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Waxangel
United States33681 Posts
Schedule: July 3-5, 11:00 GMT (+00:00) Start Time
Streams: TakeTV (main English stream) + check TL.net sidebar for additional community streams and non-English streams when tournament is live Players and Initial Groups: ![[image loading]](/staff/Waxangel/homestorycup/hsc29groups_1.png) | ||
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dijkkie1
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Kreuger
Sweden983 Posts
On July 03 2026 17:33 dijkkie1 wrote: no koreans? Correct | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7363 Posts
On July 03 2026 17:33 dijkkie1 wrote: no koreans? Pity none accepted the invitation :/ Anyway, curious to see how the meta has been shaken by the patch and the hotfix | ||
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Khabra
Poland52 Posts
go! go! go! | ||
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Agh
United States1098 Posts
Hope for some good games. | ||
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Waxangel
United States33681 Posts
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Agh
United States1098 Posts
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Kreuger
Sweden983 Posts
 Expecting Clem to advance and showtime as second, eventhough with the recent patch Elazer could make it really tight for that second place | ||
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TaKeSeN
Germany197 Posts
On July 03 2026 21:40 Waxangel wrote: Solar woulda had a good chance of winning if you look at new patch events so far, but I don't think he was scheduling his life around this version of the patch going live on June 22 (not to mention HSC wasn't decided to be played on new patch until recently). Solar would have loved to play but I invited him pretty short-term and he wouldnt be able to renew his id in time. - Bovo (with take's account , sorry!) | ||
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darklycid
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TelecoM
United States10834 Posts
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Agh
United States1098 Posts
On July 04 2026 04:11 darklycid wrote: PvZ looks kinda sad (although i think showtime also hasnt looked very good from what i've seen recently). The main problem with the match-up is Z just gets full information (often without even having to pay the 100 or 200 overlord tax), and this also bleeds into ZvT to a lesser extent. I was surprised they dialed back the overlord speed nerf as much as they did. Doesn't really function with the current map status quo, one has to give. Would like to see some type of change in general on both sides that adds a little bit of spice in the matchup, perhaps after we get another month or so of data. | ||
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Kreuger
Sweden983 Posts
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Garnet
Vietnam9053 Posts
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Kreuger
Sweden983 Posts
On July 05 2026 18:48 Garnet wrote: Will they be playing on the hotfixed patch? Has there been another hotfix since yesterday? Otherwise they are playing on the latest patch/fix | ||
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Balnazza
Germany1352 Posts
Also Reynor: Beats Elazer and Serral 3:0 in the same week ???????????? | ||
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Agh
United States1098 Posts
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Die4Ever
United States17744 Posts
On July 06 2026 01:39 Balnazza wrote: Reynor: Loses ZvZ vs. GgMachine and Shino Also Reynor: Beats Elazer and Serral 3:0 in the same week ???????????? The great 50/50 man, doesn't matter who his opponent is | ||
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Glorfindelio
229 Posts
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Lexender
Mexico2661 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33681 Posts
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Lexender
Mexico2661 Posts
On July 06 2026 08:25 Waxangel wrote: excited to have the double-elim debate again after Clem wins 2-1 Clem is a nice guy, he'll spare us the trouble by losing 6-0. | ||
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Rujasu
4 Posts
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Antithesis
Germany1263 Posts
Not entirely sure what this entails for the double elimination debate but I'm looking forward to it. | ||
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Glorfindelio
229 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States24295 Posts
On July 06 2026 09:00 Glorfindelio wrote: Huge thanks to Take and crew for a super entertaining and fun event--can never take these for granted anymore! I want to echo this. I really appreciate all the work that goes into all of these things and I am already looking forward to 30! | ||
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TeamMamba
277 Posts
I really love it when lambo was casting the finals. His knowledge about the matchup was utterly amazing. It’s shows such a deep layer to the casting and games Goat Serral with another championship | ||
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Antithesis
Germany1263 Posts
Looking forward to the 30th special edition of HSC in the ski center (although the snow might lend still greater power to Serral). | ||
Poopi
France13017 Posts
I went to sleep just before the reset but kinda knew Serral would 2-0 the bo3 given how he was smashing Clem, woke up to this exact result HSC XXX at the Ski thing seems legendary | ||
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PremoBeats
595 Posts
On July 06 2026 08:53 Antithesis wrote: SERRAL 6-0 CLEM, wow. He cannot stop winning. Not entirely sure what this entails for the double elimination debate but I'm looking forward to it. Well, this time around the best player of the day won anyway so it is tough to judge. These were also the perfect conditions for the double elim + reset match with Serral being knocked down via 3 weird games to then win against the guy who made him lose, as well as besting the finals 6-0. I am still not convinced because of the issues pointed out in the other thread but I'd be interested in the pros' opinion though... Anyway, GGs to the organizers, players and crowds! Thanks for making HSC a super fun event for everyone. One thing that kept bothering me though was the casting from Lorimbo. The contrast with Lambo was striking: while Lambo consistently provided detailed matchup insights and thoughtful analysis, Lorimbo often seemed more focused on proving himself right over trivial points and making himself the center of attention in almost every discussion. I'd seriously reconsider having him cast again... banter is fine, but in my opinion he simply doesn't have a good sense of when to stop. On July 06 2026 14:17 Poopi wrote: Clem 0-6 Serral and HeroMarine not even making it out of group stage, so far the patch is giving expected results I went to sleep just before the reset but kinda knew Serral would 2-0 the bo3 given how he was smashing Clem, woke up to this exact result HSC XXX at the Ski thing seems legendary Clem defeated Reynor though... I think it is too early to judge. In the series with Serral, Clem seemed super tilted after G1. But it was not like there weren't windows for Clem. The widow mine buff seems to make splits super hard, so I'd wait for more content on the new patch before making a call. Showtime also seemed off and HM didn't make it out of the group stage because he lost to Krystianer. For example what does G1 have to do with the patch? Or even G2? Krystianer even said that he got super lucky in both scenarios. | ||
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Archeon
3272 Posts
On July 06 2026 14:17 Poopi wrote: Clem 0-6 Serral and HeroMarine not even making it out of group stage, so far the patch is giving expected results I went to sleep just before the reset but kinda knew Serral would 2-0 the bo3 given how he was smashing Clem, woke up to this exact result HSC XXX at the Ski thing seems legendary First series had a bunch of very close matches, the result looks much more one-sided than it actually was. Game 2 was an absolute banger of a back and forth game with Clem perhaps GGing a bit early in the end. Overall it mainly felt like Serral had a bit more stamina and was perhaps more used to being up late. Series two had some uncharacteristic mistakes from Clem and Serral snowballed off of them, but if Serral made 1-2 mistakes more the initial 4:0 could have just as easily been a 2:2. Also Clem beat Raynor before that. I don't think the matchup looks super one-sided tbh. | ||
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Creager
Germany1961 Posts
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Poopi
France13017 Posts
But yeah I guess we will see. | ||
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Kreuger
Sweden983 Posts
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Agh
United States1098 Posts
In all of the games that Serral won the only 'mistakes' I can even point out were a couple econ mismanagements in ZvZ (ended up not mattering and he played around them well) and game 3 or 4 vs clem where he lost 6ish drones early (which clem counteracted by throwing away 2 banshees right after). Outside of that he was an absolute wall. Queens were always in position, ling backstabs were crispy early on, but slowed down a little most likely due to fatigue. Quite the treat to watch. Placements in the tournament thankfully had nothing to do with the patch. However, after watching the only tweaks I would like to see made after my previous suggestions are: -Getting rid of mine re-targeting (If we're keeping this faster version - still able to unburrow to cancel) -New take on Orbitals. With how the economy is sorting out I'd like to alter my changes slightly. MULEs still get removed. Oribitals construct 3s faster. Scvs train 2 seconds faster out of an orbital. Calldown supply grants +50 HP and +1 armor to the depot and heals it to full instantaneously. I think everyone wants to see the mass orbital turtle play gone. Workers should always matter at all stages of the game. I'd imagine then we could finally see 2 supply ghost not cause as much of a fuss once the 170+ supply cookie cutter army that's also still capable of a better economy is no longer possible. | ||
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TeamMamba
277 Posts
On July 07 2026 00:28 Agh wrote: Caught most of what I could, plan to go back and watch a couple that I missed (mainly interested in skillous vs lambo). In all of the games that Serral won the only 'mistakes' I can even point out were a couple econ mismanagements in ZvZ (ended up not mattering and he played around them well) and game 3 or 4 vs clem where he lost 6ish drones early (which clem counteracted by throwing away 2 banshees right after). Outside of that he was an absolute wall. Queens were always in position, ling backstabs were crispy early on, but slowed down a little most likely due to fatigue. Quite the treat to watch. Placements in the tournament thankfully had nothing to do with the patch. However, after watching the only tweaks I would like to see made after my previous suggestions are: -Getting rid of mine re-targeting (If we're keeping this faster version - still able to unburrow to cancel) -New take on Orbitals. With how the economy is sorting out I'd like to alter my changes slightly. MULEs still get removed. Oribitals construct 3s faster. Scvs train 2 seconds faster out of an orbital. Calldown supply grants +50 HP and +1 armor to the depot and heals it to full instantaneously. I think everyone wants to see the mass orbital turtle play gone. Workers should always matter at all stages of the game. I'd imagine then we could finally see 2 supply ghost not cause as much of a fuss once the 170+ supply cookie cutter army that's also still capable of a better economy is no longer possible. To be fair I thought Serral was on his way to lose game 2 before Clem rage quitted. Clem read the situation wrong. Overall I do like your suggestion for change to orbitial. Just allow scvs to build faster Mules needs to be removed because it’s such a jail free card for Terran. How many times have we seen a Terran come back to win the game when down 30-40 scvs due triple cc mules. Its quite disgusting Forgot detection? No problem scan Supply block? No problem call down supply depot Losing scvs to harass? No problem mules. Also scan duration need to be cut down to at least half. | ||
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Agh
United States1098 Posts
When I make overseers late game zvt I feel like 4-5 is a lot and more than enough and it never is. Then I see Serral making double (usually triple) that. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46309 Posts
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Harris1st
Germany7363 Posts
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sc2turtlepants
60 Posts
On July 06 2026 01:39 Balnazza wrote: Reynor: Loses ZvZ vs. GgMachine and Shino Also Reynor: Beats Elazer and Serral 3:0 in the same week ???????????? Coinflip | ||
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