I’ve always wanted to make my own viral, youtube video. And this is my first attempt at one. Entitled, “Jobert and his RF Guild”, this is partially inspired by great, Filipino, youtube hits such as Benjo and the 300.
I just found out that the makers of ‘Benjo’ are RF players (it says so in the end-credits). Props to the great creativity! I had a blast and laughed my heart out even if I was just reading the sub-titles.
Meanwhile, the video below is taken from the classic Japanese series, Lone Wolf and Cub (circa 1972). I just added some subtitles to create the story of “Jobert”, a typical Pinoy player who borrows in-game items… and then does the absurd.
We all know for a fact that Pinoys are creative. Add to that fact that these guys are RF Online players and it’s a sure winner.
Am talking about the hit duo, moymoy palaboy who’ve made a name for themselves at youtube doing awesome and funny lipsync acts. My hats off to both of you for a great job! Truly spectacular…
Here’s moymoy with their hit single “Wannabee” which already has more than 800K hits.
Meanwhile, check out their full-length production MTV of “Low” from Flo Rida after the jump
Chris “Restless” Chavez is a big guy with an even bigger heart. He’s a pro gamer and also a respected leader of the RF community. A couple of weeks ago, he dropped by the office for a visit. I chanced upon this opportunity to have a short video chat with him. Good thing my new trusty Nokia N77 was at hand to capture the moment.
Restless talks about being an Archon, his plans for the RF Online NEST and CUS (City Under Siege) campaign. Finally, he gives tips and insights on how to a leader and how to manage your own community within the game.
It really was a tough choice and a bitter pill to swallow.
Just last night, after thorough analysis and thought, I finally gave the green light to roll back character data of RF Philippines to the state of May 23, 2008 4am. And boy, it was a tough call.
Around that fateful time, a new and dangerous threat to RF surfaced - the Gold Dupe Hack. With this hack, a lot of unscrupulous players had BILLIONS of in-game cash and hundreds of thousands of gold. The economy was in ruins, prices of normal items skyrocketed and there was a huge excess of cash. Duping and screwed-up in-game economies are not new to us… we had to deal with them before but this one was quite alarming.
Thanks to great efforts of CCR, the developers for the game, the dupe was fixed fast. After the patch solution, I gathered the RF team to analyze the damage that was brought about by the cheat.
Before you ask “what have they been smokin’?”. The RF team has decided to delete guilds which have 8 members or less and/or have been inactive. The characters WILL NOT be deleted. Just the guild.
And yes, this is due to insistent requests from the community via the RF Forums.
A couple of days ago, I got a phone call from friend and RF Online ”addict” Kevin Roy. Yup, that’s the same Kevin Roy who’s the lead vocal for Razorback. And yes, they also did a couple of songs for RF Online.
Kevin tells me that a couple of his RF friends have met a guy who’s a Councilor in a town somewhere South of Metro Manila. I won’t name the town yet, dudes. But anyways, this politician is deep into the game.
So deep that he even recruited his boss, the Vice-Mayor. This got me all excited. Kevin then adds that they’re trying to convince the Mayor himself to play too and perhaps to get him into their guild. I hope he can convince Mayor Lim to join too. Hehe
We’re also giving everyone +20% BONUS GALACTIC CREDITS for you to enjoy the item mall. Get as much as 500 additional Galactic Credits FREE. This bonus GC event will be from April 16, 12noon to April 19, 12 noon.
So, what are you waiting for? Play RF ONLINE now. Registration (and the game) is ALWAYS FREE.
I was at the Ozine Fest 2008 last Sunday, April 6. Venue? SM Megamall megatrade hall. The Ozine event is all about Otaku - cosplay, anime, manga, toys and of course, online games. And we were there in full force as co-presentor.
I arrived around 3pm just in time to catch the start of the 200-entry cosplay, one of the largest (I think) in recent history. Too bad I couldn’t stay long enough to find out who won since me and my wife had to go on a dinner date and then to mass.
The launch of a new server is always welcome news. To us, on the business side, this means that we’ve created a lot of demand, and the worlds (servers) are becomming too crowded too fast. It’s a good marketing and business problem. It also goes to show who’s the better online gaming company (*snicker). That’s why we’re all excited about the launch of new servers for both Perfect World and RF Online.
For players, new servers are a good way to start. Your build sucked? Try the new world and learn from your mistakes. Want to start a new “all-star” guild? A new server is also the perfect avenue. Or, you might want to be a part of power level race since you already know where the optimized places to level are. Whatever your reasons, new servers always offer a smile.
With the success of RF’s latest patch, Crimson Dawn, the RF Marketing team and the GMs are continuing their invasion of the local MMO industry with the recent launch of the new and improved Guild Top Up Promo!
How does it work? It’s quite simple, when you top-up for RF, you can tag it to your server, race and guild. The guilds with the most top-ups will win in-game items to help them in their PVP battles at the Chip War or the ongoing NCAS (online component of the) Novus Elite Squad Tournament (NEST) 2008.
There are cool and great items to be won, like BD Keys, Talics, Gems and Ore. Plus, the guild with the most top-ups can win bonus prizes. So, what are you waiting for? Head on over to the official site of the new RF Online Guild Top Up Promo.
