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Homestory Cup drops SC2, replaced by Hearthstone

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SpikeStarcraft
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany2095 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-02 12:52:41
April 01 2014 18:00 GMT
#1
April fools! HSC will still have sc2! TakeTV will expand into Hearthstone and LoL though since they hired some new talents.

As announced on their official page TakeTV will downsize in SC2 which means that their flagship product HSC is now 100% Hearthstone.

english version: http://taketv.net/news/taketv-pursues-new-ways-01-04-14-30499
German source: http://taketv.net/news/taketv-wechselt-auf-ein-neues-ha-01-04-14-9550

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"Hey guys!
We at TaKeTV have great news for you! After due consideration we decided to make another step towards Hearthstone - and away from SC2. Thus we are going to change some of our big events and show more Hearthstone than Starcraft 2. Our second step will take us then from Hearthstone to League of Legends.

Many of you will be suprised by this news. You will think that TaKeTV is a constantly growing Starcraft Community, why would we drop this game already? Unfortunately the numbers speak for themselves. At our last Event, the SeatStory Cup, we've already implemented Hearthstone. It so happened that the viewer numbers for Hearthstone were on average up to 162% higher than the ones of Starcraft 2. Furthermore the highest peek during a SC2 game (Grand final game 2) was smaller by 95% than the highest peek of Hearthstone (Losers Round 3, Artosis vs Trump). Those number clearly showed us where we are supposed to go: Move on to pastures new, away from Starcraft 2, to Hearthstone!

Mats "P4wnyhof" Kathage

So what will change now? To begin with TakeTV hired some new employees. At the SeatStory Cup Dennis got to know Mats "P4wnyhof" Kathage. Mats is a German Hearthstone streamer and ex- LoL player (Diamond I) who will work at TakeTV beginning today. Already tomorrow he will stream from the TakeTV apartement. [...]

Kai "Noonia" Gade

Kai "Noonia" Gade is our second new signing, who will start at the 5th of April. Kai is an ex-WoW and LoL professional. He qualified with his team Lemondogs for the third season of LCS. Previously he has played for other teams like SK Gaming.

After dropping out of LCS Noonia wants to dedicate himself to casting. And the premier place to go for German caster is just TakeTV! So TakeTV did not just find a cocaster for Hearthstone but also a caster to broadcast LCS in German!

In the future not only Hearthstone will be our main game, but we will add LoL to our roster. [...]

The new Homestory Cup!

But that's not all! We are proudly presenting our new concept for the HomeStory Cup! Instead of 32 Starcraft players we will have 32 Hearthstone player on-site who will go against each other at this event!

Because Hearthstone is a much slower game than Starcraft, players will have more time inbetween games. That means an even more relaxed atmosphere than you already know from TaKeTV and a lot of new personalities! We hope that you are just as excited as we are about this event!

Hearthstone Invite tournament

As a testrun for the new HomeStory Cup we will host a small invite tournament, which we will arrange on the easter weekend. Friday to Sunday we will have 8 Hearthstone players in Krefeld to play a really cool invite tournament at TaKeTV! Further information will be provided shortly.
Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12184 Posts
April 01 2014 18:01 GMT
#2
aaaw this is the first one today that had me for a few seconds, well played.
No will to live, no wish to die
MasterOfPuppets
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Romania6942 Posts
April 01 2014 18:01 GMT
#3
Joke or not, more Hearthstone at TaKe's events would be a great thing in my book. Hint hint.

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pls make it happen, doesn't even have to be big
"my shaft scares me too" - strenx 2014
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
April 01 2014 18:05 GMT
#4
Haha try harder Take. This one isn't even believable. Would like to see both games at HSC in the future tho!
WriterRecently Necro'd (?)
Ketch
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands7285 Posts
April 01 2014 18:06 GMT
#5
I was like is this real then it said something about transitioning from HS to LoL again, and I was like.... nope!
Archas
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6531 Posts
April 01 2014 18:11 GMT
#6
Why not both? :3
The room is ripe with the stench of bitches!
DinosaurJones
Profile Joined February 2012
United States1000 Posts
April 01 2014 18:12 GMT
#7
SC2 ded gaem.
leova
Profile Joined April 2011
266 Posts
April 01 2014 18:21 GMT
#8
its sad how believable this April Fools' joke is
Nimix
Profile Joined October 2011
France1809 Posts
April 01 2014 18:22 GMT
#9
That's a ballsy one, real life pitchforks could be coming his way fast!
shid0x
Profile Joined July 2012
Korea (South)5014 Posts
April 01 2014 18:26 GMT
#10
My heart had a small seizure.
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then i looked the calendar
RIP MKP
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-01 18:28:34
April 01 2014 18:28 GMT
#11
Oh that's too bad + Show Spoiler +
obvious
Take.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
Yorbon
Profile Joined December 2011
Netherlands4272 Posts
April 01 2014 18:30 GMT
#12
I actually believed this for a second. TT
Tufas
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Austria2259 Posts
April 01 2014 18:31 GMT
#13
no
Where is my ACE flair
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
April 01 2014 18:39 GMT
#14
I'm going to write something horrible next year and then the April Fools joke will be that its actually true
AdministratorBreak the chains
MasterOfPuppets
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Romania6942 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-01 18:53:35
April 01 2014 18:40 GMT
#15
On April 02 2014 03:39 Zealously wrote:
I'm going to write something horrible next year and then the April Fools joke will be that its actually true


"RorO is the best Zerg player."

There, you don't have to thank me.
"my shaft scares me too" - strenx 2014
Squat
Profile Joined September 2013
Sweden7978 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-01 18:53:29
April 01 2014 18:47 GMT
#16
On April 02 2014 03:39 Zealously wrote:
I'm going to write something horrible next year and then the April Fools joke will be that its actually true

I am so very tempted to say something about Life here, but I am honestly starting to fear for my personal safety.
"Digital. They have digital. What is digital?" - Donald J Trump
PushDown
Profile Joined December 2011
Italy208 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-01 18:51:00
April 01 2014 18:48 GMT
#17
Good news and I loved P4wnys stream so I can only see this as a win/win from my Pov.

Sorry for the blow for the SC2 scene, Homestory Cups was one of my favorites sc2 tournaments to watch while I was still interested in the game.

Edit: Hm, pesce d'aprile? (April's fool day) well, with this one I lost count on how many jokes were done on me today :D hahahah
Cogito ergo sum
Bagi
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany6799 Posts
April 01 2014 18:50 GMT
#18
Aww poor hearthstone guys, their game is a april fools joke.

Is Artosis still serious about this game?
MasterOfPuppets
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Romania6942 Posts
April 01 2014 18:52 GMT
#19
On April 02 2014 03:50 Bagi wrote:
Aww poor hearthstone guys, their game is a april fools joke.

Is Artosis still serious about this game?


Someone's a master baiter. ;p
"my shaft scares me too" - strenx 2014
NeThZOR
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
South Africa7387 Posts
April 01 2014 18:54 GMT
#20
Try harder next time
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