The second stop on the Red Bull Battle Grounds features an open format to give up-and-coming StarCraft players a chance to compete alongside the pros and possibly earn the last remaining spot for the Grand Final in Washington D.C. next month.
This time the 2014 edition of Battle Grounds will be apart of the Blizzard’s WCS Global Events, awarding players WCS points and giving them a chance to compete at the WCS Global Finals for the title of Global StarCraft II Champion.
Tomorrow, starting at 11am, you can watch all the action right here on BagoGames.com.
Notable competitors include:
David “Walshy” Walsh
Michigan native, and former pro Halo: Reach player, coming out of retirement for one time only, to support the Michigan eSports
Kim “viOLet” Dong Hwan & Choi “Polt” Seong Hun
The first and second StarCraft II players to be awarded an athlete visa by the US Government.
Olivia ‘Livibee’ Seeto
Popular Australian player
Event Commentators:
Kevin “RotterdaM” van der kooi
Nathan “Nathanias” Fabrikant
Yoan “ToD” Merlo
Alex “Axeltoss” Rodriguez
Red Bull Battle Grounds Detroit is the last stop in the tournament series before next month’s grand finals on September 20th and 21st. The winner of this weekend’s event in Detroit will take the final open slot for the 8-person competitor line up.
The D.C. line up so far is:
Red Bull Battle Grounds NYC Winner (2013) – Won “PartinG” Lee Sak
Red Bull Battle Grounds NYC Runner up (2013) – Kim “sOs” Yoo Jin
MLG Anaheim Winner – Cho “Trap” Sung Ho
Red Bull Battle Grounds North America Winner – Sasha “Scarlett” Hosyn
Red Bull Battle Grounds Global Winner – Park “DongRaeGu” Soo Ho
Red Bull Battle Grounds Online Winner – Kim “Cure” Doh Wook
Red Bull Battle Grounds Atlanta Winner – Choi “Bomber” Ji Sung