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GM Tristan dot Com Best Posts of 2010

2010 was an awesome year. There’s much growth on my blog’s readership and the Facebook page has never been better.

In work, we launched a couple of games this year, I went to Indonesia for RWC, and of course, had another uber-successful LU LIVE 2010.

For my hobbies, I certainly couldn’t wish anything else. Had great mods and projects for the model kits and also made great progress (and improvements, I hope) in Photography.  Let me share with you the top posts and my favorite posts of 2010.

Thanks to you, all my dear readers, without you, this success and the awesome year that was 2010 would not have been possible.

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Social Gaming, MMO up. PC and Console Down. US 2010 Gaming Industry Reports

Despite being slightly lower (-2%) from 2009 figures, the US video game industry racked in a whooping $24.7 Billion for the past year, 2010.

Social gaming and the MMORPG category were the clear winners, while PC and Console games were on the losing end as compared to 2009. Sales figures were just software and did not include hardware.

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Philippine Ragnarok Online Renewal Patch Launches on Oct 13

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It’s official! The most highly anticipated update for pRO will be online on Oct. 13, 2010.

Episode 22, Renewal debuts the release of the new 3rd Jobs. Brace yourself for a whole new Ragnarok experience as the country’s first and biggest MMORPG gets even better.

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How To Know If You’re Addicted to MMORPGs

Addiction to anything is bad. Even games.

It’s a disease. A lot of people think they’re not addicted until it’s too late. Then they have problems with family, work or school. I’ll be the first dude to say that even TOO MUCH playing is a bad thing. Yes, even if I work in the gaming industry. We all have to prioritize the important things too… work, school and family, among other things.

According to this study on netaddictions.com, here are the symptoms to know if you’re already addicted to MMORPGs.

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RWC 2010 Jakarta Indonesia Pre Event

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Landed today, Thursday, September 30, together with Team Naked Babies (Shivans), GM Shiro and my boss, GM Jake on Jakarta to attend and root for our country as the Philippine Team competes for the Ragnarok World Championships 2010.

Here’s our adventures (in photos, so far…)

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10 Ways Video Games Can Boost Your Professional Career

Sharing with you a good article by business site Forbes.com

The story tells a tale about two top executives who started out as gamers. Among them is Elliot Noss, chief executive of domain name provider Tucows, and 20-something Stephen Gillett, a gamer who became chief information officer of Starbucks. Both have applied leadership principles acquired through their own video game experiences.

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KOS Lottery Packs Now Available

Yesterday was a big day for our FPS game, KOS. We just launched our latest new item for the item mall, the KOS LOTTERY PACK.

For just P5.00, you can get a chance to own awesome guns and items which have duration variants of 1, 7, and 30 days. No one loses.

Details after the break…

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Download Perfect World Tideborne Philippines

Great news to all PW players, the most anticipated patch of the year for Perfect World — Tideborne is launching today, July 21, 2010. With 2 new character classes, the Assassin and the Psychic, this is the biggest patch yet for our game.

So, you can download the client or the patch now. Important links and instructions after the break…

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New Character Sieghart for Grand Chase Philippines on July 20

Wohoo! Great news to all Grand Chase PH players…

We’re launching Sieghart, the newest character for Grand Chase on July 20, 2010. That’s tomorrow! As a Gladiator, Sieghart makes use of his powerful sword skills to break through the skills of others. When he attacks or is attacked, he slowly builds up rage. The angrier Sieghart becomes, the greater the attacking power of his skills become! Enemies know better than to team up against an angry Sieghart!

Links after the break…

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Team Shivans (Naked Babies) Wins RWC 2010 Philippine Finals

It’s over!

We have a new Philippine Champion! Team Shivans defeats their sister team, Naked for the honor to represent the Philippines in this year’s RWC. They will fly to Jakarta, Indonesia and compete.

Last year, we finished 1st runner up vs. Japan. Who knows what will happen to us this year? Is it time to become champions? With 4 girls in the team, I hope “girl power” will be FTW!

More photos after the break…

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