ESL One, one of the major tournaments for Valve’s hit game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is set to hit New York City this weekend. The top teams in the world will square off at the Barclays Center, with  group play beginning on Friday, September 30th and the tournament wrapping up with a championship match on Sunday, October 2nd. A quarter of a million dollars is at stake, one of the largest prize pools in organized eSports. The stakes are extremely high, as exactly half of that massive prize money goes towards the winner in Brooklyn. Read on for a closer look at this prestigious competition and the teams and players involved.

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