October 2008 Recap

November 2, 2008 · Filed Under Level Up, Blogging, Events, Marketing, LIVE 2008

Whew! October was a big, big month… not just for Level Up but for gaming as well.

Big ticket, of course, was the immensely succesful Level Up LIVE 2008 where the RWC was held for the first time outside of Korea. Sadly, team Philippines didn’t make the top 3 but they sure showed the competition that we’ve got the spirit and the drive to win. It was one helluva fight. For that, we are proud. After the smoke settled, it was Thailand that took the crown (a repeat of 2007) from stalwart, Korea 3-2 in their best of five finals match.

More October 2008 Highlights

LIVE 2008 - You can check out my day 1 and day 2 photo coverage of the event. For everything about LIVE 2008, you can click here and browse the category section. One of the most memorable things that happened in the event was Gerard Salonga and Filharmonika playing the Ragnarok themes. Oh yeah, don’t forget the traditional cosplay.
For the tournaments, you can go and check out the official RWC results as well as the official results of the other local tournaments such as RF NEST, PW, FlyFF and Freestyle.
LIVE 2008: an event of Firsts
The local MMORPG gaming scene just got a shock when Level Up CEO Jane Walker and yours truly announced 3 new, sizzling titles that we’ve acquired.
- Rohan Online - a PvP-based MMORPG which has “revenge” as its main feature
- Emil Chronicles Online - aka ECO. A cute, cell-shaded game which has distinct features never before seen in an MMO
- Hello Kitty Online - aka HKO, the game I’ve been waiting for. It’s soooo cute, you’ll scream pink for the rest of your gaming life. Check it out here soon.
Perfect World gets a shot in the shoulder as it launched the very succesful Moon Valley patch, new dungeons and quests for high-level players. That’s not all, the PW team slashed off hundreds of bucks worth on several key items within their item mall. Props to Keith Morales and the PW team. Great job!
Of course, Grand Chase opened its gates to its CBT last October 14. This side-scrolling action game rulez! You gotta check it out.
Even before LIVE, we held a prelude of how huge things were to be in the Road to LIVE event at the SM MOA. Here, Boza claimed the RPC 2008 crown.
The Crazy Kart marketing team led by Jeff Paulino took CK to the next level by building a real-life drift car and organized the first ever CK Drift Event. Sweet!
Meanwhile GM Atma and GM Tyler have been very busy evangelizing about the great new features of FlyFF Version 12. This one’s launching this month. So, all FlyFFers, prepare for that. That’s not all! GM Atma and his team broke a record in gaming history by giving all FlyFF players the longest EXP event ever - more than 3 months of continous EXP. Brilliant!
We’ve also talked to the pRO community to get their feedback on the upcoming RO Server Merge. Baldur, Tyr and Freya will merge into New Chaos soon this November. Right after that, we have the exciting Demise of Morroc patch for pRO. Hats off to Ryan Sacares and the RO team, Ryan’s my new and brilliant RO Brand Manager for his great management skills. Kudos to you, sir and thanks for all the great work.

I guess now you know how busy me and the entire team at Level Up are. All our efforts are for you, our dear LUG loyal players. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank EACH AND EVERYONE of you for patronizing our games. I’m sure we’ll be seeing each other more in the weeks and months to come where we’ll be bringing you more exciting events, promos and other gimmicks for your favorite LU games.

Strength and Honor,

GM Tristan

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