Pangya Philippines To Close on January 25, 2008

January 13, 2008 · Filed Under Level Up, MMORPG News, Online, Marketing 

It is with regret that I bring you the bad news that we have decided to end Pangya Philippines. As per the announcement on the Pangya site, it will close on January 25, 2008.

It was one helluva ride. I’d like to take this opportunity to first thank all the wonderful players of Pangya. It has been an honor and a pleasure to have served you. Thank you also for the wonderful memories.

Also, I’d like to thank everyone who’s had a hand in running Pangya, even Wauks himself once worked to achieve some of the things along the way. Thank you to the current Pangya management team, Jed Dijamco and Hector Sagrado. And to everyone in Pangya game and GM team, Thanks to your dedication and loyalty.

The complete official statement after the jump

To Our Beloved Pangsters,

Greetings!

It is with deep pleasure that we wish to express our gratitude to you guys for sticking with Pangya Ph all this time. You, our community, have journeyed with us through thick and thin for 2 years, and we couldn’t have asked for a better community of players.

We here at Level Up! and Pangya Ph are blessed with a strong and solid community of avid Pangsters!

Pangya Ph has been a pioneer of numerous things in the casual gaming scene and we attribute each success and milestone to the people behind the game, especially the Game managers, Community managers and Brand managers that have come and gone to assume the huge task of operating Pangya Ph. Of course, all our efforts would be wasted if we didn’t have a community to keep us alive, happy and whole.

But, as you all know, we have encountered numerous changes lately, not least of which was the merger between Netgames and Level Up! together under ePLDT. Along with this recent development, our company will dedicate itself to continued evolution, ushering in changes and developments to better serve our gaming community and our partners.

Our management has decided not to renew the contract for Pangya, which ends on January 25, 2008. This ends our wonderful partnership with Hanbitsoft and Ntreev our developers from Korea, and unfortunately access to the game we have all come to love and hold dear to our hearts, Pangya Ph.

It pains the Pangya Ph team to see our game come to a close, especially with the kind of community we have. However, with every setting sun, comes a new dawn. We see this as an opportunity for you, our dear community, to explore the other games that Level Up! has to offer. Rest assured that we will properly compensate the remaining in game currency you have as you make that leap to your next Level Up! game.

Before we officially say goodbye, let us first look back at the accomplishments Pangya Ph has made in the past years.

  • We battled it out to get that elusive Hole-in-one with our astonishing 1 million peso hole in one challenge, and we were absolutely mesmerized how quickly Pinoys got the hang of the HiO!
  • We went to Italy to represent Pangya Philippines in the World Cyber Games, the first ever online game tournament of its kind and proved that we got game!
  • We ventured into advergaming with the PLDT My DSL POWERSHOT which opened the realm of online gaming to advertising. We launched Pangya Season 2 last December 2006, as we took Pangya to the next level!
  • Finally, we battled our hearts out in the virtual golf course to determine who was the best Pangster in the land in the Pangya Philippine Tour 2007 which climaxed at the Level Up! Live 2007: Logged and Loaded event!

Overall, it was a wild ride, and it was all good! We enjoyed the ride with every single Pangster out there who took the game to heart.

All these memories, all these accomplishments made Pangya Ph what it is now, and this is what we will bring along with us as we move on – we bring the good memories with us, and we hope you do too.

There is nothing to feel glum about because we know there are other Level Up! games that await you. New brave worlds to explore with the Pangster spirit we all know you posses!

So as we begin our farewell this January, we look forward to seeing you in other Level Up! worlds (FlyFF, RF, Perfect World, Freestyle, Ragnarok, Khan) as we start a new journey with all of you.

Just remember to bring the good times we’ve had in Pangya Ph to your next game. Also, bring that same spunk and passion that made us a solid community and show them the undying spirit of the true Pangster that made Pangya a wonderful world to be in.

As a parting gift, we switch on our 2x exp and pang event for the entire month of January!

As we say goodbye, we hope to once again say hello, because here at Level Up!, we are just one big community - growing, developing and surviving – in our everyday encounters within our online worlds as we LEVEL UP!

Sincerely yours,
The Pangya Ph Team

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Comments

63 Responses to “Pangya Philippines To Close on January 25, 2008”

  1. fatman on January 13th, 2008 11:38 am

    I feel really sad about this. Pangya was enjoyable yet challenging. It was the closest I could get to being good at golf without really having to practice for it.

    Time to look for my golf set and golf gloves and look for a trainer. The driving range I go. My wallet says ouch!

  2. dChen on January 13th, 2008 3:48 pm

    Awah @___@ What a sad fate for Pangya PH D:

  3. joel on January 13th, 2008 7:44 pm

    possible ba na hindi nyo na irenew yung contract ng pRO?

  4. dChen on January 13th, 2008 7:57 pm

    Haha oo nga eh.. Possible ba na hindi niyo irenew ang contract sa pRO.. Service is lame sometimes.. Inconsistent D:

  5. Henie on January 13th, 2008 8:11 pm

    ^ True. Almost every pRO player has at least one bad experience and/or complaint with regards to LUG’s service.

  6. dChen on January 13th, 2008 8:13 pm

    Correction.. At least 3 bad things even the newbies

  7. SA on January 13th, 2008 8:44 pm

    AAAAAAA!!! This is horrible. Hindi ko man lang naenjoy yung napanalunan ng booth namin last LU Live 07. T_T; Wala po bang compensation?

  8. joel on January 13th, 2008 9:07 pm

    tae sana irenewwwww! umabot ng P20k+ ginastos ko sa pRO! four years unnn @_@ [RO lng nilalaro ko sa mga games ng LU!] - binilang ko LU! cards ko.. baka gs2 nyo pa picturan q e hmpf!]

  9. SeasonsGreetings on January 13th, 2008 9:42 pm

    @joel
    what the heck are you saying o_o;

  10. GM T on January 13th, 2008 10:16 pm

    pRO is out of the discussion here. We’re talking about Pangya. Sadly, some problems do arise and we have to take the sad route. But everything is a learning process and we hope to improve upon our shortcomings in the future especially service.

    GM T

  11. Castigador on January 13th, 2008 11:19 pm

    Migrate nalang ako sa International servers. Good bye Kooh!

  12. Optimus-Prime on January 14th, 2008 3:34 am

    GM Tristan.. sana wag naman umabot sa point na mawawala din ang pRO… T_T or siguro nataranta lang ako sa previous posts dito… hehehe ^_^

  13. reikoku on January 14th, 2008 9:17 am

    freestyle nalang at khan ang natitirang games ng levelup na di kumikita :D

  14. joel on January 14th, 2008 8:38 pm

    @seasons greetings..

    di mo naintindihan at wala ako pake :P

  15. mikmacs on January 15th, 2008 10:37 am

    kuripot talaga ang level up…. ung last na nakalaro ko bumili pa siya ng rare items mga 5kPhp ang nagastos nya noong december tapos mawawala rin pala pangya sa january. waste lang sa pera:(.. kung pede lang ilipat nyo pangya account namin sa albatross18 para d naman masyado masakit sa bulsa…

  16. fatman on January 15th, 2008 5:22 pm

    I’m sure Level Up’s decision to close Pangya without prior notice will cause loss of goodwill from players who bought cookies recently.

    They could have announced it 2-3 months in advance like in pROSE.

    Level Up really needs to have a better sense of corporate responsibility towards its players and subscribers.

  17. End of the Road for Pangya Philippines on January 15th, 2008 9:23 pm

    […] got this news from gmtristan blog yesterday. Like what I always mentioned from some of my older posts related to this kind of thing […]

  18. Ryan on January 15th, 2008 11:13 pm

    It’s sad that Pangya is closing, though I have never played it once. After PROSE and Pangya, only time can tell what will be next.

    I just hope that they won’t slash Perfectworld anytime soon.

  19. SeasonsGreetings on January 16th, 2008 6:05 pm

    @joel
    lol. pahiya ka lang eh :P

  20. Lou on January 24th, 2008 11:54 pm

    Reasons why Pangya Philippines is not renewing its contract:
    1. Very small income due to the losing interest of players because of the Management of Level Up Games has crappy business and management skills.
    2. They practically abandoned the game by giving it the least attention.
    3. Level Up Games is income-oriented rather than service-oriented.
    4. Renewal of contract costs money and, well, read #3.

  21. loadykooh on January 27th, 2008 6:14 pm

    kakasar bkit cinara na ang pangya pls pakibalik pls p0 pls sad na sad aq nkakasar kau

  22. anonymous on January 29th, 2008 12:00 am

    ang problema din kasi ay ganito, nung magopen o maintroduce ang pangya sa pilipinas sinikap ng netgames na mapamahagi ang client nito, since na magkaroon ng 2nd season at nahawakan na to ng levelup un ang naging problema naging maramot din sila sa pamamahagi ng client halos karamihan din ng players ng pangya ay dialup, me nakausap nga ako nung naglalaro ako sabi nya dialup lang siya at kaya siya nakapaginstall ay dahil me nakarating na client CD sa kanila since na magkaroon na ng 2nd season naging malaki ang patch at panibagong update nangagailang ng CD or download, downloading a patch bigger than 100Mb on dial up will surely take time, kaya tinamad na din sila mag download nito. everytime na magkakaroon ng event dapat bang paghirapan ang client cd? di dapat di ba since sila ang kumikita sa atin? well im on of the players of pangya na gumasta din ng malaki at naglalaro pa hangga closing nito. well good memories at sorry po kung nasisi LU pero tama nga sabi nila di sa lahat ng panahon ay pasikat ka me paglubog din >.

  23. gezerince on February 1st, 2008 8:13 am

    ala na b kau plano e balik ang pangya phllipines
    d lng ako ang malaki’ng gastos n2,,kundi marami kmi
    ala nmn kau kwenta
    xa nga pla db sabi nyo na pwd e lipat ung accnt namin sa pangya sa albatross18
    ehh panu poh

  24. 0v3R5eeR on February 7th, 2008 2:11 pm

    i enjoyed pangya at kinasabikan ang season 2, gumawa pa nga ako ng screen saver sa computer shop ng pangya season 4 preview para lang ipromote ang pangya. damn, i waited for that devil-like kid with a red hair. What a sad fate, even my efforts are lost. well, what is gone is gone.

  25. workingdude on February 16th, 2008 2:20 pm

    whaaaaaaaaaaat! hmm just read it today… hmmm it seams levelup always close games pag di na kumikita… one day they can do this to PRO…. eventually what will happen is kokonti players sa commercial server mga 500… then pagsasamahin all servers… then ayun boom… sorry to regert but PRO is closing… after they do this… wal nagaganahan maglaro sa mga games ng lvlup…

    iisipin ng mga tao why will i pay, may priv*te erver naman dyan libre pa….

    pede namang sana kahit mwf na alng makalaro pangya… para at least inde masakit para sa kanila…

    pag shutddown pro… algo lvlup susunugin yan… … /heh

  26. ??? on February 20th, 2008 10:45 pm

    NA INIS AKO SA PANGYA PH…………..
    inis na inis bat pa kayo nag close masaya na sana ako kapag nag season 3 na kayo pero hindi tuloy na tuloy talaga ang pag alis ng PANGYA PH amfufufufuu….
    paano na lng ung mga gastos namin over 1k ang nagastos ko >

  27. Carnelian on February 21st, 2008 4:00 am

    well remember the old days nung introduce ang pangya imbes na ibenta ikalat ang client. ganun ba talaga LU lagi sell e sila na tong kumikita di ba? dapat ipamahagi nila to para dumami customers nila like net games . introduce nila pangya talagang naghahanap sila ng mga shops sa area para lang mapamahagi ung client need nila un e. sana gayahin ng LU tong stratedgy ng NetGames before.

  28. Carnelian on February 21st, 2008 4:03 am

    Isa pa gawa tayo ng shout box and vote na karamihan pa naghahanap ng Pangya baka me mga starting franchise na kuhanin na lang nila to at mabuhay ulit. hirap maglaro sa international pangya no? di basta basta card na alng tinatanggap nila para makabili ng astros. /sigh

  29. Sonny Mel on February 28th, 2008 8:51 pm

    It was really fun and exciting playing Pangya. I played real golf and the same excitement I feel on the real fairway is the same whenever I played Pangya. So bad it will be gone, Hope it will make a comeback very SOON.

  30. miko on March 8th, 2008 7:19 pm

    sayang na sayang talaga!

  31. IC DeaDPiPoL on March 9th, 2008 4:06 am

    Last resort (aside from playing from a diff server)?!?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Swing_Golf

  32. Max the Gamer on March 23rd, 2008 6:31 pm

    WTF!!!!!!!!!!!! After staying in my study room(studying for school) from OCtober to January, ito ang mangyayari. Ano ba iyan!!!! Too bad; sana may ma-develop ang LU ng mga bagong GAMES na makaka-ATTRACT ng maraming pinoy players.

    Please HURRY UP with RO2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  33. icchigo on April 7th, 2008 5:36 pm

    taeng pangya yan download ko sana nag sara pa buksan nyo pangya

  34. icchigo on April 7th, 2008 5:38 pm

    buksAN nyo pang ya download walana aku malaro nakakasawa na ni lalarong online games buksan nyo

  35. icchigo on April 7th, 2008 5:39 pm

    pag walang malarong online kayu flyff kayu

  36. icchigo on April 7th, 2008 5:40 pm

    T_T

  37. vowels on May 7th, 2008 12:58 am

    ka asar naman un,, ang mahal ng cookies,, ang mahal ng bigas,, tapos isasara lang?? pwede bang i trade nalang ung mga gamit dito sa other LU games para mei magawa naman kayong matino..
    kunwari ung biniling cookies worth 20k panu yun? wala bang refund? or trade nalang kaya sa items

  38. jhaybz. on May 7th, 2008 12:15 pm

    unfair tlga.
    im one of the loyal players of pangya ph.
    i’ve been playing from the start and until it closed.
    nagsisisi ako kasi s pangya q bngay lhat ng hirap at pgod q.mwawala rn pla to.
    10k+ n ngagastos q.
    disappointed tlga q. i was looking forward for season 3.
    i guess pinaasa lng tau. D

  39. RN(Love)SnuGGleS on May 25th, 2008 2:36 am

    so sad nmn kaya pala all the past week eh im trying to take a hold sa game pero wala na.. i jsut found out today.. sayang nmn mga gamit ko.. sana in the start plng ng game sinabi nyo na na may 2year contract or something.. wawa nmn yung mga katulad ko who invested so muach sa game.. kasi 4me its the only game na medyo BOT fREE.. although meron wibd calculator pero nasa player padin if successful yung shot.. its so sAd..

  40. GM T on May 25th, 2008 2:38 am

    so sorry for your loss. All games have a contract. It’s not required by the publisher to announce it to the public. It’s not a good practice.

    Anyways, you’re welcome to try out our other games….

  41. Maggoth on May 25th, 2008 3:39 pm

    BS!!! Bring back Pangya you stinks! not do you only made us “Pangsters” and now forfit it but you also write a sorry letter filled with BS! “try others games” thats BS! I WISH YOUR CORPORATION GOES DOWN.

  42. kenneth on June 4th, 2008 8:24 am

    hay naku..ngaun ko lng nalaman na end na pla ung pangya..kksad nmn..super enjoy pa nmn ako maglaro ng pangya with many good players..hndi na p0h ba maibabalik ang pangya.,?

  43. miguel on June 15th, 2008 6:50 pm

    pano ung pag hihirap nmin pow ,,,,,,,, masasayang lng un

  44. miguel on June 15th, 2008 6:51 pm

    tska pow

    ang taas na pow nung lvl nmin d ba ma babalik un wawa nmn kmi

  45. †x.O.x.O† on June 23rd, 2008 6:51 pm

    Ang pangit nyo!

    sayang lng pera at lvl nang character kow..

    i wasted my money for nothing

    mag lalaro na lng akow nang PANGYA SEA..

    bhala na indonesia or malaysia pa yan

    i want to play golf

    bleh :P you cant stop meh

  46. kenny on July 1st, 2008 3:50 pm

    anu b yan syang…..miss ku n character kuh T_T…

  47. Neil Jason on July 3rd, 2008 11:24 am

    Sige lang may albatross 18 naman.
    season 3 na nga ehhhh!meron pa silang pam bayad sa ntreev soft corporation.ang philippies wala pambayad
    doon sa korea.kawawa naman pilipinas sana yumaman na tayo para ibabalik na ang pangya ph.teka!to all players of albatross18 malapit mna mag season 4 ang albatross18 kaya maghanda na kayo.paalam pangya ph
    magg season 4 na ang albatross18.paalam!bye!i love you.

  48. Sadric on July 29th, 2008 10:47 am

    Mag Tennis Titans nalang kau, pugeh pa.
    LOL LU! boooo~

  49. Dan Emmanuel on August 2nd, 2008 4:33 pm

    pano po kunin ung compensation sa pangya? marami akong nagastos dun lalo na sa in-game items… huhuhu

  50. IAN on August 14th, 2008 9:03 pm

    TAE NMN OH PANO NA UNG MGA BINILI NAMIN NA COOKIES?! GANUN NA LANG UN? KAINIS NAMAM LAKILAKI NG GINASTOS KO JAN!! AMF!

  51. nobody1 on August 21st, 2008 1:07 am

    i miss pangya !! the culmination of pangyaPH wiped out my interest of playing Philippine online games

  52. Kimberly Fuller A.K.A kimshane on August 23rd, 2008 11:52 am

    level up! are you crazy? Pangya is really a fun game, very interesting to play, and very challenging, easy to make friends, have very good graphics - but why did you closed that game!! Don’t you know how much I loved that game and how much I wasted my money on it!!!!! You weren’t even thinking! If some of your games is not making a lot/ enough money, then advertise it, introduce it to other people even have a commercial of it on TV so that a lot of people would try that game. If you think you would waste money on that, your wrong! a lot of people are watching TV or reading news. Damn! You level up owe me 2 years of my life because of playing that game. Aren’t you even regretting about it? Don’t you even feel pity on us? Don’t you feel are misery? Ugh! your so numb! Just return Pangya Ph please? Please have pity on a 12 year old kid…. Amen.

    -=kimshane=-

  53. brianj2000 on August 26th, 2008 9:00 pm

    hi bat kelangan pa close meron pa naman naglalaro ah! Kung magcoclose kau dapat ung wla na naglalaro….Di nyo lng alam kung panu ko namimiss ang pangya halos gabi2 umiiyak ako..

  54. jefrey on September 23rd, 2008 12:25 am

    Aw magdodownload ako ng Pangya wala na pala, sa tingin ko ang isang reason kaya close yun kasi mga ungas din player mga hambog ba hehehe eh baguhan pa lang ako ang yayabang na ng mga player dun. Kung PW naman malabo un lakas nun sa Item Mall eh Lakas pa nga yun sa mga nagloload monthly. Sana ang ipalit sa pangya ay FANTASY TENNIS maganda yun and i really love that game wish ko dalhin nyo yan sa pinas tapos nyo na yan Freestyle mga hambog din player pag low level ka ikick ka

  55. jefrey on September 23rd, 2008 12:48 am

    Baka itapon narin yang PRO paltan nila ng Ragnarok Online 2 pero mas astig yata ang Priston Tale 2,
    kung ako Levelup eto ang games na ioffer ko, pili na lang kayo in no particular order.
    1. Perfect World
    2. Priston Tale 2
    3. Fantasy Tennis
    4. NBA Street Online
    5. Aion
    6. Rising Force
    7. Blade and Soul
    8. SUN Online
    9. Florensia
    10. Dragon Nest
    11. Dragon Ball Online
    12. Mabinogi: Heroes

  56. maroky on September 29th, 2008 8:30 am

    mnga vovo mag freestyle nlng kau

  57. Lieth on September 29th, 2008 4:48 pm

    dapat freestyle na lang tinanggal kasi papalitan naman nila ng bba streetonline…[kung sa kanila napunta]…. kung wala kang paki sa pangya.. manahimik ka na lang kasi di ka naman marunong.

  58. Ryan on October 3rd, 2008 11:20 pm

    hello everyone dont be sad there is like pangya but us version albatross18..what the hell why u closed pangya..many users on it tangga

  59. mr.forwardspin on October 15th, 2008 1:01 am

    good day,

    im encouraging all pansters of pangya ph to download the s3 client of albatross18 at www.a18.ogplanet.com.. We will be sponsoring an all filipino pangya reunion tournament, in which winners will receive 200worth of astro or game items of your choice… thanks and more power. Mr.ForwardSpin

  60. benjie on October 21st, 2008 1:21 pm

    wag nyo na lng tangkilikin ang level up games lahat ng online games nila baka magsara na lng uli bigla. sayang lang kung gagastos din kayo ng malaki.. hindi inisip ng lvl up games na pati tayo sinasakripisyo natin pagod at pera natin para tangkilikin ang kanilang games. wag nyo na lng laruin lahat ng games ng level up games!!!!

  61. Mr. Lawrence on November 2nd, 2008 8:25 pm

    Na miss ko na pangya……. T________T…..
    Sana ibalik niyo na….. Kahit na simula ng bago character ok lang yun… ang ganda naman kasing laro yun eh…. challenging na pautakan pa….

  62. (Fire)Shizuku on November 15th, 2008 9:53 pm

    Awww… at last! nakakita na din ako ng article about what happened to pangya philippines. tagal ko din naghanap dito. It’s really sad that they have to close the game co’z i really love pangya. Dami ko n din naging friends dito sa game na eto. Sa lahat ng online games n na-try ko, eto talaga ung binabalik balikan ko. kaso after my vacation, wala n pala ang pangya. sayang talaga ang effort naming mga pangsters na talaga namang sumuporta and nagenjoy sa game na eto. sayang din naman yung money na ginamit namin dito sa game. I tried almost every game level up has to offer for many years now and hinahanap hanap ko pa din talaga ang thrill n nabibigay ng Pangya. So I really hope, level-up-games will bring Pangya back…

  63. Lays on November 15th, 2008 11:20 pm

    Scammer ang LUG.

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