Gmail Now Has Themes

November 22, 2008 · Filed Under Infotech, Blogging · 1 Comment

When I opened up my Gmail, I got a welcome surprise. Gmail now offers themes! Woot!

You can choose from around 30 or so new themes. ”We wanted to go beyond simple color customization, so out of the 30 odd themes we’re launching today, there’s a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that turns your inbox into a retro notepad, nature themes that change scenery over time, weather driven themes that can rain on your mailbox, and fun characters to keep you in good company,” mentions Gmail’s blog.

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Ragnarok Player Composes Theme for Survivor Philippines

November 21, 2008 · Filed Under General, Blogging, MMOments, Gaming, Ragnarok, Gamer Profiles · 3 Comments

Most of you, when not gaming, may be glued to your TV sets watching GMA 7’s Survivor Philippines, yes?

Do you know that a Ragnarok player composed the new theme song for this Survivor series? It’s none other than good friend and pRO veteran Master Diwa de Leon. Diwa’s a pro violinist known to most also a cosplayer, a film maker, composer and good Ragnarok player. Talent and creativity is this guy’s middle name! He and co-creator Edwin Guillermo even bagged the 2nd place of the LIVE 2008 Filmfest with their entry Hindi Ako Botter (where I get a special cameo appearance. Woot!).

Listen to the song and my interview with MD after the break…

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The Ragnarok Amazing Guild Race

November 20, 2008 · Filed Under Ragnarok, Events · 2 Comments

Now that New Chaos is finally up, the pRO GM team figured out a cool way to get all the guilds fired up! It’s called the Amazing Guild Race. It started as soon as New Chaos went online and will end on December 15, 2008.

How does a guild win? Simple! Just be the either the first guild to reach level 50 OR the Biggest guild with extensions (and highest level) by the end of the contest wins. THis event is only available in New Chaos, of course. Your guild could win items such as a Megingard or Mjolnir and an EB package worth P20,000 on us.

How do you join? It’s not too late. Check out the detailed mechanics here.

Best of luck! Tell all your friends, ok? Balik Ragna Na!

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2X EXP Week for New Chaos

November 19, 2008 · Filed Under Ragnarok, Events · 4 Comments

You demanded. We listen. And now, you got it.

From Nov. 19, 2008 (today) to Nov. 25, New Chaos will have a 2X EXP week! This is meant for everyone na nagbalik Ragna! Thanks to all players who waited patiently for New Chaos to be up. Meanwhile, Valkyrie and Valhalla will get 3X EXP during the same period.

But that’s not all, do check out some items that will stack with these bonuses. Coming up after the break…

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Rohan Online System Requirements

November 18, 2008 · Filed Under Rohan · 7 Comments

I get a lot of emails and YM on what the system requirements for Rohan, our latest MMORPG, are?

So, without further ado, here’s a list. Hey! It’s not too late to upgrade your PC (either at home or, if you’re an entrepreneur, your shop). Prepare for the coming of Rohan! It’s one big MMORPG Philippine release that everyone’s waiting for.

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Welcome to New Chaos

November 17, 2008 · Filed Under MMORPG News, MMOments, Ragnarok · 13 Comments

At last, the long downtime due to the server merge is finally done and I’d like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to New Chaos (November 14, 2008), Ragnarok’s latest merged-server.

New Chaos is the amalgamation of Baldur, Tyr and Freya. First, I’d like to apologize for the long downtime. As you may all know, the RO database is more than 5 years old and we have MILLIONS of accounts that need to be split. The entire process took longer than we expected. Again, we’re sorry to keep you guys waking. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who chipped in to make this monumental task a reality…

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Girls of Gstar 2008 Part 2

November 15, 2008 · Filed Under Blogging, Events, Girls · 5 Comments

Here’s part 2 of my Girls of GStar 2008 (Booth Babes) coverage.

Gstar is Korea’s annual online game expo. There are scores of big-time developers such as Nexon, JCE, NCsoft, CJ Internet and Hanngame with HUGE exhibit booths. Here they display their latest games and achievements. Of course, the main attraction whenever there are big gaming events are the booth babes.

Why don’t you relax and view the babes? Coming up… Read more

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Level Up’s Last Quarter Storm

November 15, 2008 · Filed Under Level Up, MMORPG News, Online, Perfect World, Ragnarok, RF Online, Events, Flyff · 3 Comments

It’s going to be a big treat for all of you, loyal Level Up gamers as we save the best for last!

The entire Level Up team is cooking up one helluva storm this last quarter. It starts off with LIVE 2008 - the biggest online gaming event on Philippine shores. This year, we took it up another notch by hosting the Ragnarok World Championships, the first ever RWC held outside of Seoul, Korea. The entire world watched and was in awe of the massive event where 20,000 gamers trooped to the WTC to witness history.

And that was just the beginning…

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LIVE 2008 Complete Winners List

November 15, 2008 · Filed Under LIVE 2008 · Comment

We are pleased to announce the official winners of the recently concluded Level Up LIVE 2008 event. Thanks to all our loyal LU gamers for making this historic event a huge success!

Props and congratulations to all the talented groups and individuals for winning the respective tournaments/contests below!

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