The 2nd Granado Espada PH Bloggers' Meet

The time: ~2PM on a busy Sunday afternoon [17 February]
The place: The Starbucks branch on the 2nd floor of the TriNoma mall, overlooking the Activity Center
The occasion: The 2nd Granado Espada Bloggers' Meet!

Participants:
NineMoons
DeSanggria
Reclusion [Darrick and Nate]
Fiksdotter
Artaxerxes
Blacksword
Deniva [Deniva and Illuvien]
Sigrid
Mena
Lucido
Mitchin, a player who recently moved to GE from RF, provided insights on the current experience of the newbies coming to the game.

Main issues on the agenda revolved around the following matters: issues involving the GE PH community; game imbalances/bugs/exploits, and the Fantazzztic Film Awards. The last issue was particularly relevant as nearly everyone there was part of one or more FFA competing teams. [Cast and crew pictures below to prove it ^^]

We talked a lot about how Granado Espada is being under-promoted in the country; until now there are PC shops that still have no idea of what the game is, much less have it installed in their machines. There were the continuing shenanigans of another MMO who stooped to low measures to not only block GE but also steal away its players by offering them GM positions - the condition, of course, being to quit GE in favor of that upstart MMO. The general consensus was that there were some difficulties with marketing the game from the official sources, and we might have to resort to viral means in order to get more people to play.

Regarding the FFA, we all expressed being busy for the final round of submissions, the Grand Finale competition being on till the 21st. We all agreed to promote each other's films in our respective blogs.

Community issues and game imbalances provided the bulk of the discussion, however, and the topics covered there were myriad: from the continued spamming of the RMT traders to the lack of real-life participation of the PH community to the in-game events that seem to use G-Points items as a crutch and sole means of participation.

The rest of the time, we spent making plans to help the community out just a tiny little bit [cue the patented NineMoons Evil Grin™]. Watch out for that just as soon as we all catch our breath from the hoopla and stress machine that is FFA.

And now, enough seriousness - on to the pictures!

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From left to right, Sigrid, Nate Reclusion, and Darrick Reclusion. Taken while waiting for everyone else to arrive.


From left to right, DeSanggria, Illuvien, and Deniva. DeSanggria is busy taking notes!


From left to right, Fiksdotter, Artaxerxes, Mitchin, and Blacksword.


From left to right: Blacksword, Mena [standing], Lucido, Sigrid, and Nate.


Sitting, from left to right: DeSanggria, Lucido, Illuvien, Deniva, Fiksdotter, Artaxerxes, Mitchin, Blacksword, Mena, and Darrick. Standing: Nate and Sigrid.


The ladies! Sitting, from left to right: Illuvien, Sigrid, and DeSanggria. Standing: Lucido and NineMoons.


The gents! Sitting, from left to right: Mitchin, Deniva, Nate, and Fiksdotter. Standing, from left to right: Blacksword, Mena, Darrick, and Artaxerxes.

FFA Cast and Crew Pictures!


Cast and Crew of Le Blanc. Sitting: DeSanggria and Darrick. Standing, from left to right: Artaxerxes, Mena, Fiksdotter, and Nate.


Cast and Crew of One Letter For Freedom: Illuvien and Deniva.


Cast and Crew of Relapse, although the other two are missing: Sigrid.


Cast and Crew of Not Another Love Story. Sitting: NineMoons and DeSanggria. Standing, from left to right: Artaxerxes, Darrick, and Nate.

For the whole photo album, click here.