128 StarCraft II players battle for the final spot in the 8-player Grand Finals.

Today is Day 1 of the StarCraft II Red Bull Battle Grounds Detroit open tournament.

128 players are vying for a $25,000 prize pool, and the prized final spot in the Grand Finals – awarded to the last player standing. This is the last chance to join the ranks of these other 7 finalists:

• 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

You can tune in anytime on the Battle Ground main page, or head directly to the Red Bull eSports Twitch channel. All the action starts at 11AM Eastern. If you live close enough, go to The Garden Theater and check it out live!

Colt "ShdwFlm" Casey
Deputy Editor