HomeStory Cup XVII Players

On June 14 2018 09:30 ShowTheLights wrote:
I swear to god if they invite Demuslim as a player again just to go 0-4...................................

I love Demuslim as a caster, but jesus hes gone 0-4 for the past 7 years of HSC

On June 14 2018 09:30 ShowTheLights wrote:
I swear to god if they invite Demuslim as a player again just to go 0-4...................................

I love Demuslim as a caster, but jesus hes gone 0-4 for the past 7 years of HSC

On June 14 2018 23:33 Kikirik1 wrote:
Why not Serral?

On June 16 2018 01:11 CynicalDeath wrote:
plz invite Reynor

On June 14 2018 13:12 Chris_Havoc wrote:
I noticed the total prize pool for XVII is only half of previous HSC events ($10,000) according to Liquipedia. If this is indeed true does anyone know if TaKe will be doing another crowdfunding?

On June 14 2018 17:13 DBooN wrote:
Gonna be there for the first time!
Would love to see MMA and soO, though since the latter hasn't been to an HSC before, I guess it's not that likely that he'll show up.

On June 16 2018 20:48 TaKeTV wrote:


he will show up.

On June 16 2018 20:47 TaKeTV wrote:


he cant play. Dont know if I can say more.

HomeStory Cup doesn't need marketing. People go to the event for the environment more than for top tier Starcraft.

On June 18 2018 00:57 almightytivi wrote:
INCREDIBLY BAD MARKETING... secure some solid koreans first, then announce. Someone booked their flight and hotel already, without Serral, Neeb, Scarlett, or any of the koreans... I can't understand this.

On June 18 2018 21:28 TaKeTV wrote:


I already confirmed top Level Koreans sir/ma'am

On June 18 2018 21:39 TaKeTV wrote:



In addition I want to mention that this personally (naruto here) hurt me when reading this. First of all my HomeStoryCups in terms of responsible for invites always had good to insane lineups with a few exceptions that werr a bit weaker.

Secondly it is not always easy to gather all superstars and HSC isnt the GSL code S. Most of the time though we have Europes superstars and iirc last time had multiple GSL champions.

I agree that we are late on announcements but the way you put it makes it really easy for you too. As example I just confirmed 2 players a day ago and not due to me being lazy but many declines; issues with people being able to go OR cancelling for private reasons.

You cannot name a Single HSC in the past years with a bad lineup. To give you some Inside:

Trap was invited and cant make it
Special cant make it
Serral cant make it
Neeb cant make it
Showtime cant make it

Along with other issues. Our lineup will have multiple GSL champions and some of the best players that ever touched starcraft alongside fan favorites from the sc2 and broodwar era. Furthermore I decided to help smaller talent whoare still good to come and cover costs even though this is over our budget already and we do not have a mainpartner resulting in a 10000$ prizepool.

So yes; we are a bit late with announcing superstars or in general but do not fear; the lineup is still very strong

On June 15 2018 21:16 Gekk02 wrote:
Fantasy and MVP please

On June 18 2018 22:59 Dav1oN wrote:


It would be great honestly, but I guess pretty hard to get em both. At least MVP is on decent shape, which I cannot say bout Fanta.

On June 18 2018 23:20 TaKeTV wrote:


I heard someone saw a vulture in the parking lot

On June 18 2018 23:41 Musicus wrote:

oh shit, this gets me hyped!

Btw, would it be possible to let us donate towards the prize pool during the 4 days of HSC?

I'm sure we can add a few thousand!

Edit: Also it's very disapppointing that HSC seemingly gets no support from the Warchest money.

On June 19 2018 23:50 almightytivi wrote:
I don't knock for knocking's sake. Critics have a role and there was no constructive feedback to give at this point. I'm a hardcore fan, arriving before the setup staff arrived for GSL Stats vs Maru at the GSL studio. Yes, people go to HSC for the environment and experience - a unique element found exclusive to HSC - which is why you cannot serve A5 grade wagyu beef without saki or whatever alcohol pairing... Koreans led starcraft into being a broadcasted competitive e-sport, it's just plain wrong to not have them, for whatever reason. What HSC does for the community is impossible to pay sufficient gratitude for and much pride should be taken - enough pride to not even host an HSC without solid koreans AND solid foreigners in the mix. Postponement or soliciting the community for aid. I love HSC enough to say NO, do not serve it up incomplete.

Taxes kill prize pool funding. Can we talk about cryptocurrencies and other strategies to make HSC worthwhile for players? The amount of donations before was incredible because of how it measured the community's support and love. I'm sure this community also has people with expertise and skill sets as well that can contribute to keeping HSC alive and even growing. For example, PM the organizers to offer free labor to help build up a crypto prize pool, offer to be the no-name that informs players of un-official incentives, offer private non-taxable gifts to the prize pool, etc.

Starcraft players are intelligent and so are Starcraft fans. This is my small contribution, a gamble that these words lead to a little more sweat or creativity that leads to a big return on the end product of this HSC.

The hard line for Starcraft, as I see it, if we never want it to be a ded-game, is that there is never a decline. If a tournament's prize pool, lineup, audience numbers stay the same, each following year, okay, but we can never let it decline, or it might be a slippery slope to ded-game.