Thailand Is Back-to-Back RWC Champion
For the second straight year, Thailand and South Korea squared off in the finals of the Ragnarok World Championships.
And just when South Korea seemed poised to avenge its loss when it raced to a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five finals, Thailand remained calm and won the last two rounds to become back-to-back RWC champions.
This was the first time that the RWC was being held outside South Korea, the home country of Ragnarok Online developer Gravity. The Philippines played host, with Level Up! making RWC 2008 part of this year’s edition of its annual Level Up! LIVE online gaming event at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.
Defending champion Thailand broke the hearts of Filipino fans in the morning of Day 2 of Level Up! LIVE when it ousted Team Philippines, 2-0, in the first semifinals match to end the host country’s quest for the gold.
Representing the Philippines was the first back-to-back winner of the Ragnarok Philippine Championships, Bozanian Beastfighter of Baldur server. Bozanian Beastfighter appeared invincible during the RPC, and had Filipino fans at the World Trade Center and those watching the live video stream and following the action on the Live Blog wildly cheering as they swept their matches with Germany and Japan to reach the semifinals.
Thailand, however, proved too tough for the valiant Philippine squad, which now found itself on the losing side of a 2-0 sweep. Meanwhile, South Korea defeated Indonesia in the second semifinals match to set up a grudge match with Thailand.
The Philippines fought Indonesia in the sudden-death battle for third, but failed to match its third place finish in RWC 2007 when Indonesia emerged victorious.
The RWC 2008 finals was a thriller that was truly worthy of being called a championship match, as both teams gave it their all and had equal chances of taking home the gold. Thailand took Round 1 of the best-of-five finals, but South Korea bounced back and won the next two rounds to take a 2-1 lead to move just one round away from bringing home the championship.
Thailand, however, refused to buckle under the pressure and tied the match at 2-all, thus sending the epic battle into a fifth and deciding round. Thailand again proved to be South Korea’s nemesis, emerging once more as champion with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory.
For the full coverage of RWC 2008 and Level Up! LIVE 2008, watch the Replay of the Level Up! LIVE 2008 Live Blog.
hahahaha anu p nga ba aasahan eh noobz nmn mga bozanian ek ek na yan ahahahah
Comment by s2pid-no0bz — October 20, 2008 @ 2:53 pm
sayang natalo ang pinas……sad indeed,pero as a true warrior di tyo nag gigiveup n hope n olways have faith……next time ulit ragna warriors! :)
Comment by shinigami ryuk — October 20, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
MALI PO ANG NAKASULAT SA NEWS
Thailand won round 1
Korea won rounds 2 and 3
Thailand won rounds 4 and 5
Korea did not win round 1 and Thailand did not win round 2. Paki correct po yung post for the sake of the readers ^__^ thanks!
Comment by Duke — October 20, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
ack, thanks duke for pointing that out, my bad. corrected the article.
sorry, should have checked notes. was distracted then coz was doing other things for our live blog and we were having our chat session for usa player lana anderson :) guess sitting next to her does that to you hehe
thanks!
Comment by Joey Alarilla — October 20, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
sad to see the pRO contingent landed in 4th place. oh well. Congratz to thailand for winning. I hope next year’s LU Live will be as exciting as this year.
Comment by Elysia — October 20, 2008 @ 6:02 pm
Sayang talaga! Ang galing pa naman mag-dive nung CHAMP natin.. ahehehehe! Pero para sakin Panalo ang TEAM PHILIPPINES! Galing talaga ng Play! Sana dito ulet ang RWC sa 2009!
Chaka ung LEVELUP! LIVE!, naku! number 1 talaga! di ko makakalimutan tong event na to! ahahahahaha! More power LEVELUP!! Astig talaga kayo! ^^
Comment by Kusanagi — October 20, 2008 @ 6:11 pm
nga pala, sino 3rd place?? Team France??
Comment by Kusanagi — October 20, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
Swerte ni kuya Joey katabi ung maganda sa team USA!!! huhuhuhu! ganda talaga nun! ahahahaha! pag siya ang fina-flash sa screen, nag-sisigawan ang mga tao… pati ako sumisigaw.. nagalet tuloy gf ko! nyahahahaha! ^^
Comment by Kusanagi — October 20, 2008 @ 6:25 pm
wag nmn sisi… kaw kaya mag laro bka noob ka… peace out… but still magaling parin bozanian
Comment by rhyan — October 20, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
okey lang yan! go philippines! time nila ngayon….. next time tayo naman! hehehehehe….
Comment by tholitz — October 20, 2008 @ 7:28 pm
hehehe Oki lng team phil. basta ginwa nyo ung nararapat masaya na ragna world nun khit matalo kau pa din nmn champion eh…Team Aggressive Lydia World Beta -Wind-
Comment by botszkie_aggressive — October 21, 2008 @ 1:12 pm
Third place is Indonesia. The battle for 3rd was one game only. It was between PH and Indonesia.
Comment by GM Tristan — October 21, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
Bozanian win in trashtalking they are very good in that – well done.
Comment by meg — October 21, 2008 @ 9:46 pm
asteg tlga ! sana 2009 d2 pren WRC ! mkapag EARLY BIRD ulet mga xcited e ,, khit walng in game item sulet nmn e ! asteg tlga ! bawi nlng tau team phil. mka .. kua Joey asteg picture niu a ! pde dn po kya mkuha ang e-add nia nang mka chat dn ! ahaha ,, piz ! more power LU LIVE !
Comment by Leh — October 22, 2008 @ 10:31 am