Ran Global at MOA

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Last saturday I went with Steffy to the Ran Global tournament in SMX Mall of Asia. Since she now being employed by E-games she invited me to join her while she works (if what you think working in a gaming company is work at all. I'd go crazy playing inside their office!) during the event.

As the title says the global tournament of Ran online is being held here in the Philippines. Thousands flock towards the convention to find out who will win this years Ran tournament. As I enter the whole place was so full there was hardly any breathing space at all. Hundreds of computers were set up along the corners of the hall all occupied by gamers and enthusiasts alike. To the left stands the stage with a giant screen in the background. An announcer shouting the nonstop action of the contestants. In the middle of the room stands an octagon shaped pod encased with glass. Inside are the PCs of the tournament contestants which are placed against each other.

A band performed during the lunchtime break who steffy said was the winner of the E-games battle of the bands. Afterwards a few parlor games was held with an Ipod Nano as the prize. Cosplayer Alodia was invited and was the co-host of the parlor games. Afterwards Steffy coerced me into taking a picture with her (you owe me one! Grrrr =P).

We were so famished that we had lunch afterwards at Mexicalli. We ordered their burrito and echilada combo meals. Their servings was so big that we didn't get finished all of it. We had fun chatting for a few hours before we visited the LUG event: Road to LU Live which was held inside the podium of Mall of Asia. We met Zieggy, Shadow, Shermie, Blue and the rest of the members of clan Exiled there while they were waiting for their turn in one of the tourneys being held. Sadly, they didn't get their turn because of a problem with LUG's LAN (Local Area Network) occured.

After that we came back to Ran Global as the semi finals were about to begin. Team Philippines was ahead and tied with Malaysia at the end of the semi-finals. Sadly we didn't get to finish the tourney since we had to go home when the finals was about to begin I found out a few days later that team Philippines won (Yay! Way to go guys! You beat the Koreans!).

Hopefully next year our country will win again.