Is it a sign?

I just remembered something that a e-games employee told me when I attended a Cabal Online I-Cafe meeting at Shakey's Espania Branch last Saturday.
It's just a simple phrase..."patay na ang GE" (GE is dead)
well of course i just laugh since i know that guy and maybe it's just some sort of joke...
but as I reflect on the current situation the GE PH community is facing, could it be true?...
maybe it's a hint that GE PH will be killed by the hands of E-Games mmmm?

the conclusion to this phrase will depend on E-Games plans...

the 6 worst MMOs

While surfing at the net, I found an article posted by mmocrunch
It's about the top 6 worst MMOs of all time,
and I'll give you some hints on who's included on the list... =)

1 popular console RPG turned online
1 popular movie franchise
2 MMOs available locally
2 errr not so familiar MMOs

curious?...well now, I'll just show only 2 of the games which is also available in the Philippines

Ranking on number 3 is Lineage II by AMDG

I know some fanboys will react on these...
well anyway this are the factors on why L2 sucks (comments provided by Gamespy)

• Terrible for small party/casual players
• lag in graphically complicated areas
• poor chat system and guild management tools
• minimal character customization

L2 once had 2.2 million subscribers worldwide, but because the game did not live up to the hype,
it drop to just over a million subscribers

*Personal Notes:

Although I haven't played this game, the only thing that I like in this game is the graphics.
But sometimes graphics isn't everything, in my opinion, gameplay is more important than graphics and not to mention the uniqueness of the game. If the graphics is so amazing, I'd rather watch it ^^ well since it's good enough to watch than to play.
Since the gameplay is also similar to traditional MMOs in the market, there's nothing new to anticipate on this game. And this game is all about grinding, and by the way, this game is on a Pay to Play model, so expect lots of money to disappear in your pockets ^^

Next on number 2 is RF Online from Level Up! Games

again many players would have mix reactions to this game, and these are the reasons why it made it to top 2...(courtesy of Gamespot)

• Low-level quests are generic and boring
• Traveling around the world is painfully slow
• Very little variety in terms of items, quests, classes, and enemies
• Bland environments.

RF online was once on a Pay to Play business model (and not to mention, the most expensive local MMO P2P game), now it's a Free to Play game

*Personal Notes:

It may have a unique theme (Sci-Fi theme) , but it still lacks content.

The game's gameplay is not that exciting, although it's a purely pvp MMO, the gamplay is plainly point and click. Aside from mediocre gameplay, the game's a grindfest, meaning you have to invest a lot of time and money just to gain a high level character, and imagine how much you'll cough up your wallet when it was on its p2p days.

The job system may be unique from traditional Korean MMOs, but it's function are still similar to ordinary MMOs while the race system is almost "borrowed" from World of Warcraft.
The quest are very few and boring, there's no additional quest aside form to quest you recieve every time you level up.

The only good points on this game is the intense pvp war (that is called Chip Wars) everyday and the constant change of the game's economy causing the increase or decrease of tax in the market.
Nonetheless, this game can be considered on a "average" rating.




So there you have it, I'm not being biased or one sided just because I'm playing Granado Espada.
I'm only pinpointing the bad stuffs that I encounter while playing these games and from experiences from my fellow gamers.

and yes, these games are popular in our country, many gamers are playing these games, but not all of them are satisfied with the game, mainly, these players are still playing them because of the money and time they have invested, or because the players are very competitive or maybe because their friends are playing it, regardless on the quality of the game.

But trust me, once you tried different MMOs available inside and outside our country, you'll gonna say that these games are not the best after all.

(the ratings and rankings are based from gamerankings.com and from other popular game review sites)

you can visit the full article of mmocrunch by clicking here

WHY do these companies DON'T give a DAMN

this is what i've notice on the mmo community, not only in GE but also in some international mmos (well since our GE's server is based on singapore, GE can be included as international) our local distributors DON'T GIVE A DAMN in promoting and improving the ph community on international MMOs.

If you notice in LUG(Level up games), they have the license to distribute silk pts. to Silkroad online, but do they even care on promoting the game?...2 major events have past on LUG(level up live! 2006 and 2007) but not a single event is dedicated to Silkroad, and also check out their website for Silkroad,no upate news..wow Next one is EVE Online from mobius, if you check on thier website, you'll see that there's even no update about EVE online, and also try visiting their forums, the EVE's thread is so few and outdated, and i haven't even saw a poster for EVE online being posted around manila.

They should've help promote these games to the local gamers since these can help prove to other countries that we are also competitive and we can also prove that we can be on top...take a look at GE, from the previous FFA (fantazzztic film awards), the majority of the winners are filipinos, and how about the war of the factions? most of the winners and finalist are pinoys. Imagine in these scenario...What if the ph players compete in an international tournament and won, will e-games give a damn to them? or maybe they'll just say congratulations to them that's all...
the lack of GVC distibution is already a sign that e-games doesnt give a damn to the GE players. and also the lack of promotions about the game,i once played GE on a shop at QC and majority of the players there doesn't even know GE but they were interested on trying it.

so the question here is WHY? WHY don't these companies promote international hosted games although they have the license to distribute item mall merchendise and game cards? is it because they won't earn big money? if so why do they even bother getting the game? is it because there are only few players interested on these games? then they prioritize in promoting the game

so WHY WHY WHY...that is the big question...

so the only hope for these games are the players itself...the players who dedicate their time in making the community. the players who proved to the world that we can be the best of the best, the players who should have the respect and honor they deserve for their dedication

kudos to the players who still love the game although the local distributor of the game doesn't give a damn..and to those heartless game distributors and game companies...screw you!!

ninemoons made an article about her rants in the GVCs and her never-ending love for SGE
http://geninemoons.blogspot.com/2008/05/promoting-seage-and-rant-on-gvcs.html
http://geninemoons.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-believe-in-seage.html

and also Sigrid's love for GE, she made some logos and avatars
http://thediaryofsigrid.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-believe-in-seage.html

Granado Espada is one of the 9 free MMOs worth playing

wow GE was selected as one of the nine free massively multiplayer online (MMO) games worth plaing by PCGamer magazine in America. from their latest issue, the guys at PCGamer played and tested 60 different free mmos and selected 9 that are really worth playing.


and from the 9 selected, Granado Espada was surprisingly included in the list, although they played the US server (Sword of the New World), the gamplay is still similar with our server.
This is what they have to say about GE:


"An MMORPG with an anime look that at one point had a monthly fee but is now free to play. Sword of the New World allows you to control up to 3 characters which separates it from all the other MMOs out there."

other notable games included in the top 9 are Cabal online which will start it's close beta testing on May 15 by e-games and Mythos from Flagship Studios and it was develop by the creators of Diablo.

for the full details you can visit mmocrunch's article

you can still buy the latest issue of PCGamer on Powerbooks and National Bookstore

Sources:
mmocrunch.com
pcgamer.com

@ Domination II

whew sorry for the delay... kinda busy this week...
coz it's my finals week hihih

All gamers of E-games have gathered together of one day of non stop entertainment, lots of freebies and a touch of cosplay and don't forget some band performance.

the E-Games Donimation II was held at the SMX convention center at the Mall of Asia

Let's form... SMX force!! (WTF!!!)

We arrived at 9:45am and woah! the line is so long it almost reach the other building, and worst part is that our pre-reg form is useless since they're doing the old fashion way (that is you still have to fall in line like the rest of the people and wait till you can fill up a registration form and show it at the entrance) oh well... we were inside the event at 11:45 am (took us almost 2 hours of waiting outside, luckily there are some free drinks from the sponsors ^^

Into the gates of games

Inside the venue, we were met by some of our former and current factionmates and fellow bloggers. And also Miss Hrin was at the event with the IAH team.
There are contest and activities on the GE booth like the faction banner contest, pvp tourneys and the Live Adelina's Booty.

and off course the awarding of the most loyal and active Factions and the GE Community heroes.

Posing with Sigrid and Kincaid

All Hail to the Covenant
(left to right: Forjadorluna, POTAs, Reizei™, Blacksword, Nicotina, Sigrid, Kincaid, Mitchin and Kurse)

Woohoo go Outcasts

i don't have much time to tour the whole event since there's so many people inside
and Congrats to all the winners in the activities and awardees in the GE Community Heroes and especially to the Outcasts faction for winning the Most Loyal Faction and also the Faction Banner.

for the full coverage of Domination II, you can visit the following blogs:

Artaxerxes
Christus
Fiksdotter
Mena
NineMoons
Reclusion
Sigrid
Philippine Community Manager Veya

you can also visit granadoespadaph.mulitply.com for the list of winners in the events

well then, till next time...

Pink Five Chapter 3

looks like the updates of PF (Pink Five) is getting frequent now lol
well anyway here's the latest chapter of Pink Five



English at it's BEST

hay... eto na naman ang bagong episode ng ating bida na si Pink Five dahil sa marami rami na rin ang tumatangkilik at 2 lang ang nangungulit na gumawa ako ng bagong storya...

Isang araw sa english classroom nila PF. "tagal naman ng prof natin." sabi ni Master Idol (which is inintroduce ko nung 2nd eps). "oo nga!" sagot ni FAFs (classmate din ni PF). biglang bukas ng pintuan at presto dumating na ang ating bida.kasama ang isa pa nilang comrades na si BORDS fresh from visayas. (si Bords ay isa ring survivor at extender sa larangan ng kurso nila) at sila ang pinakamaaga sa mga na lalate. "YOW!!" bati ni Pink Five. sabay tango ni master idol at ni Fafs. "bords anu baleta? anu miron ngayun deto?. baket parang nagre-red(read) ang mga clasmate naten...? "ask ni bords sa dalawa. sasagot na sana si fafs ng biglang banat ni PF.... "ahahahahaaahh! meron pala tayong suprise recitation...." napakamot si Master Idol sa narinig.(suprise recitaion? suprise exam narinig ko na.) "bords revs tayu para may masagut tayu." sabi ni bords. "waG na.."sabi ni Pink Five. Pero kung iisipin ng tatlo si PF lang ang kailangan mag review dahil sa kanilang apat siya ang tagilid sa subject nila. Dumating na ang prof nila at nagsimula ng magtawag ng mga students para sumagot sa surprise recitation nila. From english words dapat ipaliwang nila sa tagalog. Marami ang tinawag at nakasagot at ng ang apat na ang tinawag. "what is the tagalog term of contemplate?" ask ng english prof kay Fafs. "ahmmm, sir .. what do you call this..~" sagot ni Fafs. " you! siting beside him." ask uli ni engprof kay Master Idol. "sir dont know eh." sagot ni master idol. "how about you with a funny face?" ask ni eng prof kay bords. "come again...pardon" sagot ni bords. "ah don't sit until you hear the question." galit na sagot ni eng prof. "how about you. whats the tagalog term of contemplate?" tanong ni engprof kay PF. "Kulang ang plato." sagot ni PF (contemplate = konti ang plate) XD... nagulat si prof at nagtataka kung anong klaseng sagot un. "hmmm. how about tenacious?" tanong uli ni engprof. " sir eng eng ano ata yun. hmmm. tenacious is sapatos na pang tennis." (tenacious = tennis shoes) XD.. "hmmm anong klaseng sagot un, san nya nakuha un" pagdududa ni engprof. "how about punctuation?(tignan ko lang kung masagot pa niya ito..har har har har. cough cough cough. ehemmm)" added question at sa isip ni engprof. "sir eng eng a, ah, punctuation ay, pera pang enrol" (punctuation = pang tuition, ibig sabhin ni PF)XD... "oh my God what kind of answer is that..." pagkagulat ni eng prof. "how about calculator?" added question ni eng prof. " calculator.. hmmmm. ah.. tawagan kita mamya ha." sagot ni PF at sabay tawa ng mga clasmate niya." (calculator = call you later). "what the!!!. Devastation. what's devastation?" added question ni eng prof. "hay. si prof eng eng naman. hmm ano nga ba yun. devastation..hmmm ah. ang istasyon ng bus." sagot ni PF. (devastation = the bus station) tawanan uli ang mga classmate ni PF na talaga namang kinagalit ni engprof.."grrrr. how about aspect? what' is aspect" added question ni engprof. "hay sir eng eng talaga. aspect..." sagot at buntong hiningi ni PF." aspect... pantusok ng yelo." sagot ni PF. (aspect = ice pick)(di ko alm spelling ng ice pick kayo na lang magcorrect). "grrrrr(naiinis na ko sa estudyante na to failing garate to pag mali pa ang sinagot nito)" sa isip at diwa ni sir eng eng.. este ni engprof. "hey . you again what is city?" added Q ni prof eng. "sir last na to ayoko na, iba naman. city. hmmm a ok..alm ko na. city.. numero bago mag otso" proud na sagot ni PF (city = syete) galit na galit si eng prof na halos makapatay na siya sa kanyang pagtingin. tila ba na sinasapian siya sa galit kay PF samantalang si PF at ang mga kasama niya ay tawa ng tawa.

Ang outcome ng recitation.... binigyan ng failing grades ni engprof si PF. at talagang failing grades dahil sa mga pinagsasagot ng ating bida.Si master idol, fafs at si bords ay nakalusot sa galit ni sir eng eng. Huwag sana nating gayahin ito at mag aral tayong mabuti.

2 years ago nabasa ko ang text message na ito...hay. until now nasa inbox ko pa rin. aheheheeheheheheh. XD.

if you want to know more about Pink Five, just find this picture at friendster hehehehehe

Holy Smokes Batman!!! I've been Blogspotted!!!!

Wow!!!! I've never thought that my guide on conventions and events would be blogspotted XD

While I was logging my Yahoo! Messenger, I noticed some message from my buddies congratulating me, wondering what did I won, I was about to log on to the GE website till Fiksdotter PM'ed me and saying that I was blogspotted XD

thanks to Miss Hrin and company for blogspotting me

and thanks to everyone who supported me and also to the readers who enjoyed my articles

you can read my winning article here XD

well then folks till next time XD

Player's Guide to Conventions and Events

Greetings pips,
I know everyone has been to a convention before. May it be about Comics, Cars, Animes, Video Games especially Online Games. And of course some haven't been to these kind of events.

So here are some tips and guides to help you guys enjoy on your adventures ^^
for first timers and veterans

On the day before the event, be sure to pack up some of the things you need.

1. Bring a bag, especially if your gonna grab alot of freebies or buying alot of merchandise, and in case their free paper bag is already full.

2. Bring extra money, lots of extra money (harhar), because you'll never know what stuffs are waiting for you, it could be a limited edition item or maybe that cool toy that you're dying to have is now for sale with a discounted price.

3. If you're gonna withdraw some money at the ATM, do it the day before the event. coz chances are that the ATMs at the event or any nearest malls are already piled up with people getting some cash or worse, the ATMs could be offline.

4. Wear comfortable clothes, unless you're a contestant in a cosplay, wear comfy clothes like T-shirt and pants because there will be alot of people in events so chances are it could be really hot especially if the event's held outside.

5. Bring a pen and papers or better if you bring 2 pens, since all conventions and events requires you to fill up a registration form, so you don't need to bother asking sometime to borrow an extra pen.

6. Bring some items that are required for the event like IDs, game cards, etc.

7. Bring a camera or a camcorder, so you can take pictures and videos with your friends at the event for some precious moments ^^

8. Bring your cellphone so you can contact your friends (IRL or IGL) on where you guys will meet or in case you got lost, and don't forget to load up your phone with credits. Believe me it sucks when you bring your phone without load.

On the day of the event and when you're on your way to the venue

9. Be sure that you know where the venue is because it's really hard if you get lost and you're all alone.

10. If you're bringing a car, be sure to have a full-tank gas, and be sure to use the best route to the venue to save gas. and bring along your friends so they can save money.

11. If you're commuting,be sure you know what transport you're gonna ride to get there and take the fastest transport (like the MRT or LRT) if the venue is near a train station or if you have extra cash, take a taxi.

If you're gonna meet up with your friends before heading to the event

12. Set up a schedule on where and what time will you and your friends will meet, so all of you can go the event together.

13. And be sure to be early, you might miss some fun happenings when you came up late like freebies, raffles, registration for tournaments etc.

If you're going to set up an EyeBall (or meeting up someone you met from the game, Internet)

14. Be sure that have their cellphone numbers so you set up a meeting place.

15. Ask them what clothes are they going to wear like a green t-shirt, blue polo etc so you'll know if your meeting with the right person.

16. And of course ask for their real names, it's really silly if gonna call him/her his/her IGN in the public if his/her IGN was Dorkmaster99181 or Hotchick564 or HokageNinja112. XD

So you're now at the event with your friends don't forget...

17. Be sure to be polite with other people, don't be jackass especially when falling in line because you might end up with a bruise on your face.

18. Ask before you grab something on the booth, coz it might not be free on not for sale, or if it's expensive and you break it, you're gonna pay it.

19. If you want to take pictures with a celebrity, ask nicely, don't just take stolen shots, you could piss them off.

20. Be sure to participate on every activities and raffles, you'll never know if you're that lucky person to win that super fast PC or maybe that brand new MP3 player.

so there you have it, and don't forget to ENJOY on the event or convention
well then, till next time ^^

oh by the way, don't forget to join us on April 6 at the SMX in Mall of Asia for the E-games Domination Event