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Liquid Terran Young Suh "Tajea" Yoon is crowned the seventh champion of HomeStory Cup and the first Terran to win the Krefeld-hosted competition since DeMuslim in Season 1.
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Stephano, Goswser, State and Kas were the names that fell by Taeja's hand as the Korean Terran made his way through the HSC VII playoffs. Labeled as one of the favorites to take the tournament, Taeja's form certainly represented the expectations the community had of him and after blanking former GSL champion Seed in the quarters, Taeja entered the Ro4 with 11-2 in maps.
In a cruel twist of fate, Taeja had to pave the road to the championship with the body of his team-mates. The Liquid ace had to tear through TLO in a five game series before he could advance to the grand final of HSC VII where another Zerg in blue was already waiting - reigning champion Snute.
The two team-mates went map for map and after the first four games the series was tied at 2-2 before Snute could make a break and win two games in a row, positioning himself one win away from cup. An aggressive nydus play on Red City almost broke Taeja and would bring Snute his back-to-back triumph but a heroic defense by the Terran pushed the series into game seven
Grand final's closure was put on Derelict Watcher as Snute had to face the unending stream of bio units that drilled even through his 3/3 brood lord/baneling army. With the help of perfect splitting, flawless macro and obscene amounts of gunfire, Taeja was proclaimed the seventh champion in HomeStory Cup VII history, banking $10,000 to Snute's $6,000. With TLO's triumph in the bronze final, this is almost a flawless tournament for Team Liquid as three out of their four participating players occupy the top of the standings.
| 1st |   Taeja | $10,000 |
| 2nd |   Snute | $6,000 |
| 3rd |  TLO | $3,000 |
| 4th | HyuN | $2,000 |
| 5th/8th |  Stephano | $875 |
 MC | $875 | |
| Seed | $875 | |
| Violet | $875 | |
