At the end of a four-day saga, O'Gaming's INnoVation rose from a field of 32 competitors to claim the HomeStory Cup XVII championship. Despite some shaky performances along the way—including losses to PartinG, Snute, and Solar—the machine Terran was able to make a forceful run through the losers bracket to claim the HSC championship.
INnoVation wins HomeStory Cup XVII
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At the end of a four-day saga, O'Gaming's INnoVation rose from a field of 32 competitors to claim the HomeStory Cup XVII championship. Despite some shaky performances along the way—including losses to PartinG, Snute, and Solar—the machine Terran was able to make a forceful run through the losers bracket to claim the HSC championship. | ||
tekrebel
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I really feel bad for Soo though... | ||
Cricketer12
United States13831 Posts
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Boggyb
2855 Posts
On July 02 2018 12:16 Cricketer12 wrote: soO breaks the tie with DRG of the most premier tournament finals losses to a single person. His 3 to Inno vs DRG's 2 vs MKP Liquipedia doesn't classify this version of HSC as a premier tournament. | ||
pvsnp
7676 Posts
On July 02 2018 12:16 Cricketer12 wrote: soO breaks the tie with DRG of the most premier tournament finals losses to a single person. His 3 to Inno vs DRG's 2 vs MKP Technically, liquipedia did not classify this as a Premier tournament. No idea why, but some HSCs are labelled premier and others major. Regardless of that, Inno's beaten soO in the finals of GSL, IEM, VSL, and now HSC. | ||
Boggyb
2855 Posts
On July 02 2018 12:23 pvsnp wrote: No idea why, but some HSCs are labelled premier and others major. I would imagine it has to do with prize pool. What's odd is there were some tournaments back in WoL with significantly smaller prize pools that were considered premier. e.g. 2011 MLG Global Invitational with its $4,000 prize pool. | ||
Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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orllyfools
United States153 Posts
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
On July 02 2018 12:25 Boggyb wrote: I would imagine it has to do with prize pool. What's odd is there were some tournaments back in WoL with significantly smaller prize pools that were considered premier. e.g. 2011 MLG Global Invitational with its $4,000 prize pool. Makes sense. Or rather, it still doesn't make sense, but at least now I understand why it doesn't make sense. You'd think the players in attendance would matter more than prizepools, or else we'd all be hailing WESG as one of the toughest tournaments in the world. With the environment of HSC being what it is, I'd personally classify them all as Major. The whole point is that it's a fun tourney, not a super-serious competition. Like Incontrol said, openly discussing dildos is not really a thing in WCS. | ||
Boggyb
2855 Posts
On July 02 2018 13:02 orllyfools wrote: why didnt they reset the bracket? s00 wasnt given a second chance like the rest of the field? Double elimination tournaments either give the player out of the winner's bracket a second life in case he loses the finals or a single-game advantage. HSC followed the path of pretty much all double elimination tournaments with a bo5+ finals in going with the latter. That's why soO had 3 points despite only winning 2 games. | ||
Wolf
Korea (South)3289 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On July 02 2018 14:13 Wolf wrote: Glad to see soO taking another second place title. I'm not, I was pulling super hard for him to win this time. | ||
Fango
United Kingdom8806 Posts
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Durnuu
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Zerg.Zilla
Hungary5029 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15616 Posts
On July 02 2018 13:15 pvsnp wrote: Makes sense. Or rather, it still doesn't make sense, but at least now I understand why it doesn't make sense. You'd think the players in attendance would matter more than prizepools, or else we'd all be hailing WESG as one of the toughest tournaments in the world. With the environment of HSC being what it is, I'd personally classify them all as Major. The whole point is that it's a fun tourney, not a super-serious competition. Like Incontrol said, openly discussing dildos is not really a thing in WCS. But then TaeJa wouldn't have won the most premier tournaments | ||
Geo.Rion
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Fango
United Kingdom8806 Posts
On July 02 2018 13:15 pvsnp wrote: Makes sense. Or rather, it still doesn't make sense, but at least now I understand why it doesn't make sense. You'd think the players in attendance would matter more than prizepools, or else we'd all be hailing WESG as one of the toughest tournaments in the world. With the environment of HSC being what it is, I'd personally classify them all as Major. The whole point is that it's a fun tourney, not a super-serious competition. Like Incontrol said, openly discussing dildos is not really a thing in WCS. According to liquipedia - Premier Tournaments offer an outstanding prize pool, are frequently played out offline, and feature the best players from all over the world. They are commonly held by well-established franchises and are considered especially prestigious amongst the community. Personally don't think HSC counts for most of that. But then again SSL challenge and Cross finals do apparently. On another note, I do think WeSG as a competition is underrated. People seem to disregard it completely in terms of TY/Maru's achievements. | ||
Brained
Germany58 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15616 Posts
On July 02 2018 16:43 Geo.Rion wrote: It s uncanny at this point, Soo beat Inno in the earlier rounds, got one game up in the finals and still managed to not win the title vs Innovation. He didn't beat Inno in the earlier rounds, Inno lost to Snute, PartinG and Solar. | ||
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