RP to host Ragnarok World Championship in October

By Alex Villafania INQUIRER.net THE PHILIPPINES will be the host country for this year's Ragnarok World Championship (RWC). This will be the first time in four years that Ragnarok Online developer Gravity has hosted the RWC outside South Korea. Online game publisher Level Up!, which distributes RO in the Philippines, will organize the RWC, which it will happen concurrently with Level Up Live!, an annual event highlighting the company's games and other services. Level Up Live! is set for October 18 to 19 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. In an interview, Gravity general manager for Business Development Changki Kim said the choice for a host country for the RWC was a difficult one to make as Level Up! was competing with AsiaSoft, a game publisher from Thailand. "Thailand actually won last year's RWC but Asiasoft could not prepare the venue this year," Kim said. Kim added that there are about 40 to 50 players from at least seven countries participating in the RWC in the last two years. Level Up! brand manager for Ragnarok Online Carlo Ople said the company is prepared to hold the RWC as it has already experienced organizing big gaming events. He said Gravity has been working closely with Level Up! to ensure the smooth operations of the competition. He said they are expecting a much bigger crowd this year for both Level Up Live! and RWC as they are expecting about 12 teams from 32 countries to join the competition. The Philippines' Team Armada won third place in the 2007 RWC in South Korea. RO reportedly has over seven million subscribers in the Philippines, with a peak concurrent user base of 55,000.

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Bart99 | June 14, 2008 7:44 PM

w0w i cant wait to go there in Roxas Blvd. for the RWC.

GM Tristan | June 15, 2008 2:15 AM

Yeba!!! This is going to be one hullava fight. Of course, let's support Team Philippines. I hope we bring home the bacon this time.

Rok On!

TotoyMola | June 15, 2008 5:23 PM

whoah!!

still alive? what the!!!, at nagimbita p ng bisita, wala n kasi laro RO hehehehe mag Aero nlang tau heheh bilis yaman, gudluck LU

Destiny | June 20, 2008 9:23 AM

Ragnarok Philippine Championships in the past have been really challenging and gave alot of guilds an opportunity to showcase real talent and not influence, sadly the in the last two years, RPC was marred with alot of bais and unfair competition, it was dishearthening to witness ill prepared tournament mechanics implemented by LU which gave way to marshalls controlling the outcome of the tournament, hope they clean up their act this time specially in RWC where foreign visitors will come over and compete with thier chosen local team. It always leaves a bad taste in the mouth when the global community brands pinoys as cheaters

Count DRAKULA | June 25, 2008 9:34 AM

harharhar!!

Guys lets vote for the Martials and GM's for RWC will be not Level UP Filipno GM's, But also from LU international or from other countries delegation, anyway this will be an international event, and para maiwasan ung favoritism and not to shout at as filipinos as cheaters.

Tango | June 25, 2008 10:34 AM

Oh yeah! Team PH for the Win!

Will we be seeing the other games have international tournaments at last? At least an invitational?

The only problem now there will be.. the PARKING....

Rezha_Valentine | June 27, 2008 1:47 PM

huh???
kaya yan...
lakas chance ng pRO team...
rebance tayo sa mga team korean...
we dont care khit cla p gmwa ng game...
basta...
give them your best shot(asura strike!)

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