Snuffle's House of Pain wins Game Arena Operation: Freedom LAN

Game Arena hosted their Operation: Freedom LAN tournament in Columbus this past weekend, which saw Snuffles House of Pain battle through the group stage and take home the $875 top prize after a three-map series in the final.

Snuffles, the team made up of Thomas "Bones" Degenhardt, Alex "snufaffu" Hong, Andrew "Kermi" Cretella, Gabe "icarus" Johnson, and Cody "Wilson" Wilson, defeated Ascend in their first pool play match before falling to Silly Monsters in their second outing. With wins against mspgo and Sedated, Snuffles House of Pain moved into the playoffs as the top team from Pool A2.

In the playoffs, Snuffles met with Ohio Meat Wagon in the top-8. Snuffles House of Pain won 2-1 and advanced to the semifinals where they defeated Sleepless 2-0.

Snuffle's House of Pain met with Sedated, whom they previously defeated 1-0 in their final group stage match. Snuffles House of Pain bested Sedated once again, this time in a three-map series, to take home the title.

The top four at Game Arena Operation: Freedom consists of:

1st - Snuffle's House of Pain - (Bones, Kermi, icarus, Wilson, snufaffu) - $875
2nd - Sedated - (SyykoNT, CoJoMo, Kolsy, Jester, D1abetic) - $375
3rd/4th - Sleepless - (Owen, roboscob, nova_iwl, J13K, prospekt)
3rd/4th - Silly Monsters - (Kranoli, BlaineGX, Neighborly, WetWille, Tristanslav)

The full bracket may be found here.