On October 18th, LevelUp! Live 2008 was hold at World Trade Center in Pasay, Philippines. Ragnarok Zeny  World Championships 2008 (RWC) was one of the main highlights of this two-day gaming event. The host for this event is the Philippines through LevelUp! Inc. The member of MMOsite's writer club Andaleon reported all the event for us. Enjoy it!

Day 1 October 18, 2008, GMT + 8. Pasay City, Philippines

Tensions rise as LevelUp! Live 2008 opening ceremonies were held this morning, October 18, 2008. The World Trade Center located at the heart of Pasay City in the Philippines was packed with countless spectators eager to watch another online tournament history in the making. Ragnarok Zeny World Championships 2008 (RWC) is one of the main highlights of this two-day gaming event. Teams from around the globe, champions in their home countries, vie for the glory of being the world champions in this year's tournament. After much formalities during the opening ceremonies, LevelUp! Philippines's gameboss Ben Colayco and Ragnarok Online's representative Yoon Seok Kang officially announce the RWC open. Matchups were announced early on in the event's show. There were six matches scheduled for this day, to determine who will take the top slots for tomorrow's semi-finals and final rounds.

Today's matches were decided by scoring the most in a best-of-three rounds. Being the country to host this year's RWC, Team Philippines was slated first to pit against Team Germany, followed by a match between Team Brazil and Team Thailand. Team USA versus Team Russia was the last of the first batch of matchups for the day.

Team Philippines garnered a 2-0 victory against Team Germany in their matchup. The loss of Team Germany's Professor and stripping skills of Team Philippine's Stalker paved the way for Team Philippines to wipe out the rest of the group in both rounds.

In the second matchup, Team Thailand took the lead in the first round, slowly dealing with Brazil's champions, but were unable to wipe the Brazilians out, ending the 5-minute time limit. The second round proved to be a short match between the two, with Thailand wiping out Brazil and emerging victorious once again.