Dennis Gehlen, also known as TaKe, is a German professional StarCraft II commentator and works as a freelancer for Turtle Entertainment which hosts ESL-TV as well as the Electronic Sports League.
Gehlen started the Homestory Cup in 2010, a bi-annual, invitational StarCraft tournament that takes place in his apartment and features top players from all over the world.
In 2001, Gehlen started his gaming-career with the game StarCraft: Brood War but one year later changed to Warcraft III[1] playing "Human".
The first Homestory Cup took place in September 2010 and the only players attending were Benjamin "DeMusliM“ Baker, Dennis "HasuObs“ Schneider, Giacomo "Socke“ Thüs, and Jos "ret“ de Kroon.
[5][6] Gehlen decided to acquire some sponsors, to raise the prize money to €2800 and he was able to invite eleven players to his house while five others were joining online.