Snakes Den end day one with a win | Fragadelphia CS/DO Live Blog

Off the success of Fragicago, Fragadelphia is returning to Philadelphia as the host of another fantastic Counter-Strike LAN. The event, which was supposed to be a VALORANT tournament, was quickly changed to CS2 after absolutely nobody signed up for the Pennsylvania event. The event sold out in record time and now features three of the best ESL Impact squads who have traveled to the city of brotherly love to compete for their share of $10,000 amongst 32 competitors.

For those unaware, Fragadelphia's CS/DO event is not considered one of their signature Fragadelphia events, but rather a smaller circuit one. Additionally, this time the event is located at the TAP Esports Center, close to Reading Market in downtown Philadelphia.

Some notable teams that will be at the event are FlyQuest RED, Shimmer, Snakes Den, Karma, LAG, NuTorious, Wanted Goons, and G3. You can view the full team list here. Make sure to follow along as we cover the full event and get to cracking on one of NA's premier LANs of the year!

The full bracket for the event is available here and the stream is live on Kick and Twitch.

01:29AM - Snakes Den close day one with 2-0 win

Snakes Den have ended day one with a close 2-0 win over Artemis. With that, day one after 16 hours has come to a close. See you all tomorrow bright and early tomorrow at 09:00AM!

12:46AM - Snakes Den 1-0 Artemis in late night battle

In Fragadelphia's late-night bout, Snakes Den have gone up 19-17 on map one. They now look to take the series home and end the night strong.

11:38PM - Final final matches for real this time

After a series of tech delays and ESEA matches that needed to be played, we have one more match tonight! Artemis is facing off against Snakes Den to see which squad will top Group D and make it into the Sunday playoffs.

10:54PM - Final results

To close out the matches tonight, G3 claimed a 2-1 win over Detonate, while Villainous notched a 2-0 win over Revel. Meanwhile, Snakes Den and Artemis are currently battling to top Group D.

10:04PM - Late night updates

As we approach the end of day one at Fragadelphia CS/DO, a few more matches are wrapping up. Villainous are currently up a map against Revel and look poised to take map two. Meanwhile, Snakes Den is a map up against Artemis with the series looking poised to go to a third map.

Finally, G3 and Detonate have continued to lock horns though the Asian G3 squad are looking to close out the series 2-0.

08:30PM- Karma felled by Persona

Karma have been eliminated from the lower bracket of Group F following a 0-2 loss to Persona. A loss against the relatively unknown team has seen the elder stateswomen of the Impact exit CS/DO earlier than expected.

07:28PM - Continued tech issues for Shimmer

Unfortunately, Shimmer has continued to have awful tech problems specifically affecting Phoebe "phoebe" Winter. For an unknown reason her computer has crashed 10+ times during the series against Revel, costing the Impact team a number of important rounds.

07:04PM - Detonate take down Karma

After a number of tech issue and pauses, Detonate have taken down Karma 2-1 to make their way into the upper bracket final. Karma will now face Persona to stay alive in Group F.

06:49PM - Tech issues and heat cause problems

Unfortunately a mixture of unseasonably warm temperatures and tech issues with the PCs have caused significant delays for the Shimmer v. Revel and Detonate v. Karma matches, with the Fragadelphia and Tap Esports Center teams working to resolve the issues.

05:50PM - Detonate tie series up!

After Karma claimed map one, Nuke 13-11, Detonate have answered back with a dominant 13-3 performance on Anubis. The two squads are now battling on Overpass to determine which squad will advance into the upper bracket final.

04:44PM - my life be like best boyfriend_peek9

After a brief tech pause, my life me like have locked in the playoffs spot from Group C after taking down boyfriend_peek9. Groups D-F are now underway, with Detonate v. Karma about to end map one.

03:22PM - Xiaoma claim playoffs spot over WICKED

Xiaoma have taken down WICKED 2-0 to lock in Group B's first playoffs spot. WICKED will now face Skyline in a rematch in a rematch to claim the final spot from Group B. With WICKED crushing Skyline last time they played, we could very well see WICKED make it into playoffs after all.

02:44PM - PiggyKiki to miss Fragadelphia CS/DO

Dust2.us has confirmed that Limitless Angels' Kiki "PiggyKiki" Long will miss Fragadelphia CS/DO for personal reasons. In her place, the team will field manager Victor "Ink" in their place.

Therefore, Limitless Angels will consist of:

• Lydia "Fawx" Dalton

• Mira "mira" Luna

• Daria "daria" Anokhina

• Robin "rbn" Bondari

• Victor "Ink" (Stand-in)

02:42PM - Group C reaches Upper Bracket Final

Group C has quickly advanced into the upper bracket final, with my life be like facing off against boyfriend_peek9. boyfriend_peek9 are currently up 1-0 in the series as Noah "flixxy" French and co. look to make their way into ploayffs.

02:22PM - LAG take 2-0 win over MCS, Xiaoma go up against WICKED

Groups A and B are close to being wrapped up as LAG claimed a clean 2-0 win over MCS to lock in playoffs, while Xiaoma is currently up against WICKED as they look to make their way into playoffs.

11:58AM - Xiaoma 2-0 Fastermen

The second result from Group B has come in with another dominant result. Xiaoma have taken down Fastermen to set up a confrontation against WICKED.

11:52AM - MCS 2-0 UltimateDarklordWizardz

Group A's second match has concluded with MCS taking a dominant 2-0 win over UltimateDarklordWizardz, setting up an upper bracket matches between LAG and MCS.

Meanwhile, in the lower bracket, Focus will look to survive against UltimateDarklordWizardz.

11:20AM - Early Results from Groups A & B

Our first results have come in from CS/DO, with WICKED claiming a quick 2-0 win over Skyline while LAG are on course for a quick win over Focus after winning map one 13-0!

11:15AM - Mnmzzz has arrived

Hi all, after a restful night, I have arrived here at the Tap Esports Center for Fragadelphia CS/DO here in Philadelphia! I will be covering the $10k action live so be sure to keep up with the live blog throughout the day!

09:37AM - We're getting a little bit of a late start...

So, Dust2.us' Jeff "Mnmzzz" Moore is actually on the way to the venue as the games kicked off at 09:30AM and the staff is maintaining the blog for now. There was an unfortunate fire alarm malfunction at 3:00 AM which didn't end until about 5:00 AM, leaving our man on the ground a little exhausted. Oh well. He's getting some La Colombe coffee and will be on his way.