The first stop of Rohan’s Blood Wars 2009, the official tournament for this year’s LIVE tournament season, kicked off at Pampanga.

In the first Regional leg, Team Immodium took home the championship, besting a total of 7 teams. What’s really interesting is that GM Krieiger incorporated Vengeance as a tournament mechanic, this means that losers from the elimination matches can still seek vengeance on those who beat them. Of course, the previous winners have a “twice-to-beat” advantage.

Meanwhile, here are excerpts from GM Krieger’s post event report:

The stage was set for the very first Blood War Regionals championship match between XGS and IMMOdium. The teams, both new faces in the online gaming tournament scene arrived at the finals, battered, bruised but ultimately stronger and more resilient at the end. The finals was a best of 3 match up. It was approximately 1:30AM and both teams battled it out like never before. Both scored wins and at the final and deciding round, the team of IMMOdium won.

To quote the team captain of the IMMOdium team Gariath: “Walang mamamatay sa grupo ko! Wala!” . Truer words had never been spoken and thus, Team IMMOdium won the very first Rohan Blood Wars regional champion.

More photos and details here

To participate for the next legs, go to the details at www.rohan.ph

And yes, I’ll be in Baguio with the GMs this weekend! Seeya there!