Bar the last two players, the group of HomeStory Cup VIII have been set. The new season of the tournament arrives on streams November 14-17.
While Europe is most strongly represented as always, there are a lot of big names flying in from Korea and the Americas. Team Liquid are sending their Korean trio of Taeja, HerO and Zenio who are joined by their renowned compatriots HyuN, Symbol, MC and Jjakji. United States will be represented by EG's InControl while Canada is send its two finest players - Acer's Scarlett and EG's HuK.
Meanwhile the rich European entourage is also ripe with talent. Big tournament champions like Dimaga, Mana, Thorzain, Naniwa and Nerchio are joined by renowned veteran in Socke, HasuObs, Happy, Titan, BabyKnight, Ret, TLO and Kas among others. The full line-up will consist of thirty two players, the last two of which are to be announced soon.
The tournament will have two double elimination group stages feeding into an eight-man single elimination playoffs. The end of the line will have a $10,000 ready for the winner, the runner-up taking $6,500 and the bronze finalists each banking a $3,000 cheque.
MC | ToD | Taeja | HerO |
TLO | Incontrol | Scarlett | Titan |
Heromarine | TBD | Nightend | Kas |
Dimaga | TBD | Moman | Targa |
Naniwa | Symbol | Jjakji | HyuN |
Nerchio | BabyKnight | Mana | Happy |
Dayshi | HasuObs | Socke | HuK |
Ret | Thorzain | Zenio | Harstem |
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