) just cuz they are connected to take, famous or both.
From the pics it seems all fromer champions will be there?
If all my assumptions are correct, we have:
(23/32)
NaniWa MC HuK TitaN Grubby HasuObs Incontrol Harstem White-Ra
Jjakji Dayshi Happy TaeJa DeMusliM HeroMaRinE
Scarlett Symbol TLO Snute Nerchio Dimaga Ret TargA
the least of those are confirmed, dont take it for granted^^
On November 05 2013 12:34 kochanfe wrote: FYI that prize pool only adds up to 24900... Other than that, sweet!
They can do a karaoke tournament, winner takes 100 bucks
Unfair, free $100 for MC.
Karaoke tournament, not dancing tournament. Though it will be undeniable that MC will provide the best choreography alongside his Karaoke performance.
edit: By the way, even if most people (including me) will tune in because of the mayhem that will happen outside of the tournament, having a smooth tournament cannot hurt. So I hope you guys are prepared should a situation like the Xlord incident happen again.
On November 05 2013 12:34 kochanfe wrote: FYI that prize pool only adds up to 24900... Other than that, sweet!
They can do a karaoke tournament, winner takes 100 bucks
Unfair, free $100 for MC.
Karaoke tournament, not dancing tournament. Though it will be undeniable that MC will provide the best choreography alongside his Karaoke performance.
edit: By the way, even if most people (including me) will tune in because of the mayhem that will happen outside of the tournament, having a smooth tournament cannot hurt. So I hope you guys are prepared should a situation like the Xlord incident happen again.
Did you forget that MC is also a monster in karaoke ?
On November 05 2013 03:32 KalWarkov wrote: Anyone knows who are confirmed?
So far:
Huk, Symbol, Titan, Scarlett, TLO, Incontrol, JJakji, DIMAGA,Ret. ( I think Dayshi and Happy aswell, not sure; Naniwa said that he'd be there, not really sure either)
well, i think we can add Grubby, HasuObs, HeroMaRiNe, Harstem and TargA to that list (probably BabyK as well) just cuz they are connected to take, famous or both.
From the pics it seems all fromer champions will be there?
If all my assumptions are correct, we have:
(23/32)
NaniWa MC HuK TitaN Grubby HasuObs Incontrol Harstem White-Ra
Jjakji Dayshi Happy TaeJa DeMusliM HeroMaRinE
Scarlett Symbol TLO Snute Nerchio Dimaga Ret TargA
the least of those are confirmed, dont take it for granted^^
Thanks for the reply, I have one more question! Me and my friend want to come Saturday, possibly sunday. We only life 2.5 hours away but if saturday is enough of an awesome time we might want to book a motel or something in Krefeld. Are there enough opportunities to book one (Maybe even only once we're there?) People that've been there, please let me know! Thanks!
On November 05 2013 12:34 kochanfe wrote: FYI that prize pool only adds up to 24900... Other than that, sweet!
They can do a karaoke tournament, winner takes 100 bucks
Unfair, free $100 for MC.
Karaoke tournament, not dancing tournament. Though it will be undeniable that MC will provide the best choreography alongside his Karaoke performance.
edit: By the way, even if most people (including me) will tune in because of the mayhem that will happen outside of the tournament, having a smooth tournament cannot hurt. So I hope you guys are prepared should a situation like the Xlord incident happen again.
Did you forget that MC is also a monster in karaoke ?
Did´nt JYP advanced in some korean casting show? We maybe need him there, to give the Boss Toss a challenger. Or NightEnD ofc.
On November 06 2013 04:54 Thalandros wrote: Thanks for the reply, I have one more question! Me and my friend want to come Saturday, possibly sunday. We only life 2.5 hours away but if saturday is enough of an awesome time we might want to book a motel or something in Krefeld. Are there enough opportunities to book one (Maybe even only once we're there?) People that've been there, please let me know! Thanks!
Can recommend the Ibis-budget Hotel; it is right next to the main train station and not that far away from TaKes house either.
On November 05 2013 12:34 kochanfe wrote: FYI that prize pool only adds up to 24900... Other than that, sweet!
They can do a karaoke tournament, winner takes 100 bucks
Unfair, free $100 for MC.
Karaoke tournament, not dancing tournament. Though it will be undeniable that MC will provide the best choreography alongside his Karaoke performance.
edit: By the way, even if most people (including me) will tune in because of the mayhem that will happen outside of the tournament, having a smooth tournament cannot hurt. So I hope you guys are prepared should a situation like the Xlord incident happen again.
Did you forget that MC is also a monster in karaoke ?
On November 06 2013 04:54 Thalandros wrote: Thanks for the reply, I have one more question! Me and my friend want to come Saturday, possibly sunday. We only life 2.5 hours away but if saturday is enough of an awesome time we might want to book a motel or something in Krefeld. Are there enough opportunities to book one (Maybe even only once we're there?) People that've been there, please let me know! Thanks!
Can recommend the Ibis-budget Hotel; it is right next to the main train station and not that far away from TaKes house either.
I can confirm this, it's also really cheap but the rooms are ok, also free w-lan.
On November 06 2013 12:31 PhoenixVoid wrote: HyuN has one busy November to attend to, with HomeStory Cup, Red Bull Battlegrounds and DreamHack, all within the space of three weeks I believe.
On November 06 2013 12:31 PhoenixVoid wrote: HyuN has one busy November to attend to, with HomeStory Cup, Red Bull Battlegrounds and DreamHack, all within the space of three weeks I believe.
Busy month for everyone at the top I think - Hero's and MC's schedules are the same / worse.
On November 06 2013 12:31 PhoenixVoid wrote: HyuN has one busy November to attend to, with HomeStory Cup, Red Bull Battlegrounds and DreamHack, all within the space of three weeks I believe.
It´s the same for quite a few players, Naniwa is also attending Blizzcon, HSC, DH and still has to play the Fragbite Masters at some time. I don´t really see a problem for Hyun, he made 1850 WCS points outside of the actual WCS, just by travel to every tournament there was. He will handle it well.
I hope Hyun brings the awesome pants to HSC I love HomeStoryCup, the downtime is so awesome that its hard to get exited for the actual games! Keep going Take, you are freaking amazing!
On November 06 2013 04:54 Thalandros wrote: Thanks for the reply, I have one more question! Me and my friend want to come Saturday, possibly sunday. We only life 2.5 hours away but if saturday is enough of an awesome time we might want to book a motel or something in Krefeld. Are there enough opportunities to book one (Maybe even only once we're there?) People that've been there, please let me know! Thanks!
On November 06 2013 04:54 Thalandros wrote: Thanks for the reply, I have one more question! Me and my friend want to come Saturday, possibly sunday. We only life 2.5 hours away but if saturday is enough of an awesome time we might want to book a motel or something in Krefeld. Are there enough opportunities to book one (Maybe even only once we're there?) People that've been there, please let me know! Thanks!
I just reserved a room for €51, for two people, and we have to pay at the hotel itself - Can we pay without creditcard? I have a paypal account, cash (obviously) and a bank account. Creditcards are hard to get by in the Netherlands unless you've got a steady job (Which, considering we're minors, we don't )I'm assuming any of these would suffice, however?
On November 06 2013 04:54 Thalandros wrote: Thanks for the reply, I have one more question! Me and my friend want to come Saturday, possibly sunday. We only life 2.5 hours away but if saturday is enough of an awesome time we might want to book a motel or something in Krefeld. Are there enough opportunities to book one (Maybe even only once we're there?) People that've been there, please let me know! Thanks!
I just reserved a room for €51, for two people, and we have to pay at the hotel itself - Can we pay without creditcard? I have a paypal account, cash (obviously) and a bank account. Creditcards are hard to get by in the Netherlands unless you've got a steady job (Which, considering we're minors, we don't )I'm assuming any of these would suffice, however?
If you have to pay at the hotel itself, you pay cash/bank account. Normally you will pay the day you leave,i dont know if you can pay with netherlands bank account ( is there a difference? I have no idea^^) but cash will work.
On November 06 2013 04:54 Thalandros wrote: Thanks for the reply, I have one more question! Me and my friend want to come Saturday, possibly sunday. We only life 2.5 hours away but if saturday is enough of an awesome time we might want to book a motel or something in Krefeld. Are there enough opportunities to book one (Maybe even only once we're there?) People that've been there, please let me know! Thanks!
I just reserved a room for €51, for two people, and we have to pay at the hotel itself - Can we pay without creditcard? I have a paypal account, cash (obviously) and a bank account. Creditcards are hard to get by in the Netherlands unless you've got a steady job (Which, considering we're minors, we don't )I'm assuming any of these would suffice, however?
If you have to pay at the hotel itself, you pay cash/bank account. Normally you will pay the day you leave,i dont know if you can pay with netherlands bank account ( is there a difference? I have no idea^^) but cash will work.
Yeah, I have a debit card and cash with me obviously. I'll call just to make sure, because the website stated that their reception hours are kind of weird: 7:30-11:00 and 17:00-22:00. So that's kind of weird, hope I'll be able to pay by cash/debit on the hours that there's no reception. Thanks anyway, guys!
On November 06 2013 04:54 Thalandros wrote: Thanks for the reply, I have one more question! Me and my friend want to come Saturday, possibly sunday. We only life 2.5 hours away but if saturday is enough of an awesome time we might want to book a motel or something in Krefeld. Are there enough opportunities to book one (Maybe even only once we're there?) People that've been there, please let me know! Thanks!
I just reserved a room for €51, for two people, and we have to pay at the hotel itself - Can we pay without creditcard? I have a paypal account, cash (obviously) and a bank account. Creditcards are hard to get by in the Netherlands unless you've got a steady job (Which, considering we're minors, we don't )I'm assuming any of these would suffice, however?
If you have to pay at the hotel itself, you pay cash/bank account. Normally you will pay the day you leave,i dont know if you can pay with netherlands bank account ( is there a difference? I have no idea^^) but cash will work.
Yeah, I have a debit card and cash with me obviously. I'll call just to make sure, because the website stated that their reception hours are kind of weird: 7:30-11:00 and 17:00-22:00. So that's kind of weird, hope I'll be able to pay by cash/debit on the hours that there's no reception. Thanks anyway, guys!
Yeah the hours are weird, but hey it's cheap. Btw you won't ever need a credit card in germany, it's still very rare, cash always works.
Attending HSC to help out Steisjo as tournament admin, pretty excited, I've heard from plenty of players it's an amazing experience. The beauty of it if anyone ever worried about biased admin in this situation since I work for mousesports is that Steisjo will handle all the mousesports players due to obvious reasons. I'm not even gonna take their mapvetos for them. So Excited!
This is not enough for today cause we are about to announce the Groups of the HomeStoryCup 8 which will held in Germany, Krefeld next week thursday at around 5:30 PM Live in the Show. ARE YOU READY?
This is not enough for today cause we are about to announce the Groups of the HomeStoryCup 8 which will held in Germany, Krefeld next week thursday at around 5:30 PM Live in the Show. ARE YOU READY?
On November 09 2013 11:53 mouz.Wake wrote: Attending HSC to help out Steisjo as tournament admin, pretty excited, I've heard from plenty of players it's an amazing experience. The beauty of it if anyone ever worried about biased admin in this situation since I work for mousesports is that Steisjo will handle all the mousesports players due to obvious reasons. I'm not even gonna take their mapvetos for them. So Excited!
Cool! Another person I will meet. Looking forward to meet you and the party on saturday is legendary, don't miss it, just don't.
Groups are coming after our next Map Axiom vs Mouz :D I cant wait to present you the Maps but also an Interview and some words from me about Kevin (Rotti)
On November 11 2013 02:15 Boucot wrote: MoMaN ? What the hell ?
And that group E will be amazing. Nerchio, NaNi and Dayshi can't stand each other. It will be fun.
not surprising to see MoMaN there now that there are no WCS point he can invite him again. He said on OGaming that he makes more money than lot of players just with poker and all other stupid bets
On November 11 2013 02:15 Boucot wrote: MoMaN ? What the hell ?
And that group E will be amazing. Nerchio, NaNi and Dayshi can't stand each other. It will be fun.
not surprising to see MoMaN there now that there are no WCS point he can invite him again. He said on OGaming that he makes more money than lot of players just with poker and all other stupid bets
I know but still, there are 15 french players better than him. You can't say that for the other players (besides iNcontroL).
On November 11 2013 02:19 Dinotramp wrote: No Snute?
He's in Korea at CJ Entus house to train for Red Bull Battlegrounds.
Very sad to not see ForGG here. I don't know if he denied the invite or whatever but he has been living in Europe for more than a year now, he speaks english pretty well and above all, he is in Germany right now. T_T
On November 11 2013 02:15 Boucot wrote: MoMaN ? What the hell ?
And that group E will be amazing. Nerchio, NaNi and Dayshi can't stand each other. It will be fun.
not surprising to see MoMaN there now that there are no WCS point he can invite him again. He said on OGaming that he makes more money than lot of players just with poker and all other stupid bets
I know but still, there are 15 french players better than him. You can't say that for the other players (besides iNcontroL).
would be sick if sos is one of these last 2 remaining players. other than that i fear for huk, i hope he does very well but it looks so grim against happy and hyun t.t but goooo huuuuuukuuuu, will be an awesome tournament
On November 11 2013 02:15 Boucot wrote: MoMaN ? What the hell ?
And that group E will be amazing. Nerchio, NaNi and Dayshi can't stand each other. It will be fun.
not surprising to see MoMaN there now that there are no WCS point he can invite him again. He said on OGaming that he makes more money than lot of players just with poker and all other stupid bets
I know but still, there are 15 french players better than him. You can't say that for the other players (besides iNcontroL).
HSc never has been about players level
I know that and I will always defend HSC against those who say that the level is not high enough. It just surprises me to see MoMaN there this year, more than in 2011 and 2012. I'm not angry at all, just very surprised.
On November 11 2013 02:11 GumBa wrote: I hope MMA and INnoVation we srsly need terrans there and with 2 Acer payers there already it would make logistical sense
hell, just get innovation in a homestory cup let the personality flow through him
On November 11 2013 02:11 GumBa wrote: I hope MMA and INnoVation we srsly need terrans there and with 2 Acer payers there already it would make logistical sense
hell, just get innovation in a homestory cup let the personality flow through him
On November 11 2013 02:11 GumBa wrote: I hope MMA and INnoVation we srsly need terrans there and with 2 Acer payers there already it would make logistical sense
hell, just get innovation in a homestory cup let the personality flow through him
So group H has only players starting with H, group G is comprised solely of has-beens, Naniwa and Nerchio are guaranteed to play for maximum drama and both TBA got put together? This stinks of hand-picking. I hoped that TLO - Cloud thing was a one off.
So group H has only players starting with H, group G is comprised solely of has-beens, Naniwa and Nerchio are guaranteed to play for maximum drama and both TBA got put together? This stinks of hand-picking. I hoped that TLO - Cloud thing was a one off.
So the top 6 finisher of WCS korea, the current EPS-leader and the guy, who all-killed iG less than two weeks ago are has-beens? Do you even realize, how absurdly dumb that sounds?
On November 11 2013 05:47 NanowaX wrote: argh they are lacking a top level fan favorite terran in my opinion besides taeja !! :D hoping for inno or mma.
On November 11 2013 05:27 PengWin_SC wrote: Jjakji gonna win guys. Sorry.
where's my miracle named stardust?
you mean the one time wonder?
Yeah, right, that one time wonder, that made 2 DH semifinals in a row. Oh, wait, that does´nt make the slightest amout of sence...
What is up with you guys (as in: you and the guy from page 1, not UD1993 or PengWin), droping offensive one-liners with obviously wrong content, just to insult players? Don´t you have anything better to do?
Lack of terrans as always but this time situation is even more silly than before. 7/30 player are terrans. Really??? They could have easily invited players like Bunny and Naama to balance the amount of races.
OMG I love HSC so much! Gotta say though, MC and Stardust and the other korean player (cant remember his name) casting the games was the highlight of the show last time. MORE OF THAT PLEASE!
On November 11 2013 06:54 Relaaja wrote: Lack of terrans as always but this time situation is even more silly than before. 7/30 player are terrans. Really??? They could have easily invited players like Bunny and Naama to balance the amount of races.
and top16 will very likely have 2 terrans :D pretty standard
On November 11 2013 06:54 Relaaja wrote: Lack of terrans as always but this time situation is even more silly than before. 7/30 player are terrans. Really??? They could have easily invited players like Bunny and Naama to balance the amount of races.
and top16 will very likely have 2 terrans :D pretty standard
Have faith in Happy. He will eat the P´s. Kas has a decent chance do advance as well.
On November 11 2013 10:33 barny94 wrote: Question : Which format ll they use for group stages ? GSL (like past HSC) or round robin ? Liquipedia is disturbing
ThX
nothing disturbing on Liquipedia. 5 matches mean it is GSL style, and you could see that's how is was fore previous HSC too
Ehhh honestly kinda disappointed with the line up this year O.o. I love Incontrol but is he really in any shape to play at a professional level right now? It will be nice to see jjakj at an event like this and I am of course still gonna to watch it because I love Take and I love HSC but compared to a lot of other tournaments the overall skill level seems to be lacking outside of a few players. MC, HerO, TaeJa, HyuN and Maybe jjakji gonna pretty well dominate this tournament without breaking much of a sweat imo. Scarlett depending on her condition could do well too. I hope I can get surprised by some players like Heromarine and BabyK. Would Also LOVE to see Socke or Hasu do well but I just don't see it happening
I know it's not fair to compare but after watching the WCS season 3 finals and global finals this player pool just seems weak D:
On November 11 2013 13:07 tili wrote: What if JD was there?? :o
We can hope.
He is probably going to be. Someone (Waxangel?) accidentally said that JD has 2 opportunities to win a tournament for this year: HSC and Dreamhack.
Wax was speculating afaik. Also Take said in a VOD, that those to TBA were originally fixed, but canceled their participation, Jaedong might have been one of those.
Not sure what to think about the fact that the groups were probably picked by hand rather than random drawing. Actually the full groups are really well rounded, but if you do something like that there is no way to guarantee that a certain bias towards some players will influence the process.
On November 11 2013 18:46 Teodice wrote: You all guys will be excited for sure. The upcoming player to be announced is really badass! Stay hyped!
It's sOs and possible Innovation/MMA, or both of them. pretty sure the winner og Blizzcon would be invited. Also it could be Jaedong. Gonna be sick players no matter what
On November 11 2013 23:20 Liquid`Ret wrote: so fucking pumped for this tournament. Hope everybody plans to show up and lets make it the best homestory cup ever !!
Ill be there if you drink a beer with me :D jkjk Ill be there anyway
On November 11 2013 23:30 Boucot wrote: Still hoping for a Stephano appearance (either casually or in the tournament) and looking forward to a possible NaNiwa-Nerchio-Stephano cast.
Just to add to akwardness, let them cast TvT too ;D
On November 11 2013 23:30 Boucot wrote: Still hoping for a Stephano appearance (either casually or in the tournament) and looking forward to a possible NaNiwa-Nerchio-Stephano cast.
Just to add to akwardness, let them cast TvT too ;D
On November 11 2013 23:30 Boucot wrote: Still hoping for a Stephano appearance (either casually or in the tournament) and looking forward to a possible NaNiwa-Nerchio-Stephano cast.
Just to add to akwardness, let them cast TvT too ;D
On November 11 2013 23:30 Boucot wrote: Still hoping for a Stephano appearance (either casually or in the tournament) and looking forward to a possible NaNiwa-Nerchio-Stephano cast.
Just to add to akwardness, let them cast TvT too ;D
Oh god. Too hilarious while just thinkin' of it. Please make this happen
Well he should go because there are already two very managable protoss in the remaining group (InControl and ToD) but it will be tough with the jet lag.
So group H has only players starting with H, group G is comprised solely of has-beens, Naniwa and Nerchio are guaranteed to play for maximum drama and both TBA got put together? This stinks of hand-picking. I hoped that TLO - Cloud thing was a one off.
Why do people make things out of nothing? I never held anything against any player and people make big deal out of certain match-ups, lol.
If Polt is not already on the plane, I don't think it's a good thing for him to go that far (germany) specially if he has to play his first matches thursday. And Dreamhack Winter is starting 28th November. What will he do between these dates ? Go back to Texas and return a week after ? Stay and chill in Europe ?
On November 12 2013 08:01 djraphi23 wrote: If Polt is not already on the plane, I don't think it's a good thing for him to go that far (germany) specially if he has to play his first matches thursday. And Dreamhack Winter is starting 28th November. What will he do between these dates ? Go back to Texas and return a week after ? Stay and chill in Europe ?
Spending his free time by learning mathematics with Stephano in Luxembourg. That's what I'd expect from Polt.
Imo, the op is pretty lackluster. There is neither a link to its liquipedia page, nor a link to the official website where apparently somebody has a preliminary schedule (starting at 14:00 GMT (+00:00) on Thursday and Friday).
On November 12 2013 18:46 JustPassingBy wrote: Imo, the op is pretty lackluster. There is neither a link to its liquipedia page, nor a link to the official website where apparently somebody has a preliminary schedule (starting at 14:00 GMT (+00:00) on Thursday and Friday).
Well its more of an announcement thread than anything, but if this is the LR thread it'd need some work.
On November 12 2013 18:46 JustPassingBy wrote: Imo, the op is pretty lackluster. There is neither a link to its liquipedia page, nor a link to the official website where apparently somebody has a preliminary schedule (starting at 14:00 GMT (+00:00) on Thursday and Friday).
Well its more of an announcement thread than anything, but if this is the LR thread it'd need some work.
Even an announcement thread can serve as a HUB for all information related to the event. Looking at all that is written in the op, the authors clearly put some work into creating it.
So group H has only players starting with H, group G is comprised solely of has-beens, Naniwa and Nerchio are guaranteed to play for maximum drama and both TBA got put together? This stinks of hand-picking. I hoped that TLO - Cloud thing was a one off.
Why do people make things out of nothing? I never held anything against any player and people make big deal out of certain match-ups, lol.
He also makes consipracy theories about the tournament and insults all the players in group G. I doubt, responding to that was worth your time tbh.
The new patch will only make this tournament all the more exciting. Why isn't Homestory Cup in the TL calendars, Redbull is shown as next big huge event and that's 10 days after the start of the Homestory Cup.
Still 2 players need to get invited, Grubby has to be one of them!
On November 12 2013 20:24 ejozl wrote: The new patch will only make this tournament all the more exciting. Why isn't Homestory Cup in the TL calendars, Redbull is shown as next big huge event and that's 10 days after the start of the Homestory Cup.
Still 2 players need to get invited, Grubby has to be one of them!
On November 12 2013 20:45 NovaMB wrote: TaKe already said that Grubby is not coming to this Homestory Cup.
for people who want a source: it's in the video of his tour through his appartment. I recall something about the old kitchen not being big enough for Grubby the last time or something like that.
On November 12 2013 18:46 JustPassingBy wrote:where apparently somebody has a preliminary schedule (starting at 14:00 GMT (+00:00) on Thursday and Friday).
That "preliminary schedule" you're referring to are the opening hours of the Irish Pub where the barcraft will be taking place. The streams will start on 15:30h CET each day, dates have been submitted to the TL calendar and are awaiting approval.
On November 12 2013 18:46 JustPassingBy wrote:where apparently somebody has a preliminary schedule (starting at 14:00 GMT (+00:00) on Thursday and Friday).
That "preliminary schedule" you're referring to are the opening hours of the Irish Pub where the barcraft will be taking place. The streams will start on 15:30h CET each day, dates have been submitted to the TL calendar and are awaiting approval.
First of all: thx for adding it to the TL-calendar Secondly, any ETA on the players that are to be announced?
On November 12 2013 18:46 JustPassingBy wrote:where apparently somebody has a preliminary schedule (starting at 14:00 GMT (+00:00) on Thursday and Friday).
That "preliminary schedule" you're referring to are the opening hours of the Irish Pub where the barcraft will be taking place. The streams will start on 15:30h CET each day, dates have been submitted to the TL calendar and are awaiting approval.
Hey, the start time of the event is the time the Irish Pub opens, problems with that?
On November 12 2013 22:54 JustPassingBy wrote: Hey, the start time of the event is the time the Irish Pub opens, problems with that?
My bad, I thought you were referring to the 15:00h CET communicated earlier. Sorry!
On November 12 2013 22:36 Niko_Thien wrote: First of all: thx for adding it to the TL-calendar Secondly, any ETA on the players that are to be announced?
I don't wanna spoil the surprise for you guys. It's possible that one of the announcements will be published only shortly before the event, but believe me, it's gonna be even more epic that way.
On November 12 2013 22:36 Niko_Thien wrote: First of all: thx for adding it to the TL-calendar Secondly, any ETA on the players that are to be announced?
I don't wanna spoil the surprise for you guys. It's possible that one of the announcements will be published only shortly before the event, but believe me, it's gonna be even more epic that way.
Just put the last player right next to TaKe and Rotti when the stream first goes live
On November 12 2013 22:36 Niko_Thien wrote: First of all: thx for adding it to the TL-calendar Secondly, any ETA on the players that are to be announced?
I don't wanna spoil the surprise for you guys. It's possible that one of the announcements will be published only shortly before the event, but believe me, it's gonna be even more epic that way.
Just put the last player right next to TaKe and Rotti when the stream first goes live
I would guess Acers star-player is innovating a new way of announcement.
On November 13 2013 03:32 Aeromi wrote: Stephano @EG_Stephano 1 min
1) Hmmm. I am excited because.....wait for it.....
YES ! I see it coming too.
On November 11 2013 23:30 Boucot wrote: Still hoping for a Stephano appearance (either casually or in the tournament) and looking forward to a possible NaNiwa-Nerchio-Stephano cast.
Stephano @EG_Stephano 45 min 2) because my mother is coming tomorrow to tell me a story as she used to do when.....wait for it....
He is definitely one of the two remaining ! (mother = home) + story. Let's hope Polt is the other one ! Another Polt-Stephano match would be sooooo sickkkk ! But I'm dreaming I guess ...
On November 13 2013 05:39 djraphi23 wrote: Stephano @EG_Stephano 45 min 2) because my mother is coming tomorrow to tell me a story as she used to do when.....wait for it....
He is definitely one of the two remaining ! (mother = home) + story. Let's hope Polt is the other one ! Another Polt-Stephano match would be sooooo sickkkk ! But I'm dreaming I guess ...
This is awesome. Now the question is, does he play?
So apparently NaNiwa withdraws and StarDust takes his spot.
From TaKes Facebook: Dazu kommt, dass es wohl eine schlechte Nachricht gibt und uns NaNiwa für den HSC absagt und das zum 3 mal in Folge kurz vorher...Jedoch werden wir hierfür einen guten Ersatz mit Stardust haben. Trotzdem schade.
Rough translation: "Additionally I have some bad news as NaNiwa has withdrawn from HSC on short notice(for the third time now), but we'll have a adequate substitute in StarDust."
From TaKes Facebook: Dazu kommt, dass es wohl eine schlechte Nachricht gibt und uns NaNiwa für den HSC absagt und das zum 3 mal in Folge kurz vorher...Jedoch werden wir hierfür einen guten Ersatz mit Stardust haben. Trotzdem schade.
Rough translation: "Additionally I have some bad news as NaNiwa has withdrawn from HSC on short notice(for the third time now), but we'll have a adequate substitute in StarDust."
On November 13 2013 07:39 NovaMB wrote: So apparently NaNiwa withdraws and StarDust takes his spot.
From TaKes Facebook: Dazu kommt, dass es wohl eine schlechte Nachricht gibt und uns NaNiwa für den HSC absagt und das zum 3 mal in Folge kurz vorher...Jedoch werden wir hierfür einen guten Ersatz mit Stardust haben. Trotzdem schade.
Rough translation: "Additionally I have some bad news as NaNiwa has withdrawn from HSC on short notice(for the third time now), but we'll have a adequate substitute in StarDust."
On November 13 2013 07:39 NovaMB wrote: So apparently NaNiwa withdraws and StarDust takes his spot.
From TaKes Facebook: Dazu kommt, dass es wohl eine schlechte Nachricht gibt und uns NaNiwa für den HSC absagt und das zum 3 mal in Folge kurz vorher...Jedoch werden wir hierfür einen guten Ersatz mit Stardust haben. Trotzdem schade.
Rough translation: "Additionally I have some bad news as NaNiwa has withdrawn from HSC on short notice(for the third time now), but we'll have a adequate substitute in StarDust."
On November 13 2013 07:39 NovaMB wrote: So apparently NaNiwa withdraws and StarDust takes his spot.
From TaKes Facebook: Dazu kommt, dass es wohl eine schlechte Nachricht gibt und uns NaNiwa für den HSC absagt und das zum 3 mal in Folge kurz vorher...Jedoch werden wir hierfür einen guten Ersatz mit Stardust haben. Trotzdem schade.
Rough translation: "Additionally I have some bad news as NaNiwa has withdrawn from HSC on short notice(for the third time now), but we'll have a adequate substitute in StarDust."
On November 13 2013 08:06 NovaMB wrote: They swapped Group B with G now, theres a new version of the original announcement with the groups swapped.
So I guess the unknown players won't be able to be there thursday.
Guess that makes MMA/Innovation viable suspects for the TBA slots again, should they board a plane right after GSTL
The plot thickens
They have another GSTL match the following day lol.
They have a match Wednesday(SouL) and Thursday(StarTale) 11am CET, the HSC group G would start Friday after Groups E/F have been played, so approx. 7-8 pm CET
Good decision from Naniwa to avoid HSC. They are so many players/casters/observers who would like to beat the s**t out of him.... when they are drunk - they might do it.
On November 13 2013 15:52 styLesdavis wrote: Good decision from Naniwa to avoid HSC. They are so many players/casters/observers who would like to beat the s**t out of him.... when they are drunk - they might do it.
On November 13 2013 15:52 styLesdavis wrote: Good decision from Naniwa to avoid HSC. They are so many players/casters/observers who would like to beat the s**t out of him.... when they are drunk - they might do it.
I think your view of Nani´s relation to the scene is quite wrong.
On November 13 2013 15:52 styLesdavis wrote: Good decision from Naniwa to avoid HSC. They are so many players/casters/observers who would like to beat the s**t out of him.... when they are drunk - they might do it.
I think your view of Nani´s relation to the scene is quite wrong.
Just think about those caster/player that already tweeted about doing it. I might not be that wrong....
On November 13 2013 15:52 styLesdavis wrote: Good decision from Naniwa to avoid HSC. They are so many players/casters/observers who would like to beat the s**t out of him.... when they are drunk - they might do it.
I think your view of Nani´s relation to the scene is quite wrong.
Just think about those caster/player that already tweeted about doing it. I might not be that wrong....
OK, than give me names and proof for your assumptions. I know, that HuK and Dayshi are´nt best friends with naniwa, but one of them is french (and thus loses every fight per definition) and the other one is short enough, that you should be able to at least outrun him.
I would have liked Dragon in the line-up. He really fit in well with the spirit of the HSC. I remember him being chased around by a little kid. Fun times. Sad he will not come this time.
Just to get some more awesome people at HSC i invited ClouD to HSC to be my guest he will fly in tomorrow in the middle of the day :D I missed him so much lately nice to have him here again <3 Cant wait for his HSC I dont know but the feeling in my place is already pretty awesome.
I was promised hype... and they reveal Leenock. Sure Leenock is a fantastic player that I love watching but when it comes to how much they wanted us to be hyped then I was expecting someone like Boxer or Nestea
On November 14 2013 01:37 LeviathanDK wrote: I was promised hype... and they reveal Leenock. Sure Leenock is a fantastic player that I love watching but when it comes to how much they wanted us to be hyped then I was expecting someone like Boxer or Nestea
Even though itll never happen imagine if BoxeR was invited? I would cream myself
On November 14 2013 01:37 LeviathanDK wrote: I was promised hype... and they reveal Leenock. Sure Leenock is a fantastic player that I love watching but when it comes to how much they wanted us to be hyped then I was expecting someone like Boxer or Nestea
Even though itll never happen imagine if BoxeR was invited? I would cream myself
You can cream yourself over Leenock too, he is very cool!
On November 14 2013 01:37 LeviathanDK wrote: I was promised hype... and they reveal Leenock. Sure Leenock is a fantastic player that I love watching but when it comes to how much they wanted us to be hyped then I was expecting someone like Boxer or Nestea
Even though itll never happen imagine if BoxeR was invited? I would cream myself
You can cream yourself over Leenock too, he is very cool!
On November 14 2013 01:37 LeviathanDK wrote: I was promised hype... and they reveal Leenock. Sure Leenock is a fantastic player that I love watching but when it comes to how much they wanted us to be hyped then I was expecting someone like Boxer or Nestea
Even though itll never happen imagine if BoxeR was invited? I would cream myself
You can cream yourself over Leenock too, he is very cool!
On November 14 2013 05:42 TheDougler wrote: Still a player left to be announced, doesn't this start in ~12 hours? Must be someone awesome like Stephano somehow
TaKe posted on facebook that they'll reveal the last player at around23:00 GMT (+00:00)
On November 14 2013 05:42 TheDougler wrote: Still a player left to be announced, doesn't this start in ~12 hours? Must be someone awesome like Stephano somehow
TaKe posted on facebook that they'll reveal the last player at around23:00 GMT (+00:00)
i know guys but the video needs to be cut if we do it we want some videohype for it not just a comment ;D I hope you understand and we are becoming slower since we worked all morning and night the last days^^
Thank god it was him and he is playing. Staying up was worth it . I wonder if he played some games to prepare lately. If he does well it will be so epic!
On November 14 2013 14:41 TehMaster wrote: Awesome! So the players all cast each other's games? That sounds very entertaining. Very much looking forward to tomorrow! Thanks for the info Yhamm!
Yeah!
It's a real different experience. The players all cast eachothers games and generally kind of fool around a bit, good way to get to really experience some personality, like this:
Oh fuck, I didn't know exactly when until I just saw it in the upcoming events. It's in less than seven hours. But it's thursday. And it appears that I have chosen the wrong day for time adjustment. What have I done.
On November 14 2013 18:39 5c0rp10n wrote: when does the stream start? the first group starts at 15:30 CET but will there be a pre-show?
15h
TakeTV had a show yesterday and they said the actual broadcast starts at 15:30 CET. Therefore the groups should start roughly half an hour later. But shouldn't hurt to turn on the stream at 15h and get hyped :D
On November 14 2013 18:39 5c0rp10n wrote: when does the stream start? the first group starts at 15:30 CET but will there be a pre-show?
15h
TakeTV had a show yesterday and they said the actual broadcast starts at 15:30 CET. Therefore the groups should start roughly half an hour later. But shouldn't hurt to turn on the stream at 15h and get hyped :D
Im so hyped, that i want the stream to be started right now. :D
On November 14 2013 18:39 5c0rp10n wrote: when does the stream start? the first group starts at 15:30 CET but will there be a pre-show?
15h
TakeTV had a show yesterday and they said the actual broadcast starts at 15:30 CET. Therefore the groups should start roughly half an hour later. But shouldn't hurt to turn on the stream at 15h and get hyped :D
well I don't know then, but steisjo said group started at 15h30, so wait & see
In order to increase the hype I was interested in the fact, who had the most attendances at all of the Homestory Cups including No. 8. Here is what I counted (Just the ones with at least 4 attendances listed):
DIMAGA 8 HasuObs 8 Socke 8 Ret 7 MC 6 NightEnD 6 ClouD 5 GoOdy 5 MaNa 5 Stephano 5 TLO 5 ToD 5 DarKFoRcE 4 MoMan 4 Naama 4 ThorZaIN 4 White-Ra 4
Including HSC VIII 91 players have participated in at least one cup, whereas only DIMAGA, HasuObs and Socke participated in all of them.
Still a bit disappointed that ForGG hasn't been invited, considering that he is and has been one of the best (if not the best) Terran in EU. Nevertheless looking forward to it, I wonder how much Heromarine had to bribe Take for him to land in a group with two zergs instead of one with two protoss.
On November 14 2013 22:34 JustPassingBy wrote: Still a bit disappointed that ForGG hasn't been invited, considering that he is and has been one of the best (if not the best) Terran in EU. Nevertheless looking forward to it, I wonder how much Heromarine had to bribe Take for him to land in a group with two zergs instead of one with two protoss.
tbh honest, i don't play sc2 anymore. nowadays i play a lot of LoL(flame me if you want to), but this event allways gets me excited like a 12 year old girl before the concert of her favorite boyband. so much hype!!! gogogo HSC ~~~~
On November 14 2013 22:36 seenster wrote: tbh honest, i don't play sc2 anymore. nowadays i play a lot of LoL(flame me if you want to), but this event allways gets me excited like a 12 year old girl before the concert of her favorite boyband. so much hype!!! gogogo HSC ~~~~
On November 14 2013 22:34 JustPassingBy wrote: Still a bit disappointed that ForGG hasn't been invited, considering that he is and has been one of the best (if not the best) Terran in EU. Nevertheless looking forward to it, I wonder how much Heromarine had to bribe Take for him to land in a group with two zergs instead of one with two protoss.
On November 14 2013 22:36 seenster wrote: tbh honest, i don't play sc2 anymore. nowadays i play a lot of LoL(flame me if you want to), but this event allways gets me excited like a 12 year old girl before the concert of her favorite boyband. so much hype!!! gogogo HSC ~~~~
On November 14 2013 22:36 seenster wrote: tbh honest, i don't play sc2 anymore. nowadays i play a lot of LoL(flame me if you want to), but this event allways gets me excited like a 12 year old girl before the concert of her favorite boyband. so much hype!!! gogogo HSC ~~~~
On November 14 2013 22:34 JustPassingBy wrote: Still a bit disappointed that ForGG hasn't been invited, considering that he is and has been one of the best (if not the best) Terran in EU. Nevertheless looking forward to it, I wonder how much Heromarine had to bribe Take for him to land in a group with two zergs instead of one with two protoss.
maybe he was invited and declined...
Maybe, care to make bets with me on that one? ;D
probably scheduling conflict xwith daylimotion cup, which is hosted by millenium, owner of forGG
I hope HuK commentates Scarlett vs Nightend. He's played Scarlett a TON lately in various qualifiers and is protoss so seems like an ideal choice for the matchup.
On November 14 2013 22:34 DarkLordOlli wrote: I'm hoping for a TL sweep again. 4 Liquid players playing today, if they could all top their groups pls that would be cool