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HomeStory Cup V
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League Information
Organizer: TaKe
Sponsor: XMG
Roccat
Eizo
NEEDforSEAT
SmartChecker
Twitch
Rapidshare
Game Version: Wings of Liberty Patch 1.4.3
Server: Europe
Event Type: Offline
Location: Germany Germany
Format: 1v1, Group Stages,
Single-elimination Bracket
Prize pool: $25,000
Start Date: 2012-07-05
End Date: 2012-07-08
Links: TLPD
Official Website
Winners
Gold.png Poland Zicon small.png Nerchio
Silver.png South Korea Picon small.png YongHwa
Bronze.png South Korea Picon small.png MC Copper.png South Korea Zicon small.png Golden
Player Breakdown
Number of Players: 32
Picon small.png 12   Ticon small.png 7   Zicon small.png 13   
Maps
ESL Antiga Shipyard • ESL Cloud Kingdom • ESL Daybreak • ESL Entombed Valley • ESL Metropolis • ESL Ohana • GSL Atlantis Spaceship

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

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[edit] Overview

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.

[edit] Format

  • 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

[edit] Group Selection Procedure

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 TeamLiquid.net.

[edit] Tie Breaking

In case of two or more players having the same match score, ties are broken in order of:

  • Map score.
    • Match and map score between the tied participants.
      • Best of 1 tie-breaking matches.

[edit] Prize Pool

$25,000 is spread among the players as seen below:

Place Prize (USD) ID Team
Gold.png 1st $10,000 Poland Zicon small.png Nerchio Acerlogo std.png Team Acer
Silver.png 2nd $6,500 South Korea Picon small.png YongHwa IMlogo std.png Incredible Miracle
Bronze.png 3rd $3,000 South Korea Picon small.png MC Sklogo std.png SK Gaming
Copper.png 4th $2,000 South Korea Zicon small.png Golden Lightesportslogo std.png LighT eSports

[edit] Qualifiers

Five qualifiers were held, two for North America, two for Europe, and one for Korea. The winner of each qualifier received an all-expenses paid trip to the HomeStory Cup V.

[edit] Participants

Protoss Protoss (12) Terran Terran (7) Zerg Zerg (13)
Invited Players (27)
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Poland MaNa
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Germany DBS
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Germany DarKFoRcE
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Romania NightEnD
Empirelogo std.png
Russia Happy
Liquidlogo std.png
Germany TLO
TypeLogo2012 std.png
South Korea ReaL
IMlogo std.png
South Korea Mvp
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USA Sheth
Mouzlogo std.png
Germany HasuObs
Atnlogo std.png
Italy ClouD
Mtwlogo std.png
Ukraine DIMAGA
ESClogo std.png
Austria monchi
Milllogo std.png
Poland Tarson
Eglogo std.png
USA IdrA
Eglogo std.png
USA iNcontroL
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Finland Naama
Acerlogo std.png
Ukraine Bly
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France ToD
ESClogo std.png
Germany GoOdy
Rootlogo std.png
USA Destiny
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Germany Socke
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Netherlands Ret
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United Kingdom BlinG
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Norway Snute*
Qantic std.png
Sweden SaSe
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South Korea MC
Qualified Players (5)
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South Korea YongHwa
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South Korea Golden
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South Korea Sleep
Acerlogo std.png
Poland Nerchio
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Russia sLivko
  • White-Ra canceled his participation due to personal reasons.[1][2]
  • Kas couldn't attend due to visa issues and was replaced by Snute.[3]

[edit] Results

[edit] Group Stage 1

[edit] Group Stage 2

[edit] Playoffs

July 8, 2012

[edit] Bracket

Quarterfinals (Bo5)
 South Korea Sleep
1
Sleep Zicon small.png
Picon small.png YongHwa
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 South Korea YongHwa
3
 Russia sLivko
2
sLivko Zicon small.png
Zicon small.png Golden
lrthread
 South Korea Golden
3
 Germany HasuObs
0
HasuObs Picon small.png
Zicon small.png Nerchio
lrthread
 Poland Nerchio
3
 South Korea MC
3
MC Picon small.png
Zicon small.png Ret
lrthread
 Netherlands Ret
1
Semifinals (Bo5)
 South Korea YongHwa
3
YongHwa Picon small.png
Zicon small.png Golden
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 South Korea Golden
1
 Poland Nerchio
3
Nerchio Zicon small.png
Picon small.png MC
lrthread
 South Korea MC
1
Finals (Bo7)
 South Korea YongHwa
1
YongHwa Picon small.png
Zicon small.png Nerchio
lrthread
 Poland Nerchio
4
3rd Place Match
 South Korea Golden
0
Golden Zicon small.png
Picon small.png MC
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 South Korea MC
3

[edit] Racial Distribution

  Protoss TerranZergRandom
Round of 32
12713
Round of 16
538
Quarterfinals
35
Semifinals
22
Finals
11
Winner
1

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[edit] VODs

[edit] Additional Coverage

[edit] TeamLiquid.net

[edit] Live Report

[edit] Interviews and Photos

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HomeStory Cup V
Interviews
Cadred.org
Richard Lewis
Definitive-eSports
James Banks
Team Acer
Photos
Cadred.org
Definitive-eSports
TaKeTV.net
Team Acer

[edit] Trivia

  • A day prior to the tournament, Ret tweeted that casters should stop plugging their own twitters constantly and should promote the players' twitters as well[4], after NaNiwa advanced to the Ro8 in the GSL Season 3 Code S and Tastosis only mentioned their own twitters. As a result, casters started plugging Ret's twitter during the HomeStory Cup which quickly became a meme[5][6], resulting in over 2,000 new followers.[7]
  • All 5 qualified players made it to the Playoffs.

[edit] See Also

[edit] External Links

[edit] References

  1. ↑ "HOMESTORYCUP V: GROUPS, PRIZE POOL & TOURNAMENT SYSTEM". 2 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "White-Ra's facebook post". 3 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "GLSnute replaces Empire.Kas at HomeStoryCup V!!". 5 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "@LiquidRet: "casters should stop plugging their own twitters constantly and maybe promote the players twitter a little more"". 5 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "links to twitter.com/LiquidRet in various posts in the Teamliquid.net tournament forum".
  6. ↑ "Top rated comment on an HSCV reddit post mentions follow twitter.com/liquidret".
  7. ↑ "LiquidRet followers on July 5th: 20,770; On July 7th: 22,463".
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