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INnoVation wins HomeStory Cup XVII

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
July 02 2018 02:53 GMT
#1

HomeStory Cup XVII

At the end of a four-day saga, O'Gaming's (Wiki)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.

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tekrebel
Profile Joined June 2012
56 Posts
July 02 2018 03:00 GMT
#2
WOW.... good for Innovation!!!

I really feel bad for Soo though...
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13995 Posts
July 02 2018 03:16 GMT
#3
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
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Boggyb
Profile Joined January 2017
2855 Posts
July 02 2018 03:19 GMT
#4
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
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
July 02 2018 03:23 GMT
#5
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.
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Boggyb
Profile Joined January 2017
2855 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-07-02 03:45:12
July 02 2018 03:25 GMT
#6
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
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
July 02 2018 03:59 GMT
#7
Poor soO
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orllyfools
Profile Joined May 2012
United States153 Posts
July 02 2018 04:02 GMT
#8
why didnt they reset the bracket? s00 wasnt given a second chance like the rest of the field?
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pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
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Last Edited: 2018-07-02 04:19:06
July 02 2018 04:15 GMT
#9
On July 02 2018 12:25 Boggyb wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


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.
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Boggyb
Profile Joined January 2017
2855 Posts
July 02 2018 04:29 GMT
#10
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
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Korea (South)3290 Posts
July 02 2018 05:13 GMT
#11
Glad to see soO taking another second place title.
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SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
July 02 2018 05:55 GMT
#12
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.
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Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
July 02 2018 05:56 GMT
#13
soO has now lost 4-0, 4-1, 4-2, and now 4-3 to INno in finals
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
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Profile Joined September 2013
13322 Posts
July 02 2018 06:03 GMT
#14
INnoVation once again in contention for the GOAT status
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Zerg.Zilla
Profile Joined February 2012
Hungary5029 Posts
July 02 2018 06:31 GMT
#15
wINnoVation strikes again
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Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16062 Posts
July 02 2018 06:52 GMT
#16
On July 02 2018 13:15 pvsnp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 02 2018 12:25 Boggyb wrote:
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.


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
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Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
July 02 2018 07:43 GMT
#17
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.
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Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-07-02 07:48:16
July 02 2018 07:48 GMT
#18
On July 02 2018 13:15 pvsnp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 02 2018 12:25 Boggyb wrote:
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.


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.
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Brained
Profile Joined December 2012
Germany58 Posts
July 02 2018 07:52 GMT
#19
oh come on soo....i fell asleep during game 3 how could he throw that series after beeing by far the most solid player this tourney?
Hell, it´s about time
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16062 Posts
July 02 2018 07:53 GMT
#20
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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