Players gird for Ragnarok World Championships

What would you do for millions of pesos in prize money?

Would you arm yourself to the teeth? Dabble in the arcane? Mix the most potent potions? Maim, injure and kill whoever gets in your way?

Well, you will need to do all that and more if you want to emerge as the Philippine representative to the Ragnarok World Championships!

This year’s Ragnarok World Championships, which will be held in Seoul, South Korea from July 21 to 22, is the biggest to date as its organizers have invited a record number of teams to compete for a staggering 25,000 to 30,000 US dollars prize money for the eventual RO world champions.

But winning that prize money won’t be easy. Aspiring RO teams will have to survive a veritable gauntlet of equally worthy opponents just to get to Korea.

“We will be using the Ragnarok Philippine Championships, which is the most prestigious online gaming tournament in the country, to select eight guilds. Those guilds will then battle it out online and the winner will be the official representative of the Philippines to RWC 2007 in Korea,” explained Carlo “Wauks” Ople, Ragnarok Online’s Brand Manager, prior to the RPC held last month.

And getting to Korea is just the first step. Once there, the Pinoy team must then face veteran teams from powerhouse countries like Brazil, France and the host country, Korea.

“With the level of competition we have seen the past few years in the RPC, we can safely say that our Pinoy Ragnarok players can more than match up to players from other countries. What we lack in international experience, they will make up for in creative and unconventional battle strategies,” concluded Ople.