The call of the gods:
As Level Up! 2008: Rise of The Gaming Gods and The Ragnarok World Championships draws nearer, “Ragnamania” is once again hitting the streets. Indeed, the popularity of Ragnarok has become so widespread that an animated series was even created in its image and was even aired here in the country. The theme of Ragnarok has been successfully integrated in numerous adaptations for both gaming and print. One such example is the Ragnarok comic adaptation by Lee Myung-Jin which would serve as the backdrop for the highly successful game “Ragnarok Online”!

“Ragnarok” by Lee Myung-Jin should be familiar to fans of the online game. It was this body of work that spurred the creation of Ragnarok Online. His comic was also distributed locally and to this day continues to inspire young artists and fans of the series!

This October 18 and 19, get to meet him in person! Lee Myung-Jin will be visiting the country as a special guest for the Level Up! Live 2008: Rise of The Gaming Gods and Ragnarok World Championships events!

Autograph Signing Schedule
October 18, 2008 (Saturday) – LU Live – 3:00pm – 5:00pm
October 19, 2008 (Sunday) – LU Live – 1:30pm – 3:30pm

A page in Ragnarok history:
Lee Myung-Jin, a popular comic artist in Korea, began his career as an artist in 1992;. By the late 90’s, he was already an accomplished manhwa (Korean print cartoon-comics) artist. And after having established his studio, “Drive to Dream Sea”, he began his work on the Legendary Ragnarok comics.

His body of work with the series was so great, that he became involved in the conception of “Ragnarok Online”, at the time a game that would integrate role-playing elements into the world that he created. A MMORPG like no other, Ragnarok would be the realization of his work into gaming form!

Lee Myung-Jin Live!
Because Ragnarok has such a following here in the country, and with the Ragnarok World Championships happening on our very doorstep, there’s no venue more suitable for a meet and greet with the fans! See him at Level Up! Live 2008: Rise of The Gaming Gods this October 18 and 19, and get to see a legend live!

Mr. Lee Myung-Jin will be signing autographs and meeting fans, so grab whatever Ragnarok memorabilia you want and head on over to Level Up! Live 2008 this coming October 18 and 19 at the World Trade Center, Roxas Blvd. Pasay city!

Ragnarok World Championships 2008: Conquer Manila, Conquer the World!
RWC 2008 is going to happen on October 18-19, 2008 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Visit http://www.levelupgames.ph/live2008/ for more info.

The biggest online gaming event in the country just got BIGGER and BETTER! Gravity Inc., developers of the number 1 online game in the country, Ragnarok Online, and Level Up! Inc. are proud to announce that the RAGNAROK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 will happen in Level Up! Live on Oct. 18 & 19 at the World Trade Center exhibit halls in Pasay City.

First launched in 2004 with a sequel in 2007, this is the first time that the prestigious international gaming tournament has gone outside its native country of South Korea.

The RWC 2008 will share the limelight with the grand finals of Rising Force Online, Perfect World, Flyff and Freestyle throughout the 2 days of Level Up! Live. In order to determine who will represent the country, the Ragnarok Philippine Championships that normally culminates at Level Up! Live will be done 2 weeks earlier. Whoever wins the top spot in the RPC will represent the motherland at the RWC.

WORLD CLASS

With the Ragnarok World Championships happening at Level Up! Live 2008, expect to see more than just your fair share of gamers this side of the country, representatives from over 10 Ragnarok playing countries will be flying in to the Philippines to join in on the fun too!

See them all compete for the top prize as we all celebrate the spirit of sportsmanship that the sport of cyber gaming is founded upon.

It’s going to be all about skill, as now Ragnarok Players will be competing on a global caliber. Never before has the world stage for Ragnarok been readily accessible to the Filipino gamer, now anyone can witness the gaming prowess of the top Ragnarok players world wide!

Only the very best Ragnarok players will go on to compete at the RWC as each participating country will have to conduct a rigorous tournament to determine their representatives just like the RPC. It will be an intense battle of champions that will go down the annals of Ragnarok history as only one representative will make it to the top and receive the title of Ragnarok World Champion.

RPC AGIT SCORING MOVED

To make way for the Ragnarok World Championships preparations, Agit scoring will be moved to May 14 2008. This will give players a little more leeway to get ready for the coming sieges. Gather your strength and prepare for war, as this time we face Ragnarok on a world class stage. Hone your skills and brush up on battle tactics as fortune favors the prepared!

GLORY, PRESTIGE, HONOR!

This year Level Up! Live will truly be a world class event as it will house the prestigious Ragnarok World Championships. It is an honor to be host to a world stage as hordes of Ragnarok fanatics worldwide watch on as the events of the latest chapter of the RWC unfold right here in the Philippines at the Level Up! Live 2008 event.

It will be here that one representative, one country will emerge triumphant and be crowned Ragnarok World Champion!

(Originally posted on Apr. 30, 2008 on http://levelupgames.ph/live2008/ro_news_detail.php?id=11)