Tournament Spotlight: Real HomeStory Cup (Sept 9-10)
by Wax
Real HomeStory Cup is a special TakeTV event held in between full-size HomeStory Cups. Ten players will compete live in Krefeld over two days (Sept 9-10), with TakeTV hinting that the event will have an old school vibe.
What exactly does that mean? All the competitors are HSC regulars, while RotterdaM, Wardi, and Lowko return as our usual casters (according to Liquipedia). On the face of it, it seems like a scaled down HomeStory Cup—something many fans would be perfectly happy with.
The promo Tweet/X for this event reads: "Who doesn't remember the days when everyone sat in a small apartment to challenge each other in their favorite game called #StarCraft2?" Since TakeTV has given sparse details, it seems that viewers will have to wait and see what aspects of old HomeStory Cups are revived for this event.
Key Info
Format & Starting Groups:
Players are divided into two groups of five players each. Each group plays a full round robin (best-of-three matches).
Top three from each group advance to the playoffs
1st place in each group receive a first round bye in the playoffs
On September 08 2023 21:14 tigera6 wrote: I first thought Creator would fly over there and show his Protoss power, but seems like he will probably play online for this one.
I only wonder, that Take mostly have interest in his own pocket more than saving SC2, as he takes half of donations, money from AD's and puts 0 money into prize pool initially
On September 09 2023 02:02 JustTTimberlake wrote: I only wonder, that Take mostly have interest in his own pocket more than saving SC2 , as he takes half of donations, money from AD's and puts 0 money into prizepool initially
Completely absurd of you to suggest that Take is only doing this out of greed. The man oozes passion for the game. TakeTV has done more for Starcraft than almost anyone. What have you done for SC2?
On September 09 2023 02:02 JustTTimberlake wrote: I only wonder, that Take mostly have interest in his own pocket more than saving SC2 , as he takes half of donations, money from AD's and puts 0 money into prizepool initially
Completely absurd of you to suggest that Take is only doing this out of greed. The man oozes passion for the game. TakeTV has done more for Starcraft than almost anyone. What have you done for SC2?
Look at the post history of this user, and you have a pretty good Idea of the mindset.
On September 09 2023 02:02 JustTTimberlake wrote: I only wonder, that Take mostly have interest in his own pocket more than saving SC2 , as he takes half of donations, money from AD's and puts 0 money into prizepool initially
Yeah, right. It is much better to have no tournaments instead of someone with passion for the game getting a little bit out of it. And believe me, considering the high energy-prices in germany right now, they can be happy to get atleast a little bit out of it...
On September 09 2023 02:02 JustTTimberlake wrote: I only wonder, that Take mostly have interest in his own pocket more than saving SC2 , as he takes half of donations, money from AD's and puts 0 money into prizepool initially
Ah, yes, hosting incredible tournaments with a bunch of additional social activities and other events for a relatively obscure RTS e-sports game, one of the easiest and readiest ways of making money in this day and age.
TakeTV is one of the pillars of the SC2 community.
Anyway, so much SC2 this weekend! HomeStory Cup and Master's Coliseum.
Anyone who suggests what TakeTV is doing it for money doesn't know shit about current SC2 esport scene. It's not worth it to do this for money, they do it out of passion. Money only make it possible as production costs are always there.
On September 09 2023 02:02 JustTTimberlake wrote: I only wonder, that Take mostly have interest in his own pocket more than saving SC2 , as he takes half of donations, money from AD's and puts 0 money into prizepool initially
Even with the expected donation money the event will most likely be run at a loss. You have to consider hotels, travel, accomodations (food, drinks etc during the event), etc. that TaKe pays for.
EPT
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