(photos care of GM Tristan’s camera)

My phone alarm went off at 8am. Right on schedule. I had to be a Level Up (LU!) office in Makati by 10am, but I have to cram some work before I leave, so many deadlines, so little time! So I sat by my PC and recorded some tracks with my keyboard for a song project before I can finally send it to the client.

It’s 9am already, almost done! Took a quick shower and got all groomed up for the press con, though I still had no idea what I was gonna do there exactly. Pacific Star Building here I come!

I arrived a little late on schedule but luckily, kuya Mon aka GM Tristan found me as I approached the building. A van was already waiting to take us to Fort Bonifacio where the press con will be held. The venue was at TGI Friday’s and we were served with great food! I had several servings but I was careful to choose as I’m still on diet. Hahaha see my post about it.

The Real Valkyrie

The Valkyrie model is hot! Oh.. err… excuse me… the press con started with a speech from one of the top honchos of LU!, Mr. Pet Syling followed by a speech and presentation by none other than GM Tristan (GM T) himself. I was watching from the audience when GM T began introducing the next speaker, “the next speaker is a musician and a famous player in Ragnarok, in fact he is so famous that other players recognize him just by his name..,” and I thought “Uh-oh…” GM T never explained to me what exactly I was gonna do or talk about in the press con. So I assumed that this was it; that thing I’ll do. “…please welcome Master Diwa!” So I was right… by the way, thank you GM T for that intro, nakaka-flatter haha!

Serious amp!

And so, being the performer that I am, I improvised haha! I talked about my some of my experiences playing RO and what I thought of Valkyrie server. I told to the press that during my first visit at Valkyrie server, nostalgia hit me, it felt like RO Beta again because there was solid social interaction between the players, and they were massive in number. See my screenies in a previous post. I also mentioned that the idea of having a FREE TO PLAY server has very high potential of revitalizing player interest in Ragnarok Online. And I thanked GM T and LU! for inviting me at the press con. GM T took the floor again for some Q&A with the members of the press.

GM Tristan

Talking about Valkyrie

After the Q&A was done, interviews were held. I was interviewed in front of the camera to say something more about Valkyrie server. I asked the reporter when it will be aired but there was no set date yet. Anyway, do stay tuned as they might air it anytime at Hero Channel’s LU! TV.

Photo sessions took over after the interviews and RO gifts were given to members of the press. I got some RO goodies too care of LU! Hehehe! Here are some of the pics that were taken by GM T’s camera and some from my phone cam.

With Valkyrie /lv /lv

With LUG Staff and members of the press

Finally, my own Memory of Ragnarok OST

Valkyrie CD

Poring doll and bag with Valkyrie poster yey!

And there you have it, congratulations to LU! for another milestone in the Ragnarok community. Thank you very much GM T for inviting me over, sa uulitin! Rok on! Haha!