StarCraft II Pros from All Over the Globe Compete in Detroit

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StarCraft II Pros from All Over the Globe Compete in Detroit

StarCraft II players from all over the world battle for $25K in prizes and a seat at the Red Bull Battle Grounds Grand Finals in September.

StarCraft II players from ten different countries are battling over a $25K prize pool in Detroit this weekend. The Red Bull Battle Grounds Detroit tournament began Friday, August 22 and runs through Sunday, August 24, streaming live [http://battlegrounds.redbull.com/about/] each day beginning at 11 am EST. The winner of the 128-player tournament will take home $8,000 and earn a spot in the eight player Grand Finals in Washington, D.C. on September 20-21.

Sixteen players from Canada and fifteen players from South Korea are competing in the tournament, including two fan favorites: South Korean Zerg player Lee "Jaedong" Jae Dong [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/129490-Kim-sOs-Yoo-Jin-Crowned-StarCraft-II-Champion-at-BlizzCon], and US and Canada dual citizen and Protoss player Chris "Huk" Loranger. An impressive 82 players from the US are competing, with notable players including Terran player Kevin "qxc" Riley and Protoss player Chad "Minigun" Jones. Other well-known players have come from all over the world, including Norwegian Jens "Snute" Aasgaard, Danish player Patrick "Bunny" Brix, Peruvian player Paulo "Catz" Vizcarra, and New Zealander Mackenzie "Petraeus" Smith. Chile, Australia and the United Kingdom are also each represented by a single competitor.

With Red Bull Battle Grounds Detroit so close to Toronto, Canada, non-profit event organizer early stages of the tournament [http://esportscanada.ca/], says, "I would root for Jaedong. We met back at [the World Championship Series] and we're good friends. I'm excited to hang out with him again."

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The WCS Grand Finals at BlizzCon [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/red%20bull%20battle%20grounds].

Source: Red Bull Battle Grounds [http://www.redbull.com/us/en/esports/stories/1331673761333/live-now-red-bull-battle-grounds-detroit]


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[creamy5000]

And the winner gets a neighborhood of abandon houses!

 

[synobal]

And the winner gets a neighborhood of abandon houses!

ya that was kinda my thought as well. Its a real shame america has let the city rot, but hey why spend money on americans when we could spend it to blow up people in the middle east!

 

[Ylla]

Every single time an article references Detroit the comments section is full of Detroit lameing.
I think its funny:
"President Obama unites with ONU representatives in Detroit to discuss the ultimate world peace"
COMMENTS SECTION:
-Detroit still looks worst than New York after the Mexican nuclear counteroffensive of 2029.
-Great, Detroit is the perfect place to show the consequences of prolonged nuclear warfare.
-Did they took selfies in the Robocop statue? i was the one who draw a big penis on it.

Sorry, that was terribly off topic...
OT: 25k doesnt sound like much anymore, not after most MOBA championships. Also if i recall correctly this is the last SC2 season, so im sure the actual world Grand Final will be great. Or maybe not, this kind of tournaments usually end with terrible boring matches. Just like Dota did recently.

 

[Avaholic03]

Wow, no wonder so many players have gone over to MOBAs. The winner only gets $8k?!? Does that even cover the travel expenses from Korea?

 

[Ferisar]

Wow, no wonder so many players have gone over to MOBAs. The winner only gets $8k?!? Does that even cover the travel expenses from Korea?

A lot of it is covered by sponsors and participation, you have to keep in mind. And it's not that a lot of players have gone -over- to MOBA's, MOBA's just have more people playing them because of popularity. The less people watch/turn up/play the game, the smaller the tourneys get. It's just how this stuff works, sadly. It's a bit unfortunate that RTS games are being pushed out so hard by MOBA's honestly, and I say that as enjoying the latter quite a bit.